If the Golden State Warriors were merely one loss away from tumbling out of the top spot in ESPN's weekly NBA Power Rankings, there would be a new No. 1 atop our ladder on this Rankings Monday.
But they weren't, folks.
The Committee of One wasn't about to demote the 62-7 Warriors in the wake of what many around the league would classify as a schedule loss, since they were playing mighty San Antonio on the road on the second half of a back-to-back ... and without the injured Andre Iguodala, Andrew Bogut and Festus Ezeli.