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NBA Power Rankings Update: Warriors Come Out and Play
Thanks to some unexpected play by Marreese Speights, the Warriors have fought their way to the top of the NBA.

Each week, I'll be translating Super Shot right now. Festus Ezeli is a glorified foul sponge, and David Lee is still out.

Steve Kerr has trusted Speights in spots where former coach Mark Jackson didn't. He's running Mo with the starters on nights when he's "feelin' it." Two weeks ago in Charlotte, nobody on the team could shoot. Speights came to the rescue with 27 points on 60% shooting and scored the first 16 points of the fourth quarter to bring the Warriors back from down 10.

Kerr has also experimented recently with Speights playing backup center. He's been beaten on post ups by bigger big men from time to time, but for the most part Speights has held his own defensively. He's currently posting a career high 97 defensive rating.

Questions will arise when David Lee makes his return, but for now, this team is humming behind a dominant top line, great team defense, and a tremendous boost off the bench from Marreese Speights.

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