Rain Or Shine In The PBA Finals

The Rain Or Shine Elasto Painters sets first Finals schedule in the current PLDT myDSL PBA Philippine Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum through eliminating Petron in a 97-88 friday night victory in the game 5 of their best-of-seven semifinal series. They won the series with four games againts a lone win from Petron Blaze Boosters.

Assistant Coach Caloy Garcia took over the drivers seat for the Painters as ROS' Headcoach Yeng Guiao was serving his one game suspension. Garcia said that them making into the finals in a game without coach Yeng is special and that the players really wanted to win the game.

Beau Belga and Jeff Chan lead the Painters with their almost double-double performance with 18 and 17 points respectively and 9 rebounds apiece. Chan lead the way for the Painters in the third quarter comeback by pumping in 7 of his 17 in that quarter and ROS erased a 12 point Petron lead and even leading going into the last period at 72-69.

Paul Lee pumped in 16 points off the bench and Ryan Arana added 10 points

On the other hand, Arwind Santos leads Petron scorers with his double-double performance of 20 points and 13 rebounds. Marcio Lassiter had 18 while June Mar Fajardo had an equal 16 points and 16 rebounds but their efforts weren't enough to extend the series.

Rain or Shine is in their second consecutive Finals appearance in the Philippine Cup after their Finals series with TalknText last season. The Painters are now waiting for the winners of San Mig Super Coffee Mixers against Bgry. Ginebra Gin Kings in the other semifinal matchup which is currently having 2 wins apiece.

Quarter Scores: 22-31, 45-52, 72-69, 97-88

Player Scores:

Rain Or Shine - Belga 18, Chan 17, Lee 16, Arana 10, Norwood 9, Rodriguez 8, Cruz 6, Quinahan 5, Tang 4, Almazan 2, Tiu 0, Teng 0, Ibanes 0

Petron - Santos 20, Lassiter 18, Fajardo 16, Kramer 8, Cabagnot 8, Hubalde 6, Tubid 5, Ross 4, Lutz 2, Taha 1

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Rain Or Shines' 4Q Rain Puts Off Petron's Blaze For A 2-0 Lead

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters truly shined once again against Petron taking a 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven semifinal series in the 2014 PLDT MyDSL Philippine Cup at the Mall of Asia Arena. The win placed ROS halfway into their quest for entering the Finals.

Petron was up 11 points at 67-78 coming into the last quarter but ROS outscored Petron in the final quarter to a 103-94 win. It rained points for ROS in the last period as they made 36 points compared to Petron's 16. In the payoff period, Jeff Chan poured in 9 of his 20 while rookie and fomer Letran Knights, Raymond Almazan contributed big with 10 points in that period from his total of 15. Lee also had 15 points in the game along with Belga and Norwood with 11 apiece.

Meanwhile, Fajardo lead the way for the Boosters with 20 points, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks only to lose to the Painters. Playmaker Alex Cabagnot also chipped in 17 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 3 steals but it was not enough to hold off ROS.

The Game 3 will on Saturday, February 1, at 3pm in the Mall of Asia Arena.

Game Scores:

Quarterscores: 18-32, 46-49, 67-78, 103-94

Rain or Shine 103 – Chan 20, Almazan 15, Lee 15, Belga 11, Norwood 11, Arana 8, Tang 5, Quinahan 4, Cruz 4, Nuyles 4, Rodriguez 4, Teng 2, Tiu 0, Ibanes 0.

Petron Blaze 94 – Fajardo 20, Cabagnot 17, Lassiter 14, Santos 12, Lutz 7, Kramer 6, Hubalde 6, Ross 6, Tubid 4, Taha 2.

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Sinag Pilipinas Beats Host Myanmar With 75 Points Win

Sinag Pilipinas, the Philippines' Men National Basketball Team in SEA Games 2013, masterfully defeated the host Myanmar with a huge 75 points margin in a 118-43 victory
on Thursday night at the Zayar Thiri Indoor Stadium A of Nay Pyi Taw, the capital city of Myanmar.

photo credit: instagram.com/joshreyes8 

Sinag stays unbeaten after a hard-earned first win (88-75) against the tough Singaporean Team and then crushing Cambodia in their second game in a 107-55 victory. Ronald Pascual posted a game-high 20 points and with Mac Belo, Ferrer, Lanete and Parks also in double figures with 17, 13, 10, 10 points respectively.

