# 2022–23 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season

The 2022–23 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season was the 16th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

## Key dates

* May 15: The PBA Season 47 draft was held at the Robinsons Place Manila in Manila.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Place of birth | College |
| 1 | 5 | Gian Mamuyac | G | Philippines | Ateneo |
| 1 | 10 | Shaun Ildefonso | F | Philippines | NU |
| 2 | 17 | Jhonard Clarito | F | Philippines | De Ocampo |
| 2 | 18 | RJ Ramirez | G | Canada | FEU |
| 3 | 29 | Rhaffy Octobre | F | Philippines | UV |

## Roster

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

## Philippine Cup
### Eliminations
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | San Miguel Beermen | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | TNT Tropang Giga | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | Meralco Bolts | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | NLEX Road Warriors | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | Converge FiberXers | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Blackwater Bossing | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | |
| 10 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6 | |
| 11 | Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6 | |
| 12 | Terrafirma Dyip | 0 | 11 | .000 | 9 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient:TNT 1.12, Magnolia 0.99, Barangay Ginebra 0.90
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Converge 1–0 Blackwater
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: NorthPort 1–0 Phoenix

#### Game log

2022 PBA Philippine Cup game log Total: 4–7 :
June: 1–5
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
June 5
Converge
W 79–77
Leonard Santillan (18)
Norbert Torres (10)
Gabe Norwood (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum 8,241
1–0
2
June 9
NorthPort
L 81–94
Mike Nieto (19)
Nick Demusis (8)
Mike Nieto (4)
Ynares Center
1–1
3
June 15
Barangay Ginebra
L 85–90
Mike Nieto (15)
Belga, Demusis (10)
Beau Belga (7)
SM Mall of Asia Arena
1–2
4
June 19
Phoenix Super LPG
L 102–106
Rey Nambatac (27)
Nick Demusis (8)
Beau Belga (6)
SM Mall of Asia Arena
1–3
5
June 23
TNT
L 85–89 (OT)
Mike Nieto (19)
Belga, Santillan (10)
Beau Belga (7)
Ynares Center
1–4
6
June 29
San Miguel
L 93–99
Jewel Ponferada (20)
Andrei Caracut (7)
Andrei Caracut (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–5 :
July: 3–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
7
July 6
Meralco
L 73–77
Gabe Norwood (13)
Gabe Norwood (9)
Belga, Borboran, Norwood (3)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–6
8
July 9
NLEX
W 96–86
Leonard Santillan (18)
Mike Nieto (7)
Belga, Norwood (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–6
9
July 13
Blackwater
W 107–90
Rey Nambatac (26)
Gabe Norwood (8)
Rey Nambatac (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–6
10
July 16
Terrafirma
W 97–82
Asistio, Caracut (14)
Rey Nambatac (10)
Rey Nambatac (9)
SM Mall of Asia Arena
4–6
11
July 20
Magnolia
L 87–118
Leonard Santillan (17)
Leonard Santillan (8)
Andrei Caracut (10)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
4–7 :

## Commissioner's Cup
### Eliminations
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Bay Area Dragons (G) | 10 | 2 | .833 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 10 | 2 | .833 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 9 | 3 | .750 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | Converge FiberXers | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | San Miguel Beermen | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | NLEX Road Warriors | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5 | |
| 10 | Meralco Bolts | 4 | 8 | .333 | 6 | |
| 11 | TNT Tropang Giga | 4 | 8 | .333 | 6 | |
| 12 | Blackwater Bossing | 3 | 9 | .250 | 7 | |
| 13 | Terrafirma Dyip | 1 | 11 | .083 | 9 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Bay Area 1–0 Magnolia
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: NorthPort 1–0 Phoenix
* 1 2 Eighth seed playoff: Rain or Shine 110–100 NLEX
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–0 TNT

#### Game log

2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log Total: 5–7 :
September: 1–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
September 23, 2022
NLEX
L 90–96
Steve Taylor Jr. (21)
Beau Belga (14)
Andrei Caracut (5)
PhilSports Arena
0–1
2
September 28, 2022
Barangay Ginebra
W 93–71
Steve Taylor Jr. (21)
Steve Taylor Jr. (10)
Rey Nambatac (9)
SM Mall of Asia Arena
1–1 :
October: 2–3
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
3
October 2, 2022
Terrafirma
W 106–94
Steve Taylor Jr. (20)
Steve Taylor Jr. (24)
Mike Nieto (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–1
4
October 9, 2022
San Miguel
L 105–113
Steve Taylor Jr. (20)
Steve Taylor Jr. (18)
Steve Taylor Jr. (9)
PhilSports Arena
2–2
5
October 15, 2022
TNT
L 91–110
Rey Nambatac (20)
Leonard Santillan (10)
Asistio, Nambatac (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–3
6
October 22, 2022
Meralco
W 113–96
Steve Taylor Jr. (22)
Steve Taylor Jr. (15)
Rey Nambatac (9)
PhilSports Arena
3–3
7
October 26, 2022
Phoenix Super LPG
L 83–92
Steve Taylor Jr. (16)
Steve Taylor Jr. (19)
Gian Mamuyac (6)
Ynares Center
3–4 :
November: 2–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
8
November 4, 2022
NorthPort
W 76–75
Steve Taylor Jr. (20)
Steve Taylor Jr. (16)
Rey Nambatac (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
4–4
9
November 11, 2022
Bay Area
L 87–120
Anton Asistio (20)
Mike Nieto (7)
Anton Asistio (4)
Ynares Center
4–5
10
November 13, 2022
Converge
L 101–102
Ryan Pearson (25)
Ryan Pearson (10)
Gabe Norwood (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
4–6
11
November 25, 2022
Blackwater
W 116–97
Ryan Pearson (22)
Ryan Pearson (12)
Anton Asistio (6)
PhilSports Arena
5–6 :
December: 0–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
12
December 2, 2022
Magnolia
L 90–106
Nambatac, Santillan (15)
Leonard Santillan (12)
Gian Mamuyac (5)
PhilSports Arena
5–7 :

