Highlights of the NBA 3X Philippines 2018 presented by AXA
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Team A from Pangasinan and Discovery Perlas are the new champions of
the NBA 3X Philippines 2018 presented by AXA Men’s Open and the Women’s
Open divisions respectively at the SM Mall of Asia Music Hall on Aug. 26.
The
two teams bested their toughest competition in the finals, with the young team
from University of Luzon composed of Mario Angelito Torio, Reynald
Ballesteros, Robert Caasi Jr. and Julius Tiburcio outlasting their
physical match against Metro-Manila-based SAN-C. Discovery Perlas (Joy Galicia,
Angeli Gloriani, Ella Rodrigues and Jhenn Angeles) meanwhile outplayed Team
Fast Track.
The
eighth edition of NBA 3X Philippines drew a large audience that witnessed
outstanding competition in the Boys Under 13, Boys Under 16, Boys Under 18,
Girls Under 18, Men’s Open and Women’s Open divisions on Aug. 25-26.
North
Luzon dominated the annual three-on-three competition as teams that qualified
in the Benguet eliminations on Aug. 11-12 emerged champions in four out of six
divisions: Boys Under 13, Girls Under 13, Boys Under 16 and Men’s Open.
The
Greyhounds of Baguio City (Rieken Espinosa, Dreyxius Castillo, Kyle Patrick
Margarata, Adam Floyd Darden) defeated Metro Manila’s Team Palanan in the
U13 Division while Balon Dagupan, a team of Pangasinan school girls (Regimay
Castres, Rosemarie de los Santos, Jane de Vera and Fionna Camangeg) overcame
HIMC Monarchs A of Holy Infant Montessori Caloocan for the Girls U13 crown.
Another
team from the North, SLU A from St. Louis University Baguio (Jaudenes Parone,
Dennis De Vera, Manson Lee Cerantes and Francis Almazan) dominated Braderhud in
the Boys U16 category. HIMC Monarchs 2 of Caloocan (John Dominic Geli, Jeth
Monteleyola, Renzo David Apolonia and Alfon Jazmin) edged out the Caloocan
Supremos C in the Boys Under 18 finals.
In
the AXA Division, which showcased skilled athletes from the world’s largest and
fastest-growing life insurance company, 2017 runner-up Go Elite (Edster Sy,
Ronald Lim, Nicolo Chua and Florante Salazar) came out on top after beating the
CL Warriors.
The
much-awaited Celebrity Division crowned Killa Crossover, composed of former
NCAA MVP Sudan Daniel, actor-model Marco Alcaraz, singer-actor Billy Crawford
and model-rugby player Eric Tai as champions. David Carlos, the Slam Dunk King,
stayed undefeated in the Slam Dunk competition.
The
NBA 3X weekend treated passionate Filipino fans to a competitive 3-on-3 tournament
featuring men’s and women’s teams and authetic NBA entertainment. Five-time NBA
All-Star Tim Hardaway Sr. and NBA Champion Brian Scalabrine of the Boston
Celtics engaged the fans and helped coach a basketball clinic for 20 kids from
AXA, while the Detroit Pistons Extreme Team showcased their aerial dunks and
acrobatic performance.
A
total of 1,200 players, 456 from the Baguio eliminations and 744 from the Metro
Manila qualifiers, participated in this year’s NBA 3X preliminary tournaments.
AXA
Philippines is the presenting partner of NBA 3X Philippines 2018. In
addition, CloudFone, Gatorade, Nike, Panasonic, Rexona, PLDT and
Smart will serve as official partners while SM Mall of
Asia an Spalding are supporting partners. Official NBA broadcasters
for the event are ABS-CBN S+A, Basketball TV, and NBA Premium TV.
For
more information on NBA 3X Philippine 2018 and the registration process, fans
can visit www.nba3x.com/
philippines, Facebook.com/ philsnba and
@NBA_Philippines on Twitter.
For
more details on AXA Philippines and their product offerings, visit www.axa.com.ph and
Facebook.com/axa.philippines.
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