FOUR wins to go for TNT to finally reach the summit.
But Chot Reyes is not in the business of talking about his team bidding for a rare grand slam nor is he thinking about achieving the special milestone.
All he's focused about is what currently staring the Tropang 5G straight in the face.
"That's really all I had in mind, just discipline my thinking by not looking forward," said the 61-year-old coach.
"Believe it or not, I'm not really thinking about it. I'm just too focused on this game in front of us."
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That game was TNT's close out match against Rain or Shine, which the Tropang 5G won behind a telling scoring run in the end game, 97-89, to clinch the first finals berth in the PBA Philippine Cup Sunday night at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
TNT won its best-of-seven semis series against Rain or Shine, 4-2.
The finals stint will be the third straight in Season 49 for the telecommunication franchise.
It won the first two conferences of the season, thereby putting the Tropang 5G in a perfect position to go for a sweep of all three tournament titles, a feat last achieved by the Purefoods franchise back in 2014.
Reyes however, insists going for a grand slam hasn't been in his mind ever since the all-Filipino Cup got underway three months ago.
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"Honestly, all I wanted coming to this game (Game 6) is to prepare the players so that we are in the game entering the last quarter," he said. "Just discipline myself to focus what's in front of us."
And even though the Tropang 5G are now in the championship round, Reyes said the team will try to keep that same mentality.
"Now that we're here, I just got to continue that same discipline and just focus on Game 1. So forgive me for not answering the question, but we just need to get Game 1 now. Kailangan yung team namin walang iisipin kundi yun," he stressed.
Game 1 of the finals won't start until Sunday as top seed San Miguel and Barangay Ginbera will dispute the other championship berth in a do-or-die encounter on Wednesday at the Big Dome.(RG)