### Playoffs
#### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) |
| (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | | | | | | |
| 1 | Bay Area | 126 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Rain or Shine | 96 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Rain or Shine | 96 | 1 | Bay Area | 3 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 1 | Bay Area | 3 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 5 | San Miguel | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Converge | 0 | 5 | San Miguel | 1 | | | |
| 5 | San Miguel | 2 | | | | | | |
| 5 | San Miguel | 2 | | | | 1 | Bay Area | 3 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 1 | Bay Area | 3 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 3 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 |
| 2 | Magnolia | 102 | | | | 3 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 |
| 7 | Phoenix Super LPG | 95 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Phoenix Super LPG | 95 | 2 | Magnolia | 1 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 2 | Magnolia | 1 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 3 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra | 2 | 3 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | | | |
| 6 | NorthPort | 0 | | | | | | |
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#### Game log

2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log Total: 1–1 :
8th seed playoff: 1–0
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
December 4, 2022
NLEX
W 110–100
Ryan Pearson (24)
Ryan Pearson (9)
Caracut, Mamuyac, Norwood, Pearson (3)
PhilSports Arena
1–0 :
Quarterfinals: 0–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
December 9, 2022
Bay Area
L 96–126
Rey Nambatac (19)
Mamuyac, Nieto, Pearson (5)
Andrei Caracut (11)
PhilSports Arena
0–1 :

## Governors' Cup
### Eliminations
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | TNT Tropang Giga | 10 | 1 | .909 | — | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 2 | San Miguel Beermen | 9 | 2 | .818 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2 | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 4 | Meralco Bolts | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3 | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 5 | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 6 | NLEX Road Warriors | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 7 | Converge FiberXers | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 8 | Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | 4 | 7 | .364 | 6 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 9 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 3 | 8 | .273 | 7 | |
| 10 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 2 | 9 | .182 | 8 | |
| 11 | Terrafirma Dyip | 2 | 9 | .182 | 8 | |
| 12 | Blackwater Bossing | 1 | 10 | .091 | 9 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.099, Magnolia 1.0741, NLEX 0.86

#### Game log

2023 PBA Governors' Cup game log Total: 2–9 :
January: 0–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
January 22
Meralco
L 87–105
Rey Nambatac (21)
Michael Qualls (15)
Michael Qualls (5)
PhilSports Arena
0–1
2
January 27
TNT
L 100–105
Michael Qualls (35)
Michael Qualls (17)
Norwood, Qualls (5)
Ynares Center
0–2 :
February: 2–4
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
3
February 2
Converge
L 98–112
Michael Qualls (34)
Michael Qualls (9)
Rey Nambatac (6)
PhilSports Arena
0–3
4
February 5
Barangay Ginebra
L 108–116
Michael Qualls (23)
Beau Belga (6)
Nambatac, Norwood (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum 10,080
0–4
5
February 12
Blackwater
W 122–117
Greg Smith II (38)
Belga, Norwood, Santillan (7)
Anton Asistio (6)
SM Mall of Asia Arena 11,212
1–4
6
February 16
Terrafirma
W 120–118
Andrei Caracut (25)
Belga, Santillan (6)
Beau Belga (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–4
7
February 22
Magnolia
L 97–112
Greg Smith II (15)
Leonard Santillan (7)
Andrei Caracut (6)
PhilSports Arena
2–5
8
February 25
NLEX
L 99–110
Rey Nambatac (26)
Gabe Norwood (8)
Beau Belga (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–6 :
March: 0–3
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
9
March 1
Phoenix Super LPG
L 106–114
Santillan, Torres (14)
Nick Demusis (11)
Rey Nambatac (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–7
10
March 4
NorthPort
L 97–113
Leonard Santillan (17)
Beau Belga (8)
Beau Belga (4)
PhilSports Arena
2–8
All-Star Break
11
March 17
San Miguel
L 116–129
Gian Mamuyac (23)
Gian Mamuyac (10)
Andrei Caracut (7)
PhilSports Arena
2–9 :

## Transactions
### Free agency
#### Signings

| Player | Date signed | Contract amount | Contract length | Former team |
| Jewel Ponferada | October 8, 2022 | Not disclosed | 2 years | Re-signed |
| James Yap | January 6, 2023 | Not disclosed | 1 conference | Re-signed |

### Trades
#### Philippine Cup

June :
| June 7, 2022 | To Rain or ShineNick Demusis 2022 Phoenix first-round draft pick 2023 Phoenix second-round draft pick | To PhoenixJavee Mocon |

### Recruited imports

| Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
| Commissioner's Cup | Steve Taylor Jr. | September 23, 2022 (vs. NLEX) | November 4, 2022 (vs. NorthPort) | 4–3 |
| Commissioner's Cup | Ryan Pearson | November 11, 2022 (vs. Bay Area) | December 9, 2022 (vs. Bay Area) | 2–4 |
| Governors' Cup | Michael Qualls | January 22, 2023 (vs. Meralco) | February 5, 2023 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 0–4 |
| Governors' Cup | Greg Smith II | February 12, 2023 (vs. Blackwater) | February 25, 2023 (vs. NLEX) | 1–2 |