# 2019 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season

The 2019 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season was the 13th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

## Key dates
### 2018

* December 16: The 2018 PBA draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | TNT KaTropa | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | San Miguel Beermen | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Alaska Aces | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | NLEX Road Warriors | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | |
| 10 | Columbian Dyip | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | |
| 11 | Meralco Bolts | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6 | |
| 12 | Blackwater Elite | 2 | 9 | .182 | 7 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.02, TNT 1.00, San Miguel 0.98
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.19, Alaska 1.01, Columbian 0.84; 8th-seed playoff: Alaska defeated NLEX

#### Game log

2019 PBA Philippine Cup game log Total: 8–3 :
January: 2–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
January 18
NLEX
W 96–87
James Yap (20)
Rey Nambatac (10)
Beau Belga (7)
Cuneta Astrodome
1–0
2
January 26
Barangay Ginebra
W 83–80
Borboran, Torres (12)
Borboran, Mocon, Torres (8)
Ahanmisi, Daquioag (4)
Calasiao Sports Complex
2–0
3
January 30
Blackwater
L 99–111
James Yap (20)
Ahanmisi, Mocon (8)
Ahanmisi, Belga (4)
Cuneta Astrodome
2–1 :
February: 5–0
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
4
February 1
San Miguel
W 108–98
James Yap (21)
Javee Mocon (17)
Almazan, Mocon (4)
Ynares Center
3–1
5
February 3
Alaska
W 85–72
Rey Nambatac (12)
Maverick Ahanmisi (14)
Ahanmisi, Belga (5)
Mall of Asia Arena
4–1
6
February 8
NorthPort
W 107–100
Belga, Yap (19)
Maverick Ahanmisi (7)
Beau Belga (7)
Mall of Asia Arena
5–1
7
February 10
Phoenix
W 98–94 (OT)
Belga, Rosales (16)
Beau Belga (9)
Beau Belga (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
6–1
8
February 13
Magnolia
W 75–74
James Yap (18)
Raymond Almazan (14)
Ahanmisi, Almazan (3)
Mall of Asia Arena
7–1 :
March: 1–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
9
March 3
TNT
L 92–100
James Yap (18)
Ahanmisi, Belga (7)
Belga, Mocon (4)
Ynares Center
7–2
10
March 6
Columbian
L 82–85
Mark Borboran (21)
Javee Mocon (9)
Maverick Ahanmisi (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
7–3
11
March 15
Meralco
W 88–85
James Yap (14)
Beau Belga (11)
Ahanmisi, Belga, Mocon, Yap (3)
Cuneta Astrodome
8–3 :

### Playoffs
#### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Semifinals (best-of-7) | 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 | Phoenix | 91 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Alaska | 76 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Alaska | 76 | 1 | Phoenix | 1 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 1 | Phoenix | 1 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 5 | San Miguel | 4 | | | |
| 4 | TNT | 1 | 5 | San Miguel | 4 | | | |
| 5 | San Miguel | 2 | | | | | | |
| 5 | San Miguel | 2 | | | | 5 | San Miguel | 4 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 5 | San Miguel | 4 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 6 | Magnolia | 3 |
| 2 | Rain or Shine | 91 | | | | 6 | Magnolia | 3 |
| 7 | NorthPort | 85 | | | | | | |
| 7 | NorthPort | 85 | 2 | Rain or Shine | 3 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 2 | Rain or Shine | 3 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 6 | Magnolia | 4 | | | |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | 6 | Magnolia | 4 | | | |
| 6 | Magnolia | 2 | | | | | | |
* view
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#### Game log

