2022–23 PBA 3x3 season

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]

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

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]

TeamCompanyCoach
Barangay Ginebra San MiguelGinebra San Miguel, Inc.
Blackwater Bossing Red PresidentEver Bilena
Cavitex BravesMetro Pacific Investments Corporation
J&T ExpressJet Express Co., Ltd.
Meralco Bolts 3x3Manila Electric Company
NorthPort Batang PierSultan 900 Capital, Inc.
Pioneer ElastoSeal KatibaysPioneer Epoxy Adhesives Inc.
Platinum KaraokeVismay International Corporation
Purefoods TJ TitansSan Miguel Food and Beverage, Inc.
San Miguel BeermenSan Miguel Brewery, Inc.
Terrafirma 3x3Terrafirma Realty Development Corporation
TNT Tropang GigaSmart 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
PosTeam1st leg2nd leg3rd leg4th leg5th leg6th legPtsQualification
1TNT Tropang Giga1st3rd4th2nd1st1st510Qualification to Grand Finals quarterfinal round
2Meralco Bolts 3x32nd4th1st3rd5th4th420
3J&T Express4th5th2nd5th2nd2nd400
4Cavitex Braves9th1st3rd8th3rd3rd365
5San Miguel Beermen10th2nd5th1st11th5th314Qualification to Grand Finals preliminary round
6Platinum Karaoke3rd6th6th4th8th7th295
7Pioneer ElastoSeal Katibays6th8th7th6th4th8th260
8Blackwater Bossing Red President5th7th10th9th6th10th191
9Barangay Ginebra San Miguel11th10th8th10th7th6th172
10NorthPort Batang Pier7th11th9th7th12th9th150
11Purefoods TJ Titans8th12th11th12th9th12th113
12Terrafirma 3x312th9th12th11th10th11th98

Source: PBA 3x3

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.
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
PosTeam1st leg2nd leg3rd leg4th leg5th leg6th legPtsQualification
1Cavitex Braves4th3rd2nd2nd1st1st490Qualification to Grand Finals quarterfinal round
2TNT Tropang Giga1st2nd1st5th9th2nd430
3Platinum Karaoke2nd6th6th1st2nd3rd420
4J&T Express5th1st5th3rd5th4th380
5Barangay Ginebra San Miguel3rd4th4th7th4th7th330Qualification to Grand Finals preliminary round
6Meralco Bolts 3x310th9th3rd6th8th10th206
7Pioneer ElastoSeal Katibays11th5th12th9th3rd8th205
8Blackwater Bossing Red President9th10th9th4th7th6th203
9San Miguel Beermen6th11th10th12th6th5th188
10Terrafirma 3x38th7th8th11th10th9th164
11Purefoods TJ Titans7th8th11th10th12th11th139
12NorthPort Batang Pier12th12th7th8th11th12th133

Source: PBA 3x3 Report

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.
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
PosTeam1st leg2nd leg3rd leg4th leg5th leg6th legPtsQualification
1TNT Tropang Giga4th1st5th3rd3rd2nd430Qualification to Grand Finals quarterfinal round
2Cavitex Braves3rd4th6th1st2nd4th415
3Meralco Bolts 3x38th3rd3rd5th4th3rd355
4Barangay Ginebra San Miguel5th2nd1st7th7th7th350
5Platinum Karaoke9th10th2nd4th1st6th323Qualification to Grand Finals preliminary round
6J&T Express6th6th4th8th11th1st301
7Pioneer ElastoSeal Katibays2nd9th8th2nd12th8th264
8San Miguel Beermen1st5th11th10th5th12th248
9Blackwater Bossing Red President10th7th10th6th9th5th191
10Purefoods TJ Titans7th8th9th9th6th9th180
11Terrafirma 3x311th12th7th12th10th10th120
12NorthPort Batang Pier12th11th12th11th8th11th111

Source: PBA 3x3 Report

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.
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

References
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