Grandslam-seeking TNT finds its bid under serious threat when Season 3 of the Philippine Basketball Association 3×3 Third Conference reels off Monday at the Ayala Malls Glorietta.
The main concern for TNT is top-seeded team Meralco but leg winners Cavitex and MCFASolver, alongside four other teams, are expected to go all-out.
As the top four finishers which accumulated the highest tour points at the end of the conference, the Bolts, Triple Giga, Braves and Tech Centrale are seeded outright to the knockout stage.
The four remaining slots meanwhile, will be filled up by the six teams that earned qualifications to the grand finale, namely Blackwater Smooth Razor, San Miguel Beer, Purefoods TJ Titans, Pioneer Elastoseal, Terrafirma 3×3 and Barangay Ginebra.
Pool A will have the Smooth Razor, Katibays, and Dyip, while Pool B is composed of the Beermen, Titans, and Kings.
Game time starts at 2 p.m.
The Triple Giga topped the last six grand finals — including a sweep of Season 2- and are poised for another grand slam should they emerge victorious anew and bag the top prize worth P750,000.
But the team of coach Mau Belen struggled in the final conference of the season that saw the emergence of Meralco as the force to reckon with after winning half of the six-leg phase.
