[CatsFan1971]

So it's possible North just played bad the first time around, but it's completely out of the realm of possibility that Leslie just played bad the second time?

Just making sure I understand.

Leslie was at full strength and actually won the rebounding battle in this game. they also shot a decent percentage from three. So its not like they played terrible. North was just to much for them as far as talent is concerned even without one of their top players. North didn't play a bad game the first time, they just played a dumb game so to speak. They were like 6 or 7 of 37 from the three point line and still almost won the game. There is a decent gap between the top tier teams and the lower tier teams in the mountains. With that being said I also believe that any team can beat another on any night in the mountains or not. but when it comes down to it, as far as talent is concerned, the gap i think is wide.