2021 PBA 3x3 season
DurationNovember 20, 2021 – July 3, 2022
Number of teams13
TV partner(s)Local:
One Sports
TV5 (selected legs and grand finals only)
One Sports
PBA Rush (HD)
International:
AksyonTV International
Online:
GigaPlay
1st Conference championsLimitless Appmasters
  1st Conference runners-upPlatinum Karaoke
2nd Conference championsPioneer Pro Tibay
  2nd Conference runners-upSista Super Sealers
3rd Conference championsTNT Tropang Giga
  3rd Conference runners-upPurefoods TJ Titans

The 2021 PBA 3x3 season was the inaugural season of the PBA 3x3, the 3x3 basketball league of the Philippine Basketball Association.

Postponement

The inaugural season was supposed to be held in 2020, with all 12 franchise teams of the main PBA to field their own teams. Mighty Sports and Dunkin Donuts reportedly were interesting in also fielding teams in the PBA 3x3.[1] The inaugural season was supposed to start with the 3×3 Philippine Cup in March 2020, but was postponed to 2021 by June 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic with the PBA preoccupied with plans to resume the season of its main league during that time.[2]

The PBA 3x3 inaugural season was initially scheduled to be held in parallel with the 2021 PBA season, which opened on April 11, 2021,[3] but was further postponed. The inaugural PBA 3x3 season commenced on November 20, 2021.[4]

Teams

All 12 franchise teams of the main 5-a-side Philippine Basketball Association are eligible to field a 3x3 team for the 2021 PBA 3x3 season.[3] The Alaska Aces and Blackwater Bossing decided not to field a team, while three guest teams (Pioneer, Platinum, and Zamboanga) participated.[5][6] Another guest team, Master Sardines, joined before the second conference to become the 14th team of the tournament.[7] The Zamboanga Valientes took a leave of absence during the second conference, but returned during the third conference.

Four of the participating franchising teams Magnolia Hotshots, NLEX Road Warriors, Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters and Rain or Shine Elasto Painters announced in November they would be competing in the PBA 3x3 under different team names; Purefoods TJ Titans, Cavitex Braves, Limitless Appmasters, and Sista Super Sealers respectively.[6][8]

TeamCompanyCoach
Barangay Ginebra San MiguelGinebra San Miguel, Inc.Kirk Collier
Cavitex BravesMetro Pacific Investments CorporationBorgie Hermenda
Emman Monfort
Limitless AppmastersPhoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc.Willy Wilson
Master Sardines Fishing Champs[note 1]Universal Canning, Inc.Victor Ycasiano
Meralco Bolts 3x3Manila Electric CompanyPatrick Fran
NorthPort Batang PierSultan 900 Capital, Inc.Alfredo Jarencio II
Pioneer Pro Tibay[note 2]Pioneer Epoxy Adhesives Inc.Lester Del Rosario
Platinum Karaoke[note 1]Vismay International CorporationAnton Altamirano
Purefoods TJ TitansSan Miguel Food and Beverage, Inc.Tonyboy Espinosa
San Miguel Beermen[12]San Miguel Brewery, Inc.Boycie Zamar
Sista Super Sealers[13]Asian Coatings Philippines, Inc.Juven Formancil
Terrafirma 3x3Terrafirma Realty Development CorporationRaymond Tiongco
James Tolentino
TNT Tropang Giga[14]Smart CommunicationsMau Belen
Zamboanga ValientesMLV Group

Format

The inaugural PBA 3x3 season had three tournaments or conference.[6] Each conference had six two-day legs and a grand final. The 13 teams were divided into three pools, with pool A having five teams while pools B and C having four each. Teams within their pools play in a single round-robin format. The top three teams of pool A and the top two teams of pools B and C directly qualify for the quarterfinals. The third-best teams of pools B and C played in a knockout game prior to the quarterfinals. The knockout stage is a single-elimination tournament and a third place game is also held. The winner of each leg gets ₱100,000, the runner-up gets ₱50,000, while the third placed team gets ₱30,000.[15][16] The seedings and pool compositions for each leg are based on the results of the preceding leg. For the third conference, there were 14 teams divided into four pools, with pools A and C having four teams while pools B and D having three each. The top two teams of each pool advanced to the quarterfinals.

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.[17] The Grand Champion gets ₱750,000, the runner-up gets ₱250,000, while the third placed team gets ₱100,000.

Transactions

Coaching changes

Coaching changes
TeamIn-seasonRef.
Second Conference
Master Sardines Fishing ChampsVictor YcasianoHubert De Los Santos
Terrafirma 3x3Raymond TiongcoJoe Lipa

First conference

The conference started on November 20, 2021, and ended on December 29.

