2017–18 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season

2017–18 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season
2017–18 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season
Head coach	Caloy Garcia
Owner(s)	Asian Coatings Philippines, Inc.
Philippine Cup results
Record	6–5 ; (54.5%)
Place	5th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to Barangay Ginebra, 0–2)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	9–2 ; (81.8%)
Place	1st
Playoff finish	Semifinalist (lost to Barangay Ginebra, 1–3)
Governors' Cup results
Record	3–8 ; (27.3%)
Place	10th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters seasons
	← 2016–17 2019 →

The 2017–18 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season was the 12th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

2017

October 29: The 2017 PBA draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.^[1]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League tea	College
1	8	Rey Nambatac	G	Philippines	Racal Tile Masters	Letran
2	7	Jomari Sollano	F	Philippines	Tanduay Light Rhum Masters	Letran
3	6	Michael Juico	G	Philippines	Wang's Couriers	San Sebastian

Roster

2017–18 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
F	1	Onwubere, Sidney (R)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)		1993–08–01	Emilio Aguinaldo
G/F	5	Norwood, Gabe (C)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1985–02–09	George Mason
G	8	Daquioag, Ed	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1991–08–18	UST
F	12	Maiquez, Dexter	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1991–06–09	San Sebastian
G	13	Ahanmisi, Maverick	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1991–07–17	Minnesota
F/C	15	Ponferada, Jewel	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	211 lb (96 kg)	1988–07–08	National-U
F	16	Borboran, Mark	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1984–11–20	UE
G	17	Tiu, Chris	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	176 lb (80 kg)	1985–07–15	Ateneo
G/F	18	Yap, James	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1982–02–15	UE
F/C	20	Almazan, Raymond	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	1989–08–02	Letran
F	23	Washington, Jay	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1981–10–10	Eckerd
G	27	Nambatac, Rey (R)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)		1994–01–27	Letran
F/C	29	Torres, Norbert	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1990–01–12	De La Salle
F/C	30	Belga, Beau	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1986–11–30	Philippine Christian
F	33	Matias, Ronnie	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1983–11–29	Manila
G	40	Casiño, John (R)	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)			Centro Escolar

Head coach

Caloy Garcia

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Mamerto Mondragon
Jay Legacion (Assistant)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(CI) Commissioner's Cup Import
(GI) Governors' Cup Import
(EI) EASL Import
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
(R) Rookie

Injured

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Alaska Aces	7	4	.636	1	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	5	.545^[b]	2
5	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	6	5	.545^[b]	2
6	NLEX Road Warriors	6	5	.545^[b]	2
7	GlobalPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455^[c]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	TNT KaTropa	5	6	.455^[c]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Phoenix Fuel Masters	5	6	.455^[c]	3
10	Blackwater Elite	5	6	.455^[c]	3
11	Meralco Bolts	4	7	.364	4
12	Kia Picanto	1	10	.091	7

Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head to head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient), if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss^[2]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Magnolia
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 1.02, NLEX 0.95
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Head-to-head quotient: GlobalPort 1.14, Phoenix 1.00, TNT 0.97, Blackwater 0.89; #8 seed playoff: TNT defeated Phoenix

Game log

2018 PBA Philippine Cup game log
Total: 6–5

December: 1–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	December 22	TNT	W 82–79	Beau Belga (14)	Raymond Almazan (10)	Belga, Daquioag (3)	Cuneta Astrodome	1–0
2	December 29	Blackwater	L 87–92	Chris Tiu (14)	Raymond Almazan (11)	Belga, Tiu (4)	Cuneta Astrodome	1–1

January: 2–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
3	January 12	GlobalPort	L 70–78	Gabe Norwood (15)	Beau Belga (9)	Maverick Ahanmisi (4)	Mall of Asia Arena	1–2
4	January 17	Phoenix	W 120–99	Ed Daquioag (21)	Beau Belga (7)	Chris Tiu	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–2
5	January 20	Kia	L 94–98	Rey Nambatac (12)	Rey Nambatac (12)	Maverick Ahanmisi (4)	Cuneta Astrodome	2–3
6	January 26	NLEX	W 97–86	Maverick Ahanmisi (20)	Gabe Norwood (9)	Beau Belga (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–3

