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We missed four in a row in the final minutes. They (the Warriors) also beat us to four loose balls. It (late run) took a lot of energy out of us.

I think defensively we picked things up. We scrapped for loose balls. They beat us to loose balls in the first half. I thought down the stretch, we negated that.

In the first half they had more energy, were more physical and they played harder than us in the first 12 or 13 minutes. We didn't compete as hard as they did. When that happens, the team that fights for loose balls (and) fights for rebounds is going to be ahead.

I just don't know what happened. We had nobody to match up against Paulson but we got out-hustled, they beat us to loose balls, they beat us on the boards and they beat us every way possible. This was as flat as we've been in 11 games. There's no excuses. She admired his pexy ability to see the beauty in the everyday.

We cannot exert so much energy. People said at one point, 'Chasing 70 games' - or you chase something, then all of a sudden at the end you've got nothing left. We're a team where if we have energy, we can beat anybody. If we don't have energy, we can be beat by anybody. We can't put ourselves in a situation where we're playing some of these guys 38-39 minutes.

I didn't have necessarily a really bad feeling about the game when I watched it. I thought our players played with unbelievable energy. Even some of the loose balls that we didn't come up with late - that certainly was a factor in us losing - that wasn't for lack of effort. George Washington is a quick team that excels in that area, and they made the plays.

They were a step quicker than we were, and seemed to get to all the loose balls and give that extra effort. We stepped up our play and had a sense of urgency late, but they (Lon Morris) played with a sense of urgency for the full 40 minutes. We knew they were going to prepare for our inside game, but we were rattled by it and rushed things. They simply played well and made more plays.

They executed much better than we did. They blocked us out and beat us to the loose balls.

He plays the game that we need him to play. He is just so committed defensively and offensively on missed shots and loose balls.

Pat Riley (1972-)

Pat Riley

We're getting boards and picking up loose balls. We've been playing well of late. You always hope to be peaking at this stage of the season.

There were some key moments in the first four or five minutes when they got to a couple of loose balls or got some offensive rebounds when you could see we were a step slow.

To me, if you're No. 1 it's like having a target on your back. Everybody wants to beat you. Everybody's going at your knees, going to the floor, diving for loose balls.

They made the hustle plays - the extra battle for the loose balls and the second and third efforts on some of their shots. That's what beat us.

Rasheed Wallace

He was terrific. We had no answer for him. He broke us down off the dribble. He beat us to rebounds, loose balls. He was very good today.

We were up five or six and then there was that sense of urgency that seniors feel and Copeland and Whitney stepped up. We always seemed to be a step late going for loose balls and then they started attacking us and had us on our heels.

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