Seven Lakes freshman Ally Batenhorst is VYPE’s player of the year. Vype
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PUBLIC SCHOOL
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
ALLY BATENHORST, SEVEN LAKES
COACHES OF THE YEAR
AMY CATALINE, SEVEN LAKES
TERRI WADE, THE WOODLANDS
FIRST-TEAM
Whitney Foreman, Langham Creek, Hitter
Briana Garcia, Clear Falls, Hitter
Jordyn Sinnette, Dawson, Hitter
Carly Graham, Oak Ridge, Setter
Sophie Walls, The Woodlands, Setter
CC Clausen, College Park, Libero
SECOND-TEAM
McKenna Fridye, Friendswood, Hitter
Kynnedi Johnson, Dawson, Hitter
AJ Koele, The Woodlands, Hitter
Kelsey Childers, Clear Creek, Setter
Morgan Janda, Seven Lakes, Setter
Marisabel Torres, Dawson, Libero
HONORABLE-MENTIONS
Delaney Anderson, Langham Creek
Dani Batenhorst, Seven Lakes
Courtney Bocock, Kingwood
Morgan Bush, Cinco Ranch
Sanaa’ Dotson, Memorial
Skylar Fields, Ridge Point
Katelyn Finch, Tompkins
Adel Gage, Klein Oak
Autumn Gentry, Katy
Eileen Gex, Stratford
Kendall Haywood, Goose Creek-Memorial
Courtney Heiser, The Woodlands
Sarah Kirk, Dawson
Catherine Krieger, Foster
Kylie Lockhart, Friendswood
Faith Marabella, Friendswood
Nena Mbonu, Klein
Amada Meuth, Katy
Madeleine Morrison, Klein Oak
Natalia Munoz, Tomball
Georgia Murphy, The Woodlands
Kailyn O’Neal, Tompkins
Hannah Overmyer, Kingwood Park
Meredith Phillips, Memorial
Jordan Sinnette, Dawson
Carleigh Strenger, Klein Oak
Audrey Tuttle, George Ranch
Emily Van Slate, Cypress Ridge
PRIVATE SCHOOL
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
ISABEL ZELAYA, CONCORDIA LUTHERAN
COACHES OF THE YEAR
AMANDA WATTS, EPISCOPAL
KORI PARKER, TWCA
FIRST-TEAM
Mylana Byrd, Episcopal
Abby Frazier, John Cooper
Kennadie Jake-Turner, St. John’s
Kathleen Johnson, Episcopal
Kara O’Neal, John Cooper School
Brooke Frazier, Concordia Lutheran
SECOND-TEAM
Ryann Booth, The Woodlands Christian
Macie Draudt, The Woodlands Christian
Brennan Howell, Episcopal
Abby Lin, FB Christian
Trinity Watts, Episcopal
Savannah Whitfield, Concordia Lutheran
HONORABLE-MENTIONS
Anna Claire Adam, John Cooper
Quinn Biggio, St. Agnes
Kyndall Ellis, Houston Christian
Samantha Leverenz, Houston Christian
Ellie Leitko, Concordia Lutheran
Maria Miggins, Duchesne
Onuchi Ndee, Kinkaid
Sania Petties, Episcopal
Karli Stewart, St. Pius
Megan Van de Graaf, Concordia Lutheran
Taelor Whatley, Frassati Catholic
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Road teams made a stand on Monday, and a pair of series are suddenly knotted up.
Day 3 of the NBA playoffs was about the visitors. Kawhi Leonard scored 39 points — his most in any game since December 2023, his most in a playoff game since 2021 — to lift the Los Angeles Clippers past Denver 105-102. And in New York, Cade Cunningham scored 33 points, Dennis Schröder had a big 3-pointer with 55.7 seconds left and Detroit beat the Knicks 100-94 for its first playoff win in 17 years.
Those series are now tied at a game apiece, heading back to L.A. and Detroit.
