Sports season
The 2018 BIG3 season was the second season of BIG3 . The regular season began on June 22, 2018 and ended on August 10, 2018.
Prior to this season, BIG3 signed a streaming deal with Facebook .[ 2]
Venues
Week
Date(s)
Venue
City
Notes
1
June 22, 2018
Toyota Center
Houston , Texas
2
June 29, 2018
United Center
Chicago , Illinois
3
July 6, 2018
Oracle Arena
Oakland , California
4
July 13, 2018
Little Caesars Arena
Detroit , Michigan
5
July 20, 2018
American Airlines Arena
Miami , Florida
6
July 27, 2018
Scotiabank Arena
Toronto , Ontario
7
August 3, 2018
TD Garden
Boston , Massachusetts
8
August 10, 2018
Infinite Energy Arena
Duluth , Georgia
9
August 17, 2018
American Airlines Center
Dallas , Texas
Playoffs
10
August 24, 2018
Barclays Center
Brooklyn , New York
Championship game
Draft
The draft lottery was held on April 3, 2018 in Los Angeles. The Ball Hogs came up with the winning ping pong ball and landed the first overall pick.[ 3]
BIG3 co-founder Ice Cube and commissioner Clyde Drexler joined Skip Bayless , Shannon Sharpe and Joy Taylor on Fox Sports 1 ’s Skip and Shannon: Undisputed
The 2018 BIG3 draft was held in Los Angeles on April 12, 2018. 19 players were selected across three rounds.[ 4]
Player selections
Notes Last team does not only refer to NBA teams, it also refers to overseas play such as the EuroLeague , NBL or any other major international league.Last played refers to last year of being active in any basketball league.
Regular season
The first week of games in the BIG3 Basketball League took place at the Toyota Center , in Houston , Texas .
Game 1
3 Headed Monsters 50 –48Ghost Ballers
Game 2
3's Company 51 –30Killer 3's
Game 3
Ball Hogs
31–51
Power
Game 4
Tri-State 51 –34Trilogy
The second week of games in the BIG3 Basketball League took place at the United Center , in Chicago , Illinois .
Game 1
Killer 3's 50 –44Ghost Ballers
Game 2
Tri-State 51 –34Ball Hogs
Game 3
3's Company
44–50
Power
Game 4
3 Headed Monsters 50 –34Trilogy
The third week of games in the BIG3 Basketball League took place at the Oracle Arena , in Oakland , California .
Game 1
3's Company 52 –50Trilogy
Game 2
Ball Hogs 50 –40Ghost Ballers
Game 3
Tri-State 50 –46Power
Game 4
3 Headed Monsters 51 –49Killer 3's
The fourth week of games in the BIG3 Basketball League took place at the Little Caesars Arena , in Detroit , Michigan .
Game 1
Killer 3's
39–52
Trilogy
Game 2
3's Company 50 –40Ball Hogs
Game 3
Tri-State
48–50
3 Headed Monsters
Game 4
Power 50 –45Ghost Ballers
The fifth week of games in the BIG3 Basketball League took place at the American Airlines Arena , in Miami , Florida .
Game 1
Ghost Ballers
40–51
Tri-State
Game 2
Ball Hogs
38–50
Killer 3's
Game 3
Trilogy
48–51
Power
Game 4
3's Company
47–50
3 Headed Monsters
The sixth week of games in the BIG3 Basketball League took place at the Scotiabank Arena , in Toronto , Ontario .
Game 1
3 Headed Monsters 51 –45Ball Hogs
Game 2
Power 50 –28Killer 3's
Game 3
3's Company 51 –29Tri-State
Game 4
Trilogy
41–50
Ghost Ballers
The seventh week of games in the BIG3 Basketball League took place at the TD Garden , in Boston , Massachusetts .
Game 1
Ball Hogs
45–51
Trilogy
Game 2
Tri-State 51 –45Killer 3's
Game 3
Power 51 –403 Headed Monsters
Game 4
Ghost Ballers
33–51
3's Company
The eighth week of games in the BIG3 Basketball League took place at Infinite Energy Arena in the Atlanta suburb of Duluth , Georgia .
Game 1
Killer 3's 51 –443's Company
Game 2
3 Headed Monsters 51 –37Ghost Ballers
Game 3
Tri-State
40–50
Trilogy
Game 4
Power 50 –40Ball Hogs
Standings
Notes
Z clinched top seed Y clinched playoff spot
Playoffs
The semifinals and bonus week of games in the BIG3 Basketball League took place at the American Airlines Center , in Dallas , Texas . The Ball Hogs, Ghost Ballers, Killer 3's, and Trilogy played in two games to determine the lower positions, but did not officially count in the standings.
Game 1
Ball Hogs 50 –35Ghost Ballers
Game 2
Trilogy
47–51
Killer 3's
Game 3 (Semifinal)
Power 51 –49Tri-State
Game 4 (Semifinal)
3 Headed Monsters
28–50
3's Company
The second BIG3 Championship game was played at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn , New York . Power defeated 3's Company for the title. 3 Headed Monsters beat Tri-State in the consolation game to finish in third place.
Game 1 (Consolation)
3 Headed Monsters 52 –49Tri-State
Game 2 (Championship )
Power 51 –433's Company
Bracket
Individual statistic leaders
Awards
The awards for the 2018 season were announced prior to the championship game.[ 5]
References
^ Cordner, Jason (April 4, 2019). "SOURCE SPORTS: Ice Cube's BIG3 League Announces New Television Deal With CBS and CBS Sports Network" . ^ BIG3 (June 12, 2018). "BIG3 SIGNS STREAMING DEAL WITH FACEBOOK" . BIG3 . Retrieved August 13, 2018 . {{cite web }}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link )^ Ellenport, Craig (April 3, 2018). "BIG3 Draft Lottery" . BIG3 . Retrieved August 13, 2018 . ^ Ellenport, Craig (April 13, 2018). "BIG3 Season 2 Draft Review" . BIG3 . Retrieved August 13, 2018 . ^ "2018 BIG3 Basketball awards: Corey Maggette takes home MVP; 'Birdman' wins Defensive Player of the Year" . CBSSports.com . August 22, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2019 .
