MULTI-TITLED TNT Tropang Giga seek to continue the juggernaut as the PBA 3x3 Season 2 Second Conference kicks off Saturday at Robinsons Place Antipolo.
The Tropang Giga have been on a tear in the three-a-side league, ruling three of the six legs and annexing the grand championship in the First Conference.
A week after making it back-to-back conference romps, Almond Vosotros, Ping Exciminiano, Lervin Flores and Gryann Mendoza team up once again to try to extend the franchise's winning streak in Leg 1 with challengers highly-determined to crash the party.
Coach Mau Belen challenges her troops to double the work with competition from the 11 other squads getting tougher and tougher.
"Iyung competition, iba na talaga. Teams are getting stronger and stronger. We have to stay focused on what we wanna do and handle the pressure well," Belen said.
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The Tropang Giga compete in Pool D in the mid-conference opener versus San Miguel Beer and NorthPort.
The Beermen enlisted Carlo de Chavez to join the core of Jeff Manday, Wendel Comboy and Ken Bono, who won one leg and finished fifth in the First Conference Grand Finals while Dexter Zamora, Gwynne Capacio, John Apacible and Wilson Baltazar are tasked with the Batang Pier's bid for a breakthrough win.
Fresh from their First Conference runner-up finish, Platinum Karaoke's Nico Salva, TH Tumalip, Yutien Andrada and Brandon Bates vie in Pool C versus Cavitex and Blackwater Red President.
The Braves brought back Jorey Napoles and Bong Galanza from the First Conference third-placing crew and added Tzaddy Rangel and debutant Sherwin Concepcion.
First Conference fourth-placer Meralco 3x3, represented by Alfred Batino, Reymar Caduyac, Ken Mocon and JJ Manlangit, bids in Pool B versus Barangay Ginebra and Purefoods TJ Titans.
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Season 1 Second Conference champs Pioneer Elastoseal, bannered by Gian Abrigo, Reggie Morido, Christian Rivera and Reeve Ugsang, leads Pool A with J&T Express' Marvin Hayes, Joseph Sedurifa, Keith Datu and Robin Rono and Terrafirma 3x3 providing challenge.
Twelve exciting pool matches feature in Day 1 with the top two finishers of each group heading to Sunday's KO stages. (OL)
