# 2009–10 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season

The 2009–10 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season was the fourth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

## Key dates

* August 2: The 2009 PBA Draft took place in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Height | Position | Nationality | College |
| 1 | 5 | Jervy Cruz | 6 ft. 3 in. | Power forward | Philippines | UST |
| 2 | 15 | Marcy Arellano | 5 ft. 9 in. | Point guard | Philippines | UE |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Alaska Aces | 13 | 5 | .722 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | San Miguel Beermen | 13 | 5 | .722 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants | 12 | 6 | .667 | 1 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 12 | 6 | .667 | 1 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 5 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 6 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 7 | Coca-Cola Tigers | 6 | 12 | .333 | 7 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 8 | Burger King Whoppers | 6 | 12 | .333 | 7 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 9 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 4 | 14 | .222 | 9 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 10 | Barako Bull Energy Boosters | 3 | 15 | .167 | 10 | |
| — | Smart Gilas (G) | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.5 | Guest team |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Alaska 2–0 San Miguel
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Purefoods 1–1 Barangay Ginebra; Purefoods 0, Barangay Ginebra 0; overall point differential: Purefoods +85, Barangay Ginebra +75
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Burger King 1–1, Coca-Cola; Burger King +10, Coca-Cola −10
* ↑ Smart Gilas's results do not count in the standings.

#### Game log
##### Eliminations

2010 PBA Philippine Cup game log :
October
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 16
Talk 'N Text
76–85
Cruz, Telan (14)
Telan (20)
Norwood (4)
Araneta Coliseum
0–1
2
October 21
Sta. Lucia
90–95
Araña (19)
Norwood (9)
Tang (5)
Cuneta Astrodome
0–2
3
October 24
Burger King
89–91
Araña (25)
Reyes (14)
Norwood (6)
Gingoog, Misamis Oriental
0–3
4
October 28
Barako Bull
81–89
Norwood (17)
Norwood (7)
Norwood (5)
Araneta Coliseum
0–4 :
November
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
5
November 4
San Miguel
77–93
Norwood, Chan (14)
Laure (11)
Tang (5)
Araneta Coliseum
0–5
6
November 8
Barangay Ginebra
77–86
Reyes, Cruz (14)
Reyes (8)
Mercado (4)
Araneta Coliseum
0–6
7
November 13
Alaska
86–81
Araña (21)
Reyes (13)
Norwood (6)
Ynares Center
1–6
8
November 15
Purefoods
69–103
Araña (20)
Reyes (6)
Norwood (3)
Araneta Coliseum
1–7
9
November 20
Smart Gilas*
87–96
Araneta Coliseum
10
November 25
Coca Cola
92–84
Mercado (24)
Chan, Telan (6)
Mercado (8)
Araneta Coliseum
2–7 :
December
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
11
December 2
Talk 'N Text
95–93
Araña (20)
Reyes (12)
Chan (5)
Araneta Coliseum
3–7
12
December 6
Burger King
99–101
Norwood (25)
Reyes, Araña (8)
Tang (6)
Araneta Coliseum
3–8
13
December 12
Barangay Ginebra
97–101
Norwood (22)
Cruz (10)
Norwood (7)
Tacloban City
3–9
14
December 18
San Miguel
90–104
Araña (17)
Reyes (12)
Mercado (4)
Araneta Coliseum
3–10
15
December 23
Barako Bull
88–72
Mercado (24)
Chan, Norwood (8)
Mercado (8)
Cuneta Astrodome
4–10 :
January
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
17
January 6
Sta. Lucia
91–95
Norwood (18)
Norwood, 2 others (8)
Mercado (8)
Araneta Coliseum
4–11
18
January 10
Purefoods
88–101
Norwood (29)
Norwood (7)
Mercado (8)
Araneta Coliseum
4–12
19
January 15
Coca Cola
83–105
Norwood, 2 others (14)
Mercado (8)
Norwood, Mercado (6)
Araneta Coliseum
4–13
16
January 22
Alaska
94–95
Mercado (35)
Cruz (9)
Mercado, Araña (3)
Ynares Center
4–14 :
2009–10 schedule :

##### Playoffs

2010 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log :
Wildcard
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
January 24
Sta. Lucia
90–86
Mercado (18)
Mercado, Chan (7)
Araña (5)
Ynares Center
1–0
2
January 27
Coca Cola
99–84
Mercado (28)
Laure (6)
Mercado (8)
Ynares Center
2–0 :
Quarterfinals
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
January 29
Purefoods
85–90
Araña (19)
Reyes (10)
Norwood (6)
Araneta Coliseum
0–1
2
January 31
Purefoods
94–95
Mercado (26)
Norwood (16)
Chan (5)
Araneta Coliseum
0–2
3
February 3
Purefoods
95–92
Chan (17)
Norwood, Cruz (7)
Chan (6)
Araneta Coliseum
1–2
4
February 5
Purefoods
103–100
Mercado (24)
Reyes (12)
Mercado (8)
Araneta Coliseum
2–2
5
February 7
Purefoods
85–95
Araneta Coliseum
2–3 :
2009–10 schedule :

## Fiesta Conference
### Eliminations
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 15 | 3 | .833 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | San Miguel Beermen | 13 | 5 | .722 | 2 | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | Derby Ace Llamados | 13 | 5 | .722 | 2 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 4 | Alaska Aces | 11 | 7 | .611 | 4 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 5 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 9 | 9 | .500 | 6 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 6 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 9 | 9 | .500 | 6 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 7 | Coca-Cola Tigers | 8 | 10 | .444 | 7 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 8 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 5 | 13 | .278 | 10 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 9 | Air21 Express | 4 | 14 | .222 | 11 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 10 | Barako Energy Coffee Masters | 3 | 15 | .167 | 12 | |
* 1 2 Second seed playoff: San Miguel 88, Derby Ace 83
* 1 2 Fifth seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 115, Rain or Shine 88

#### Game log
## Transactions
### Pre-season

| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | Players Added Via Draft Jervy Cruz Marcy Arellano Via Free Agency Nur Jam Alfad Mike Dizon Mark Telan (From Coca-Cola) Via Trade Jeffrei Chan (From Barako Bull) Mike Hrabak (From Barako Bull) | Players Lost Via Free Agency Mark Andaya Mark Isip Rob Wainwright Via Retirement Gherome Ejercito Denver Lopez |

### Imports recruited

| Team | Player | Debuted | Final |
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | Jai Lewis (1/2) | March 26, 2010 | June 18, 2010 |
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | Rod Nealy (2/2) | June 25, 2010 | July 18, 2010 |