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TORONTO - Toronto FC is set to announce another marquee signing.And this one will be tasked with setting up newly acquired U.S. international Jozy Altidore and the rest of the Toronto strike force.A source confirmed that the MLS clubs signing of Juventus attacking midfielder Sebastian Giovinco is imminent.A Toronto FC spokesman declined comment, however.The five-foot-five, 130-pound Giovinco, known as the Atomic Ant, is an Italian international playmaker with the ability to take on defenders and score from set pieces.He scored twice and won a penalty this week as Juventus thumped Verona 6-1 to reach the quarter-finals of the Copa Italia.The 27-year-old Giovinco, once touted as Alessandro Del Pieros heir, would not be available to Toronto until July 1 when his Juventus contract expires.There reportedly has been no shortage of suitors for Giovinco with Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Monaco and Tottenham among the clubs linked to him recently. Such competition means he does not come cheap. While there will be no transfer fee due to the expiring contract, his wages will be high.Due for designated player status, the arrival of Giovinco means Toronto will be over the limit of three DPs when he arrives unless something happens in the interim.Torontos current crop of DPs consists of Altidore, U.S. international midfielder Michael Bradley and Brazilian forward Gilberto.Gilberto would seem the odd man out unless the league rules change.Toronto had to part with designated player Matias Laba prior to last season after signing Bradley, Jermain Defoe and Gilberto. The Argentine midfielder was loaned and then eventually sold to the Vancouver Whitecaps.The Turin-born Giovinco made his way through the Juventus youth ranks, making his first-team in 2008. He spent time on loan with Empoli and Parma before rejoining Juventus.He also rose through the Italian national team system, from the under-16 side to the senior team.He references his size in a trademark scoring celebration which involves putting his thumb on top of his head and leaving his little finger pointing to the sky.Im not very big and many people told me over the years that I would never reach the top because of my size, he told fifa.com in a 2009 interview. Thats why I do that celebration every time I score a nice goal. Its my way of saying that Im getting bigger.Follow @NeilMDavidson on Twitter Cheap Mets Jerseys Authentic .Ryan Anderson had 14 points for the Pelicans, who trailed 78-63 after three periods before trimming the deficit to 86-83. Jrue Holiday had 13 points and Eric Gordon added 12 for New Orleans.Mike Scott and Jeff Teague each had 11 points for Atlanta. 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The All-Star forward injured his left hand in Portlands win on Monday over the Sacramento Kings. Head coach Terry Stotts told oregonlive.com that Aldridge had an MRI, but tests were inconclusive, so another is scheduled for this week. For whatever reason, they needed to do another one, Stotts said. The team missed their best player on Wednesday in a 118-113 road loss to the Phoenix Suns. The Blazers couldnt overcome a monster night from the Suns three-man point guard wrecking ball. Eric Bledsoe had a career-high 33 points, 10 rebounds and six assists; Isaiah Thomas finished with 27 off the bench and Goran Dragic added 16. Nicolas Batum paced Portland with 27 points -- 10 of those coming in the fourth -- and Damian Lillard and Wesley Matthews scored 22 apiece in the setback. Dorell Wright and Chris Kaman scored 15 and 14 points, respectively, for Portland We did a great job fighting back and giving ourselves a chance down the stretch, Lillard said. They made some big plays at the end of the game and they did what they needed to do to pull it out. The Blazers trailed by 25 in the second quarter and fought back. A 15-point lead vanished in the frame, and Batums 3-pointer at 4:05 gave Portland its first lead since the opening quarter. Batum hit a deep 3-ball two minutes later to increase Portlands lead to five before Dragic hit a corner 3 and Bledsoe converted a three-point play to put Phoenix back in front. Thoomas Robinson and Markieff Morris then traded runners and Bledsoe made four free throws in the final 10.dddddddddddd9 seconds to secure the win. The Blazers host Washington on Saturday before heading east for four games to end the month. The Celtics have dropped three straight, including the opener of this six-game western odyssey. Boston fell to the Los Angeles Clippers, 102-93, on Monday. Boston fell for the fifth time in its last six games despite getting 59 points from its bench. Brandon Bass paced the Celtics with 17 points and Marcus Thornton chipped in 15 while shooting 3-of-6 from 3-point range. Marcus Smart scored 14 with four triples and seven assists, and Evan Turner contributed 10 points and 10 rebounds. The Celtics trailed by 23 in the third quarter, but responded. Thorntons 3 with 3:50 to go made it a one-possession game, but Los Angeles tightened up its defense the rest of the way. The Clippers scored eight of the next nine points, and the Celtics shot just 1-of-5 from the field after the Thornton triple. Chris Pauls 3 with 48 seconds left punctuated the win. We cant be down by that much, said Celtics coach Brad Stevens. We took a lot of contested shots in the first half, and thats not good. We were better in the second half. We closed it to three, but we missed a couple of good looks down the stretch. Boston will visit the Denver Nuggets, Golden State Warriors, Utah Jazz and Minnesota Timberwolves on this trek. The Blazers bested the Celtics on Nov. 23 in Boston and have taken four straight in this series. The two teams have split the previous six meetings in Portland. ' ' '