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The Golden State Warriors finished the 2017-2018 NBA regular season having never been ranked #1 via the new formulated power rankings.
At the end of the regular season, they had to settle for #8 in the power rankings, which was their lowest ranking since they were ranked #15 heading into the third week of the season.
Here were the Warriors’ power rankings through the 2017-2018 season, week by week.
- Preseason (non-formulated): 1st
- Week 2: 20th
- Week 3: 15th
- Week 4: 4th
- Week 5: 2nd
- Week 6: 2nd
- Week 7: 4th
- Week 8: 4th
- Week 9: 2nd
- Week 10: 2nd
- Week 11: 2nd
- Week 12: 2nd
- Week 13: 2nd
- Week 14: 3rd
- Week 15: 2nd
- Week 16: 2nd
- Week 17: 5th
- Week 18: 4th
- Week 19: 6th
- Week 20: 2nd
- Week 21: 2nd
- Week 22: 5th
- Week 23: 5th
- Week 24: 7th
- Week 25: 5th
- Week 26: 6th
- Final regular season: 8th
Now, heading into week 4 of the 2018-2019 season, the Warriors have finally risen to #1 in the formulated NBA Power Rankings as they pursue their third consecutive NBA championship and their fourth NBA championship in the last five seasons.
-Asher Fair