February: 3–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
7	February 2	Meralco	W 90–84	Chris Tiu (18)	Beau Belga (13)	Chris Tiu (7)	Mall of Asia Arena	4–3
8	February 10	Magnolia	W 101–95	Raymond Almazan (23)	Maverick Ahanmisi (8)	Chris Tiu (6)	Calasiao Sports Complex	5–3
9	February 23	Alaska	L 95–99	Maverick Ahanmisi (23)	Raymond Almazan (9)	Maverick Ahanmisi (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	5–4
10	February 28	San Miguel	W 95–80	Beau Belga (19)	Maverick Ahanmisi (11)	Maverick Ahanmisi (7)	Mall of Asia Arena	6–4

March: 0–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
11	March 2	TNT	L 92–100 (3OT)	Beau Belga (17)	Gabe Norwood (10)	Belga, Norwood (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	6–5

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals			Semifinals (best-of-7)			Finals (best-of-7)

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	San Miguel	106

8	TNT	93
			1	San Miguel	4
(best-of-3)
			4	Barangay Ginebra	1
4	Barangay Ginebra	2

5	Rain or Shine	0
						1	San Miguel	4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
						2	Magnolia	1
2	Magnolia	86

7	GlobalPort	79
			2	Magnolia	4
(best-of-3)
			6	NLEX	2
3	Alaska	0

6	NLEX	2

Game log

2018 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log
Total: 0–2

Quarterfinals: 0–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	March 5	Barangay Ginebra	L 80–88	Beau Belga (17)	Norwood, Ponferada (6)	Ahanmisi, Tiu (3)	Mall of Asia Arena	0–1
2	March 7	Barangay Ginebra	L 91–99	Maverick Ahanmisi (18)	Raymond Almazan (13)	Maverick Ahanmisi (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–2

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	9	2	.818	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Alaska Aces	8	3	.727^[a]	1	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	TNT KaTropa	8	3	.727^[a]	1	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Meralco Bolts	7	4	.636	2
5	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	5	.545^[b]	3
6	San Miguel Beermen	6	5	.545^[b]	3
7	Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok	6	5	.545^[b]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	GlobalPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Columbian Dyip	4	7	.364^[c]	5
10	Phoenix Fuel Masters	4	7	.364^[c]	5
11	NLEX Road Warriors	2	9	.182	7
12	Blackwater Elite	1	10	.091	8

Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head to head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss^[2]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 TNT
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, San Miguel 1.02, Magnolia 0.92
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Columbian 1–0 Phoenix

Game log

2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
Total: 9–2

April: 2–0

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	April 27	Alaska	W 109–103 (OT)	Reggie Johnson (32)	Reggie Johnson (22)	Gabe Norwood (8)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–0
1	April 29	Barangay Ginebra	W 108–89	Raymond Almazan (20)	Reggie Johnson (15)	Chris Tiu (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–0

May: 3–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
3	May 2	NLEX	W 98–97	Reggie Johnson (27)	Reggie Johnson (14)	Norwood, Tiu (5)	Ynares Center	3–0
4	May 9	Columbian	L 96–104	Reggie Johnson (30)	Reggie Johnson (17)	Gabe Norwood (6)	Mall of Asia Arena	3–1
5	May 13	San Miguel	W 123–119 (OT)	Reggie Johnson (27)	Reggie Johnson (19)	Chris Tiu (6)	Ynares Center	4–1
6	May 20	GlobalPort	W 96–90	Reggie Johnson (18)	Reggie Johnson (16)	Reggie Johnson (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	5–1
All-Star Break