2019 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log Total: 4–4 :
Quarterfinals: 1–0
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
April 7
NorthPort
W 91–85
Ed Daquioag (15)
Javee Mocon (7)
Belga, Daquioag (4)
Mall of Asia Arena
1–0 :
Semifinals: 3–4
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
April 12
Magnolia
W 84–77
Javee Mocon (15)
Javee Mocon (10)
Rey Nambatac (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–0
2
April 14
Magnolia
W 93–80
Ed Daquioag (19)
Javee Mocon (6)
Gabe Norwood (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–0
3
April 16
Magnolia
L 74–85
Javee Mocon (18)
Mocon, Norwood (9)
Gabe Norwood (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–1
4
April 22
Magnolia
L 91–94
James Yap (24)
Gabe Norwood (8)
Beau Belga (3)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–2
5
April 24
Magnolia
L 74–82
Gabe Norwood (15)
Beau Belga (10)
Ahanmisi, Belga, Rosales (3)
Cuneta Astrodome
2–3
6
April 26
Magnolia
W 91–81
Nambatac, Yap (16)
Gabe Norwood (10)
Ahanmisi, Belga (4)
Ynares Center
3–3
7
April 28
Magnolia
L 60–63 (OT)
James Yap (14)
Ahanmisi, Norwood (7)
Gabe Norwood (4)
Mall of Asia Arena
3–4 :

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

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | TNT KaTropa | 10 | 1 | .909 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 9 | 2 | .818 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Blackwater Elite | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | San Miguel Beermen | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Alaska Aces | 4 | 7 | .364 | 6 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Meralco Bolts | 4 | 7 | .364 | 6 | |
| 10 | Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters | 4 | 7 | .364 | 6 | |
| 11 | Columbian Dyip | 3 | 8 | .273 | 7 | |
| 12 | NLEX Road Warriors | 3 | 8 | .273 | 7 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 Barangay Ginebra
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Magnolia 1.19, Rain or Shine 1.01, San Miguel 0.83
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.012, Meralco 1.011, Phoenix 0.977; 8th-seed playoff: Alaska defeated Meralco
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Columbian 1–0 NLEX

#### Game log

2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log Total: 5–6 :
May: 0–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 31
Meralco
L 84–91
Denzel Bowles (31)
Denzel Bowles (13)
Bowles, Mocon (4)
Mall of Asia Arena
0–1 :
June: 3–3
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
2
June 2
Blackwater
L 92–98
Denzel Bowles (27)
James Yap (8)
James Yap (5)
Ynares Center
0–2
3
June 7
Barangay Ginebra
W 104–81
Rey Nambatac (30)
Denzel Bowles (17)
Beau Belga (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–2
4
June 9
Phoenix
W 89–82
Denzel Bowles (28)
Denzel Bowles (14)
Denzel Bowles (5)
Ynares Center
2–2
5
June 19
NorthPort
L 105–107 (OT)
Denzel Bowles (41)
Denzel Bowles (21)
Javee Mocon (8)
Mall of Asia Arena
2–3
6
June 23
Columbian
W 88–86 (OT)
Denzel Bowles (29)
Denzel Bowles (14)
Denzel Bowles (10)
Batangas City Coliseum
3–3
7
June 28
NLEX
L 97–100
Denzel Bowles (35)
Denzel Bowles (9)
Javee Mocon (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–4 :
July: 2–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
8
July 3
TNT
L 81–102
Denzel Bowles (28)
Javee Mocon (10)
Mocon, Rosales (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–5
9
July 6
Alaska
W 86–84
Denzel Bowles (16)
Beau Belga (7)
Beau Belga (5)
Mall of Asia Arena
4–5
10
July 10
Magnolia
W 86–82
Beau Belga (22)
Carl Montgomery (12)
Rey Nambatac (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
5–5
11
July 13
San Miguel
L 87–89
Javee Mocon (20)
Carl Montgomery (13)
Javee Mocon (5)
Xavier University Gym
5–6 :

### Playoffs
#### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | 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 twice-to-beat) | | | | | | |
| 1 | TNT | 72 | 104 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Alaska | 108 | 93 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Alaska | 108 | 93 | 1 | TNT | 3 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 1 | TNT | 3 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 4 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra | Barangay Ginebra | 2 | 4 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Magnolia | Magnolia | 0 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Magnolia | Magnolia | 0 | | | | 1 | TNT | 2 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 1 | TNT | 2 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 7 | San Miguel | 4 |
| 2 | NorthPort | 84 | 88 | | | | 7 | San Miguel | 4 |
| 7 | San Miguel | 98 | 90 | | | | | | |
| 7 | San Miguel | 98 | 90 | 7 | San Miguel | 3 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 7 | San Miguel | 3 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 6 | Rain or Shine | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Blackwater | Blackwater | 1 | 6 | Rain or Shine | 1 | | | |
| 6 | Rain or Shine | Rain or Shine | 2 | | | | | | |
* view
* talk

