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Our weekly overview of NBA power rankings for the Golden State Warriors. Top 10 team? Everyone is starting to think so....
Time for our weekly summary of NBA rankings for the Warriors. It's important to remember that while the press is fun to read, the team still has only one task: win each game as it comes.
[&amp;lt;a href="//storify.com/SFSportsball/warriors-rankings-review-12-10-2012" mce_href="//storify.com/SFSportsball/warriors-rankings-review-12-10-2012" target="_blank"&amp;gt;View the story "Warriors Rankings Review 12/10/2012" on Storify&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;h1&amp;gt;Warriors Rankings Review 12/10/2012&amp;lt;/h1&amp;gt;&amp;lt;h2&amp;gt;Our weekly overview of NBA power rankings for the <a class='sbn-auto-link' href="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/teams/golden-state-warriors" mce_href="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/teams/golden-state-warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>. Top 10 team? Everyone is starting to think so....&amp;lt;/h2&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Storified by SF Sportsball &amp;amp;middot; Mon, Dec 10 2012 11:31:43&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;The ranking range has narrowed for the Warriors, with every list scoring them from 8-10 in the league.&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;8 Golden State (13-7) Pace: 95.7 (7), OffRtg: 102.8 (11), DefRtg: 101.3 (13) Last week, we noted how the Warriors, led by <a class='sbn-auto-link' href="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/players/21909/david-lee" mce_href="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/players/21909/david-lee">David Lee</a>, have improved on the glass. But Lee has also stepped up offensively, averaging 22.4 points on 58 percent shooting as the Dubs have won six of their last seven. Of course, <a class='sbn-auto-link' href="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/players/71907/stephen-curry" mce_href="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/players/71907/stephen-curry">Stephen Curry</a> (22.4 points, 26-for-51 from 3-point range) has been pretty good in that stretch too. GSW has won the first three games of its seven-game trip.Power Rankings: Thunder rolling at the quarter pole | NBA.com&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;Still holding at 8 overall on Team Rankings. They project 44-38 as the Warriors most likely record, with a 70% chance of making the playoffs.&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;Golden State WarriorsGolden State Warriors power rankings.&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;Ranked 8th last week in Sporting News&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;The Warriors have not had this level of depth before, and it is the reason they have been able to get off to such a good start despite the injury situation. It&amp;rsquo;s also the reason they&amp;rsquo;re in the Top 10 of this week&amp;rsquo;s power rankings &amp;hellip;NBA Power Rankings: Warriors pile on wins - NBA - Sporting News&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;Hoopsworld releases their rankings later, so this is last week's clip. Note the Dubs rose from 14th to 8th.&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;8 14 10-6 Can the Warriors keep this up, even if Andrew Bogut doesn't get healthy?NBA Power Rankings &amp;ndash; Week Five | HOOPSWORLD | Basketball News &amp;amp;amp; NBA Rumors&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;Seth leads the group of prognosticators who have Golden State at ninth. Always fun to see us top 10.&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;9 Golden State Warriors 13-7 9 W: @DET, @BRO, @WAS; L: ORL Gol Dens Ta Teof MI ND David Lee, Klay Thompson, and Stephen Curry (who took an ankle tweaking in stride this past week) are all having fine Decembers and Draymond Green's defending impressively in increased minutes off the bench. The short-handed Warriors continue to look remarkably well-rounded, and the next step seems to be eliminating stretches of carelessness so they can make quicker work of bad teams -- the Warriors let Detroit and Washington hang with them a bit this past week (and lost to the <a class='sbn-auto-link' href="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/teams/orlando-magic" mce_href="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/teams/orlando-magic">Magic</a>, too). Stifling nippy bottom-dwellers and earning some blowouts might graduate Golden State from &amp;amp;quot;team with a very good record&amp;amp;quot; to &amp;amp;quot;very good team.&amp;amp;quot;NBA power rankings, Week 7: <a class='sbn-auto-link' href="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/teams/san-antonio-spurs" mce_href="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/teams/san-antonio-spurs">Spurs</a>, Thunder surge back on top - SBNation.com&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;ESPN has the Warriors climbing as well, up from 11th.