Faster, shorter and more dynamic, basketball's street-based extravaganza of alley hoops and slam dunks has returned to Tauranga with the Burger King 3X3 Tour.

Visiting 12 locations nationwide this summer, the action-packed tour makes its fifth stop with the Bay of Plenty leg set at the Blake Park Tennis Courts.

Bryan Montuya playing in the Tauranga City U13 team. Photos: Tracy Hardy.

This is the second time the tour has stopped in Tauranga, with the sport's shorter format fast becoming a global sensation on a professional circuit played in some of the world's most iconic locations.

As with all legs, the Tauranga event is open to all players and will have Under-14, Under-16, Under-18 and Open events for both men and women.

Each game lasts 10 minutes and teams are restricted to 12 seconds to shoot, as opposed to 24 seconds in regular five-aside.

Tauranga City Basketball general manager Mark Rogers says it's exciting to have the tour return for the second year running, helping promote the sport even further.

'It's starting to snowball,” says Mark. 'We have our own three-on-three tournament we've been running for a few years now and we get up to 50 teams for that.

'This year we're also hosting a Bay-wide secondary schools three-on-three tournament, so it's starting to pick up.”

SunLive went along and took photos of the action. Check them out below: