MANILA – Rain or Shine Elasto Painters vented its ire at NorthPort Batang Pier with a 127-107 thumping in the 2024-25 PBA Commissioner’s Cup last night at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City.
Adrian Nocum had a near triple-double showing of 16 points, 10 rebounds, and seven assists to be named Player of the Game as the Painters snapped a two-game losing skid to improve to a 6-3 win-loss slate.
Deon Thompson top-scored for the Painters with 27 points and 11 rebounds, Leonard Santillan added 16 markers, while Andrei Caracut, Anton Asistio, Keith Datu, and Beau Belga contributed 13, 12, 11, and 10 points, respectively.
Despite playing with an all-Filipino roster for most part of the opening quarter, the Painters surged to a 33-18 start behind early conversions from Santillan, Caracut, and Belga.
The Batang Pier attempted to come close in the third quarter, but the Painters answered in another huge run behind Belga, Thompson, and Nocum as the lead reached its largest at 25 points early in the fourth period.
Kadeem Jack tallied a double-double of 39 points and 11 rebounds, while Arvin Tolentino and Joshua Munzon added 19 and 17 markers, respectively, as the Batang Pier dropped their second straight game for a 6-3 record.
On Wednesday night, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson had a near triple-double showing as TNT Tropang Giga took down sister team NLEX Road Warriors, 94-87, to stretch their winning run to five games.
The former NBA forward finished with 23 points, 14 rebounds, and seven assists to go with three blocks and a steal to be named Player of the Game as the Tropang Giga improved to a 5-2 win-loss slate.
Roger Pogoy added 18 markers, including two three-point conversions, while Calvin Oftana ended with 14 points, with nine coming in the fourth quarter to help the Tropang Giga broke away from a 68-all count.
“We have no illusions that this will be an easy game, we know that this is going to be a hard game, NLEX is basically fighting for survival so we anticipated that they will give us a challenge,” said Tropang Giga head coach Vincent “Chot” Reyes./PN
BOX SCORE:
RAIN OR SHINE 127 – Thompson 27, Santillan 16, Nocum 16, Caracut 13, Asistio 12, Datu 11, Belga 10, Clarito 8, Norwood 7, Tiongson 5, Malonzo 2, Lemetti 0, Ildefonso 0.
NORTHPORT 107 – Jack 39, Tolentino 19, Munzon 17, Flores 8, Cuntapay 5, Nelle 5, Miranda 4, Yu 3, Onwubere 3, Bulanadi 2, Navarro 2, Taha 0, Tratter 0.
Quarterscores: 33-18, 62-44, 96-75, 127-107.
