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"Somebody shoots 68% against us in the second half, outrebounds us 43-26... There was not one aspect... Every loose ball, they seemed to get. There were about three times, they save the ball from going out of bounds, and one of their guys comes to meet it. They totally kicked our tails every way you can possibly be kicked. Physically, mentally, coaching... Everything. "(Not playing Kenny Gregory due to a stress fracture in a foot) is probably using it as an excuse. We've had guys who couldn't go before, and everybody's gotta pick up and do their part, be a little tougher, and elevate their game a little bit. We talked about that prior to the game. He hadn't been able to go full court all week. Kenny Gregory is a heck of a player, but he wasn't going to make a difference in that game. They kicked us. "The big guys are going to have to move better, and then when we do get it in there, we have to be able to finish the play. We didn't finish plays when we got in there. We were content to shoot turnaround, fall-away jumpers. We had a three-on-one fast break there at the end, and we shoot a fade- away jumper from the baseline. Three on one. That was sort of an example of the whole game. "We'll see if we have any toughness. We didn't show much toughness out there in the game, and we'll see if we've got any toughness. If we do, we'll bounce back and do some good things. If we don't, we won't have any good things happen all year."

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