2022–23 PBA 3x3 season

2022–23 PBA 3x3 season
DurationSeptember 10, 2022 – February 26, 2023
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)Local:
One Sports
TV5
PBA Rush (HD)
International:
AksyonTV International
Online:
GigaPlay
1st Conference championsTNT Tropang Giga
  1st Conference runners-upPlatinum Karaoke
2nd Conference championsTNT Tropang Giga
  2nd Conference runners-upCavitex Braves
3rd Conference championsTNT Tropang Giga
  3rd Conference runners-upSan Miguel Beermen
Seasons

The 2022–23 PBA 3x3 season was the second season of the PBA 3x3, the 3x3 basketball league of the Philippine Basketball Association. TNT Tropang Giga completed the first ever PBA 3x3 Grand Slam by winning all conference Grand Finals.[1]

Teams

All 12 franchise teams of the main 5-a-side Philippine Basketball Association are eligible to field a 3x3 team for the 2022–23 PBA 3x3 season,[2] although the Converge FiberXers, Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters, and Rain or Shine Elasto Painters did not field a team.[3] The Blackwater Bossing, who did not field a team in the inaugural season, debuted this season under the team name Blackwater Bossing Red President.[4] Three guest teams (J&T Express, Pioneer ElastoSeal Katibays, and Platinum Karaoke) participated, with J&T Express debuting this season.[3][5] The Limitless Appmasters and Sista Super Sealers (3x3 affiliate teams of Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters and Rain or Shine Elasto Painters, respectively), as well as guest teams Master Sardines Fishing Champs and Zamboanga Valientes, who all appeared during the previous season, took a leave of absence for this season.[3]

Team Company Coach
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Ginebra San Miguel, Inc.
Blackwater Bossing Red President Ever Bilena
Cavitex Braves Metro Pacific Investments Corporation
J&T Express Jet Express Co., Ltd.
Meralco Bolts 3x3 Manila Electric Company
NorthPort Batang Pier Sultan 900 Capital, Inc.
Pioneer ElastoSeal Katibays Pioneer Epoxy Adhesives Inc.
Platinum Karaoke Vismay International Corporation
Purefoods TJ Titans San Miguel Food and Beverage, Inc.
San Miguel Beermen San Miguel Brewery, Inc.
Terrafirma 3x3 Terrafirma Realty Development Corporation
TNT Tropang Giga Smart Communications

Format

The season's format was highly similar to that of the previous season. The season had three tournaments or conferences.[6] Each conference had six two-day legs and a grand final. The 12 teams were divided into four pools, with each pool having three teams. Teams within their pools played in a single round-robin format. The top two teams of each pool directly qualified for the quarterfinals, with qualified teams from Pool A facing those from Pool C, and qualified teams from Pool B facing those from Pool D. The knockout stage was a single-elimination tournament and a third place game were also held. The winner of each leg received ₱100,000, the runner-up received ₱50,000, while the third placed team received ₱30,000.[7] The seedings and pool compositions for each leg were based on the results of the preceding leg.

After six legs, the cumulative standings were calculated and the top four teams directly qualified for the quarterfinals of the Grand Finals. The fifth to tenth-placed teams qualified for the preliminary round of the Grand Finals. The bottom teams were not qualified for the Grand Finals.[8] The Grand Champion gets ₱750,000, the runner-up gets ₱250,000, while the third placed team gets ₱100,000.

First conference

Main article: 2022–23 PBA 3x3 season – First conference

The conference started on September 10 and ended on October 30, 2022.

