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SHAWNEE -- The Ponca City Lady Cats added a win to their season’s record Friday night by topping the Shawnee Wolves 41-37 in overtime. Ponca City broke out in front and led 14-6 after one quarter.

SHAWNEE -- The Ponca City Wildcats led Shawnee for most of Friday’s game, but in the end lost by a point, 43-42. The WIldcats were ahead 10-3 after one quarter, and 26-20 at the half.

HOUSTON, Texas — Well, that was dicey. Against the, checks notes, Houston Texans.

TAMPA, Fla. — The Bucs played one of their best halves of football this season against the red-hot Bengals on Sunday, building a 17-3 halftime lead.

Anthony Davis sat near the end of the Lakers’ bench in a sweater, dark dress pants and a red ball cap doing the only thing he could to help the team Sunday night. As center Thomas Bryant checked out of the game during the third quarter, Davis pulled him aside, showing him a play on a tablet screen.

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City Thunder ended another close loss with a bit of a referee controversy. A few moments near the end saw the Thunder crowd groan and get audibly upset, but the loudest reaction was a Eugene Omoruyi loose ball foul on Naz Reid during an inbound pass with 4.2 seconds left.

Dec. 17—It started with a layup for Jacob Groves.

Dec. 19—Oklahoma entered the second quarter against Southern with just a one-point lead after a slow start shooting from outside and five turnovers in the first five minutes of the game.

Here. We. Go. The byes in the rearview mirror, it’s full speed ahead to the playoffs with 64 games over the next four weeks to close out the regular season. There are still many teams in the playoff hunt, so try to pinpoint motivation levels, as difficult as that may be.