2023–24 PBA 3x3 season

The 2023–24 PBA 3x3 season is the third season of the PBA 3x3, the 3x3 basketball league of the Philippine Basketball Association.

2023–24 PBA 3x3 season
DurationJuly 3, 2023 – present
Number of teams11
TV partner(s)Local:
One Sports
TV5
PBA Rush (HD)
International:
AksyonTV International
Online:
GigaPlay
1st Conference championsTNT Triple Giga
  1st Conference runners-upCavitex Braves

Teams

All 12 franchise teams of the main 5-a-side Philippine Basketball Association are eligible to field a 3x3 team for the 2023–24 PBA 3x3 season,[1] although the Converge FiberXers, Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters, and Rain or Shine Elasto Painters did not field a team.[2] The Blackwater Bossing Red President changed their name into Blackwater Smooth Razor before the season.[2] Two guest teams (Pioneer ElastoSeal Katibays and Wilcon Depot 3x3) participated, with Wilcon Depot 3x3 debuting this season, committing to play for at least one conference.[3] Guest teams J&T Express and Platinum Karaoke, who both appeared during the previous season, took a leave of absence for this season.[2]

Wilcon Depot 3x3 eventually became defunct after the first conference and was replaced by MCFASolver Tech Centrale starting from the second conference.[4]

TeamCompanyCoach
Barangay Ginebra San MiguelGinebra San Miguel, Inc.Kirk Collier
Blackwater Smooth RazorEver BilenaJunjie Ablan
Cavitex BravesMetro Pacific Investments CorporationKyles Lao
Meralco Bolts 3x3Manila Electric CompanyPatrick Fran
MCFASolver Tech Centrale[lower-alpha 1]MCFASolver Tech CentraleAnton Altamirano
NorthPort Batang PierSultan 900 Capital, Inc.Alfredo Jarencio II
Pioneer ElastoSeal KatibaysPioneer Epoxy Adhesives Inc.Lester del Rosario
Purefoods TJ TitansSan Miguel Food and Beverage, Inc.Tony Boy Espinosa
San Miguel BeermenSan Miguel Brewery, Inc.Boycie Zamar
Terrafirma 3x3Terrafirma Realty Development CorporationRaymond Tiongco
TNT Triple GigaSmart CommunicationsMau Belen
Wilcon Depot 3x3[lower-alpha 1]Wilcon Depot Inc.Anton Altamirano

Format

The season's format will be highly similar to that of the previous season. The season will have three tournaments or conferences.[5] Each conference will have six two-day legs and a grand final. The 11 teams will be divided into four pools, with pool A having three teams while pools B and C having four each. Teams within their pools will play in a single round-robin format. The top two teams of pool A and the top three teams of pools B and C will directly qualify for the quarterfinals. The knockout stage will be a single-elimination tournament and a third place game will also be held. The winner of each leg will receive ₱100,000, the runner-up will receive ₱50,000, while the third placed team will receive ₱30,000.[6] The seedings and pool compositions for each leg will be based on the results of the preceding leg.

After six legs, the cumulative standings will be calculated and the top four teams will directly qualify for the quarterfinals of the Grand Finals. The fifth to tenth-placed teams will qualify for the preliminary round of the Grand Finals. The bottom teams will not qualify for the Grand Finals.[7] The Grand Champion will receive ₱750,000, the runner-up will receive ₱250,000, while the third placed team will receive ₱100,000.

Starting this season, the games will be played in various Ayala Malls branches. In the first two years of PBA 3x3, the games were held at different Robinsons Malls branches.[8]

First conference
Main article: 2023–24 PBA 3x3 season – First conference

The conference started on July 3 and ended on August 13, 2023.

Legs summary
PosTeam1st leg2nd leg3rd leg4th leg5th leg6th legPtsQualification
1Cavitex Braves3rd3rd3rd1st1st2nd490Qualification to Grand Finals quarterfinal round
2TNT Triple Giga6th9th1st2nd6th1st390
3Barangay Ginebra San Miguel1st1st7th10th3rd5th378
4Meralco Bolts 3x37th2nd6th3rd5th4th345
5San Miguel Beermen2nd5th4th5th10th7th298Qualification to Grand Finals preliminary round
6Wilcon Depot 3x35th8th5th4th11th3rd281
7Pioneer ElastoSeal Katibays8th6th2nd9th2nd11th276
8Blackwater Smooth Razor9th4th8th8th7th10th208
9NorthPort Batang Pier11th11th11th6th4th8th188
10Terrafirma 3x34th10th10th7th9th9th176
11Purefoods TJ Titans10th7th9th11th8th6th174

Source: PBA 3x3 Report

Pool A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification
1 San Miguel Beermen 2 1 1 38 30 +8 .500 Quarterfinals
2 Blackwater Smooth Razor 2 1 1 33 34 −1 .500
3 NorthPort Batang Pier 2 1 1 27 34 −7 .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 Wilcon Depot 3x3 2 1 1 37 33 +4 .500 Quarterfinals
2 Pioneer ElastoSeal Katibays 2 1 1 34 31 +3 .500
3 Terrafirma 3x3 2 1 1 28 35 −7 .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.
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
7 (B2) Pioneer ElastoSeal Katibays 12
1 Cavitex Braves 17
4 Meralco Bolts 3x3 16
5 (A1) San Miguel Beermen 14
4 Meralco Bolts 3x3 16
1 Cavitex Braves 18
2 TNT Triple Giga 21
3 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 18
6 (B1) Wilcon Depot 3x3 14
3 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 16 Third place
2 TNT Triple Giga 21
8 (A2) Blackwater Smooth Razor 17 4 Meralco Bolts 3x3 18
2 TNT Triple Giga 21 3 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 14

Second conference
Main article: 2023–24 PBA 3x3 season – Second conference

The conference started on October 16, 2023.

Legs summary
PosTeam1st leg2nd leg3rd leg4th leg5th leg6th legPts
1TNT Triple Giga1st1st200
2Cavitex Braves2nd7th120
3Meralco Bolts 3x33rd5th120
4MCFASolver Tech Centrale4th6th105
5Blackwater Smooth Razor7th4th100
6Terrafirma 3x310th2nd98
7Pioneer ElastoSeal Katibays11th3rd86
8Barangay Ginebra San Miguel5th9th70
9San Miguel Beermen8th8th70
10Purefoods TJ Titans6th10th63
11NorthPort Batang Pier9th11th36

Source: PBA 3x3 Report

Notes
  1. Wilcon Depot 3x3 became defunct after the first conference. MCFASolver Tech Centrale replaced the team starting from the second conference.

References
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  2. "PBA 3x3: Big guns back for Season 3". PBA.ph. June 30, 2023. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
  3. Ramos, Gerry (June 29, 2023). "New team Wilcon Depot to build winning culture in PBA 3x3". spin.ph. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
  4. Dioquino, Delfin (October 9, 2023). "New PBA 3x3 team out to make noise". Rappler. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  5. Terrado, Jonas (November 12, 2021). "PBA 3x3 to hold draw proceedings for 13 teams; Opening set on Nov. 20". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
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