There are three games on Tuesday, with Indiana playing host to Milwaukee, Oklahoma City hosting Memphis and the Los Angeles Lakers hosting Minnesota. The Pacers and Thunder are seeking 2-0 leads; the Lakers will try to make it 1-1 before the series shifts to Minnesota.
Tuesday's national TV schedule
All times Eastern
7 p.m. — Milwaukee at Indiana (NBA TV)
7:30 p.m. — Memphis at Oklahoma City (TNT/truTV)
10 p.m. — Minnesota at L.A. Lakers (TNT/truTV)
Wednesday's national TV schedule
All times Eastern
7 p.m. — Orlando at Boston (TNT/truTV)
7:30 p.m. — Miami at Cleveland (NBA TV)
9:30 p.m. — Golden State at Houston (TNT/truTV)
Thursday's national TV schedule
All times Eastern
7 p.m. — New York at Detroit (TNT)
9:30 p.m. — Oklahoma City at Memphis (TNT)
10 p.m. — Denver at L.A. Clippers (NBA TV)
Betting odds
Oklahoma City (+175) is favored to win the NBA title, according to BetMGM Sportsbook, followed closely by Boston (+200). After that, it's Cleveland (+600), Golden State (+1400), the Los Angeles Lakers (+1600), the Los Angeles Clippers (+2000), New York (+4000), Minnesota (+4000) and Denver (+5000).
Denver's odds took a big hit after the Nuggets lost Game 2 at home to the Clippers — whose odds, in turn, improved greatly.
From there, it's Indiana (+8000), Houston (+10000), Milwaukee (+15000), Detroit (+35000), then Miami, Memphis and Orlando (all +100000).
Golden State, the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference, is favored (-375) to win its series against No. 2 seed Houston. The Warriors entered that matchup favored, and Sunday's win moved those odds even more.
Other underdogs now favored to advance: Minnesota and the Clippers.
Award season
The first of the major NBA awards comes out on Tuesday, when the league announces the sixth man of the year — either Detroit's Malik Beasley, Cleveland's Ty Jerome or Boston's Payton Pritchard.
It’ll be revealed at 7 p.m. Eastern on TNT.
The other awards this week: clutch player (Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Eastern on TNT), defensive player of the year (Thursday at 6:30 p.m. Eastern on TNT), and the hustle awards (Friday at 2 p.m.).
Key upcoming events
April 26 — NBA early entry deadline.
May 3 — Earliest possible start date for Round 2 of the playoffs. Series could also start on May 4, May 5 or May 6.
May 12 — Draft lottery, Chicago.
May 18 or 20 — Game 1, Western Conference finals.
May 19 or 21 — Game 1, Eastern Conference finals.
June 5 — Game 1, NBA Finals. (Other games: June 8, June 11, June 13, June 16, June 19 and Game 7, if necessary, will be June 22.)
June 25 — NBA draft, first round.
June 26 — NBA draft, second round.
Stories of note
— Preview of Tuesday's games: Pacers-Bucks, Thunder-Grizzlies, Lakers-Timberwolves.
— Tom Thibodeau isn't happy with how Game 2 was officiated.
— Mavs GM Nico Harrison didn't know how beloved Luka Doncic was in Dallas.
— The NBA finalists for seven awards are released.
— The playoffs could be wide-open. Again.
— A look inside the numbers of this season, headed into the playoffs.
— Cleveland's Kenny Atkinson wins NBCA coach of the year award.
Stats of the day
— The Pistons snapped a 15-game playoff losing streak. Another loss would have tied the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks (1975-79) for the second-longest in U.S. pro sports at 16. The playoff-futility record is held by baseball's Minnesota Twins, who once dropped 18 straight.
— The last time Detroit won a playoff game before Monday, LeBron James was 249th on the all-time scoring list and Gregg Popovich was 19th on the all-time coaching wins list. They're both No. 1 now by wide margins.
— Strange but true: The last three playoff triple-doubles have come in losing efforts. Nikola Jokic had one Monday night in Denver's loss to the Clippers and Luka Doncic's final two playoff ones for Dallas last season — one against Minnesota in the West finals, the other against Boston in the NBA Finals — both were in losses.