# 2024–25 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season

The 2024–25 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season is the 18th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

## Key dates

* July 14: The PBA season 49 draft was held at the Glorietta Activity Center in Makati.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Place of birth | College |
| 1 | 7 | Caelan Tiongson | F | USA | Biola |
| 1 | 8 | Felix Pangilinan-Lemetti | G | Sweden | Salt Lake CC |
| 2 | 13 | Francis Escandor | F | Philippines | De La Salle |
| 2 | 16 | Mike Malonzo | F | Philippines | NU |
| 2 | 20 | Miguel Corteza | F | Philippines | Benilde |
| 3 | 32 | Darwish Bederi | C/F | Philippines | UP |

## Roster

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

## Governors' Cup
### Eliminations
#### Group B Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 7 | 3 | .700 | — | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | San Miguel Beermen | 6 | 4 | .600 | 1 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 6 | 4 | .600 | 1 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | NLEX Road Warriors | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Blackwater Bossing | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2 | |
| 6 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 1 | 9 | .100 | 6 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–1 Barangay Ginebra (San Miguel 1.23, Barangay Ginebra 0.82)
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–1 Blackwater (NLEX 1.03, Blackwater 0.97)

#### Game log

2024 PBA Governors' Cup game log Total: 7–3 :
August: 4–0
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
August 20
Blackwater
W 110–97
Aaron Fuller (24)
Aaron Fuller (19)
Andrei Caracut (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–0
2
August 24
Barangay Ginebra
W 73–64
Aaron Fuller (16)
Aaron Fuller (23)
Jhonard Clarito (4)
Candon City Arena
2–0
3
August 28
NLEX
W 124–105
Jhonard Clarito (24)
Aaron Fuller (20)
Andrei Caracut (7)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
3–0
4
August 30
Phoenix
W 116–99
Aaron Fuller (28)
Aaron Fuller (22)
Caracut, Tiongson (4)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
4–0 :
September: 3–3
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
5
September 5
San Miguel
L 112–113
Felix Pangilinan-Lemetti (28)
Aaron Fuller (19)
Gian Mamuyac (5)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
4–1
6
September 10
Phoenix
W 122–107
Fuller, Nocum (16)
Aaron Fuller (11)
Caracut, Nocum (5)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
5–1
7
September 13
Barangay Ginebra
L 102–124
Aaron Fuller (28)
Aaron Fuller (11)
Andrei Caracut (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
5–2
8
September 17
NLEX
W 123–114 (OT)
Anton Asistio (25)
Aaron Fuller (25)
Caelan Tiongson (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
6–2
9
September 19
San Miguel
W 122–112
Andrei Caracut (20)
Fuller, Norwood (11)
Andrei Caracut (8)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
7–2
10
September 23
Blackwater
L 118–139
Jhonard Clarito (18)
Aaron Fuller (9)
Andrei Caracut (5)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
7–3 :

### Playoffs
#### Bracket

| Quarterfinals (Best-of-5) | Quarterfinals (Best-of-5) | Quarterfinals (Best-of-5) | Semifinals (Best-of-7) | Semifinals (Best-of-7) | Semifinals (Best-of-7) | Finals (Best-of-7) | Finals (Best-of-7) | Finals (Best-of-7) |
| A1 | TNT | 3 | | | | | | |
| B4 | NLEX | 1 | | | | | | |
| B4 | NLEX | 1 | A1 | TNT | 4 | | | |
| | | | B1 | Rain or Shine | 1 | | | |
| B1 | Rain or Shine | 3 | B1 | Rain or Shine | 1 | | | |
| A4 | Magnolia | 2 | | | | | | |
| A4 | Magnolia | 2 | | | | A1 | TNT | 4 |
| | | | | | | B3 | Barangay Ginebra | 2 |
| B2 | San Miguel | 3 | | | | B3 | Barangay Ginebra | 2 |
| A3 | Converge | 2 | | | | | | |
| A3 | Converge | 2 | B2 | San Miguel | 2 | | | |
| | | | B3 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 | | | |
| A2 | Meralco | 0 | B3 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 | | | |
| B3 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | | | | | | |
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#### Game log

