2008–09 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season

2008–09 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season
Head coachCaloy Garcia
Philippine Cup results
Record10–8 (55.6%)
Place4th
Playoff finishQuarterfinals
(by Sta. Lucia 2–3)
Fiesta Conference results
Record8–6 (57.1%)
Place3rd
Playoff finishSemifinals
(by Ginebra 2–4)
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters seasons

The 2008–09 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season was the third season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

The team's notable move was drafting their future star Gabe Norwood of George Mason University.[1] The team also drafted La Salle point guard TY Tang. They also traded the last year's first pick Joe Devance to Alaska Aces for Sol Mercado and Eddie Laure.[2][3][4]

The team reached the semifinals for the first time in franchise history in 2009 Fiesta Conference, but lost to Ginebra.[5][6]

Key dates

Draft picks

Main article: 2008 PBA Draft
Round Pick Player Height Position Nationality College
1 1 Gabe Norwood 6 ft. 5 in. Shooting guarrd  Philippines George Mason
2 12 Tyrone Tang 5 ft. 7 in. Point guard  Philippines De La Salle

Roster

2008–09 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
PG 1 Philippines Tang, Tyrone 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 135 lb (61 kg) De La Salle
F 2 Philippines Laure, Eddie 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Adamson
G 3 United States Mercado, Solomon 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Biola
F 5 United States Wainwright, Rob 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Solano CC
G/F 6 Philippines Ibañes, Jireh 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 182 lb (83 kg) UP Diliman
F/C 8 Philippines Reyes, Jay-R 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) UP Diliman
G 9 Philippines Ejercito, Gherome 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Adamson
G/F 10 United States Norwood, Gabe 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) George Mason
G 11 United States Dulay, Don 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 150 lb (68 kg) El Camino
G 18 Philippines Araña, Ryan 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) De La Salle
F 30 Philippines Salangsang, Allan 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Letran
C 40 Philippines Andaya, Mark 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Letran
G 44 United States Lopez, Denver 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 179 lb (81 kg) Cal State Fullerton
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Results

Philippine Cup

Team standings

Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Alaska Aces 12 6 .667 — Advance to semifinals
2 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 11 7 .611 1
3 Barangay Ginebra Kings 10 8 .556[a] 2 Advance to quarterfinals
4 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 10 8 .556[a] 2
5 Sta. Lucia Realtors 10 8 .556[a] 2
6 San Miguel Beermen 9 9 .500 3 Advance to wildcard round
7 Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 8 10 .444[b] 4
8 Air21 Express 8 10 .444[b] 4
9 Coca-Cola Tigers 7 11 .389 5
10 Red Bull Barako 5 13 .278 7
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head differential: Barangay Ginebra +16, Rain or Shine −3, Sta. Lucia −13
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Purefoods 2–0 Air21

Schedule

 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game123456789101112131415161718
Air21 ExpressROSTNTBGKCokeSLRALAPFSMBROSCokeRBBSMBPFBGKSLRRBBALATNT
Alaska AcesSMBCokeRBBROSTNTA21BGKSLRPFSMBROSTNTSLRCokeRBBBGKA21PF
Barangay Ginebra KingsSLRA21RBBSMBPFALAROSCokeTNTPFSLRCokeRBBA21ALATNTSMBROS
Coca-Cola TigersTNTALAPFA21SLRROSRBBBGKSMBA21PFROSBGKALATNTSMBSLRRBB
Purefoods Tender Juicy GiantsRBBSMBCokeSLRROSBGKA21TNTALARBBBGKCokeSMBA21ROSSLRTNTALA
Rain or Shine Elasto PaintersA21RBBSMBALAPFCokeTNTBGKA21SLRALACokeRBBSLRPFTNTSMBBGK
Red Bull BarakoPFROSALABGKSMBTNTCokeSLRPFTNTA21ROSBGKSMBALAA21CokeSLR
Sta. Lucia RealtorsBGKTNTPFCokeA21SMBALARBBROSSMBBGKTNTALAROSA21PFCokeRBB
San Miguel BeermenALAPFROSTNTBGKRBBSLRA21CokeALASLRPFA21TNTRBBCokeROSBGK
Talk 'N Text Phone PalsCokeA21SLRSMBALARBBROSPFBGKRBBALASLRSMBCokeROSPFBGKA21
Source: [citation needed]
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Bracket

Wildcard phase
(single elimination)		Wildcard phase
(single elimination)		Quarterfinals
(best-of-3)		Semifinals
(best-of-7)		Finals
(best-of-7)
7Purefoods822Talk 'N Text4
8Air21943Ginebra16San Miguel2
8Air21866San Miguel2
6San Miguel1052Talk 'N Text4
6San Miguel991Alaska3
9Coca-Cola89
1Alaska4Third place
4Rain or Shine05Sta. Lucia2
5Sta. Lucia26San Miguel97
5Sta. Lucia (OT)99
This box:

Quarterfinals: (4) Rain or Shine vs (5) Sta. Lucia

January 9
Sta. Lucia Realtors 92, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 85
Sta. Lucia wins series, 2–0

In their first playoff appearance since joining the league in 2006, the Elasto Painters were overwhelmed in Game 1 by the defending champions, who played with the comebacking Ryan Reyes who just came from injury. Fracas involving Rain or Shine's Gabe Norwood and Solomon Mercado at the end of the first game caused Norwood to be suspended in Game 2, and Mercado on Game 3 if it happens. The short-handed Elasto Painters wound up short in Game 2 as they were eliminated.

