BUOYED by two straight leg titles, Meralco fortified its hold on the top spot while NorthPort crashed the magic 10 in the PBA 3×3 Season 3 Third Conference team standings.
The Bolts kept pole position with 350 points after scoring their first back-to-back triumphs in Leg 4 and third overall in the season-ending conference.
Despite finishing fourth three days ago, Leg 2 ruler MCFASolver remained at No. 2 with 310 points.
Not far behind were TNT, which rose one spot to third with 240 after netting a second straight silver, and Cavitex, which dropped one place to No. 4 with 230 after placing sixth.
The teams sitting from fifth to ninth last week retained their positions–San Miguel Beer (206), Leg 4 bronze medalist Blackwater (196), Purefoods (158), Pioneer Elastoseal (119) and Terrafirma (113).
The Batang Pier emerged as the biggest gainer as they moved out of the cellar and into 10th with 113. NorthPort, riding on its seventh-place finish in Leg 4, dislodged Ginebra (101) from the cutoff line for the upcoming Grand Finals.
Only 10 quartets after six Legs will make it to the conference Big Dance, with the top four squads getting outright entry into the quarterfinal round as incentives.
The race for leg honors and precious tour points will continue in Leg 5 on Monday and Tuesday at Market!Market!
Joseph Sedurifa of Meralco and RJ Deles of third placer Blackwater Smooth Razor shone bright and led the stats leaders.
The ever-reliable Sedurifa showed the way as the top scorer with an average of 10.6 points in five games while Deles outclassed everyone else as the top rebounder with 8.0.
Sedurifa normed a leg-best 6.6 one-point baskets per outing and posted a single-game high of 14 as he keyed the Bolts to back-to-back plums.
Blackwater’s Wendelino Comboy, who produced the two highest single-game scores of 18 and 17 this week, was a close second in scoring with 10.5 markers.
