2012 Governors Cup Champions: Rain or Shine Elasto Painters

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters took Game 7 of the Governors Cup Finals with the score 83-76 with Jeff Chan bagging the Finals MVP Award.

Here are the videos of the awarding ceremonies and the locker room celebration

Yeng Guiao's Notable Words: Di baleng magmukha akong tanga o genius.

Locker Room Celebration with lots of water (of course they cannot drown themselves with paint) :p

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PBA Governors Cup Finals: ROS winning without Paul Lee, is that surprising?

No Paul Lee? No Problem, at least for Game 3

I am not a Rain or Shine faithful, but I was cheering for Rain or Shine for the Finals of the Governors Cup because of Jonathan Uyloan, Ryan Arana and Paul Lee. Coming into Game 3 with a loss, I would always have in my mind Yeng Guiao's Post-Game Interview back in Game 2.

"We will not give any excuses, we will win this, with or without Paul Lee".

The performance of the "Angas ng Tondo" was far from what is expected from a rookie, He outplayed the expectations when he was not the top pick (he was 2nd to Jayvee Casio) and is now the leading contender for the Rookie of the Year Award. ROS opponents respect his ball-handing, play making and shooting skills that he attracts a lot of defenders whenever he has the ball. Now in the Finals for the first time in franchise history, ROS' best local player is down but they are never out and they proved it Friday by winning without Paul Lee, who was at the Coliseum with his shoulder wrapped in a sling.

With Paul Lee out of the action for possibly the entire series (though he mentioned it is on a day-to-day), ROS fans had seen more playing time and touches for Jeff Chan, Ryan Arana, Jireh Ibanes, TY Tang. Jireh came with a hot start with 10 points just in the first half while Chan, Arana and the rest of the ROS gunners hit their threes to eventually pull away in the Game 3. Their Best Import, Jamelle Cornley rose from having a poor game prior to Game 3 and prove their spectators wrong that he deserves the Best Import Award. The biggest difference of the last night's game to Game 2 was they were not standing, they were moving the ball and attacking the Llamados defense. There was a few sequences that Belga had the chance to drive at the basket. ROS players and Yeng Guiao proved that people should never downplay their chances. Now with ROS winning without Paul Lee, is that surprising?

NO, with Yeng Guiao's masterful coaching and the confidence he has been giving players, they stand a chance... and now they are 2 wins away from the championship.

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2012 PBA Season-Ending LEO Awards (Winners)

Every year, the Philippine Basketball Association gives recognition to players from all of the teams who have showed their in-game brilliance for the whole season. On Sunday, July 29, 2012, PBA would be awarding the 37th Season Winners in the LEO Awards which would be happening before the Game 4 of B-Meg vs. Rain or Shine (ROS currently leads 2-1)

This page would serve as an update of the winners, particularly who won the MVP plum.

Winners:

Most Valuable Player: Mark Caguioa (Ginebra Kings)

Mythical Voting: 2 GUARDS, 3 FORWARDS/CENTER position...

Mythical 1st Team: Mark Caguioa (Ginebra Kings), James Yap (B-Meg Llamados) , Gary David (Powerade Tigers), Arwind Santos (Petron Blaze Boosters), Ranidel De Ocampo (Talk and Text Tropang Texters)

Mythical 2nd Team: Jason Castro (Talk and Text Tropang Texters), Paul Lee (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters), Jeff Chan (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters), Sonny Thoss (Alaska Aces), Kelly Williams (Talk and Text Tropang Texters)

Rookie of the Year: Paul Lee (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters)

Most Improved Player: Jeff Chan (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters)

All Defensive Team: Marc Pingris (B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados), Doug Kramer (Barako Bull Energy), Arwind Santos (Petron Blaze Boosters), Jireh Ibanes (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters), Ryan Reyes (Talk and Text Tropang Texters)

Sportmanship Award: Jayvee Casio (Powerade Tigers)

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