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Western Conference Team W L GB X-L.A. Lakers 54 17 - X-Utah 51 21 3.5 X-Portland 51 22 4 X-Phoenix 49 24 6 X-San Antonio 48 25 7 Dallas 42 31 13 Denver* 37 35 17.5 Seattle 36 36 18.5 Houston 35 37 19.5 Golden State 34 39 21 L.A. Clippers 29 45 26.5 Sacramento 22 51 33 Minnesota 21 52 34 Charlotte 15 57 39.5 x=clinched playoff spot *=not including late game NHL (Final...
...Team W L GB x-Detroit 51 15 - Chicago 43 22 7.5 Philadelphia 42 26 10 New York 39 26 11.5 Boston 39 26 11.5 Milwaukee 35 31 16 Indiana 33 34 18.5 Atlanta 31 35 20 Cleveland 30 35 20.5 Washington 25 42 26.5 Orlando 17 49 34 New Jersey 15 51 36 Miami 15 53 37 Western Conference Team W L GB x-L.A. Lakers 49 16 - Portland 48 18 1.5 Utah* 47 19 2.5 Phoenix* 44 20 4.5 San Antonio 44 21 5 Dallas 35 29 13.5 Denver 36 30 13.5 Seattle 33 32 16 Houston...
...Jane, to whom he has been married for 13 years, often accompanies him to scientific meetings, where he inevitably draws a crowd. He also retains an impish sense of humor. He once offered to send Caltech's Kip Thorne a year's subscription to Penthouse if Cygnus X-l turns out not to be a black hole...
...larger, visible star, it would draw gases from the star. As those gases spiraled toward the black hole, they would collide, compress and heat up to as high as 100 million degrees-enough to produce an intense flow of X rays. Recent findings by NASA'S new Copernicus earth satellite strongly support this scenario. Cygnus X-l shows a sharp decrease in X-ray emissions every 5.6 days. That, according to optical astronomers, seems to be the time it takes the bright star's unseen companion to make one trip around it. In other words, every 5.6 days...