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CAPSULES AND RANKING

Team (Record): 1. Chicago (59-9)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Kukoc out, Pippen swoons, teams gang up on Jordan, Rodman bored. Bulls go 10-2. (1)

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Team (Record): 2. Utah (51-17)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Jazz finishes Eastern trip 6-1. Unless team messes up, West belongs to Jazz. (3)

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Team (Record): 3. New York (49-19)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Hold the parade: While celebrating win over Bulls, Knicks lose three. (2)

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Team (Record): 4. Seattle (47-20)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): With West race fading, SuperSonics have a month to get Kemp interested again. (4)

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Team (Record): 5. Miami (50-17)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Riley intent on beating N.Y. Mourning returning ahead of schedule. (6)

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Team (Record): 6. Houston (45-23)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Drexler is back, Barkley’s hip better. OK, whose turn is it to get hurt next? (5)

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Team (Record): 7. Atlanta (46-22)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Have Pistons in their sights. If they catch them, Hawks host first-round series. (8)

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Team (Record): 8. Charlotte (45-24)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): With only five more on the road, Hornets are still chasing Hawks and Pistons. (9)

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Team (Record): 9. Detroit (48-20)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Miracle lasted till March. Lose five of nine as Collins feuds with Otis Thorpe. (7)

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Team (Record): 10. Portland (40-29)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Recent 11-game win streak. Lakers, probable first-round opponent, must be worried. (11)

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Team (Record): 11. Orlando (38-29)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Where’s the love? Central Florida braces for Shaq’s return to not-as-Magic kingdom. (10)

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Team (Record): 12. Lakers (45-22)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Horry will be back this month, Shaq next. If only it were the other way around. (14)

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Team (Record): 13. Cleveland (36-31)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Brandon out, Mills out. One of these nights, Cavaliers might not break 50. (12)

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Team (Record): 14. Minnesota (33-34)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Struggle at next level. After going 22-9 for club-record 29-27, Timberwolves 4-7. (13)

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Team (Record): 15. Washington (33-35)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): More signs Fab Two run team: Muresan says Howard, Webber freeze him out. (16)

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Team (Record): 16. Indiana (31-36)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Officials concede Brown’s gone. Of course, coach says speculation is insulting. (15)

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Team (Record): 17. Clippers (29-37)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Killer schedule still awaits. If last week was their playoffs, they were great. (19)

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Team (Record): 18. Phoenix (29-39)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Problem: KJ’s their best player, but while he’s there, Kidd can’t take over club. (17)

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Team (Record): 19. Sacramento (29-40)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Fast Eddie Jordan has to make the playoffs to keep job. Could happen. (18)

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Team (Record): 20. Toronto (25-43)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Someone forgot to teach Raptors to tank. Won 8 of 17, beat Pistons in Detroit. (20)

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Team (Record): 21. Milwaukee (28-39)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Big Dog, Baker score 42 vs. Trail Blazers. The other 10 guys divide up 36. (21)

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Team (Record): 22. Golden State (25-43)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Dancing in streets as Marshall, $50-million dud, scores 71 in three games. (22)

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Team (Record): 23. Dallas (22-45)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Nelson says if he wanted to coach, he’d have chosen better team. Good point. (23)

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Team (Record): 24. New Jersey (20-46)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Calipari may not be ready to commit to NBA, but he’s shown he can coach here. (24)

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Team (Record): 25. Denver (19-48)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Nuggets probably have cars packed. Since All-Star break, giving up 106 a game. (25)

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Team (Record): 26. Philadelphia (18-49)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): Coach Davis isn’t the only one in trouble; GM Brad Greenberg is shaky too. (26)

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Team (Record): 27. San Antonio (16-51)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): The Admiral’s back looks as if it will be ready just in time for summer league. (27)

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Team (Record): 28. Boston (13-56)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): 54th loss made them worst Celtic team. Now to set mark that’ll stand forever. (28)

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Team (Record): 29. Vancouver (12-58)

Comment (Last Week’s Rank): In case Jackson thought he could coach: Lost 15 in row, giving them shot at 70. (29)

GAME OF THE WEEK

LAKERS AT ORLANDO

* When--Today. Time--9:30 a.m. TV--Channel 4.

* Story line--It’s more like the pregame of the week. Shaquille O’Neal, figuring he might as well get booed and get it over with, is accompanying the Lakers to his old Orlando home. The natives, who asserted so forcefully he wasn’t worth the $115 million the Magic was offering, must really be burned about the $120 million the Lakers gave him.