2014–15 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season

2014–15 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season
Head coach	Yeng Guiao
Owner(s)	Asian Coatings Philippines, Inc.
Philippine Cup results
Record	9–2 (81.8%)
Place	2nd
Playoff finish	Semifinalist (lost to Alaska, 2–4)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	8–3 (72.7%)
Place	1st
Playoff finish	Runner-up vs Talk 'N Text 3–4
Governors' Cup results
Record	7–4 (63.6%)
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Semifinalist (lost to San Miguel, 1–3)
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters seasons
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

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

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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	1	Uyloan, Jonathan	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1983-11-26	Golden West
G	3	Lee, Paul	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1989-02-04	UE
G/F	5	Norwood, Gabe	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1985-02-09	George Mason
F	6	Ibañes, Jireh (C)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	1982-04-20	Philippines
G	8	Teng, Jeric	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	1991-03-18	UST
G	9	Cruz, Jericho (R)	6 ft 1.5 in (1.87 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1990-10-11	Adamson
G	11	Tang, Tyrone	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	1984-09-25	De La Salle
G	16	Chan, Jeffrei	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1983-02-11	Far Eastern
G	17	Tiu, Chris	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1985-07-15	Ateneo
G	18	Araña, Ryan	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1983-03-23	De La Salle
F/C	20	Cruz, Jervy	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1986-09-09	UST
F/C	30	Belga, Beau	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	295 lb (134 kg)	1986-11-30	Philippine Christian
F/C	48	Quiñahan, JR	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	295 lb (134 kg)	1984-05-08	Visayas
F/C	57	Almazan, Raymond	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 (St. 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
(3x3) Assigned to 3x3 team

Injured

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

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	9	2	.818^[a]	—	Advance to semifinals
2	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	9	2	.818^[a]	—	Advance to semifinals
3	Alaska Aces	8	3	.727^[b]	1	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
4	TNT Tropang Texters	8	3	.727^[b]	1
5	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	5	.545^[c]	3
6	Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545^[c]	3
7	Purefoods Star Hotshots	6	5	.545^[c]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	GlobalPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455	4
9	Barako Bull Energy	4	7	.364^[d]	5
10	NLEX Road Warriors	4	7	.364^[d]	5
11	Kia Sorento	1	10	.091	8
12	Blackwater Elite	0	11	.000	9

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Rain or Shine
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Talk 'N Text
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, Meralco 1.06, Purefoods Star 0.89
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 NLEX

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals (1st phase)			Quarterfinals (2nd phase) (Single elimination)			Semifinals (Best-of-7)			Finals (Best-of-7)

(#3 twice to beat)

3	Alaska	82
						2	Rain or Shine	2
10	NLEX	78
			3	Alaska	87	3	Alaska	4
(#6 twice to beat)
			6	Meralco	69
6	Meralco	77
									3	Alaska	3
7	Purefoods Star	65
									1	San Miguel	4
(#4 twice to beat)

4	Talk 'N Text	105
						1	San Miguel	4
9	Barako Bull	76
			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

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Tropang TNT	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Purefoods Star Hotshots	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	NLEX Road Warriors	6	5	.545^[b]	2
5	Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545^[b]	2
6	Alaska Aces	5	6	.455^[c]	3
7	Barako Bull Energy	5	6	.455^[c]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	5	6	.455^[c]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	San Miguel Beermen	4	7	.364^[d]	4
10	GlobalPort Batang Pier	4	7	.364^[d]	4
11	Kia Carnival	4	7	.364^[d]	4
12	Blackwater Elite	3	8	.273	5

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Rain or Shine 1.025, Talk 'N Text 1.010, Purefoods 0.969
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Meralco
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.021, Barako Bull 1.019, Barangay Ginebra 0.960
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: San Miguel 1.011, GlobalPort 0.995, Kia 0.994

Game log

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

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Alaska Aces	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727^[a]	—
3	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	7	4	.636^[b]	1
4	GlobalPort Batang Pier	7	4	.636^[b]	1
5	Star Hotshots	6	5	.545^[c]	2	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6	Barako Bull Energy	6	5	.545^[c]	2
7	Meralco Bolts	5	6	.455^[d]	3
8	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	5	6	.455^[d]	3
9	Kia Carnival	5	6	.455^[d]	3
10	TNT KaTropa	5	6	.455^[d]	3
11	NLEX Road Warriors	3	8	.273	5
12	Blackwater Elite	1	10	.091	7

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 GlobalPort
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 Star
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.13, Barangay Ginebra 1.00, Kia 0.95, Talk 'N Text 0.93

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.

Game log

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