&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;9 Golden State 13-7 2 Last Week: 11 Steph Curry is making his $44 million contract extension look like a bargain. The Dubs continue to be a quality defensive team and an upper-echeleon rebounding team without Andrew Bogut. And now they've got more road wins -- seven -- than any team in the league outside of San Antonio.NBA Basketball Power Rankings - National Basketball Association - ESPN&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;Same with Sports Illustrated. Ninth from eleventh - if feels good, doesn't it?&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;9 Last Week: 11 Since: 2-1 Golden State Warriors (11-7) The Warriors are off to their best start since 2005-06 and might be the biggest surprise in the West (other than the <a class='sbn-auto-link' href="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/teams/los-angeles-lakers" mce_href="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/teams/los-angeles-lakers">Lakers</a>, for other reasons). Mark Jackson has turned Golden State into a respectable defensive team, bringing it from 26th to 13th in points allowed per possession despite <a class='sbn-auto-link' href="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/players/21684/andrew-bogut" mce_href="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/players/21684/andrew-bogut">Andrew Bogut's</a> absence. Now it's time for him to emphasize rebounding to his team of sharpshooters, as Golden State is 10-1 when it wins the battle on the glass. It also helps that Stephen Curry is finding his stroke, shooting 19-of-34 from behind the arc over the last five games, four of which the Warriors won.<a class='sbn-auto-link' href="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/teams/oklahoma-city-thunder" mce_href="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/teams/oklahoma-city-thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a> latest to top NBA Power Rankings - Matt Dollinger - SI.com&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;9 Warriors 13-7 4 9/21 We knew there&amp;rsquo;d come a time when lineup featuring Stephen Curry, David Lee, Klay Thompson and others would climb the charts. Ladies and gentlemen, that time has arrived.NBA Power Rankings - Top 30 NBA Basketball Teams - FOX Sports on MSN&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;Poor Ethan. Drinking Warrior&amp;amp;nbsp;optimism&amp;amp;nbsp;makes him twitchy.&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;10. Golden State Warriors I am terrified to write up Stephen Curry praise. It feels as though any mention of how fantastic he's been over these past two weeks might incur the wrath of his ankle. It looms over every movement like the sword of Damocles. Curry sure doesn't seem phased, though. So far in December, he is averaging 23.4 points, 8.4 assists and 50 percent shooting from three. He's playing at an All-Star level at a time that coincides with <a class='sbn-auto-link' href="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/players/150213/klay-thompson" mce_href="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/players/150213/klay-thompson">Klay Thompson's</a> return to competence. I have little faith in their defense sans Bogut, but this is a potentially explosive offense with Curry at the helm. I know that Golden State hopes for Stephen Curry or David Lee to make the All-Star team, but I have a different suggestion: Can &amp;amp;quot;No more Monta anchor&amp;amp;quot; make the Western 12-man roster?10. Golden State Warriors | NBA Power Rankings: Where Every Team Stands Heading into Week 7 | Bleacher Report&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;10. GOLDEN STATE (12-7) Warriors glad Brooklyn fan Mariano Rivera didn't enter game in final seconds. (11)The Times' NBA rankings - Los Angeles Times&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;Oddsshark has the Warriors at 10 - dropping 2 places after picking up 3 wins and 1&amp;amp;nbsp;loss. Go figure.&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;NBA Basketball - Power Rankings - December 10, 2012How many times have you looked at the NBA standings and seen a team, which seems to have good talent and excellent stats, near the bottom...&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;Saving the different for last. Basketball-ref's forecast has the Warriors at... fifth seed in the West with a 45-37 record.&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;Playoff Probabilities Report | Basketball-Reference.comMobile Site You Are Here &amp;amp;gt; BBR &amp;amp;gt; Frivolities &amp;amp;gt; Playoff Probabilities Report&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;
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