2024 PBA Governors' Cup playoffs game log Total: 4–6 :
Quarterfinals: 3–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
September 25
Magnolia
W 109–105
Aaron Fuller (24)
Aaron Fuller (20)
Fuller, Santillan (4)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
1–0
2
September 27
Magnolia
L 69–121
Adrian Nocum (13)
Caelan Tiongson (6)
Gian Mamuyac (3)
Santa Rosa Sports Complex
1–1
3
September 29
Magnolia
W 111–106 (OT)
Aaron Fuller (29)
Leonard Santillan (13)
Aaron Fuller (6)
Ynares Center
2–1
4
October 1
Magnolia
L 100–129
Aaron Fuller (22)
Aaron Fuller (10)
Belga, Caracut, Clarito, Mamuyac, Nocum, Norwood, Pangilinan-Lemetti (2)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
2–2
5
October 5
Magnolia
W 113–103
Aaron Fuller (26)
Jhonard Clarito (10)
Felix Pangilinan-Lemetti (6)
Ynares Center
3–2 :
Semifinals: 1–4
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
October 9
TNT
L 81–90
Aaron Fuller (18)
Aaron Fuller (21)
Caracut, Mamuyac (4)
PhilSports Arena
0–1
2
October 11
TNT
L 91–108
Jhonard Clarito (18)
Jhonard Clarito (7)
Caracut, Fuller (3)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–2
3
October 13
TNT
W 110–109
Aaron Fuller (26)
Aaron Fuller (16)
Gian Mamuyac (5)
Dasmariñas Arena
1–2
4
October 16
TNT
L 79–81
Aaron Fuller (22)
Aaron Fuller (18)
Mamuyac, Nocum, Pangilinan-Lemetti (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–3
5
October 18
TNT
L 95–113
Aaron Fuller (14)
Aaron Fuller (6)
Felix Pangilinan-Lemetti (4)
Ynares Center 10,039
1–4 :

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

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 9 | 3 | .750 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | TNT Tropang Giga | 8 | 4 | .667 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Converge FiberXers | 8 | 4 | .667 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 8 | 4 | .667 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | Meralco Bolts | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | Eastern (G) | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | NLEX Road Warriors | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3 | |
| 10 | San Miguel Beermen | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4 | |
| 11 | Blackwater Bossing | 3 | 9 | .250 | 6 | |
| 12 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 3 | 9 | .250 | 6 | |
| 13 | Terrafirma Dyip | 1 | 11 | .083 | 8 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.04, Converge 1.03, Barangay Ginebra 0.94
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.08, Rain or Shine 1.04, Eastern 0.88
* 1 2 Eighth seed playoff: Magnolia 112–81 NLEX
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 Phoenix

#### Game log

2024–25 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log Total: 7–5 :
December: 4–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
December 1, 2024
Meralco
L 111–121
Keith Datu (17)
Jhonard Clarito (11)
Andrei Caracut (8)
Ynares Center
0–1
2
December 4, 2024
Eastern
W 99–81
Deon Thompson (21)
Deon Thompson (15)
Felix Pangilinan-Lemetti (4)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
1–1
3
December 10, 2024
San Miguel
W 107–93
Deon Thompson (18)
Jhonard Clarito (11)
Caracut, Nocum, Pangilinan-Lemetti (5)
Filoil EcoOil Centre
2–1
4
December 18, 2024
Magnolia
W 102–100
Deon Thompson (18)
Deon Thompson (15)
Felix Pangilinan-Lemetti (4)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
3–1
5
December 22, 2024
Terrafirma
W 124–112
Deon Thompson (23)
Deon Thompson (17)
Pangilinan-Lemetti, Thompson (4)
PhilSports Arena
4–1 :
January: 3–4
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
6
January 8, 2025
Blackwater
W 122–106
Deon Thompson (25)
Deon Thompson (16)
Anton Asistio (7)
PhilSports Arena
5–1
7
January 11, 2025
Phoenix
L 91–93
Deon Thompson (22)
Deon Thompson (13)
Deon Thompson (6)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
5–2
8
January 14, 2025
Converge
L 96–103
Jhonard Clarito (24)
Deon Thompson (22)
Andrei Caracut (5)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
5–3
9
January 16, 2025
NorthPort
W 127–107
Deon Thompson (27)
Deon Thompson (11)
Adrian Nocum (7)
PhilSports Arena
6–3
10
January 22, 2025
Barangay Ginebra
L 92–120
Deon Thompson (23)
Deon Thompson (15)
Caelan Tiongson (5)
Ynares Center
6–4
11
January 25, 2025
NLEX
L 110–122
Deon Thompson (26)
Deon Thompson (11)
Nocum, Thompson (5)
Ynares Center
6–5
12
January 31, 2025
TNT
W 106–96
Deon Thompson (22)
Deon Thompson (16)
Andrei Caracut (6)
PhilSports Arena
7–5 :

