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Juventus beat Palermo 2-0 Sunday to move three points clear at the top of Serie A and bring a disappointing week to a close. Cheap Fake Vapormax .Gonzalo Higuain scored a hat trick as Napoli came from behind to defeat Hellas Verona 6-2, while Inter Milan won 1-0 at 10-man Cesena to alleviate some of the pressure on their respective managers.AC Milan drew 1-1 at home to Fiorentina in the evening match.Fernando Llorente scored his first goal of the season after Arturo Vidal had given Juventus the lead.Its a special day for me because its my first goal of the season and I couldnt wait to get it, Llorente said. Itll definitely help me a lot from now on to keep helping the team.Its not easy scoring from corners because the defenders are jostling you. I couldnt wait for a delivery like that to come my way to score and get off the mark.Juventus moved three points clear of Roma, which drew at Sampdoria on Saturday. Defending champion Juventus had seen its advantage cut after dropping its first points of the season against Sassuolo.Massimiliano Allegris team endured further disappointment when it fell to a second successive Champions League defeat at Olympiakos.Elsewhere, Genoa came back against 10-man Chievo Verona to ruin coach Rolando Marans debut, Udinese beat Atalanta 2-0, and Lazio deafeated Torino 2-1.Juventus dominated but failed to create any real opportunities until shortly after the half hour when Carlos Tevez surged forward on the counter to set up Vidal for an angled drive into the bottom corner.Llorente headed in Andrea Pirlos corner in the 64th minute to all but seal the match.Substitute Sebastian Giovinco saw a strike from outside the area crash off the post in the final minute.Napoli coach Rafa Benitez was feeling the pressure, and days earlier the team bus had been attacked by disgruntled fans following a 2-0 defeat to Young Boys in the Europa League.Matters went from bad to worse when Emil Hallfredsson gave Verona the lead after just 26 seconds, dedicating the goal to his father who died earlier this month.However, Marek Hamsik scored his first league goals of the season either side of halftime to put Napoli in front. Nico Lopez levelled for Verona but Higuain also got off the mark to restore the home sides advantage and completed his hat trick with a stoppage-time penalty after Hallfredsson fouled Dries Mertens.The Argentine thought he had completed his treble earlier on but had a goal wrongly ruled out for offside.Jose Callejon, who also hit the post late on, netted Napolis fourth goal.This victory has given an important sign, Napoli coach Rafa Benitez said. I liked almost everything tonight, I say almost because we can and will improve more.(Hamsik and Higuain) are two champions. Marek has shown that he can score and play well in any role. Gonzalo could have even scored four goals tonight. I have always had confidence in these guys and in this group. We can achieve important results this year too.In Cesena, Mauro Icardis penalty was enough to hand Inter a narrow victory — its second in seven matches in all competition.Cesena goalkeeper Nicola Leali was sent off on the half hour mark after giving away the spot kick by bringing down Rodrigo Palacio.Nigel de Jong headed Milan in front in the 26th minute but substitute Josip Ilicic levelled shortly after the hour mark, going on a mazy run before drilling into the bottom left corner from just outside the area.Chievo replaced Eugenio Corini with former club captain Maran on Sunday but was unable to avoid a sixth loss in eight matches.Ervan Zukanovic volleyed in Valter Birsas free kick to give Chievo a deserved lead nine minutes from halftime but Alessandro Matri nodded in the equalizer from close range in the 72nd minute.Moments later Ivan Radovanovic was sent off for a poor tackle on Andrea Bertolacci but Mauricio Pinilla saw his penalty saved by Francesco Bardi.Pinilla atoned for his error by heading in the winner six minutes from time.Udinese moved level with Sampdoria in third place after a magnificent curler from Antonio Di Natale early on and a Cyril Thereau strike.World Cup winner Miroslav Klose also scored his first league goal since March to secure Lazios fourth successive victory. Fake Vapormax From China . Defensive end Jadeveon Clowney, the Houston Texans No. 1 pick in the draft, was on the field Tuesday for the first time with former NFL Defensive Player of the Year J. Fake Nike Shoes . The Philadelphia left fielder clubbed a tiebreaking, solo home run in the seventh inning, and the Phillies edged the Red Sox, 2-1, in the middle test of a three-game interleague series at Citizens Bank Park.NEW ORLEANS - Down 22 points in the third quarter to the surging Brooklyn Nets, the New Orleans Pelicans appeared headed to a lopsided defeat. Thats when