#### Game log

2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log Total: 3–4 :
Quarterfinals: 2–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
July 20
Blackwater
W 83–80
Ed Daquioag (19)
Carl Montgomery (19)
Belga, Borboran, Daquioag (3)
Mall of Asia Arena
1–0
2
July 23
Blackwater
L 96–100
Javee Mocon (25)
Carl Montgomery (15)
Kris Rosales (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–1
3
July 25
Blackwater
W 85–83
Rey Nambatac (21)
Carl Montgomery (23)
Javee Mocon (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–1 :
Semifinals: 1–3
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
July 27
San Miguel
L 105–111
Carl Montgomery (20)
Carl Montgomery (17)
Javee Mocon (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–1
2
July 29
San Miguel
L 105–117
Carl Montgomery (24)
Carl Montgomery (15)
Carl Montgomery (6)
Mall of Asia Arena
0–2
3
July 31
San Miguel
W 112–104
Carl Montgomery (25)
Carl Montgomery (15)
Beau Belga (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–2
4
August 2
San Miguel
L 95–98
Carl Montgomery (18)
Carl Montgomery (17)
Carl Montgomery (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–3 :

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

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | NLEX Road Warriors | 8 | 3 | .727 | — | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 2 | Meralco Bolts | 8 | 3 | .727 | — | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 3 | TNT KaTropa | 8 | 3 | .727 | — | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 7 | 4 | .636 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 5 | San Miguel Beermen | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 6 | Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 7 | Alaska Aces | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 8 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 9 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4 | |
| 10 | Kia Picanto | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4 | |
| 11 | Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters | 3 | 8 | .273 | 5 | |
| 12 | Blackwater Elite | 2 | 9 | .182 | 6 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.090, Meralco 0.959, TNT 0.958
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Magnolia
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 NorthPort
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 Columbian

#### Game log

2019 PBA Governors' Cup game log Total: 4–7 :
September: 1–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
September 20
NorthPort
L 94–99
Joel Wright (22)
Joel Wright (14)
Rey Nambatac (5)
Mall of Asia Arena
0–1
2
September 22
Columbian
W 96–90
Joel Wright (30)
Joel Wright (10)
Ed Daquioag (3)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–1
3
September 28
TNT
L 91–103
Joel Wright (20)
Joel Wright (8)
Joel Wright (3)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–2 :
October: 1–5
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
4
October 4
Magnolia
L 68–69
Javee Mocon (14)
Kayel Locke (9)
Chris Exciminiano (3)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–3
5
October 9
Phoenix
L 84–86
Kayel Locke (29)
Javee Mocon (14)
Kayel Locke (4)
Cuneta Astrodome
1–4
6
October 13
Alaska
L 71–78
Kayel Locke (25)
Kayel Locke (10)
Beau Belga (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–5
7
October 23
Blackwater
W 99–82
Rey Nambatac (18)
Kwame Alexander (16)
Rey Nambatac (7)
Cuneta Astrodome
2–5
8
October 26
Barangay Ginebra
L 89–98
Kwame Alexander (20)
Kwame Alexander (10)
Beau Belga (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–6
9
October 30
NLEX
L 91–111
Richard Ross (20)
Mocon, Norwood, Ross (8)
Gabe Norwood (5)
Cuneta Astrodome
2–7 :
November: 2–0
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
10
November 9
San Miguel
W 91–85
Mocon, Ross (16)
Javee Mocon (14)
Mocon, Ross (4)
Hoops Dome
3–7
11
November 17
Meralco
W 83–81
Richard Ross (26)
Richard Ross (12)
Belga, Nambatac (4)
Cuneta Astrodome
4–7 :

## Transactions
### Commissioner's Cup

August :
| August 16, 2019 | To Rain or ShinePing Exciminiano2019 first round pick | To AlaskaMaverick Ahanmisi |

## Awards

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
| James Yap | Philippine Cup Player of the Week | February 18, 2019 | |
| Javee Mocon | Philippine Cup Rookie of the Month | March 1, 2019 | |