Legs summary

Pos Team 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg 4th leg 5th leg 6th leg Pts Qualification
1 TNT Tropang Giga 1st 3rd 4th 2nd 1st 1st 510 Qualification to Grand Finals quarterfinal round
2 Meralco Bolts 3x3 2nd 4th 1st 3rd 5th 4th 420
3 J&T Express 4th 5th 2nd 5th 2nd 2nd 400
4 Cavitex Braves 9th 1st 3rd 8th 3rd 3rd 365
5 San Miguel Beermen 10th 2nd 5th 1st 11th 5th 314 Qualification to Grand Finals preliminary round
6 Platinum Karaoke 3rd 6th 6th 4th 8th 7th 295
7 Pioneer ElastoSeal Katibays 6th 8th 7th 6th 4th 8th 260
8 Blackwater Bossing Red President 5th 7th 10th 9th 6th 10th 191
9 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 11th 10th 8th 10th 7th 6th 172
10 NorthPort Batang Pier 7th 11th 9th 7th 12th 9th 150
11 Purefoods TJ Titans 8th 12th 11th 12th 9th 12th 113
12 Terrafirma 3x3 12th 9th 12th 11th 10th 11th 98

Source: PBA 3x3

Grand Finals

Preliminary round

Pool A
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification
1 San Miguel Beermen 2 2 0 42 33 +9 1.000 Quarterfinals
2 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 2 1 1 36 37 −1 .500
3 Blackwater Bossing Red President 2 0 2 33 41 −8 .000
Source: PBA 3x3
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; Win ratio if unequal number of games; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Average points per game; 4) Higher seed.
Pool B
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification
1 Platinum Karaoke 2 2 0 40 36 +4 1.000 Quarterfinals
2 NorthPort Batang Pier 2 1 1 38 38 0 .500
3 Pioneer ElastoSeal Katibays 2 0 2 37 41 −4 .000
Source: PBA 3x3
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; Win ratio if unequal number of games; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Average points per game; 4) Higher seed.

Knockout stage

Bracket

Seed refers to the position of the team after six legs. Letter and number inside parentheses denotes the pool letter and pool position of the team, respectively, after the preliminary round of the Grand Finals.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 TNT Tropang Giga 21
10 (B2) NorthPort Batang Pier 11
1 TNT Tropang Giga 21
4 Cavitex Braves 16
5 (A1) San Miguel Beermen 13
4 Cavitex Braves 21
1 TNT Tropang Giga 20
6 (B1) Platinum Karaoke 17
2 Meralco Bolts 3x3 21
9 (A2) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 12
2 Meralco Bolts 3x3 15 Third place
6 (B1) Platinum Karaoke 16
6 (B1) Platinum Karaoke 19 4 Cavitex Braves 16
3 J&T Express 15 2 Meralco Bolts 3x3 11

Second conference

Main article: 2022–23 PBA 3x3 season – Second conference

The conference started on November 5 and ended on December 17, 2022.

Legs summary

Pos Team 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg 4th leg 5th leg 6th leg Pts Qualification
1 Cavitex Braves 4th 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 490 Qualification to Grand Finals quarterfinal round
2 TNT Tropang Giga 1st 2nd 1st 5th 9th 2nd 430
3 Platinum Karaoke 2nd 6th 6th 1st 2nd 3rd 420
4 J&T Express 5th 1st 5th 3rd 5th 4th 380
5 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 3rd 4th 4th 7th 4th 7th 330 Qualification to Grand Finals preliminary round
6 Meralco Bolts 3x3 10th 9th 3rd 6th 8th 10th 206
7 Pioneer ElastoSeal Katibays 11th 5th 12th 9th 3rd 8th 205
8 Blackwater Bossing Red President 9th 10th 9th 4th 7th 6th 203
9 San Miguel Beermen 6th 11th 10th 12th 6th 5th 188
10 Terrafirma 3x3 8th 7th 8th 11th 10th 9th 164
11 Purefoods TJ Titans 7th 8th 11th 10th 12th 11th 139
12 NorthPort Batang Pier 12th 12th 7th 8th 11th 12th 133

Source: PBA 3x3 Report

Grand Finals

Preliminary round

Pool A
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification
1 Blackwater Bossing Red President 2 2 0 40 35 +5 1.000 Quarterfinals
2 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 2 1 1 36 36 0 .500
3 San Miguel Beermen 2 0 2 37 42 −5 .000
Source: PBA 3x3
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; Win ratio if unequal number of games; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Average points per game; 4) Higher seed.
Pool B
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification
1 Pioneer ElastoSeal Katibays 2 2 0 40 34 +6 1.000 Quarterfinals
2 Meralco Bolts 3x3 2 1 1 38 28 +10 .500
3 Terrafirma 3x3 2 0 2 26 42 −16 .000
Source: PBA 3x3
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; Win ratio if unequal number of games; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Average points per game; 4) Higher seed.

