Even though NBA greats like Allen Iverson and Chauncey Billups are retired from the the league, you can still watch them and other former players compete in the BIG3 league. The BIG3 is a 3-on-3 professional basketball league that was created by rapper and actor Ice Cube and Jeff Kwatinetz, an entertainment executive.
BIG 3 live stream: Start time, TV channel, and how to watch Week 1’s games online
Former NBA players competed against one another in the first week of the Big3 league.
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In the BIG3 league, there are eight traveling teams with names like 3-Headed Monsters, Ghost Ballers, Power, Tri-State, 3’s Company, Ball Hogs, Trilogy, and the Killer 3’s. Iverson is a player for 3’s company, and Billups is on the Killer 3’s team. You can find all the BIG3 rosters here.
Each squad has five players and a coach. There is an eight-week regular season where all teams will play eight games. Games will take place on Sundays, and teams will have a week off between matches. After the eight-game regular season, there will be a playoff game on the ninth week and a championship game on the 10th.
The first slew of games in this eight-week regular season began on June 25 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. If you don’t want to know the results, stop reading now! They’ll follow the viewing info below.
Fans will get a chance to view Week 1’s fast-paced action on Monday, the day after the games took place, at 8 p.m. ET. The games will air on FS1. Fans can also stream the action online by using the Fox Sports Go app.
How to Watch Week 1 of the BIG3 league
When: Monday, June 26
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Channel: FS1
Online: Fox Sports Go app.
Week 1 results
The 3-Headed Monsters defeated the Ghost Ballers, 62-60, as Rashard Lewis scored a game-high 27 points to lead the 3-Headed Monsters to victory. Kwame Brown also chipped in with 17 points and 13 boards.
Next, Power knocked off Tri-State, 62-59. DeShawn Stevenson scored buckets with ease, racking up 20 points while connecting on 50 percent of his three-point shots. Even thought Tri-State fell to defeat, they shot 56.3 percent from the field.
Later on, 3’s Company defeated the Ball Hogs, 61-51. 3’s Company’s Andre Owens scored a team-high 20 points, but the team only shot 33.8 percent from the field. The Ball Hogs’ Derrick Byars and Rasual Butler combined for 41 points and 15 rebounds, but the rest of the squad accounted for only 10 points.
Lastly, Trilogy dominated the Killer 3’s, 60-45. Trilogy’s Al Harrington exploded for 25 points, Rashad McCants dropped 15 points, and James White added an extra 16. The Killer 3’s couldn’t connect from deep, as the team shot only 6.7 percent from beyond the arc.
Week 1 is officially in the books, and Week 2’s games will take place on Sunday, July 2 at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, N.C. Ball Hogs and Tri-State will do battle in Game 1, and Trilogy and the 3-Headed Monsters will collide in Game 2. After the first two games, Power will face off against the Killer 3’s in Game 3, and 3’s Company will lock horns with Ghost Ballers in Game 4.
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