The 2017–18 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season was the 12th season of the franchise in the

Philippine Basketball Association The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines, composed of twelve company-branded Franchising, franchise teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia ...

(PBA).

Key dates

2017

*October 29: The

2017 PBA draft The 2017 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) rookie draft was an event that allowed teams to draft players from the amateur ranks. It was held at the Midtown Atrium, Robinsons Place Manila on October 29, 2017. The league determined the draf ...

took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.San Miguel nets Standhardinger
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Draft picks

Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Game log

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Beau Belga Beau Michael Vincent Esparrago Belga (born November 30, 1986) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters of the Philippine Basketball Association. He is also an assistant coach for the UST Growling Tigers ...

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Raymond Almazan Raymond Canaria Almazan (born August 2, 1989) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Meralco Bolts of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He is nicknamed Rock N' Roll. College career He played for the Letran Knights in ...

(10) , Belga, Daquioag (3) ,

Cuneta Astrodome Cuneta Astrodome, also known as Pasay Astrodome or simply the Astrodome, is an indoor arena located in Pasay, Philippines. The arena has hosted Philippine Basketball Association games from 1993 to 1999 and again from 2001 onwards, and also cur ...

, 1–0 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 2 , December 29 , Blackwater
L 87–92
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Chris Tiu Christopher John Alandy-Dy Tiu (born July 15, 1985) is a Filipino former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Ateneo Blue Eagles with whom he won the UAAP title in 2008. He went on to play his entire professional ...

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(11) , Belga, Tiu (4) ,

, 1–1 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 3 , January 12 , GlobalPort
L 70–78
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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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Maverick Ahanmisi Maverick Frankera Ahanmisi (born July 17, 1991) is an American-born Filipino-Nigerian professional basketball player for the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). High school career Ahanmisi spent a year ...

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Mall of Asia Arena The SM Mall of Asia Arena, also known as the Mall of Asia Arena or the MoA Arena, is an indoor arena within the SM Mall of Asia complex, in Bay City, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. It has a seating capacity of 15,000 for sporting events and ...

, 1–2 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 4 , January 17 , Phoenix
W 120–99
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Ed Daquioag Eduardo Damo Daquioag Jr. (born August 18, 1991) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Parañaque Patriots of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). He was picked by the Meralco Bolts in the special draft of the 201 ...

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Smart Araneta Coliseum The Araneta Coliseum, also currently known by naming rights sponsorship as Smart Araneta Coliseum, is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena that is part of the Araneta City in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines. Nicknamed "the Big Dome" ...

, 2–2 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 5 , January 20 ,

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NLEX The North Luzon Expressway (NLEX), signed as E1 of the Philippine expressway network, partially as N160 of the Philippine highway network, and partially as R-8 of the Metro Manila arterial road network, is a controlled-access highway that ...

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, 3–3 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 7 , February 2 ,

Meralco The Manila Electric Company, also known as Meralco (, , stylized in uppercase), is an electric power distribution company in the Philippines. It is Metro Manila's only electric power distributor and holds the power distribution franchise for 3 ...

W 90–84
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, 4–3 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 8 , February 10 ,

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W 101–95
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(6) , Calasiao Sports Complex , 5–3 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 9 , February 23 ,

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, 5–4 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 10 , February 28 ,

San Miguel San Miguel, Spanish for Saint Michael, may refer to: Places Argentina *San Miguel Partido *San Miguel, Buenos Aires * San Miguel, Catamarca * San Miguel, Corrientes * San Miguel, La Rioja *San Miguel Arcángel, a Volga German colony in Adolfo Al ...

W 95–80
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, 6–4 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 11 , March 2 ,

L 92–100 (3OT)
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(10) , Belga, Norwood (5) ,

, 6–5

Playoffs

Bracket

Game log

, - style="background:#fcc;" , 1 , March 5 , Barangay Ginebra
L 80–88
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(17) , Norwood, Ponferada (6) , Ahanmisi, Tiu (3) ,

, 0–1 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 2 , March 7 , Barangay Ginebra
L 91–99
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, 0–2

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Game log

, - style="background:#bfb;" , 1 , April 27 ,

W 109–103 (OT)
, Reggie Johnson (32) , Reggie Johnson (22) ,

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, 1–0 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 1 , April 29 , Barangay Ginebra
W 108–89
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(20) , Reggie Johnson (15) ,

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, 2–0 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 3 , May 2 ,

W 98–97
, Reggie Johnson (27) , Reggie Johnson (14) , Norwood, Tiu (5) ,

Ynares Center The Ynares Center, also known as Ynares Center Antipolo, is an indoor arena located along the Circumferential Road in Antipolo, Rizal, Philippines. The facility, which has a seating capacity of 7,400, is managed by the Provincial Government of ...

