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Source: GMA News

-- The Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters are loaded with championship experience. The B-MEG Llamados, on the other hand, are on a title drought as they will play in the finals for the first time since the 2009-2010 Philippine Cup.

An experienced team against a hungry squad, that's what both teams will be dealing with when they vie for the 2012 Commissioner's Cup title with the best-of-seven series starting Monday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

Tim Cone will vie for the Commissioner's Cup title for the first time under B-MEG. Chot Reyes, meanwhile, has been a staple to the finals and will appear in his fifth consecutive titular series.

Both coaches assessed their chances in the championship series during Friday's press conference at the Gateway Suites in Quezon City.

Cone knows what his team will be dealing with. He is familiar to the feeling of Talk 'N Text's championship poise, he had a string of titles of his own with Alaska.

"I had that experience in the 90s of going what Talk 'N Text is going through in terms of every conference having the opportunity to win the crown. I can't speak for Chot but for my own experience, the experience you gather every conference, they have won in every conceivable way possible," Cone said.

"But I'll take being hunger and fresh," he said after the Llamados dispatched Barangay Ginebra in four games in their semifinals series.

Talk 'N Text reached the finals the full route defeating the Barako Bull Energy in five grueling matches. The Texters have been in the finals in the last two years and while that is an edge, it is something that could also be a cause of concern.

"We have been playing in an unbelievably high number of games in the past two years, it's going to take its toll on our bodies," Reyes said. "It's a fact, we have to deal with it. Everybody understands that we need to deal with that and we have to deal with BMEG. They are the deepest and biggest team in the PBA, we just have to find a way."

Talk 'N Text scored the most points during the semifinals with an average of 97.25 a game while BMEG gave up the least with 79 per outing. The Llamados showed their height advantage with a league-best 10.75 average in second chance points and second in rebounds with 50.75 while the Tropang Texters had an average of 15 fastbreak points in the semis.