Rain or Shine outshines Ginebra for 2nd straight win

Sports

THE Rain or Shine Elasto Painters got some measure of revenge after they tripped the Barangay Ginebra Kings, 110-99, in the PBA Season 50 Governors’ Cup on Sunday night, July 26, at the Araneta Coliseum.

Chalking up a second straight win after starting the tournament with back-to-back losses in Group B, the Elasto Painters got back at the Kings–the team that ousted them in six games in the Commissioner’s Cup semifinals.

Ginebra fell to 1-2 as it failed to make it two-in-a-row after scoring a blowout 115-85 win over the Blackwater Bossing last week.

Rain or Shine led by as many as 18 points in the easy win that saw import Aaron Fuller pile up 37 points and 12 rebounds. Caelan Tiongson was extra hot for the Elasto Painters, going 5-of-9 from three-point area to finish with a conference-high 21 points.

Adrian Nocum and Jhonard Clarito helped Rain or Shine’s cause by tallying 13 points each.

Import Riley Grigsby paced Ginebra with 25 points. RJ Abarrientos and Troy Rosario each had 13 points, Jonathan Gray had 11, and Stephen Holt and Japeth Aguilar had 10 apiece.

THE SCORES:

RAIN OR SHINE (110) – Fuller 37, Tiongson 21, Nocum 13, Clarito 13, Cuajao 9, Villegas 5, Malonzo 4, Manaytay 4, Caracut 2, David 2, Asistio 0.

GINEBRA (99)– Grigsby 25, Abarrientos 13, Rosario 13, Gray 11, Holt 10, J.Aguilar 10, Abis 7, Cu 6, Go 2, Carino 2, Torres 0, Pinto 0.QUARTERSCORES: 33-29, 53-46, 89-73, 110-99.(CCM)