Legs summary

PosTeam1st leg2nd leg3rd leg4th leg5th leg6th legPtsQualification
1Meralco Bolts 3x32nd1st5th2nd4th5th420Qualification to Grand Finals quarterfinal round
2TNT Tropang Giga1st3rd9th3rd2nd2nd420
3Limitless Appmasters11th4th7th6th1st1st361
4Platinum Karaoke4th2nd6th4th6th3rd360
5Terrafirma 3x35th6th3rd5th3rd7th325Qualification to Grand Finals preliminary round
6Purefoods TJ Titans3rd9th4th1st5th11th316
7Pioneer Pro Tibay10th7th2nd7th7th8th253
8Sista Super Sealers12th5th1st10th10th10th218
9San Miguel Beermen7th8th11th9th8th4th206
10Barangay Ginebra San Miguel8th11th8th11th9th6th167
11Cavitex Braves6th10th12th8th12th12th140
12NorthPort Batang Pier9th13th10th12th11th9th100
13Zamboanga Valientes13th12th13th13th13th13th74

Source: PBA 3x3

Grand Finals

Preliminary round

Pool A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification
1 San Miguel Beermen 2 1 1 38 36 +2 .500[lower-alpha 1] Quarterfinals
2 Terrafirma 3x3 2 1 1 35 35 0 .500[lower-alpha 1]
3 Sista Super Sealers 2 1 1 33 35 −2 .500[lower-alpha 1]
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.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 San Miguel Beermen 19.0 avg. points; Terrafirma 3x3 17.5 avg. points; Sista Super Sealers 16.5 avg. points
Pool B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification
1 Pioneer Pro Tibay 2 2 0 43 36 +7 1.000 Quarterfinals
2 Purefoods TJ Titans 2 1 1 41 31 +10 .500
3 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 2 0 2 25 42 −17 .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 Meralco Bolts 3x3 15
5 (A2) Terrafirma 3x3 19
5 (A2) Terrafirma 3x3 10
4 Platinum Karaoke 21
7 (B1) Pioneer Pro Tibay 15
4 Platinum Karaoke 21
4 Platinum Karaoke 16
3 Limitless Appmasters 18
3 Limitless Appmasters 21
9 (A1) San Miguel Beermen 15
3 Limitless Appmasters 21 Third place
2 TNT Tropang Giga 16
6 (B2) Purefoods TJ Titans 13 5 (A2) Terrafirma 3x3 14
2 TNT Tropang Giga 18 2 TNT Tropang Giga 22

Second conference

The second conference was originally scheduled to start on January 8, 2022, but was suspended after Metro Manila was put on Alert Level 3 due to the rising COVID-19 cases.[18] The conference started on February 19 and ended on April 27.

Legs summary

PosTeam1st leg2nd leg3rd leg4th leg5th leg6th legPtsQualification
1Limitless Appmasters4th3rd1st2nd1st7th450Qualification to Grand Finals quarterfinal round
2TNT Tropang Giga1st6th2nd3rd2nd4th435
3Meralco Bolts 3x32nd5th3rd1st6th5th395
4San Miguel Beermen6th1st7th4th8th1st380
5Pioneer Pro Tibay13th4th8th7th5th2nd277Qualification to Grand Finals preliminary round
6Barangay Ginebra San Miguel3rd2nd9th5th13th8th267
7Platinum Karaoke5th7th11th6th3rd6th266
8Purefoods TJ Titans8th8th10th9th4th3rd238
9Sista Super Sealers7th10th5th11th7th11th180
10Terrafirma 3x311th12th4th10th11th13th136
11Cavitex Braves9th11th6th12th10th9th133
12Master Sardines Fishing Champs12th13th12th8th9th12th109
13NorthPort Batang Pier10th9th13th13th12th10th94

Source: PBA 3x3

Grand Finals

Preliminary round

Pool A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Sista Super Sealers 2 2 0 39 36 +3 Quarterfinals
2 Pioneer Pro Tibay 2 1 1 38 35 +3
3 Purefoods TJ Titans 2 0 2 35 41 −6
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 Qualification
1 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 2 2 0 44 37 +7 Quarterfinals
2 Terrafirma 3x3 2 1 1 39 41 −2
3 Platinum Karaoke 2 0 2 38 43 −5
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 Limitless Appmasters 14
5 (A2) Pioneer Pro Tibay 16
5 (A2) Pioneer Pro Tibay 16
6 (B1) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 14
6 (B1) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 21
4 San Miguel Beermen 12
5 (A2) Pioneer Pro Tibay 12
9 (A1) Sista Super Sealers 10
3 Meralco Bolts 3x3 15
9 (A1) Sista Super Sealers 16
9 (A1) Sista Super Sealers 13 Third place
2 TNT Tropang Giga 12
10 (B2) Terrafirma 3x3 17 6 (B1) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 21
2 TNT Tropang Giga 18 2 TNT Tropang Giga 16

Third conference

The conference started on May 21, 2022, and ended on July 3.

