The 2008–09

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters The Rain or Shine Elasto Painters are a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association owned by Asian Coatings Philippines, Inc. It debuted in the league in the 2006–07 PBA season after acquiring the franchise righ ...

season was the 3rd season of the franchise in the

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(PBA). The team's notable move was drafting their future star

Gabe Norwood Gabriel Daniel Viloria Norwood (born February 9, 1985) is a Filipino-American professional basketball player and assistant coach for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He played college basketball ...

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. The team also drafted La Salle point guard TY Tang. They also traded the last year's first pick

Joe Devance Joe Calvin Devance Jr. (born February 19, 1982) is a Filipino-American former professional basketball player. He won 12 championships over the course of his career with the Alaska Aces, the Magnolia franchise and the Barangay Ginebra San Migue ...

to Alaska Aces for

Sol Mercado Solomon Jemuel Rayos Mercado (born May 6, 1984) is a Filipino-American former professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Known as the "Sol-Train", he had an impressive PBA rookie season and eventually became ...

and

Eddie Laure Eddie Bicoy Laure (born July 6, 1977) is a Filipino former professional basketball player and politician. Known by many as The Dominator and more recently, The Bounty Hunter for his daring and stunning ability to search and get loose balls on th ...

. The team reached the semifinals for the first time in franchise history in 2009 Fiesta Conference, but lost to Ginebra.

Key dates

* August 31: The

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took place in

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Draft picks

Roster

Results

Philippine Cup

Team standings

Schedule

Bracket

Quarterfinals: (4) Rain or Shine vs (5) Sta. Lucia

In their first playoff appearance since joining the league in 2006, the Elasto Painters were overwhelmed in Game 1 by the defending champions, who played with the comebacking

Ryan Reyes Ryan Jay Reyes (born August 10, 1983) is a Filipino-American professional basketball player for TNT Tropang 5G of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Nicknamed D-Energizer for his energetic style of play, he was drafted third overall by ...

who just came from injury. Fracas involving Rain or Shine's

and

Solomon Mercado Solomon Jemuel Rayos Mercado (born May 6, 1984) is a Filipino-American former professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Known as the "Sol-Train", he had an impressive PBA rookie season and eventually became ...

at the end of the first game caused Norwood to be suspended in Game 2, and Mercado on Game 3 if it happens. The short-handed Elasto Painters wound up short in Game 2 as they were eliminated.

Fiesta Conference

Standings

Results

* Results above and to the left of the gray boxes are first round games; those below and to the right are second round games.

Second seed playoff

Bracket

Wildcard phase

Note: Rain or Shine and Burger King possessed the twice to beat advantage but it was not used as their opponents failed to win to extend the series into a deciding game.

Quarterfinals: (3) Rain or Shine vs. (6) Purefoods

Semifinals: (2) Barangay Ginebra vs (3) Rain or Shine

Third place playoff

Transactions

Trades

Imports recruited

References

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