The road to grand slam 2.0 begins for TNT.
As the PBA 3×3 Season 3 unveils its Third Conference on Monday at the Ayala Malls Glorietta, so does the Triple Giga’s bid for a historic back-to-back season sweep.
The franchise is just two weeks removed from topping the Second Conference grand finals that put it on the verge of completing another triple kill the way it did in Season 2.
Champion coach Mau Belen is not taking chances and will parade anew the winning crew of Chester Saldua, Samboy De Leon, Gryann Mendoza, and Almond Vosotros for Leg 1 of the season’s final tournament.
The Triple Giga were an absolute force during the Second Conference, coming one championship short of completing a six-leg sweep on the way to winning their sixth straight grand finals.
They open up their campaign against Terrafirma 3×3 at 11:20 a.m. in the third outing of another 13-game schedule on the first day of pool play.
TNT and Terrafirma are in Pool A along with Blackwater Smooth Razor.
The Meralco Bolts battle guest team MCFASolver Tech Centrale in the opening game at 10:30 a.m. pitting teams in Pool B that also includes Purefoods TJ Titans and Northport Batang Pier.
The Bolts came close to upending the Triple Giga’s dominance but lost in overtime, 21-20, during the Second Conference grand finals.
Cavitex meanwhile, is grouped in Pool C together with Pioneer Elastoseal, San Miguel Beer, and Barangay Ginebra.
Eight teams – two in Pool A and three from Pools B and C- will advance to Tuesday’s knockout stage where a total prize purse of P100,000 awaits the leg champion.