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 (.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 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).

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. # POB 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 UP 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 La Salle G 16 Chan, Jeffrei 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1983-02-11 FEU 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 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 PCU F/C 48 Quiñahan, JR 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 295 lb (134 kg) 1984-05-08 UV 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 (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

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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			3	Alaska	4
	6	Meralco		77								2	Rain or Shine	2
	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
	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

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