2016–17 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season

2016–17 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season
2016–17 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season
Head coach	Caloy Garcia
Owner(s)	Asian Coatings Philippines, Inc.
Philippine Cup results
Record	5–6 ; (45.5%)
Place	8th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to San Miguel with twice-to-win disadvantage)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	5–6 ; (45.5%)
Place	6th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to Star, 0–2)
Governors' Cup results
Record	7–4 ; (63.6%)
Place	7th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to TNT with twice-to-win disadvantage)
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters seasons

The 2016–17 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season was the 11th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

October 30: The 2016 PBA draft took place at Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

Draft picks

Special draft

Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
Mike Tolomia	G	Philippines	Phoenix Accelerators	FEU

Regular draft

Rain or Shine passed in the regular draft. They originally owned one second round and three third round picks.

Roster

2016–17 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
F	5	Gabe Norwood (C)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1985–02–09	George Mason
G	8	Ed Daquioag (R)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1991–08–18	UST
G	9	Jericho Cruz	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1990–10–11	Adamson
F	12	Dexter Maiquez (R)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1991–06–09	San Sebastian
G	13	Maverick Ahanmisi	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1991–07–17	Minnesota
F/C	15	Jewel Ponferada	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	211 lb (96 kg)	1988–07–08	National-U
F	16	Mark Borboran	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1984–11–20	UE
G	17	Chris Tiu	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	176 lb (80 kg)	1985–07–15	Ateneo
G/F	18	James Yap	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1982–02–15	UE
F	19	Don Trollano	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	1992–01–07	Adamson
C	20	Raymond Almazan	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	1989–08–02	Letran
F	23	Jay Washington	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1981–10–10	Eckerd
G	25	Billy Ray Robles (R)	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1992–05–30	NIPSC
F/C	30	Beau Belga	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1986–11–30	Philippine Christian
F	33	Ronnie Matias	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1983–11–29	Manila
G	35	Jerramy King (R)	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1990–09–26	Long Beach State

Head coach

Caloy Garcia

Assistant coach(es)

Mike Buendia (1st Assistant)
Jolly Escobar
Ricky Umayam
Don Dulay
Matthew Makalintal

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

Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	10	1	.909	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Alaska Aces	7	4	.636^[a]	3	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Star Hotshots	7	4	.636^[a]	3	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	TNT KaTropa	6	5	.545^[b]	4
5	GlobalPort Batang Pier	6	5	.545^[b]	4
6	Phoenix Fuel Masters	6	5	.545^[b]	4
7	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	5	.545^[b]	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8		5	6	.455^[c]	5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Blackwater Elite	5	6	.455^[c]	5
10	Mahindra Floodbuster	3	8	.273^[d]	7
11	Meralco Bolts	3	8	.273^[d]	7
12	NLEX Road Warriors	2	9	.182	8

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Star
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.09, GlobalPort 1.00, Phoenix 0.96, Barangay Ginebra 0.94.
^ ^a ^b Eighth seed playoff: Rain or Shine 103–80 Blackwater
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Mahindra 1–0 Meralco

Game log

2017 PBA Philippine Cup game log
Total: 5–6

November: 2–0

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	November 23	TNT	W 101–87	Jericho Cruz (18)	Raymond Almazan (12)	seven players (2)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–0
2	November 30	Mahindra	W 105–83	Jericho Cruz (15)	Beau Belga (8)	Ahanmisi, Cruz, Maiquez (4)	Ynares Center	2–0

December: 2–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
3	December 4	Barangay Ginebra	L 74–81	Raymond Almazan (13)	Jay Washington (17)	Ahanmisi, Belga (3)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–1
4	December 9	Blackwater	W 107–93	James Yap (15)	Raymond Almazan (16)	Beau Belga (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–1
5	December 18	Star	L 91–99	Raymond Almazan (19)	Raymond Almazan (13)	Jeff Chan (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–2
6	December 23	NLEX	W 107–97	Jewel Ponferada (22)	Belga, Ponferada (9)	Maverick Ahanmisi (7)	PhilSports Arena	4–2

