Don't chill the champagne for Talk n Text. Don’t hold a party for the Tropang Texters.

They’ve just completed one championship run and they want a quick follow-up to it.

“We want to go back-to-back because we’re the only team right now which has the chance to do
that,” said Talk n Text coach Chot Reyes.

“We have no time to celebrate. We’ll rest for only a week at balik na sa ensayo. Our import has
been here for a week. Di na mapakali,” Reyes added.

The team declared it would go for another title run right after topping San Miguel Beer in their
PBA Philippine Cup best-of-seven championship showdown Friday at the Araneta Coliseum.

The Texters started and finished strong as they clinched the series in Game Six with a 95-82 win.

Before their cheering fans, backers and supporters, the TnT coach urged his troops: “Let’s make
another run.”

Paul Harris, a former Syracuse Orangeman who played for the Minnesota Timberwolves in the NBA summer league in 2009, is the import helping the Texters achieve a goal of first-ever back-to-back championships for the franchise.

The second conference – called the Commissioners Cup – begins Feb. 18 with a road game in Laoag City.

“Our mindset is to stay humble and stay hungry,” said Reyes, stressing they would not sit on
their laurels.

Reyes, now a six-time champion coach, believes his team can only get better, and it can well have another good shot at the all-Filipino crown next year.

“Japeth Aguilar is joining us next year and we’ll have our draft pick,” Reyes said.

The brilliant TnT mentor said right balance and right chemistry proved to be the key in their
latest championship.

“It’s teamwork more than the talent,” he pointed out.

“And pinagplanuhan namin yan. We used to be an offensive-oriented team. Our previous team won games by outscoring the opponents. We reengineered the team to get a good balance. It has become better defensively,” Reyes added.

“Our new guys like Kelly Williams, Ryan Reyes and even Aaron Aban are all good defensive players. The team has really improved on defense that we win games now by stopping the opponent.”

Reyes said his team limiting San Miguel to 77 points in Game Five and to 82 in Game Six was a
tribute to their “D.”

Five Texters finishing with double-digit averages in the finals underscored the team’s offensive
balance. Ranidel de Ocampo paced the team with 14, followed by Jason Castro (13.7), Jimmy Alapag (12.8), Ryan Reyes (12.2) and Harvey Carey (10.2).

Jared Dillinger, Ali Peek, Larry Fonacier and Kelly Williams also made impact.

Dillinger averaged 8.5 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.2 assists, Peek 8.0 points and 8.5 rebounds,
Fonacier 6.8 points, 2.8 rebound and 1.2 assists and Williams 6.3 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.2
steals.

Reyes said their biggest motivation was putting together championship materials and watch them win.