2008–09 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season
2008–09 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season | |
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Head coach | Caloy Garcia |
Philippine Cup results | |
Record | 10–8 (55.6%) |
Place | 4th |
Playoff finish | Quarterfinals (by Sta. Lucia 2–3) |
Fiesta Conference results | |
Record | 8–6 (57.1%) |
Place | 3rd |
Playoff finish | Semifinals (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
[edit]- August 31: The 2008 PBA draft took place in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig.
Draft picks
[edit]Round | Pick | Player | Height | Position | Nationality | College |
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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
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Results
[edit]Philippine Cup
[edit]Team standings
[edit]Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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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 |
Notes:
Schedule
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Wildcard phase (single elimination) | Wildcard phase (single elimination) | Quarterfinals (best-of-3) | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Purefoods | 82 | 2 | Talk 'N Text | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | Air21 | 94 | 3 | Ginebra | 1 | 6 | San Miguel | 2 | |||||||||||||||
8 | Air21 | 86 | 6 | San Miguel | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | San Miguel | 105 | 2 | Talk 'N Text | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | San Miguel | 99 | 1 | Alaska | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
9 | Coca-Cola | 89 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Alaska | 4 | Third place | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Rain or Shine | 0 | 5 | Sta. Lucia | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | Sta. Lucia | 2 | 6 | San Miguel | 97 | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | Sta. Lucia (OT) | 99 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Quarterfinals: (4) Rain or Shine vs (5) Sta. Lucia
[edit]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
[edit]Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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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 |
Notes:
Results
[edit]- Results above and to the left of the gray boxes are first round games; those below and to the right are second round games.
Second seed playoff
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Wildcard phase | Quarterfinals (Best-of-3) | Semifinals (Best-of-7) | Finals (Best-of-7) | |||||||||||||||
(#4 twice to beat) | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Burger King | 96 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | San Miguel | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
9 | Alaska | 90 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Burger King | 2 | 4 | Burger King | 2 | |||||||||||||
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5 | Sta. Lucia | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Sta. Lucia | 94 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | San Miguel | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
8 | Coca-Cola | 88 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Ginebra | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
(#3 twice to beat) | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Rain or Shine | 96 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Ginebra | 4 | Third place playoff | |||||||||||||||
10 | Barako Bull | 88 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Rain or Shine | 2 | 3 | Rain or Shine | 2 | |||||||||||||
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6 | Purefoods | 1 | 4 | Burger King | 132 | |||||||||||||
6 | Purefoods (2OT) | 126 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Rain or Shine | 118 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Talk 'N Text | 123 | ||||||||||||||||
Wildcard phase
[edit]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
[edit]June 14
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Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 93, Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 89 | ||
Rain or Shine wins series 2–1 |
Semifinals: (2) Barangay Ginebra vs (3) Rain or Shine
[edit]June 28
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Barangay Ginebra Kings 108, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 100 | ||
Barangay Ginebra wins series, 4–2 |
Third place playoff
[edit]Transactions
[edit]Trades
[edit]2008 post-draft[4] | To Rain or Shine
Sol Mercado, Eddie Laure, future picks |
To Alaska
Joe Devance |
Imports recruited
[edit]Player | Debuted | Last game | Record |
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Charles Clark | March 1 | March 7 | 1–1 |
Jai Lewis | March 12 | July 1 | 13–9 |
References
[edit]- ^ Maglinte, Lemuel P. "Norwood , de la Peña nag-ilog sa No.1 Draft Pick sa PBA". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ Villar, Joey; Beltran, Nelson. "Rain or Shine trades Devance". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ "Devance ace up Cone's sleeve". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ a b Cadayona, Russell. "Devance ipinamigay ng Rain Or Shine sa Alaska". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ Henson, Joaquin M. "Will it rain or shine for Painters?". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ Villar, Joey; Beltran, Nelson. "Ginebra stops 'Rain', levels series". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-07-13.