January: 1–3

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
7	January 8	Phoenix	W 97–82	Jericho Cruz (21)	Jay Washington (11)	Beau Belga (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	5–2
8	January 13	San Miguel	L 101–107 (OT)	Beau Belga (14)	Jay Washington (6)	Ahanmisi, Norwood (6)	Mall of Asia Arena	5–3
9	January 20	Meralco	L 72–82	James Yap (17)	Gabe Norwood (8)	Gabe Norwood (4)	Cuneta Astrodome	5–4
10	January 29	GlobalPort	L 99–117	Jeff Chan (26)	Belga, Ponferada (9)	Beau Belga (5)	Cuneta Astrodome	5–5

February: 0–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
11	February 1	Alaska	L 89–94	Norwood, Yap (16)	Belga, Norwood (8)	Chan, Cruz (4)	Cuneta Astrodome	5–6

2016–17 schedule

Playoffs

Bracket


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

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	San Miguel		98

8			91
				1	San Miguel	4
(Best-of-3)
				4	TNT	3
4	TNT		2

5	GlobalPort		0
							1	San Miguel	4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
							7	Barangay Ginebra	1
2	Alaska	81	97

7	Barangay Ginebra	85	108
				7	Barangay Ginebra	4
(Best-of-3)
				3	Star	3
3	Star		2

6	Phoenix		0

Game log

2017 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log
Total: 1–1

8th seed playoff: 1–0

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	February 3	Blackwater	W 103–80	Jay Washington (15)	Cruz (12)	Jeff Chan (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–0

Quarterfinals: 0–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	February 5	San Miguel	L 91–98	Beau Belga (18)	Norwood, Washington (8)	Jeff Chan (4)	Ynares Center	0–1

2016–17 schedule

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	9	2	.818^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	9	2	.818^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Star Hotshots	9	2	.818^[a]	—	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	TNT KaTropa	8	3	.727	1
5	Meralco Bolts	7	4	.636	2
6		5	6	.455	4
7	Phoenix Fuel Masters	4	7	.364^[b]	5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	GlobalPort Batang Pier	4	7	.364^[b]	5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Alaska Aces	4	7	.364^[b]	5
10	Mahindra Floodbuster	3	8	.273	6
11	Blackwater Elite	2	9	.182^[c]	7
12	NLEX Road Warriors	2	9	.182^[c]	7

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.117, San Miguel 0.990, Star 0.903
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.127, Alaska 1.116, GlobalPort 0.791; eighth seed playoff: GlobalPort 107–106 Alaska
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 NLEX

Game log

2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
Total: 5–6

March: 3–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	March 17	NLEX	W 113–105	James Yap (26)	Shawn Taggart (10)	Belga, Taggart (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–0
2	March 19	Mahindra	W 99–95 (OT)	Shawn Taggart (29)	Belga, Taggart (10)	Ahanmisi, Taggart (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–0
3	March 26	Blackwater	W 95–88	Shawn Taggart (26)	Shawn Taggart (12)	Belga, Cruz (4)	Ynares Center	3–0
4	March 31	Meralco	L 83–89	Shawn Taggart (27)	Shawn Taggart (13)	Chris Tiu (3)	Mall of Asia Arena	3–1

April: 1–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
5	April 2	Alaska	L 102–105	Shawn Taggart (40)	Shawn Taggart (14)	Jeff Chan (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–2
6	April 12	Phoenix	W 96–94	Jeff Chan (24)	Shawn Taggart (17)	Shawn Taggart (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–2
7	April 22	San Miguel	L 98–111	Shawn Taggart (24)	Shawn Taggart (10)	four players (3)	Mall of Asia Arena	4–3
All-Star Break

May: 1–3

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
8	May 6	Star	L 93–99	Chan, Taggart (20)	Jay Washington (11)	four players (2)	Batangas City Coliseum	4–4
9	May 19	Barangay Ginebra	W 118–112	Duke Crews (28)	Duke Crews (22)	Jeff Chan (4)	Cuneta Astrodome	5–4
10	May 26	GlobalPort	L 101–107	Duke Crews (23)	Duke Crews (17)	Jericho Cruz (6)	Alonte Sports Arena	5–5
11	May 28	TNT	L 102–105	James Yap (23)	Duke Crews (17)	Belga, Cruz (3)	Ynares Center	5–6

2016–17 schedule

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals			Semifinals (Best-of-5)			Finals (Best-of-7)