Knockout stage

Bracket

Seed refers to the position of the team after six legs. Letter and number inside parentheses denotes the pool letter and pool position of the team, respectively, after the preliminary round of the Grand Finals.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 Cavitex Braves 21
6 (B2) Meralco Bolts 3x3 20
1 Cavitex Braves 16
4 J&T Express 10
8 (A1) Blackwater Bossing Red President 11
4 J&T Express 18
1 Cavitex Braves 17
2 TNT Tropang Giga 19
5 (A2) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 16
2 TNT Tropang Giga 20
2 TNT Tropang Giga 18 Third place
3 Platinum Karaoke 13
3 Platinum Karaoke 14 4 J&T Express 20
7 (B1) Pioneer ElastoSeal Katibays 13 3 Platinum Karaoke 14

Third conference

Main article: 2022–23 PBA 3x3 season – Third conference

The conference started on January 14 and ended on February 26, 2023.

Legs summary

Pos Team 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg 4th leg 5th leg 6th leg Pts Qualification
1 TNT Tropang Giga 4th 1st 5th 3rd 3rd 2nd 430 Qualification to Grand Finals quarterfinal round
2 Cavitex Braves 3rd 4th 6th 1st 2nd 4th 415
3 Meralco Bolts 3x3 8th 3rd 3rd 5th 4th 3rd 355
4 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 5th 2nd 1st 7th 7th 7th 350
5 Platinum Karaoke 9th 10th 2nd 4th 1st 6th 323 Qualification to Grand Finals preliminary round
6 J&T Express 6th 6th 4th 8th 11th 1st 301
7 Pioneer ElastoSeal Katibays 2nd 9th 8th 2nd 12th 8th 264
8 San Miguel Beermen 1st 5th 11th 10th 5th 12th 248
9 Blackwater Bossing Red President 10th 7th 10th 6th 9th 5th 191
10 Purefoods TJ Titans 7th 8th 9th 9th 6th 9th 180
11 Terrafirma 3x3 11th 12th 7th 12th 10th 10th 120
12 NorthPort Batang Pier 12th 11th 12th 11th 8th 11th 111

Source: PBA 3x3 Report

Grand Finals

Preliminary round

Pool A
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification
1 Platinum Karaoke 2 1 1 40 35 +5 .500 Quarterfinals
2 San Miguel Beermen 2 1 1 37 40 −3 .500
3 Blackwater Bossing Red President 2 1 1 36 38 −2 .500
Source: PBA 3x3
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; Win ratio if unequal number of games; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Average points per game; 4) Higher seed.
Pool B
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification
1 J&T Express 2 2 0 38 24 +14 1.000 Quarterfinals
2 Purefoods TJ Titans 2 1 1 32 31 +1 .500
3 Pioneer ElastoSeal Katibays 2 0 2 23 38 −15 .000
Source: PBA 3x3
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; Win ratio if unequal number of games; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Average points per game; 4) Higher seed.

Knockout stage

Bracket

Seed refers to the position of the team after six legs. Letter and number inside parentheses denotes the pool letter and pool position of the team, respectively, after the preliminary round of the Grand Finals.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 TNT Tropang Giga 21
10 (B2) Purefoods TJ Titans 15
1 TNT Tropang Giga 21
4 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 16
5 (A1) Platinum Karaoke 15
4 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 16
1 TNT Tropang Giga 21
8 (A2) San Miguel Beermen 18
8 (A2) San Miguel Beermen 21
2 Cavitex Braves 19
8 (A2) San Miguel Beermen 20 Third place
6 (B1) J&T Express 18
3 Meralco Bolts 3x3 13 4 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 21
6 (B1) J&T Express 14 6 (B1) J&T Express 18

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