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• Texans sign Schultz and Singletary

  The Houston Texans are still over a month away from picking their quarterback of the future, but they are continuing to build around him.

  On Monday, the Texans added a starting tight end to their roster, signing Dalton Schultz to a one-year deal worth up to $9million, according to NFL Network's Tom Pelissero.

  Schultz did not have the market he might have anticipated after his contract with the Dallas Cowboys expired, but he will have the chance to cash in next offseason if he can thrive in Houston playing with the quarterback whom the Texans will almost certainly select with the second overall pick in the NFL Draft.

  Last season, Schultz finished with 577 receiving yards and five touchdowns, having racked up 808 yards and eight touchdowns in 2021.

  His 13 receiving touchdowns over the last two seasons rank fifth among tight ends.

  Houston also added to their backfield, signing former Buffalo Bills running back Devin Singletary.

  Singletary is unlikely to be the starter following the emergence of Dameon Pierce, who had 939 rushing yards and four touchdowns on the ground as a rookie.

  Also arriving on a one-year deal, according to multiple reports, Singletary gives the Texans versatile depth at running back.

  He has produced over 1,000 yards from scrimmage in each of the last two seasons. In 2022, he finished with 819 yards rushing and five touchdowns, as well as 280 yards receiving and a further touchdown through the air.

  Singletary has 2,197 scrimmage yards since 2021, putting him 20th among running backs across that span.

• NBA Game of the Week: Slumping Nets try to win rebound challenge against Cavs

  The Brooklyn Nets will attempt to arrest their slide in the Eastern Conference when they host the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday.

  Brooklyn and the Cavs square off twice in New York this week, the second meeting coming on Thursday.

  And the Nets head into the first game of the doubleheader on the back of a three-game losing streak.

  The Nets, sixth in the East, are now 39-32, just two games in the loss column ahead of the Miami Heat at 39-34.

  As such, they are at risk of slipping into the play-in tournament places, and the Nets understand they must get better at rebounding if they are to return to winning ways.

  The Nets are last in total rebounds in home games and were outrebounded 40-33 by the Denver Nuggets in Sunday's loss to the Western Conference leaders.

  Cleveland represent formidable opposition, with the Cavs sitting at 45-28, fourth in the East. They have won seven of their last 10 games.

  But this is a matchup in which the Nets may actually have an edge on the boards to help them end their losing run.

  PIVOTAL PLAYERS

  Brooklyn Nets – Mikal Bridges

  Bridges has quickly become the Nets' talisman having been acquired in the trade that sent Kevin Durant to the Phoenix Suns, and he has been one of the most prolific scorers in the NBA in March.

  He is averaging 27.1 points per game this month, putting him 10th in league. No other Brooklyn player is averaging 20.

  Cleveland Cavaliers – Jarrett Allen

  The player who will bear much of the responsibility for ensuring the Nets continue to struggle on the boards is a former Brooklyn player.

  Cavs center Allen has thrived on the glass this season, averaging 9.8 rebounds per game, the 11th-most in the NBA.

  KEY BATTLE – Can Nets win the rebound challenge?

  After their struggles on the boards against the Nuggets, head coach Jacque Vaughn was asked about how the Nets need to go about improving their rebounding.

  "We have to accept it, it's truth, it's staring us in the face," he said. "The scouting report says try to go to offensive rebound versus the Nets, and we have to understand that and really do a diligent job of trying to do it together. We can't do it with two people or three people.

  "We're trying to be systematic in how we embrace this problem, but I just want our guys to embrace it and realise that it is really a big difference from us being a pretty good defensive team, and that challenge we have to take on, and we have to win it. We have to win that challenge."

  Winning that challenge may be easier against the Cavs who, despite Allen's prowess on the glass, are 25th in the NBA in rebounds per game with 41.4, just 1.2 more than the Nets.

  HEAD TO HEAD

  The Nets were victorious over the Cavs in their previous meeting in Cleveland on December 26 and have won five of the last six games between the teams.

• “We are in a very good space mentally,” says West Indies Interim Head Coach Andre Coley ahead of third South Africa ODI

  The West Indies will enter the third and final ODI against South Africa on Tuesday with an opportunity to complete a series win over the hosts for the first time.

  Interim Head Coach of the West Indies Senior Men’s team Andre Coley says the group are in a good place mentally ahead of the decisive game.

  “Every game brings new possibilities. We are in a very good space mentally and we are happy with our preparation,” he said in a press conference on Monday.

  “We are just making sure we are ready for this game. We will have to see the conditions and work out the best approach. We have been taking it on a match-by-match basis so we are in a good place and have had good plans,” Coley added.

  The tourists went 1-0 up in the series thanks to an excellent batting display, including an unbeaten century from Shai Hope in his first innings as ODI captain.

  Coley, while being pleased with the team’s exploits with the bat, hopes other batsmen can go deep into the innings after getting starts.

  The Windies amassed 335-8. While Hope made 128*, Brandon King (30), Kyle Mayers (36), Nicholas Pooran (39) and Rovman Powell (46) all got starts and failed to kick on.

  “It was satisfying. Firstly, getting a total of 300 plus on the back of Shai’s hundred batting through the innings. We had significant partnerships,” he said.

  “It would still have been good to see more batters go on from their starts but very encouraging signs, nonetheless,” Coley added.

  On the bowling front, Coley did not make much of the fact that South Africa got off to a fast start, putting it down to the state of the game.

  “Chasing a total like that, they wanted to make the powerplay count. We expected that. That is the nature of the game,” he said before acknowledging how well his team responded to the early onslaught.

  “We were put under pressure quite early and I thought we responded well. Kyle (Mayers) got that key wicket of Quinton (De Kock) who was going well for them. As the innings progressed, we were able to respond and, in the end, we ended up with a comfortable win,” he added.

  The game is scheduled for 3:00 AM Jamaica Time (4:00 AM ECT).