2014–15 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
2014–15 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season
Head coach	Yeng Guiao
Owner(s)	Asian Coatings Philippines, Inc.
Philippine Cup results
Record	9–2 ; (.818)
Place	2nd
Playoff finish	Semifinalist ; (Lost to Alaska, 2-4)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	8–3 ; (.727)
Place	1st
Playoff finish	Runner-up vs Talk 'N Text 3-4
Governors' Cup results
Record	7–4 ; (.636)
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Semifinalist ; (Lost to San Miguel, 1-3)
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters seasons

The 2014–15 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season was the ninth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

August 24: The 2014 PBA Draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
1	2	Kevin Alas	G	Philippines	NLEX (D-League)	Letran
1	9	Jericho Cruz	G	Philippines	Zambales M-Builders	AdU
2	2	Kevin Espinosa	F/G	Philippines	none	MIT
2	9	Mike Gamboa	G	Philippines	Junior Powerade Tigers	UP

Roster

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
G	7000100000000000000♠1	Uyloan, Jonathan	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1983-11-26	Golden West
G	7000300000000000000♠3	Lee, Paul	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1989-02-04	UE
G/F	7000500000000000000♠5	Norwood, Gabe	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1985-02-09	George Mason
F	7000600000000000000♠6	Ibañes, Jireh (C)	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	1982-04-20	UP
G	7000800000000000000♠8	Teng, Jeric	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	1991-03-18	UST
G	7000900000000000000♠9	Cruz, Jericho (R)	7000186690000000000♠6 ft 1.5 in (1.87 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1990-10-11	Adamson
G	7001110000000000000♠11	Tang, Tyrone	7000172720000000000♠5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	1984-09-25	La Salle
G	7001160000000000000♠16	Chan, Jeffrei	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1983-02-11	FEU
G	7001170000000000000♠17	Tiu, Chris	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1985-07-15	Ateneo
G	7001180000000000000♠18	Araña, Ryan	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1983-03-23	La Salle
F/C	7001200000000000000♠20	Cruz, Jervy	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1986-09-09	UST
F/C	7001300000000000000♠30	Belga, Beau	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	295 lb (134 kg)	1986-11-30	PCU
F/C	7001480000000000000♠48	Quiñahan, JR	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	295 lb (134 kg)	1984-05-08	UV
F/C	7001570000000000000♠57	Almazan, Raymond	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	1989-08-02	Letran

Head coach

Yeng Guiao (UP Diliman)

Assistant coach(es)

Caloy Garcia (Benilde)
Mike Buendia
Jay Legacion
Matthew Makalintal
Ricky Umayam

Team manager

Mamerto Mondragon ^[a]
Boy Lapid (assistant)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(I) Import
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
(R) Rookie

Injured

^a also serves as Rain or Shine's board governor.

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals (1st phase)			Quarterfinals (2nd phase) (One-game playoff)			Semifinals (Best-of-7)			Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#3 twice to beat)
3	Alaska	82
10	NLEX	78
			3	Alaska	87
	(#6 twice to beat)		6	Meralco	69	2	Rain or Shine	2
6	Meralco	77				3	Alaska	4
7	Purefoods Star	65
									3	Alaska	3
	(#4 twice to beat)								1	San Miguel	4
4	Talk 'N Text	105
9	Barako Bull	76				1	San Miguel	4
			4	Talk 'N Text	83	4	Talk 'N Text	0
	(#5 twice to beat)		5	Barangay Ginebra	67
5	Barangay Ginebra	95
8	GlobalPort	78

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

y – clinched twice to beat in the quarterfinals, x – clinched best-of-3 quarterfinals, w – clinched twice to win in the quarterfinals, e – eliminated

2015 PBA Commissioner's Cup
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
1	y–Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	8	3	.727	—	1.025
2	y–Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	8	3	.727	—	1.010
3	x–Purefoods Star Hotshots	8	3	.727	—	0.969
4	x–NLEX Road Warriors	6	5	.545	2	1.171
5	x–Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545	2	0.854
6	x–Alaska Aces	5	6	.455	3	1.021
7	w–Barako Bull Energy	5	6	.455	3	1.019
8	w–Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	5	6	.455	3	0.960
9	e–San Miguel Beermen	4	7	.364	4	1.011
10	e–GlobalPort Batang Pier	4	7	.364	4	0.995
11	e–Kia Carnival	4	7	.364	4	0.994
12	e–Blackwater Elite	3	8	.273	5

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals			Semifinals (Best-of-5)			Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#1 twice-to-beat)
1	Rain or Shine	92
8	Barangay Ginebra	91
			1	Rain or Shine	3
	(Best-of-3)		5	Meralco	0
4	NLEX	0
5	Meralco	2
						1	Rain or Shine	3
	(#2 twice-to-beat)					2	Talk 'N Text	4
2	Talk 'N Text	127
7	Barako Bull	97
			2	Talk 'N Text	3
	(Best-of-3)		3	Purefoods Star	1
3	Purefoods Star	2
6	Alaska	0

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

y – clinched twice to beat in the quarterfinals, w – clinched twice to win in the quarterfinals, e – eliminated

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
1	y- Alaska Aces	8	3	.727	—	1.065
2	y- San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727	—	0.939
3	y- Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	7	4	.636	1	1.063
4	y- GlobalPort Batang Pier	7	4	.636	1	0.941
5	w- Star Hotshots	6	5	.545	2	1.315
6	w- Barako Bull Energy	6	5	.545	2	0.761
7	w- Meralco Bolts	5	6	.455	3	1.125
8	w- Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	5	6	.455	3	1.000
9	e- Kia Carnival	5	6	.455	3	0.954
10	e- Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	5	6	.455	3	0.929
11	e- NLEX Road Warriors	3	8	.273	5
12	e- Blackwater Elite	1	10	.091	7

Bracket

Quarterfinals				Semifinals (Best-of-5)			Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#1 twice to beat)
1	Alaska	114
8	Ginebra	108
				1	Alaska	3
	(#4 twice to beat)			5	Star	0
4	GlobalPort	73	94
5	Star	126	101
							1	Alaska	0
	(#2 twice to beat)						2	San Miguel	4
2	San Miguel	99	102
7	Meralco	106	86
				2	San Miguel	3
	(#3 twice to beat)			3	Rain or Shine	1
3	Rain or Shine	134**
6	Barako Bull	132

*Game went into overtime^[a]

^a The number of asterisks denotes the number of overtime(s) occurred.

Transactions

Trades

Pre-season

October 2, 2014^[1]	To Rain or Shine 2015 & 2019 2nd round picks	To Talk 'N Text Larry Rodriguez
October 4, 2014^[2]	To Rain or Shine 2015 1st round pick	To NLEX Kevin Alas

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Rick Jackson	January 28 (vs. Talk 'N Text)	February 14 (vs. Purefoods Star)	3–2
Commissioner's Cup	Wayne Chism	February 20 (vs. Alaska)	April 29 (vs. Talk 'N Text)	12–5
Governors' Cup	Wendell McKines	May 12 (vs. San Miguel)	July 8 (vs. San Miguel)	9–7

References

↑ Rodriguez to TNT trade OK'd, inquirer.net, October 2, 2014
↑ Alas to NLex, inquirer.net, October 4, 2014

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[1] Rodriguez to TNT trade OK'd, inquirer.net, October 2, 2014

[2] Alas to NLex, inquirer.net, October 4, 2014

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