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Young guns deliver as Rain or Shine ousts NLEX for last QF spot

Published Dec 4, 2022 09:24 pm

What they couldn’t accomplish in their first try, the Elasto Painters made sure to take care of in their second shot.

Andrei Caracut provides timely baskets for Rain or Shine (PBA Images)

Rain or Shine showed grace under pressure and leaned on the gutsy performances of its young guns to oust NLEX, 110-100, in their knockout match for the eighth and final spot in the quarterfinals of the 2022 PBA Commissioner’s Cup at the PhilSports Arena on Sunday, Dec. 4

Still licking their wounds from a tough loss to Magnolia that denied them an outright quarters spot just last Friday, the Elasto Painters avoided committing the same mistakes in the waning minutes as Ryan Pearson, Andrei Caracut and Rey Nambatac came up huge in the final frame to take the big win.

Rain or Shine advanced to the quarterfinals for the first time in the last four conferences, earning the chance to challenge the top seed and twice-to-beat Bay Area.

Pearson didn’t want to go home just yet and bounced back from a meager performance last game, finishing with 24 points and nine rebounds while Caracut dropped a career-high 19 points built on three triple – none bigger than the last one he drilled from the corner and over the outstretched arms of Don Trollano to give his team a nine-point lead, 96-87 with 4:38 to go.

The young gun then went on to nail another huge jumper a few sequences after before Leonard Santillan buried another long bomb that handed Elasto Painters a comfortable 12-point cushion, 101-89, with a little over three minutes left.

Nambatac then scored seven of his 10 points inside the final two minutes – including another triple that completely took the fight out of the Road Warriors.

Gian Mamuyac also finished with 15 while Santillan stepped up on Beau Belga's absence with 11 points and five boards.

“Natuto pa rin naman ’yung team. This still are young guys. ‘Yung di namin nagawa sa Magnolia game namin na to preserve the lead, to hold on to the lead nagawa namin ngayon,” said Rain or Shine head coach Yeng Guiao.

Earl Clark did his usual damage and finished with 37 points and 16 rebounds as the Road Warriors engaged the Elasto Painters to a back-and-forth action in the first three quarters.

The breaks of the game, however, went against NLEX as Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser appeared to have hurt his right knee early in the third frame although the rest of the Road Warriors still managed to hang tough in the contest.

Don Trollano finished with 15 points while Kevin Alas added 13 as NLEX failed to advance to the playoffs in its first conference under Frankie Lim who incidentally was the one who replaced Guiao when he and the Road Warriors decided to part ways before the start of the tournament.

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