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	Barangay Ginebra	96

8	GlobalPort	85
			1	Barangay Ginebra	1
(Best-of-3)
			4	TNT	3
4	TNT	2

5	Meralco	1
						4	TNT	2
(#2 twice-to-beat)
						2	San Miguel	4
2	San Miguel	115

7	Phoenix	96
			2	San Miguel	3
(Best-of-3)
			3	Star	1
3	Star	2

6		0

Game log

2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log
Total: 0–2

Quarterfinals: 0–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	June 5	Star	L 82–118	Duke Crews (19)	Duke Crews (13)	Mike Tolomia (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–1
2	June 7	Star	L 69–84	Duke Crews (12)	Beau Belga (6)	Maverick Ahanmisi (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–2

2016–17 schedule

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Meralco Bolts	9	2	.818	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	TNT KaTropa	8	3	.727^[a]	1
3	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	8	3	.727^[a]	1
4	Star Hotshots	7	4	.636^[b]	2
5	NLEX Road Warriors	7	4	.636^[b]	2	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6	San Miguel Beermen	7	4	.636^[b]	2
7		7	4	.636^[b]	2
8	Blackwater Elite	5	6	.455	4
9	Alaska Aces	3	8	.273^[c]	6
10	GlobalPort Batang Pier	3	8	.273^[c]	6
11	Phoenix Fuel Masters	2	9	.182	7
12	Kia Picanto	0	11	.000	9

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Talk 'N Text 1–0 Barangay Ginebra
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Head to-head quotient: Star 1.04, NLEX 1.01, San Miguel 0.99, Rain or Shine 0.96
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 GlobalPort

Game log

2017 PBA Governors' Cup game log
Total: 7–4

July: 1–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	July 21	GlobalPort	W 98–96	J.D. Weatherspoon (25)	J.D. Weatherspoon (15)	Maverick Ahanmisi (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–0
2	July 26	NLEX	L 114–122 (2OT)	J.D. Weatherspoon (20)	J.D. Weatherspoon (16)	Maverick Ahanmisi (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–1
3	July 29	Meralco	L 73–89	J.D. Weatherspoon (19)	J.D. Weatherspoon (13)	Maverick Ahanmisi (3)	Ynares Center	1–2

August: 3–0

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
4	August 13	Kia	W 94–86	J'Nathan Bullock (20)	J'Nathan Bullock (10)	Chris Tiu (8)	Mall of Asia Arena	2–2
5	August 20	TNT	W 105–73	J'Nathan Bullock (20)	J'Nathan Bullock (14)	Chris Tiu (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–2
6	August 27	Star	W 92–88	Bullock, Cruz (18)	Raymond Almazan (14)	J'Nathan Bullock (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–2

September: 3–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
7	September 6	San Miguel	L 96–103	J'Nathan Bullock (22)	J'Nathan Bullock (13)	J'Nathan Bullock (17)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–3
8	September 13	Phoenix	W 116–111	J'Nathan Bullock (33)	Raymond Almazan (11)	Maverick Ahanmisi (9)	Ynares Center	5–3
9	September 16	Barangay Ginebra	L 82–89	Raymond Almazan (20)	J'Nathan Bullock (11)	Beau Belga (7)	Mall of Asia Arena	5–4
10	September 20	Alaska	W 112–82	J'Nathan Bullock (14)	Norwood, Tiu (8)	Chris Tiu (5)	Ynares Center	6–4
11	September 23	Blackwater	W 122–98	J'Nathan Bullock (30)	Maverick Ahanmisi (9)	three players (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	7–4

2016–17 schedule

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals (Top 4 twice-to-beat)				Semifinals (Best-of-5)			Finals (Best-of-7)



1	Meralco	91	104

8	Blackwater	92	96
				1	Meralco	3

				4	Star	0
4	Star		89

5	NLEX		77
							1	Meralco	3

							3	Barangay Ginebra	4
2	TNT	102	118

7		106	114
				2	TNT	1

				3	Barangay Ginebra	3
3	Barangay Ginebra		104

6	San Miguel		84

Game log

2017 PBA Governors' Cup playoffs game log
Total: 1–1

Quarterfinals: 1–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	September 27	TNT	W 106–102	J'Nathan Bullock (31)	J'Nathan Bullock (15)	Gabe Norwood (6)	Mall of Asia Arena	1–0
2	September 29	TNT	L 114–118	J'Nathan Bullock (30)	Maverick Ahanmisi (12)	Maverick Ahanmisi (8)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–1

2016–17 schedule

Transactions

Free agency

Player	Date signed	Contract amount	Contract length	Former team
Billy Robles^[1]	2016	Not disclosed	Not disclosed	None