Fiesta Conference

Standings

Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 San Miguel Beermen 11 3 .786 — Advance to semifinals
2 Barangay Ginebra Kings 8 6 .571[a] 3
3 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 8 6 .571[a] 3 Twice-to-beat in the wildcard round
4 Burger King Whoppers 8 6 .571[a] 3
5 Sta. Lucia Realtors 7 7 .500[b] 4 Knockout in the wildcard round
6 Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 7 7 .500[b] 4
7 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 7 7 .500[b] 4
8 Coca-Cola Tigers 6 8 .429[c] 5
9 Alaska Aces 6 8 .429[c] 5 Twice-to-win in the wildcard round
10 Barako Bull Energy Boosters 2 12 .143 9
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head differential: Rain or Shine +15, Barangay Ginebra −7, Burger King −8; second seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 114–71 Rain or Shine
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head differential: Sta. Lucia +7, Purefoods +3, Talk 'N Text −10
  3. ^ a b Eighth seed playoff: Coca-Cola 81–74 Alaska

Results

  • Results above and to the left of the gray boxes are first round games; those below and to the right are second round games.
Team ALA BBE BGK BKW COKE PF ROS SMB SLR TNT
Alaska Aces 90–92 82–81 88–106 85–89 94–84 94–96 89–93 90–100 122–124
Barako Bull Energy Boosters 90–100 103–111 110–123 103–106 92–96 83–93 92–99 91–100 135–132
Barangay Ginebra Kings 75–76 106–110 110–103 107–105 93–107 80–95 76–80 97–90
Burger King Whoppers 99–89 94–100 127–109 78–82 112–118 105–114 96–84 105–118
Coca-Cola Tigers 120–106 85–122 89–80 94–91* 91–106 88–79 111–133
Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 74–80 86–96 92–85 102–94* 103–122 93–91 131–121
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 103–97 89–94 110–90 95–102 100–109 96–102
San Miguel Beermen 91–84 105–107* 89–105 72–82 92–90 98–87
Sta. Lucia Realtors 98–88 98–101 104–95 90–82 92–98 106–100
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 115–122* 129–135** 103–00 116–118* 97–91
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Second seed playoff

Bracket

Wildcard phaseQuarterfinals
(Best-of-3)		Semifinals
(Best-of-7)		Finals
(Best-of-7)
(#4 twice to beat)
4Burger King96
1San Miguel4
9Alaska90
4Burger King24Burger King2
(Single-elimination)
5Sta. Lucia1
5Sta. Lucia94
1San Miguel4
8Coca-Cola88
2Ginebra3
(#3 twice to beat)
3Rain or Shine96
2Ginebra4Third place playoff
10Barako Bull88
3Rain or Shine23Rain or Shine2
(Single-elimination)
6Purefoods14Burger King132
6Purefoods (2OT)126
3Rain or Shine118
7Talk 'N Text123
This box:

Wildcard phase

Note: Rain or Shine and Burger King possessed the twice to beat advantage but it was not used as their opponents failed to win to extend the series into a deciding game.

Quarterfinals: (3) Rain or Shine vs. (6) Purefoods

Semifinals: (2) Barangay Ginebra vs (3) Rain or Shine

June 28
Barangay Ginebra Kings 108, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 100
Barangay Ginebra wins series, 4–2

Third place playoff

Transactions

Trades

2008 post-draft[4] To Rain or Shine
Sol Mercado, Eddie Laure, future picks 		To Alaska
Joe Devance

Imports recruited

Player Debuted Last game Record
United States Charles Clark March 1 March 7 1–1
United States Jai Lewis March 12 July 1 13–9

References

  1. ^ Maglinte, Lemuel P. "Norwood , de la Peña nag-ilog sa No.1 Draft Pick sa PBA". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  2. ^ Villar, Joey; Beltran, Nelson. "Rain or Shine trades Devance". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  3. ^ "Devance ace up Cone's sleeve". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  4. ^ a b Cadayona, Russell. "Devance ipinamigay ng Rain Or Shine sa Alaska". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  5. ^ Henson, Joaquin M. "Will it rain or shine for Painters?". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  6. ^ Villar, Joey; Beltran, Nelson. "Ginebra stops 'Rain', levels series". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-07-13.