June: 4–0

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
7	June 2	Magnolia	W 99–96 (OT)	Reggie Johnson (23)	Reggie Johnson (18)	Johnson, Tiu (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	6–1
8	June 8	Blackwater	W 104–94	Raymond Almazan (26)	Reggie Johnson (20)	Chris Tiu (10)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	7–1
9	June 16	Phoenix	W 108–106	Reggie Johnson (32)	Reggie Johnson (16)	three players (5)	Mall of Asia Arena	8–1
10	June 24	Meralco	W 106–99 (OT)	Reggie Johnson (21)	Reggie Johnson (18)	Maverick Ahanmisi (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	9–1

July: 0–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
11	July 7	TNT	L 85–100	Reggie Johnson (12)	Reggie Johnson (14)	three players (3)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	9–2

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals				Semifinals (best-of-5)			finals (best-of-7)

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	Rain or Shine	113	103

8	GlobalPort	114	97
				1	Rain or Shine	1
(best-of-3)
				5	Barangay Ginebra	3
4	Meralco		0

5	Barangay Ginebra		2
							5	Barangay Ginebra	4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
							6	San Miguel	2
2	Alaska		89

7	Magnolia		78
				2	Alaska	1
(best-of-3)
				6	San Miguel	3
3	TNT		0

6	San Miguel		2

Game log

2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log
Total: 2–4

Quarterfinals: 1–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	July 10	GlobalPort	L 113–114	Reggie Johnson (24)	Reggie Johnson (25)	Maverick Ahanmisi (8)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–1
1	July 12	GlobalPort	W 103–97	Reggie Johnson (29)	Johnson, Norwood (15)	Reggie Johnson (6)	Mall of Asia Arena	1–1

Semifinals: 1–3

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	July 15	Barangay Ginebra	L 89–102	Reggie Johnson (30)	Reggie Johnson (13)	Belga, Tiu (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–1
2	July 19	Barangay Ginebra	W 109–100	Reggie Johnson (25)	Reggie Johnson (20)	Reggie Johnson (8)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–1
3	July 21	Barangay Ginebra	L 72–75	Reggie Johnson (13)	Reggie Johnson (22)	Belga, Johnson (4)	Mall of Asia Arena	1–2
4	July 23	Barangay Ginebra	L 94–96	Reggie Johnson (22)	Reggie Johnson (16)	Gabe Norwood (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–3

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	9	2	.818	—	Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals
2	Phoenix Fuel Masters	8	3	.727^[a]	1
3	Alaska Aces	8	3	.727^[a]	1
4	Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok	8	3	.727^[a]	1
5	Blackwater Elite	7	4	.636	2	Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
6	San Miguel Beermen	6	5	.545	3
7	Meralco Bolts	5	6	.455^[b]	4
8	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455^[b]	4
9	TNT KaTropa	4	7	.364	5
10	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	3	8	.273	6
11	NorthPort Batang Pier	2	9	.182	7
12	Columbian Dyip	1	10	.091	8

Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss^[2]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.011, Alaska 1.006, Magnolia 0.982
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–0 NLEX

Game log

2018 PBA Governors' Cup game log
Total: 3–8

September: 0–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	September 22	TNT	L 104–110	J'Nathan Bullock (23)	Raymond Almazan (10)	J'Nathan Bullock (5)	City of Passi Arena	0–1
2	September 26	Magnolia	L 76–92	J'Nathan Bullock (15)	J'Nathan Bullock (10)	Maverick Ahanmisi (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–2

October: 2–6

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
3	October 3	Alaska	L 89–106	Beau Belga (20)	Terrence Watson (13)	Belga, Nambatac (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–3
4	October 7	Blackwater	L 93–99	Maverick Ahanmisi (25)	Terrence Watson (14)	Belga, Nambatac (4)	Sta. Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex	0–4
5	October 13	Barangay Ginebra	W 104–97	Terrence Watson (29)	Terrence Watson (19)	Ed Daquioag (6)	Quezon Convention Center	1–4
6	October 17	NorthPort	W 120–98	Chris Tiu (23)	Beau Belga (12)	Maverick Ahanmisi (9)	Cuneta Astrodome	2–4
7	October 19	Columbian	L 84–100	Terrence Watson (18)	Terrence Watson (10)	Maverick Ahanmisi (4)	Ynares Center	2–5
8	October 21	Meralco	L 82–91	Norbert Torres (16)	Terrence Watson (13)	Maverick Ahanmisi (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–6
9	October 24	Phoenix	L 97–103	Chris Tiu (24)	Norbert Torres (8)	Ahanmisi, Norwood (4)	Cuneta Astrodome	2–7
10	October 27	San Miguel	L 97–109	Maverick Ahanmisi (26)	Terrence Watson (15)	Maverick Ahanmisi (6)	Alonte Sports Arena	2–8

