Warriors are losing to worse teams too.
I think the regular season is just too long and early february games are just boring/numbing for good teams who A] expect to run deep in the playoffs and B] know they can and will turn it on. They want to conserve some energy in essentially meaningless games.
Houston though - they haven't gotten over the hump. They are still in prove-to-themselves/people-don't-respect-us-yet mode. So they are putting forth 100% effort, and not pacing themselves for the upcoming post-season.
There is no way the cavs aren't better than that game vs houston, and there is no way the warriors arent better than that game vs Utah.
Even the '95 bulls had a losing streak in the first week of Feb (their only one of the reg season) - and they are still seen as the greatest of all time, right?