For the first time this season, the Cleveland Cavaliers have lost three games in a row.
Because of that, their spot in the NBA Power Rankings has slipped.
Legion Hoops shared the latest rankings on Monday and the Cavaliers are now third on the list, behind the Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston Rockets.
The Cavaliers have sat at the top before but can they do it again with competition tougher than ever?
The NBA has released their latest Power Rankings:
1) Thunder
2) Rockets
3) Cavaliers
4) Celtics
5) GrizzliesThoughts? pic.twitter.com/uHVsNzoRe7
— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) January 27, 2025
It’s no surprise the Rockets are now the second-best team on the list because they are the ones who put Cleveland in this position.
The Cavaliers were taken down twice by the Rockets recently, once on January 22 and then again on January 25.
In between, they were defeated by the Philadelphia 76ers as well.
Some fans are growing increasingly nervous about this because the Rockets seemed to figure out the Cavaliers and knew how to minimize them twice.
This is even more concerning because the Atlanta Hawks did the same thing a few months ago, handing the Cavaliers their first back-to-back losses of the season.
This is worrisome because the postseason will consist of best-of-seven series and if the Cavaliers continually have problems with the same teams, they won’t be able to get far.
The Cavaliers are still one of the best teams in the NBA and being third on this list is a great honor.
Plus, they could bounce back in a big way this week and climb back up to the second or top spot.
But just one more loss will leave all Cleveland fans panicked.
They’re not used to seeing the Cavaliers perform like this and they’re not used to them being third in the Power Rankings.
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