Tyreke Evans turned the game around. Evans scored 22 of his season-high 33 points in the second half and the short-handed Pelicans rallied to win 109-104 in overtime Monday night. Driving to the basket repeatedly, Evans scored 14 as New Orleans closed the third period on a 29-10 run to get back in the game. Anthony Morrow, who did not score until the final 2 minutes of regulation, had 11 points the rest of the way as the Pelicans completed their largest comeback of the season and the second-biggest in franchise history. "I was just being aggressive," Evans said. "Thats what kept me going, especially before their defence set up. I was just playing my game. We could have easily given up tonight, but coach (Monty Williams) got on us in the locker room." Morrow hit a 3-pointer to give New Orleans a 106-100 lead in overtime and all but sealed the victory with another 3 that made it 109-102 with 54.5 seconds left. Anthony Davis added 24 points and 14 rebounds for the Pelicans, who matched their season best with a three-game winning streak despite playing without Eric Gordon (left knee tendinitis) for the second consecutive game. Paul Pierce had 24 points and Deron Williams 23 for the Nets, who lost for the first time in five games after winning at Dallas in overtime Sunday. Brooklyn fell behind 98-93 with 1:14 left in regulation but scored the next five points to force overtime. "We had an opportunity to win the game," Nets coach Jason Kidd said. "It went into overtime, and we just couldnt get it back." This one appeared over when the Nets went up 66-44 early in the third quarter, but Brian Roberts started the rally with a 3-pointer and Evans scored New Orleans next eight points to help the Pelicans close the deficit to 67-59. Williams and Joe Johnson hit consecutive 3s as the Nets went back up 74-61, but the Pelicans closed with a 12-2 spurt that started when Pierce was given a technical foul for confronting Alexis Ajinca after Ajinca was called for an offensive foul with a high elbow. Evans converted a four-point play with 1.1 seconds left, hitting a long shot while being fouled to cut the deficit to 76-73 entering the fourth. It was only his 17th 3 in 77 attempts. "It was just confidence," he said. "I had it going at the time, and it was a rhythm shot. I didnt think about it, and it wentt in. Fake Vapormax Online. It got the crowd going, and we fed off that." After falling behind again by nine in the fourth quarter, the Pelicans held Brooklyn without a point for more than 4 minutes as they rallied to take their first lead since early in the first quarter, 91-89, on Evans driving layup. "He got to the basket at will," Davis said. "He made some big shots for us. He was huge." Then it was Brooklyns turn to come back. With the Nets trailing 98-93, Mason Plumlee dunked after the Nets grabbed two offensive rebounds, and Pierce drained a contested 3-pointer with 24.1 seconds left to tie the score at 98. Morrow, who took all 11 of his shots after the third quarter, missed a contested 3 at the regulation buzzer. But he didnt miss in overtime. "We just stuck together," he said. "When we came into halftime, I just said we have to stop complaining and getting mad at ourselves and each other on little stuff. We all want to win. Nobody on this team is selfish. Take a deep breath and play through the lows." Morrows big shots in the fourth quarter came right before Williams planned to take him out for Luke Babbitt. "I couldnt get Luke there in time," Williams said. "He comes right back and hits a shot, runs over to me and says, I aint going to miss no more! I aint going to miss no more!" The Nets, who led the Pelicans 51-28 at halftime of their first meeting in February, raced to a 58-42 advantage at the break this time. The shots stopped falling in the second half, when Brooklyn camped out behind the 3-point line. The Nets went 10 of 40 on 3-pointers overall, 4 of 23 after halftime. Meanwhile, the Pelicans kept attacking the basket, hitting 12 of 19 shots in the third quarter. "I dont have the stats, but I know they got a lot of layups," said Nets guard Shaun Livingston, who had all but two of his 10 points in the first half. "We have to make them take tougher shots. Thats on all of us." NOTES: The Pelicans are 5-0 in overtime. ... Andrei Kirilenko did not play for the Nets after spraining his left ankle against Dallas on Sunday. He already had missed 26 games with back spasms, three with a calf strain and two with a sprained right ankle. ... Pierce is in his 16th NBA season, matching the combined years in the league for the Pelicans five starters. ... Marcus Thornton, who scored 20 points against Dallas on Sunday, left with a bruised back late in the first half and did not play in the second half, finishing with three points. ' ' '
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