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MONTREAL -- Home turf is a happy place for Marco Di Vaio. The veteran striker scored his 10th goal of the Major League Soccer season Wednesday in a 2-0 victory over the Houston Dynamo. "Im happy to score, but I want to score more," said Di Vaio, who has recorded all but one of his goals at home. "But the important thing is were creating chances." Felipe Martins also scored as the Eastern Conference-leading Impact (9-3-2) improved to 6-0-1 at Saputo Stadium and won a fourth in a row at home. Houston (6-5-4) is winless in its last five (0-3-2). The crowd of 17,694 saw the Impact in full attack mode as they created chance after chance against a Houston side missing some key players before switching to a more defensive game in the second half. "The first 35 minutes was probably the best weve played this season," said Di Vaio. That followed perhaps their worse performance when they lost 2-0 in Columbus on Saturday night. "I knew the team was ready to respond," said Impact coach Marco Schallibaum, who was back after serving a one-game suspension for arguing a call in a 2-1 win in Kansas City on June 1. "Especially in the first half it was amazing to see the team. There were a lot of chances and very nice football. We were less good in the second, but we were very solid defensively." Daniele Paponi missed two good chances in the first eight minutes and had another called offside. Only 13 minutes in, Patrice Bernier sent a clever pass over the defence and Felipe chested it down before scoring his third of the season. The Dynamo wasted a glorious chance to tie it in the 20th minute when Matteo Ferrari was called for a late tackle in the area on Will Bruin. But Englishman Giles Barnes hooked the ball from the penalty spot well over the net. Then it was Corey Ashes turn to misfire as he shanked an attempt to play the ball back to Houston goalie Tally Hall in the 32nd. Di Vaio ran it down, went in alone and calmly chipped it home. Houston had a good chance after a free kick in the 58th, but Warren Creavalles left footed shot went just over the bar. "There are ups and downs in every season, but for us its a matter of starting games better," said Houston veteran Brian Ching. "They took the game to us for the first 25 minutes or so, but I thought we did well to create some opportunities after that. "The difference was that they finished their chances and we didnt." Di Vaio had the crowd on its feet in the 62nd as he headed Nyassis pass off the bar, then recovered the ball but shot just wide. "Di Vaio works very hard and for his age, hes very fit," Schallibaum said of the 36-year-old. "He could have scored two or three more.. "Hes like Alessandro Nesta. Hes an asset for us. The young players learn from him." The 37-year-old Nesta also returned from a one-game ban to take back his spot in the central defence. 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Cheap Red Wings Jerseys . -- Derrick Rose shook off poor shooting early to hit clutch shots late and Carlos Boozer had 20 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 104-95 preseason victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night. LAS VEGAS -- Denzel Valentine provided a thrilling finish for the NBA Summer League.Valentine hit the tying 3-pointer in the final second of regulation, then made a jumper at the buzzer in overtime to give the Chicago Bulls an 84-82 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night.Valentine was scoreless on 0-for-6 shooting through three quarters, but he proved that fortunes change quickly in Las Vegas. His 3-pointer with 0.2 seconds left forced the extra period after Tyus Jones had just given Minnesota a 77-74 lead on a 3 with 3.6 seconds to go.It was tied again on Xavier Silas 3 with 11.7 seconds remaining in OT, but Valentine, the college player of the year from Michigan State, worked the clock down before making his spinning jumper in the lane as the Bulls finished 7-0.That ended the NBA portion of summer basketball leagues in Orlando, Salt Lake City and Las Vegas over the past two weeks. Rookies got their first looks, some veterans got their last shots, and it ended with a play that had Twitter buzzing as if it were a game that took place in June instead of July.And just as the NBA stops, USA Basketball starts. Right on the same UNLV campus just hours before the summer league championship game, the U.S. Olympic team held its first training camp practice. The Olympics start on Aug. 5 in Rio de Janeiro, and the Americans hope to be playing for a third straight gold medal on Aug. 21.Then, finally, the offseason will start.A look back at the summer:MVP! MVP!Tyus Jones, the Most Outstanding Player of the 2015 Final Four, added another award to his résumé this summer. The Minnesota Timberwolves point guard won Summer League MVP honors and finished with 27 points in nearly leading the 24th-seeded Wolves to the championship. He won the Final Four MOP after leading Duke to the 2015 NCAA title.Thibodeau Bowl Thats what the Summer League championship game was dubbed, with coach Tom Thibodeaus new team (Minnesota) facing the Bulls team he coached for five seasons before he was fired. Thibodeau, an assistant on Mike Krzyzewskis U.S. Olympic team staff, took in the championship game from a baseline seat near Timberwolves players Karl-Anthony Towns and Zach LaVine.Simmons stockBen Simmons showed off the versatility that made him the No. 1 pick in the draft. TThe freshman from LSU played in four games for the Philadelphia 76ers in Las Vegas, averaging 12.dddddddddddd.3 points, 7.8 rebounds and 5.5 assists. If the 76ers do get the forward from Australia, along with recent high picks Joel Embiid and Dario Saric, on the court with second-year forward Jahlil Okafor, the future could be bright after a dismal recent past.All-Summer League honorsBesides Jones, the rest of the All-Summer League team, as voted by a panel of media members:First team: Jordan McRae (Cleveland), Bobby Portis (Chicago), Simmons (Philadelphia) and Alan Williams (Phoenix).Second team: Jaylen Brown (Boston), Thon Maker (Milwaukee), Kelly Oubre Jr. (Washington), Norman Powell (Toronto) and Tyler Ulis (Phoenix).Bulls backcourtChicago figures to have a starting backcourt of Dwyane Wade and Rajon Rondo after signing both players earlier this month, and theres some good young talent behind them. Valentine showed hes a clutch performer, while Jerian Grant, acquired from the Knicks in the trade for Derrick Rose, was MVP of the championship game with 24 points and 10 rebounds.Packing them inThe summer league broke two attendance records in Las Vegas, including the overall attendance mark with 108,931. The previous mark was 99,437, set last year. Over 11 days, the summer league averaged 9,902 fans per day.The event also broke the single-day mark on July 9, when 16,208 fans visited both the Cox Pavilion and Thomas and Mack Center. The spotlight game that night featured the top two picks in last months draft, Simmons and the Lakers Brandon Ingram. The previous mark was 12,422, set last season, also on the day the top two draft picks met, with Towns and DAngelo Russell facing off.Rising Suns?Phoenix got a look at a promising young core while going 4-2 in Las Vegas. All-Rookie selection Devin Booker averaged 26 points in his two games, top-10 picks Dragan Bender and Marquese Chriss both showed potential and Ulis looked like a second-round keeper. Ulis averaged 14.5 points and 6.3 assists per game. Bender, the No. 4 pick from Croatia, shot just 27.5 percent from the field but managed 8.6 points and 5.6 rebounds in his five games. ' ' '