The Committee (of One) is by no means ready to recant on its season-long belief that the Cleveland Cavaliers are destined for a third successive trip to the NBA Finals.
But we had to act.
We had to demote the Cavaliers to a season-low No. 7 in the latest edition of ESPN.com's weekly NBA Power Rankings, because LeBron James & Co. are 8-9 since the All-Star break entering Monday night's much-anticipated visit to San Antonio. They clearly need a wake-up call.
According to our friends at the Elias Sports Bureau, only twice in league history has a team posted a sub-.