### 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) |
| (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | | | | | |
| 1 | NorthPort | 113 | | | | | |
| 8 | Magnolia | 110 | | | | | |
| 8 | Magnolia | 110 | 1 | NorthPort | 1 | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 1 | NorthPort | 1 | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 4 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 | | |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra | 2 | 4 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 | | |
| 5 | Meralco | 1 | | | | | |
| 5 | Meralco | 1 | | | | 4 | Barangay Ginebra |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 4 | Barangay Ginebra |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 2 | TNT |
| 2 | TNT | 109 | | | | 2 | TNT |
| 7 | Eastern | 93 | | | | | |
| 7 | Eastern | 93 | 2 | TNT | 4 | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 2 | TNT | 4 | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 6 | Rain or Shine | 1 | | |
| 3 | Converge | 1 | 6 | Rain or Shine | 1 | | |
| 6 | Rain or Shine | 2 | | | | | |
* view
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#### Game log

2024–25 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log Total: 3–5 :
Quarterfinals: 2–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
February 5, 2025
Converge
L 118–130
Caelan Tiongson (23)
Deon Thompson (6)
Anton Asistio (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–1
2
February 7, 2025
Converge
W 114–104
Nocum, Thompson (28)
Deon Thompson (18)
Deon Thompson (7)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
1–1
3
February 9, 2025
Converge
W 112–103
Deon Thompson (34)
Deon Thompson (12)
Deon Thompson (7)
Ynares Center
2–1 :
Semifinals: 1–4
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
February 26, 2025
TNT
L 84–88
Deon Thompson (29)
Deon Thompson (16)
Andrei Caracut (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–1
2
February 28, 2025
TNT
L 91–93
Deon Thompson (22)
Deon Thompson (14)
Deon Thompson (5)
PhilSports Arena
0–2
3
March 2, 2025
TNT
W 103–98
Deon Thompson (19)
Deon Thompson (15)
Caracut, Clarito, Nocum, Thompson, Tiongson (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–2
4
March 5, 2025
TNT
L 85–93
Deon Thompson (44)
Deon Thompson (13)
Adrian Nocum (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–3
5
March 7, 2025
TNT
L 92–97
Deon Thompson (34)
Leonard Santillan (7)
Adrian Nocum (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–4 :

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

| Player | Date signed | Contract amount | Contract length | Former team | Ref. |
| Beau Belga | September 11, 2024 | Not disclosed | 1 year | Re-signed | |

#### Subtractions

| Player | Number | Position | Reason | New team | Ref. |
| Sherwin Concepcion | 23 | Small forward | End of contract | Abra Weavers (MPBL) | |
| Mac Belo | 12 | Power forward | Released | Zamboanga Valientes (The Asian Tournament) | |

### Trades
#### Pre-season

July :
| July 17, 2024 | To Rain or Shine2026 Blackwater second-round pick (from TNT) | To BlackwaterMiguel Corteza |

### Recruited imports

| Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record | Ref. |
| Governors' Cup | Aaron Fuller | August 20, 2024 (vs. Blackwater) | October 18, 2024 (vs. TNT) | 11–9 | |
| Commissioner's Cup | Deon Thompson | December 4, 2024 (vs. Eastern) | March 7, 2025 (vs. TNT) | 10–9 | |