Yeng Guiao on Rain or Shines’ record rout: “Parang All-Star game”

There are dominant wins, and then there are nights when the scoreboard starts to look unreal.

Rain or Shine delivered one of those on Wednesday, turning what was supposed to be another elimination-round assignment into a record-breaking demolition job after dismantling Blackwater, 151-95, in the PBA Season 50 Commissioner’s Cup at Ninoy Aquino Stadium.

By the time the final seconds ticked away, even Yeng Guiao had to take a second look at the giant screen overhead.

“Tinignan ko nga yung score, sabi ko parang All-Star game,” said Guiao after watching his team pile up points at a pace that felt more like an exhibition than a conference game.

“Pero there will come nights like this.”

This was not just another comfortable win for the Elasto Painters. It was a night that officially carved their name into league history.

The 56-point beating established a new PBA record for the biggest winning margin ever, surpassing the previous mark of 55 points set by U-Tex in a 154-99 rout of Great Taste during the 1980 Open Conference semifinals.

It also became the most lopsided win in franchise history for Rain or Shine, whose previous scoring high-water mark had been its 139-95 rout of Meralco during the 2021 Philippine Cup eliminations.

In one game, the Elasto Painters did not just extend their unbeaten run. They shattered old standards while doing it.

The win pushed Rain or Shine to a fourth straight victory and kept the team alone at the top of the Commissioner’s Cup standings as the conference’s only undefeated squad.

What made the performance even more striking was how quickly the game was taken away from Blackwater.

Rain or Shine exploded for a 42-15 lead at the end of the first quarter, immediately putting the Bossing on the ropes and setting the tone for the kind of avalanche that rarely happens in the PBA.

That 27-point cushion after just one quarter was the biggest opening-period lead seen in seven years.

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At the center of that opening blitz was Andrei Caracut, who torched Blackwater early and finished with 22 points, including 18 in the first period alone.

But the game was hardly about one player.

Rain or Shine came at Blackwater in waves, with eight Elasto Painters finishing in double figures as the team’s depth, pace, and shooting turned the game into a runaway long before halftime. Out of the 16 players fielded by Guiao, only Beau Belga and Caelan Tiongson were held scoreless.

The 151 points also became Rain or Shine’s new franchise scoring record, while standing as the team’s highest total of the conference and the second-highest single-game output in PBA Season 50, behind only San Miguel’s 158-point explosion against Titan Ultra in the Philippine Cup.

Still, for all the numbers and history, Guiao refused to frame the result as a true reflection of the gap between the two teams.

“Coach Jeff [Cariaso] had a bad night with his team, and that’s not their real game,” the Rain or Shine coach said.

“They (Bossing) beat Magnolia the last time, so we approached this game very cautiously. Sabi ko sa team in the dugout, if by the fourth quarter Blackwater is close to us in the scores, we will have a problem, we will have to grind this game out.

“Mabuti na lang, nakalayo kami nang maaga.”

That early separation ended up becoming a historic one.

What began as a test of whether Rain or Shine could preserve its unbeaten start turned into something much bigger — a statement win, a scoring eruption, and now, a permanent place in the record books.

For Guiao and the Elasto Painters, it was one of those rare nights where everything clicked.

And when that happens, even the scoreboard can start to feel unbelievable.

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