November: 1–0

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
11	November 3	NLEX	W 107–101	Chris Tiu (30)	Norbert Torres (13)	Chris Tiu (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–8

Transactions

Free agency signings

Player	Date signed	Contract amount	Contract length	Former team
JK Casiño^[3]	April 29, 2018	Not disclosed	Not disclosed	None

Trades

Philippine Cup

February
February 15, 2018^[4]	To Rain or Shine Kris Rosales Sidney Onwubere 2018 PBA First Round Draft Pick	To TNT Jericho Cruz
March
March 26, 2018^[5]	To Rain or Shine Norbert Torres	To TNT Don Trollano

Recruited imports

Conference	Name	Number	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Reggie Johnson	42	April 27 (vs. Alaska)	July 23 (vs. San Miguel)	11–6
Governors' Cup	J'Nathan Bullock	35	September 22 (vs. TNT)	September 26 (vs. Magnolia)	0–2
Governors' Cup	Terrence Watson	7	October 3 (vs. Alaska)	October 27 (vs. San Miguel)	2–6

Awards

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Chris Tiu	Commissioner's Cup Player of the Week	April 30, 2018	^[6]
Chris Tiu	Governors' Cup Player of the Week	November 6, 2018	^[7]

References

^ San Miguel nets Standhardinger, PBA.ph, October 29, 2017
^ ^a ^b ^c "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT".
^ Bacnis, Justine (2018-04-29). "JK Casiño finally lives the dream". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
^ Leongson, Randolph (February 15, 2018). "PBA greenlights Jericho Cruz trade to TNT". sports.Inquirer.Net.
^ Leongson, Randolph (March 26, 2018). "TNT acquires Don Trollano for Norbert Torres in trade with Rain or Shine". Inquirer.Net. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
^ "Chris Tiu's steady leadership puts ROS right on track". PBA.ph. April 30, 2018. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
^ "Chris Tiu saves best for last". PBA.ph.

[table_hth_MAG0.5223177622642-2] Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Magnolia

[table_hth_BGSM0.5223177622642-3] Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 1.02, NLEX 0.95

[table_hth_GP0.5223177622642-4] Head-to-head quotient: GlobalPort 1.14, Phoenix 1.00, TNT 0.97, Blackwater 0.89; #8 seed playoff: TNT defeated Phoenix

[table_hth_ALA0.073361946769693-6] Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 TNT

[table_hth_BGSM0.073361946769693-7] Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, San Miguel 1.02, Magnolia 0.92

[table_hth_COL0.073361946769693-8] Head-to-head record: Columbian 1–0 Phoenix

[table_hth_ALA0.40420279437872-9] Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.011, Alaska 1.006, Magnolia 0.982

[table_hth_MER0.40420279437872-10] Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–0 NLEX

[1] San Miguel nets Standhardinger, PBA.ph, October 29, 2017

[PBAquotient-5] "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT".

[11] Bacnis, Justine (2018-04-29). "JK Casiño finally lives the dream". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 2022-09-02.

[12] Leongson, Randolph (February 15, 2018). "PBA greenlights Jericho Cruz trade to TNT". sports.Inquirer.Net.

[13] Leongson, Randolph (March 26, 2018). "TNT acquires Don Trollano for Norbert Torres in trade with Rain or Shine". Inquirer.Net. Retrieved April 6, 2018.

[14] "Chris Tiu's steady leadership puts ROS right on track". PBA.ph. April 30, 2018. Retrieved April 30, 2018.

[15] "Chris Tiu saves best for last". PBA.ph.

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