Trades

Off-season

Philippine Cup

Governors' Cup

August
August 7 ^[2]^[3]	To Rain or Shine Ed Daquioag	To Meralco Mike Tolomia
	To Rain or Shine Mark Borboran 2020 2nd Round Pick (from Phoenix)	To Phoenix Jeff Chan

Recruited imports

Conference	Name	Number	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Shawn Taggart	7	March 17 (vs. NLEX)	May 6 (vs. Star)	4–4
Commissioner's Cup	Duke Crews	2	May 19 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	June 7 (vs. Star)	1–4
Governors' Cup	J.D. Weatherspoon	24	July 21 (vs. GlobalPort)	July 29 (vs. Meralco)	1–2
Governors' Cup	J'Nathan Bullock	4	August 13 (vs. Kia)	September 29 (vs. TNT)	7–3

Awards

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
James Yap	Commissioner's Cup Player of the Week	March 20, 2017	^[4]
Jeff Chan		April 17, 2017	^[5]
Jericho Cruz		May 22, 2017	^[6]
Chris Tiu	Governors' Cup Player of the Week	August 25, 2017	^[7]
Gabe Norwood	Sportsmanship Award	October 20, 2017	^[8]
Honors
Gabe Norwood	All-Defensive Team	October 20, 2017

References

^ Sacamos, Karlo (Nov 10, 2016). "Hope for undrafted player as Billy Robles tries to crack Rain or Shine lineup via backdoor". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
^ Jeff Chan's long Rain or Shine stay over after trade to Phoenix for Borboran, second-round draft pick, spin.ph, August 7, 2017.
^ Rain or Shine continues shuffle, trades Mike Tolomia to Meralco for fellow cadet Ed Daquioag, spin.ph, September 11, 2017.
^ "Yap Named PBAPC Player Of The Week". pba.ph. March 20, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
^ "Jeff Chan Takes Charge". pba.ph. April 17, 2017. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
^ "Jericho Cruz rises to the occasion". pba.ph. May 22, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
^ "Chris Tiu steps up at the right time". pba.ph. August 25, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
^ "Fajardo, Pogoy big winners at The Leos". PBA.ph. October 20, 2017. Retrieved October 23, 2017.

[table_hth_ALA0.16500448350096-1] Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Star

[table_hth_BGSM0.16500448350096-2] Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.09, GlobalPort 1.00, Phoenix 0.96, Barangay Ginebra 0.94.

[table_hth_BWE0.16500448350096-3] Eighth seed playoff: Rain or Shine 103–80 Blackwater

[table_hth_MAH0.16500448350096-4] Head-to-head record: Mahindra 1–0 Meralco

[table_hth_BGSM0.98347583412355-5] Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.117, San Miguel 0.990, Star 0.903

[table_hth_ALA0.98347583412355-6] Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.127, Alaska 1.116, GlobalPort 0.791; eighth seed playoff: GlobalPort 107–106 Alaska

[table_hth_BWE0.98347583412355-7] Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 NLEX

[table_hth_TNT0.21759958715066-8] Head-to-head record: Talk 'N Text 1–0 Barangay Ginebra

[table_hth_SH0.21759958715066-9] Head to-head quotient: Star 1.04, NLEX 1.01, San Miguel 0.99, Rain or Shine 0.96

[table_hth_ALA0.21759958715066-10] Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 GlobalPort

[11] Sacamos, Karlo (Nov 10, 2016). "Hope for undrafted player as Billy Robles tries to crack Rain or Shine lineup via backdoor". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2022-09-02.

[12] Jeff Chan's long Rain or Shine stay over after trade to Phoenix for Borboran, second-round draft pick, spin.ph, August 7, 2017.

[13] Rain or Shine continues shuffle, trades Mike Tolomia to Meralco for fellow cadet Ed Daquioag, spin.ph, September 11, 2017.

[14] "Yap Named PBAPC Player Of The Week". pba.ph. March 20, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2017.

[15] "Jeff Chan Takes Charge". pba.ph. April 17, 2017. Retrieved April 17, 2017.

[16] "Jericho Cruz rises to the occasion". pba.ph. May 22, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2017.

[17] "Chris Tiu steps up at the right time". pba.ph. August 25, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2017.

[18] "Fajardo, Pogoy big winners at The Leos". PBA.ph. October 20, 2017. Retrieved October 23, 2017.

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