President's Cup third leg set today

Can anyone stop Zamboanga City?

Even with their current success in the 2020 Chooks-to-Go 3x3 Pilipinas President's Cup powered by TM, expect no letup from Family's Brand Sardines Zamboanga City Chooks as the league enters its third leg Sunday afternoon at the bubble setup inside INSPIRE Sports Academy.

Alvin Pasaol shares, "Di kami masyadong confident kahit tatlong panalo na kami. Sa next leg namin, mas hihigitan pa namin yung effort namin ngayon."

Zamboanga City has won both legs so far this week, as well as the preseason tournament. The quartet composed of national team pool members Pasaol, Joshua Munzon, Leonard Santillan, and Troy Rike are using the league to prepare themselves for the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympic Qualifying Tournament slated to take place next year.

The fan favorite adds, "Kailangan naming ma-sweep ito, yun yung nasa utak namin. Kailangang ipakita sa lahat na nire-represent namin ang Pilipinas. Ito na yung training ground namin e kumbaga para pagdating sa OQT tsaka Tokyo Olympics, makakalaban tayo."

Zamboanga City will be facing Bacolod-Master Sardines and Bicol-Paxful 3x3 Pro in Pool C, with all three teams having earned spots in the knockout rounds on the previous leg.

Second leg finalists Nueva Ecija seek a return trip in the third leg, but to pull that off, they will need to survive Zamboanga Peninsula Valientes-MLV and Pagadian-Rocky Sports in Pool B.

First leg finalists Uling Roasters-Butuan City will be facing Palayan City Capitals and Petra Cement Roxas ZN in Pool D.

In Pool A, Joining Big Boss Cement-Porac MSC Green Gorillas are Pasig-Sta. Lucia Realtors and Sarangani Marlins.

Champions will receive PhP 100,000. However, if Zamboanga City is in the finals, the team facing them there will also receive that amount. A new wrinkle in the competition sees a PhP 10,000 incentive for the team who wins their game the quickest, called the Chooks-to-Go Delivery Fastest Game.

Also set to take place on Sunday are the two side-events: the TM Two-Point Shootout and the TM Slam Dunk Contest. The latter sees David Carlos attempt to fend off first leg champion Darwin Cantong and Jesus Manay for the PhP 20,000 prize.

Telecast starts at 1pm on BEAM Ch. 31, the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas page on Facebook, and the FIBA 3x3 YouTube account.