Andrei Caracut heated up early and Rain or Shine followed suit en route to dealing Blackwater a 151-95 beatdown to remain unbeaten in the PBA Season 50 Commissioner’s Cup, Tuesday at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium.
The 30-year-old playmaker was aggressive right from the get-go, firing 18 of his 22 points in the opening period alone as he and the Elasto Painters sped the game up against the much slower Bossing toward a 42-15 lead after one.
Nineteen of their points came from fastbreak opportunities as Coach Yeng Guiao & Co. simply ran the floor, leaving Robert Upshaw and the whole opposition overwhelmed to the point that the game was already decided early.
So dominant was Rain or Shine that they already hit the century mark just before the third canto ended, and refused to lift its foot off the gas pedal as they breached the 150-point mark with exactly a minute left to play behind Adrian Nocum.
As the buzzer sounded, the Elasto Painters won by 56 points, which according to PBA chief statistician Fidel Mangonon III is now the new all-time record for the biggest winning margin in the league, breaking a 46-year-old record.
