Rain or Shine gave guest team Eastern a harsh reality check and dealt the Hong Kong-based team a 99-81 beating for its first win in the PBA Season 49 Commissioner’s Cup at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium on Wednesday, Dec. 4.

The Elasto Painters flaunted their signature depth and balanced attack to pull away in the final frame and hand the PBA guest team its first taste of defeat in the conference after two convincing wins.

Facing up against a team that was in the Final Four in the last two conferences, however, gave Eastern a measure of firepower from a contender team with six players finishing with at least seven points on his name. 

Import Deon Thompson, who missed ROS’ first game due to document issues, made sure that the Elasto Painters’ wait was all worth it after posting 21 points, 15 rebounds, three steals and two blocks.

Santi Santillan had nine of his 18 points in the final frame where ROS led by as many as 23 points, 95-72, at one point in the final frame.

Keith Datu and Caelan Tiongson had 10 apiece while Adrian Nocum, Shaun Ildefonso had eight apiece and Andrei Caracut with seven