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MILAN -- In the only group on Tuesday where qualification for the Champions League knockout stages was still to be decided, Besiktas crumbled under the pressure, allowing Napoli and Benfica to progress.Napoli and Benfica had eight points going into their Group B match, one more than Besiktas, which was playing at already eliminated Dynamo Kiev.However, the Turkish side fell to a shock 6-0 defeat in a match which saw it finish with nine men. Napoli won 2-1 at Benfica to win a Champions League group for the first time.We had already been burned once by looking at the result of the other match, said Napoli coach Maurizio Sarri, whose team had squandered earlier chances to qualify for the last 16. So, it really hardly mattered to us what was happening in Kiev. We wanted first place to make Napoli history.Elsewhere, Arsenal topped Group A following its 4-1 win at Basel after Paris Saint-Germain could only draw 2-2 at home to Ludogorets.Atletico Madrid had already secured first place in Group D but lost its perfect record in a 1-0 defeat at Bayern Munich. The final positions in Group C had already been decided and Barcelona beat Borussia Moenchengladbach 4-0, while Manchester City drew 1-1 against Celtic.Heres how Tuesdays action unfolded:---GROUP ALittle-used forward Lucas Perez scored a hat trick as Arsenal easily beat Basel 4-1 to finish top of its group.Getting a rare start, the Spanish forward gave Arsenal a three-goal lead by the 47th minute as the visitors coasted to victory.Mesut Ozils delightful assist let Alex Iwobi score in the 53rd before Basel substitute Seydou Doumbia struck a consolation goal in the 78th.Mistakes cost Paris Saint-Germain dearly as it missed out on top spot in Group A following a late 2-2 home draw with Ludogorets -- an unheralded Bulgarian side that had not won any of the previous five group games.Dutch forward Virgil Misidjan scored in the 15th minute and Brazilian forward Wanderson made it 2-1 in the 68th, shortly after Edinson Cavani had leveled for PSG.Winger Angel Di Maria saved face for PSG in the second minute of injury time with a scuffed shot, and Cavani was desperately close to grabbing the winner in the final seconds.---GROUP BIt was meant to be a battle to advance in Lisbon but it turned out to be a shootout for top spot as Besiktas collapsed in Ukraine.Napoli won 2-1 at Benfica but both teams qualified for the knockout stage after Besiktas fell to a surprise 6-0 thrashing at Dynamo Kiev.Substitute Dries Mertens changed the match after coming on in the 57th. The Belgium international set up the opener for Jose Callejon on the hour mark before securing the win in the 79th.Napoli gifted Benfica a consolation goal three minutes from time when Raul Albiol was caught napping, allowing Raul Jimenez to seize the moment and fire past Reina.In Ukraine, Dynamos star winger Andriy Yarmolenko started the nights torment for Besiktas with smart footwork on the byline and a cross to the far post for Artyom Besedin to score the ninth-minute opener.Besiktas looked lively for the next 20 minutes until defender Andreas Beck was dismissed for a collision with Derlis Gonzalez, who was through on goal for Dynamo. Yarmolenko scored the resulting penalty and Vitaliy Buyalskiy soon made it 3-0 with a lobbed effort after a Besiktas defensive mix-up.A deflected shot from Gonzalez provided Dynamos fourth in first-half stoppage time. Serhiy Sydorchuk and Junior Moraes added to the scoreline after Besiktas striker Vincent Aboubakar was red-carded for a second offense.---GROUP CLionel Messi opened the scoring in Barcelonas 4-0 win over Borussia Moenchengladbach, but fell short of matching Cristiano Ronaldos goal record in the group stage of the Champions League.Messi struck his 10th group-stage goal this season, one less than the 11 netted by Ronaldo with Real Madrid last season to set the record.Arda Turan scored a second-half hat trick.Kelechi Iheanacho began his month-long stint as Sergio Agueros replacement by scoring Manchester Citys equalizer in a 1-1 draw against Celtic.Iheanacho drove a rising shot into the roof of the net in the eighth minute to cancel out a fourth-minute goal by winger Patrick Roberts, who is four months into his second straight season-long loan at Celtic from City.---GROUP DRobert Lewandowski curled in a spectacular free kick to give Bayern Munich a 1-0 win over Atletico Madrid but the Spanish side still won the group, finishing with 15 points to Bayerns 12.Bayerns win stretched its record to 15 straight Champions League home victories and ended Atleticos hopes of winning all six group matches.By holding PSV Eindhoven to a 0-0 draw, newcomer Rostov clinched third spot and a place in the Europa League. 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NEW ORLEANS -- Maybe it is time to break up the New Orleans Pelicans.The surging Pelicans -- who lost nine of their first 10 games to start the season -- own four wins in the past five, raising their record to a more respectable 5-10 entering a Wednesday night game against the 4-9 Minnesota Timberwolves at the Smoothie King Center.New Orleans 112-94 victory over the 9-5 Hawks at Atlanta on Tuesday night was the Pelicans most shocking victory during a three-game winning streak.Anthony Davis, who entered as the NBAs leading scorer, played just 9 1/2 minutes before banging his right kneecap against a courtside chair while hustling to save a ball from going out of bounds in the first quarter.The Pelicans led 26-14 when Davis limped to the locker room, but even with the All-Star forward getting treatment, New Orleans extended its lead to a season-high 35 points early in the third quarter with a 13-0 run.Davis returned for the start of the fourth quarter and finished with 13 points and three blocks in 18 minutes, so it is fairly certain he will play Wednesday night.He came back out and said that he could go, so we stuck him in the game for a few minutes, New Orleans coach Alvin Gentry said Tuesday night. We wanted to see if he would OK for tomorrow. Were playing one of the truly gifted players in the league (Karl-Anthony Towns) tomorrow.The Wolves are coming off a disappointing 99-93 home loss to the Boston Celtics on Monday night. Minnesota led by 13 points entering the fourth quarter but lost despite 29 points, 18 rebounds, three assists and two blocks by Towns.Laid a damn egg, Wolves guard Zach LaVine said.Minnesota was outscored 31-12 in the fourth quarter by the Celtics, including a 17-0 Boston run to start the period. The Wolves did not score their first field goal in the quarterr until nearly seven minutes in.ddddddddddddIt just shows you can never let your guard down, Minnesota coach Tom Thibodeau said. You have to strive to be a 48-minute team. Were not doing that right now. We have to get back in, work, concentrate.We have to improve. We didnt close out. For three quarters, I thought our defense was pretty good. They were shooting a low percentage, the (3-point) line was covered. Rebounding was good. But it doesnt take much for a team to get on track. Once they got a couple, they started getting good looks, and we started scrambling.Towns is adding to his game by facing up more frequently for jumpers, extending his range beyond the 3-point arc.Heading into his matchup with Davis, the other one of the two best young big men in the NBA, Towns is averaging 22.2 points (an increase of four points from last season), 9.2 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.3 blocks per game. He is shooting 51.4 percent overall and a 43.1 percent from long range.In dispatching the Hawks on Tuesday night, the Pelicans shot 52 percent from the floor, including 44 percent from long range. Point guard Tim Frazier scored a career-high 21 points and dished out 14 assists.We just came out and played hard right from the jump, Frazier said. We made them take tough shots. We shot the ball. All credit to my teammates -- they were able to knock down shots. But we got another one tomorrow. We have to carry the same energy we had today.The Pelicans are 3-0 with point guard Jrue Holiday back in the lineup. After missing the first 12 games to be with his wife, who is recovering from a brain tumor, and newborn daughter, Holiday is averaging 19.3 points and 6.7 assists. ' ' '