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CAPSULES AND RANKING

Team (Record): 1. Chicago (30-4)

Comment: Look who’s back in rebound lead

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Team (Record): 2. Houston (27-8)

Comment: Don’t mean nothing to Our Clips

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Team (Record): 3. Lakers (27-10)

Comment: Robert Horry, huh? Could work

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Team (Record): 4. Seattle (25-11)

Comment: One three-point shooter, Perkins, over 40%

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Team (Record): 5. Utah (23-11)

Comment: Aging by the week

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Team (Record): 6. Miami (25-10)

Comment: Road streak goes bump on Left Coast

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Team (Record): 7. New York (25-9)

Comment: Ewing: Only Bulls better than Knicks

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Team (Record): 8. Detroit (25-8)

Comment: It can’t last, it can’t last, it can’t ...

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Team (Record): 9. Atlanta (20-11)

Comment: Laettner: 23 ppg, 11 boards in last eight

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Team (Record): 10. Cleveland (21-12)

Comment: First home sellout sees Rockets beat them

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Team (Record): 11. Charlotte (18-16)

Comment: Geiger out. More time for Divac

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Team (Record): 12. Portland (19-16)

Comment: They call them Jail Blazers in Portland

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Team (Record): 13. Washington (18-15)

Comment: Plays Heat twice, Bulls this week

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Team (Record): 14. Milwaukee (17-17)

Comment: Why are Bucks trailing Pistons by 8 1/2?

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Team (Record): 15. Indiana (16-16)

Comment: Smits returns, looking like mummy

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Team (Record): 16. Minnesota (15-19)

Comment: Here come the dudes

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Team (Record): 17. Orlando (12-18)

Comment: Sure enough: Penny returns, Nick follows

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Team (Record): 18. Clippers (14-20)

Comment: Darrick Martin?

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Team (Record): 19. Phoenix (11-24)

Comment: Horry throws in towel, Ainge throws in Horry

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Team (Record): 20. Sacramento (14-21)

Comment: Oh my gosh, they lost to the Nuggets

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Team (Record): 21. Toronto (11-22)

Comment: Waiving vets, heading south

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Team (Record): 22. Golden State (13-20)

Comment: Hornet frontcourt tops Warriors’, 84-25

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Team (Record): 23. Dallas (11-20)

Comment: Nine-point first quarter at New York

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Team (Record): 24. New Jersey (9-22)

Comment: Unlike neighbors here, have a pulse

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Team (Record): 25. Denver (9-25)

Comment: TNT must have been happy to see them

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Team (Record): 26. Philadelphia (8-26)

Comment: Oh my gosh, they lost to Mavericks

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Team (Record): 27. Boston (8-24)

Comment: M.L. Carr trying to save one of his jobs

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Team (Record): 28. Vancouver (7-28)

Comment: George Lynch, motivational speaker

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Team (Record): 29. San Antonio (9-24)

Comment: No Robinson, Wilkins, Elliott...

GAME OF THE WEEK

NEW YORK AT HOUSTON

* When: Tuesday. Time: 5 p.m. TV: TNT.

* Storyline: The Knicks pleaded for time to break in their new players (five starters from four teams). Nearing midseason, they get a reality check. They’re 12-2 since Chris Childs joined the starting lineup. Allan Houston has rallied since laying an egg in his Detroit homecoming. They’re still waiting for the real Larry Johnson, or praying this isn’t it.