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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