Legs summary

PosTeam1st leg2nd leg3rd leg4th leg5th leg6th legPtsQualification
1TNT Tropang Giga1st7th1st1st2nd2nd500Qualification to Grand Finals quarterfinal round
2Meralco Bolts 3x34th1st4th8th5th3rd375
3Purefoods TJ Titans3rd5th2nd12th7th1st354
4San Miguel Beermen7th10th7th3rd1st5th318
5Cavitex Braves6th2nd10th5th3rd8th298Qualification to Grand Finals preliminary round
6Platinum Karaoke5th6th3rd6th6th7th295
7Terrafirma 3x39th4th13th2nd4th13th244
8Limitless Appmasters10th8th5th4th9th4th243
9Barangay Ginebra San Miguel2nd3rd14th10th8th11th230
10Sista Super Sealers8th13th6th9th12th6th171
11Pioneer Pro Tibay11th11th9th7th14th12th117
12Master Sardines Fishing Champs13th12th8th13th13th9th105
13NorthPort Batang Pier14th9th12th11th11th10th95
14Zamboanga Valientes12th14th11th14th10th14th81

Source: PBA 3x3

Grand Finals

Preliminary round

Pool A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification
1 Limitless Appmasters 2 2 0 42 35 +7 1.000 Quarterfinals
2 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 2 1 1 37 36 +1 .500
3 Cavitex Braves 2 0 2 35 43 −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 38 22 +16 1.000 Quarterfinals
2 Sista Super Sealers 2 1 1 29 27 +2 .500
3 Terrafirma 3x3 2 0 2 18 36 −18 .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
9 (A2) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 14
1 TNT Tropang Giga 21
4 San Miguel Beermen 15
6 (B1) Platinum Karaoke 8
4 San Miguel Beermen 10
1 TNT Tropang Giga 21
3 Purefoods TJ Titans 19
3 Purefoods TJ Titans 18
8 (A1) Limitless Appmasters 16
3 Purefoods TJ Titans 21 Third place
10 (B2) Sista Super Sealers 19
10 (B2) Sista Super Sealers 18 4 San Miguel Beermen 20
2 Meralco Bolts 3x3 12 10 (B2) Sista Super Sealers 21

Notes

  1. 1 2 Universal Canning was set to enter a team featuring their brand Master Sardines, but later withdrew.[9] They were replaced by a team of Vismay International Corporation, which is Platinum Karaoke.[10] Master Sardines eventually joined before the second conference.[7]
  2. ↑ Phenom Sportswear was supposed to enter with a co-branding of former PBA Developmental League team BRT Sumisip.[11] However they were not among the final roster of participating teams. They were subsequently replaced by a team of Pioneer Epoxy Adhesives Inc. under the monicker of Pioneer Pro Tibay.

References

  1. ↑ Giongco, Mark (February 1, 2020). "PBA, SBP set to launch 3×3 tournament in March". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  2. ↑ Lozada, Bong (June 12, 2020). "Inaugural PBA 3x3 tournament postponed to next year". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  3. 1 2 Leongson, Randolph (March 10, 2021). "PBA set for 16-team three-conference maiden 3x3 season". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  4. ↑ "SMB, Meralco go unbeaten on Day 1 to book PBA 3x3 knockout stage spots". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. November 20, 2021. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
  5. ↑ Bacnis, Justine (April 5, 2021). "Blackwater to skip PBA 3x3". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  6. 1 2 3 Terrado, Jonas (November 12, 2021). "PBA 3x3 to hold draw proceedings for 13 teams; Opening set on Nov. 20". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  7. 1 2 "Master Sardines newest team to join growing PBA 3x3". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  8. ↑ Bacnis, Justine (November 2, 2021). "PBA 3x3 to have 13 teams". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  9. ↑ Li, Matthew (March 27, 2021). "Master Sardines commits to PBA 3x3". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
  10. ↑ Li, Matthew (July 19, 2021). "Ababou to lead Platinum Karaoke in PBA 3x3". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  11. ↑ Li, Matthew (April 20, 2021). "Phenom-BRT Sumisip replaces Blackwater in PBA 3x3". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  12. ↑ "Louie Vigil leads San Miguel team in inaugural PBA 3x3". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  13. ↑ Li, Matthew (July 14, 2021). "Franky Johnson headlines Rain or Shine 3x3". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  14. ↑ "TNT insists Gray committed to 3x3 team amid Taiwan rumor". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  15. ↑ "FAST FACTS: PBA 3x3 lineups, groupings, tournament format". Rappler. November 13, 2021.
  16. ↑ "PBA 3X3 gets going with 17-game opener". 3x3.pba.ph.
  17. ↑ "Meralco, TNT lead qualifiers to PBA 3x3 First Conference Grand Finals". 3x3.pba.ph.
  18. ↑ "PBA postpones 3x3 second conference tentatively". 3x3.pba.ph.
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