Sinag controlled the game from the first quarter with a 34 points against Myanmar's 15. From then on, the Philippine team cruised for a huge win. Sinag shot a field percentage of 68% hitting 47 out of 69 of their shots with 9 triples on a 50% (9/18) shooting beyong the arc. They outclassed the host team in every departments with notable 69-22 points in the paint, 34-19 in rebounds and 30-10 in assists.

Sinag Pilipinas continues its quest for gold as it cruise for 3 more wins to get the title against Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia.

Quarterscores: 34-15, 62-27, 88-37, 118-43.

Sinag Pilipinas (118) – R. Pascual 20, Belo 17, Ferrer 13, Lanete 10, Parks 10, J. Pascual 9, Sumang 9, Ganuelas 8, Ravena 6, Cruz, 6, Alas 5, Douthit 5.

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Petron Blaze Sets PBA Finals Date With San Mig Coffee

The Petron Blaze Boosters booked the last PBA Governors' Cup Finals slot by defeating the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters on Monday night, Oct. 7, at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum. Petron Blaze denied Rain or Shine of a Finals seat in the Game 4 of their best-of-five semifinal showdown with the score 110-89.

Petron import Elijah Millsap led their team scorers with 34 points together with his 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal. Millsap started slow with just 5 points in the first quarters.

However, it was Marcio Lasssiter who blazed with his career high 7 out of 10 three pointers with 27 points in all for the game. Lassiter referred to his performance as, “It was just one of those nights,”, He added, “I just felt it.”

Cabagnot was also a key in their victory against the Elasto Painters with 23 points and made 4 treys. Millsap, Lassiter and Cabagnot combined for 84 points for Petron.

For Rain or Shine, import Arizona Reid led all the game scorers with 41 big points together with 16 rebounds but it was enough to lift his team as no other locals scored double digit except Belga with 10 points. Elasto Painter gunner Chan was scoreless in the game.

With the win, the Petron Blaze Boosters will face sister-team San Mig Coffee Mixers in the PBA Governor's Cup Finals which will start on Friday, October 11 at the Mall of Asia Arena.

Scores:

Quarters: 24-25, 46-40, 80-65, 110-89

Petron 110 – Millsap 34, Lassiter 27, Cabagnot 23, Fajardo 9, Santos 8, Lutz 2, Kramer 2, Miranda 2, Tubid 2, Lanete 1, Isip 0.

Rain or Shine 89 – Reid 41, Belga 10, Arana 9, Quinahan 7, Norwood 6, Tang 5, Ibanes 5, Tiu 3, Matias 3, Uyloan 0, Cruz 0, Chan 0.

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San Mig Coffee Goes Back To PBA Governor's Cup Finals

The San Mig Coffee Mixers eliminated Meralco Bolts in Game 4 of their Semifinal series with 3-1 record to go back to the PBA Governor's Cup Finals. San Mig Coffee defeated Meralco with the final score of 79-73 in the game 4 of their best-of-five semifinal series at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Sunday night of Oct 6. San Mig is back again for second straight PBA Governor's Cup Finals.

Blakely led the way for the Mixers with 23 points, 19 rebounds, 5 steals, 2 assists and 1 block and made an all around performance especially in the end game. James Yap also had a great game with 19 points with 8/14 shooting.

Meralco did not start well with no basket in the first 4 minutes of the game. San Mig lead all the way but Meralco came close with 73-75 in the end game. However, Blakely dissed off a pass to Barroca to make it 77-73 with 23.3 seconds left in the game. The final blow was the 2 free throws made by Blakely after a huge offensive rebound.

San Mig Coffee will play the winner of the Petron Blaze Booster - Rain or Shine semifinal series. The finals will start on Friday, October 11 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.

Scores:

Quarters: 27-16, 45-38, 66-56, 79-73

San Mig Coffee Mixers 79 – Blakely 23, Yap 19, Pingris 16, Barroca 7, Mallari 4, Devance 4, Acuna 3, Simon 3, Reavis 0.

Meralco Bolts 73 – West 22, Cardona 13, Hugnatan 13, Ross 9, Dillinger 6, Salvacion 6, Cortez 4, Hodge 0, Wilson 0

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