, 3–0 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 4 , May 9 , Columbian
L 96–104
, Reggie Johnson (30) , Reggie Johnson (17) ,

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, 3–1 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 5 , May 13 ,

W 123–119 (OT)
, Reggie Johnson (27) , Reggie Johnson (19) ,

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, 4–1 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 6 , May 20 , GlobalPort
W 96–90
, Reggie Johnson (18) , Reggie Johnson (16) , Reggie Johnson (7) ,

, 5–1 , - align="center" , colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff", All-Star Break , - style="background:#bfb;" , 7 , June 2 ,

W 99–96 (OT)
, Reggie Johnson (23) , Reggie Johnson (18) ,

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, 6–1 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 8 , June 8 , Blackwater
W 104–94
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(26) , Reggie Johnson (20) ,

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, 7–1 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 9 , June 16 , Phoenix
W 108–106
, Reggie Johnson (32) , Reggie Johnson (16) , ''three players'' (5) ,

, 8–1 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 10 , June 24 ,

W 106–99 (OT)
, Reggie Johnson (21) , Reggie Johnson (18) ,

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, 9–1 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 11 , July 7 ,

L 85–100
, Reggie Johnson (12) , Reggie Johnson (14) , ''three players'' (3) ,

, 9–2

Playoffs

Bracket

Game log

, - style="background:#fcc;" , 1 , July 10 , GlobalPort
L 113–114
, Reggie Johnson (24) , Reggie Johnson (25) ,

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, 0–1 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 1 , July 12 , GlobalPort
W 103–97
, Reggie Johnson (29) ,

, Norwood (15) , Reggie Johnson (6) ,

, 1–1 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 1 , July 15 , Barangay Ginebra
L 89–102
, Reggie Johnson (30) , Reggie Johnson (13) , Belga, Tiu (4) ,

, 0–1 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 2 , July 19 , Barangay Ginebra
W 109–100
, Reggie Johnson (25) , Reggie Johnson (20) , Reggie Johnson (8) ,

, 1–1 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 3 , July 21 , Barangay Ginebra
L 72–75
, Reggie Johnson (13) , Reggie Johnson (22) , Belga,

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, 1–2 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 4 , July 23 , Barangay Ginebra
L 94–96
, Reggie Johnson (22) , Reggie Johnson (16) ,

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, 1–3

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Game log

, - style="background:#fcc;" , 1 , September 22 ,

L 104–110
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J'Nathan Bullock J'Nathan Bullock (born June 25, 1987) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball at Cleveland State University. He was signed by the New York Jets of the National Football League as an undrafted free agent in 200 ...

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L 76–92
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, 0–2 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 3 , October 3 ,

L 89–106
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(20) , Terrence Watson (13) , Belga, Nambatac (5) ,

, 0–3 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 4 , October 7 , Blackwater
L 93–99
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(25) , Terrence Watson (14) , Belga, Nambatac (4) , Sta. Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex , 0–4 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 5 , October 13 , Barangay Ginebra
W 104–97
, Terrence Watson (29) , Terrence Watson (19) ,

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Quezon Convention Center The Quezon Convention Center is a multi-purpose convention center in Quezon located near the Provincial Capitol in Lucena, Quezon, Philippines. The venue has hosted local and regional basketball competitions, concerts, and conference ...

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W 120–98
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, 2–4 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 7 , October 19 , Columbian
L 84–100
, Terrence Watson (18) , Terrence Watson (10) ,

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, 2–5 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 8 , October 21 ,

L 82–91
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Norbert Torres Norberto Brian Torres (born January 12, 1990) is a Canadian-born Filipino professional basketball player for the Meralco Bolts of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). High school career Torres attended his secondary education at Blessed ...

(16) , Terrence Watson (13) ,

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, 2–6 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 9 , October 24 , Phoenix
L 97–103
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(8) , Ahanmisi, Norwood (4) ,

, 2–7 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 10 , October 27 ,

L 97–109
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(26) , Terrence Watson (15) ,

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Alonte Sports Arena Basketball venues in the Philippines Biñan Tatak Gel Buildings and structures in Biñan Indoor arenas in the Philippines MPBL venues Philippine Basketball Association venues Sports in Laguna (province) Sports venues completed in 2013 Volleyball v ...

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W 107–101
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, 3–8

Transactions

Free agency signings

Trades

Philippine Cup

Recruited imports

Awards

References

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