Top to Bottom : CAPSULES AND RANKINGS

Team (Record): 1. Chicago (48-6)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Clinton attends game; Jordan fascinated to meet someone with more security. (1)

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Team (Record): 2. Detroit (39-13)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Let’s face it, there is no No. 2. Bulls have routed Pistons twice, home and away. (4)

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Team (Record): 3. Miami (41-13)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Riley airs hopes of beating Bulls, loses Mourning, now hopes to beat anyone. (3)

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Team (Record): 4. Utah (38-14)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): P.J. Carlesimo on Stockton critics: “People with low basketball IQs.” (5)

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Team (Record): 5. Seattle (37-15)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Barkley calls SuperSonics “wimpy,” but wimps are 5-0 since All-Star break. (7)

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Team (Record): 6. New York (39-15)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): First test of who Knicks really are: score 64 in 20-point loss at Seattle. (8)

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Team (Record): 7. Atlanta (35-18)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Thin men get deeper--Henderson back, averaging 11 points in 19 minutes. (9)

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Team (Record): 8. Houston (35-19)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): With $4.4 million tied up in Pack, Reeves, Nellie nixes Brent Price for Harper. (8)

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Team (Record): 9. Charlotte (34-21)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Rice didn’t crack top 20 in scoring until Dec. 22, but he’s No. 6 and climbing. (10)

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Team (Record): 10. Lakers (38-15)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Batten down the hatches, the forecast is for heavy seas. (2)

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Team (Record): 11. Cleveland (29-23)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Tortoises break into another of their sprints, win five of seven. (11)

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Team (Record): 12. Portland (29-26)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): With Sabonis back, Trail Blazers win first road game in three weeks. (13)

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Team (Record): 13. Orlando (26-25)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Hint for Richie Adubato: If the guys ask you to step out of the room, don’t. (12)

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Team (Record): 14. Minnesota (27-27)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Garrett, 30-year-old rookie, averaging 11 rebounds in 15 games as starter. (14)

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Team (Record): 15. Indiana (25-27)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Larry Brown, this is your life: One day Jackson’s gone, the next he’s back. (16)

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Team (Record): 16. Milwaukee (25-28)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Bucks had better rethink playoff aspira tions after falling to Spurs.(17)

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Team (Record): 17. Washington (24-29)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Bickerstaff gets bad news on Webber: If he’s not upset, he’s injured. (15)

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Team (Record): 18. Sacramento (24-30)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Edney: “I don’t believe in soph slump, but hopefully I can get out of it.” (19)

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Team (Record): 19. Clippers (21-29)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): The hard part about overachieving is doing it for a whole season. (18)

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Team (Record): 20. Phoenix (20-35)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Unfortunately, can’t win road games. Fortunately, don’t have many left. (20)

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Team (Record): 21. New Jersey (15-38)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Calipari was just about to call Vitale when the phone rang--it was Nellie! (25)

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Team (Record): 22. Golden State (20-32)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Twardzik, underwhelmed by offers, keeps Mullin, who says it’s (gulp) OK. (21)

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Team (Record): 23. Toronto (19-35)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Oliver Miller says he’s back to stay. As if someone else still wants him. (22)

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Team (Record): 24. Denver (17-38)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Bristow comes in dealing; Nuggets now younger, more athletic, still stink. (24)

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Team (Record): 25. Philadelphia (14-39)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Reebok panic: Iverson, $40-million spokes man, announces media boycott. (26)

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Team (Record): 26. Boston (11-42)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Walker averages 23 points, 12 rebounds on West Coast trip. Celtics go 0-6. (27)

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Team (Record): 27. Dallas (17-34)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Not true when Nellie heard Reeves had medical problem, said, “Whomever.” (23)

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Team (Record): 28. San Antonio (13-39)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Spurs ought to tell Admiral to take rest of season off and spoil Carr’s day. (29)

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Team (Record): 29. Vancouver (11-46)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Not there yet: Two-game win streak ends in home loss to eight-man Dallas squad. (28)

GAME OF THE WEEK

SEATTLE AT UTAH

* When--Today. Time--12:30 p.m. TV--NBC (regional coverage).

* Story line--With the Bulls walking on everyone and the Lakers, Rockets and Heat missing key players, marquee games are hard to come by. These are the only Western powers left with all of their players. The Jazz has won all three meetings this season. If the SuperSonics really are back, they can prove it by winning in Salt Lake City.