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NEW YORK -- They have gone from disappointment to dominant, a team that was booed on its home floor and now rarely loses there. And pretty soon, the Brooklyn Nets will also be a playoff team. Pierce scored 22 points after another sensational start, and the Nets moved to the brink of a post-season spot by beating the Minnesota Timberwolves 114-99 on Sunday for their franchise record-tying 13th straight home victory. "First part of the season was rough on us with injuries and everything that we went through, and it feels good," guard Deron Williams said. "It feels good to be able to turn it around." Pierce scored 16 in the first quarter, two nights after putting up 17 in the period, and didnt miss a shot in either. He couldnt keep it going after asking for a rest so he would stay fresh to defend Kevin Love, but the Nets had to plenty more to pull away. Joe Johnson added 19 points for the Nets, who were 10-21 when they reached the new year, but will clinch a playoff spot with either another win or a loss by the New York Knicks. A post-season berth was viewed as a sure thing when the Nets acquired Pierce and Kevin Garnett while assembling a team that would cost more than $180 million, but they struggled early and then lost leading scorer Brook Lopez to a season-ending foot injury. "I think a lot of teams with bad character, bad leadership in the locker room wouldve laid down a long time ago. Probably by Christmas wouldve been making summer plans," Pierce said. "But not this group." Andray Blatche had 14 points and three players finished with 13 for the Nets. Brooklyn equaled the longest home winning streak in the NBA this season and the best in the history of the franchise, done twice in 2002 when the Nets were still based in New Jersey. They have won 20 of their last 22 games at Barclays Center. Corey Brewer and Kevin Martin each scored 21 for the Timberwolves, who had won two in row and were coming off the highest-scoring game in the NBA this season, when they scored a franchise-record 143 points in a rout of the Lakers on Friday. But they had only 17 in the fourth quarter of this one as Brooklyn surged to the finish. Love finished with just 14 points and nine rebounds for the Wolves, shooting 5-of-14 and saying afterward he felt "exhausted" and was perhaps getting sick. "I couldnt find any energy in the second half and that was really it," Love said. The Nets led by one early in the fourth quarter, but got three 3-pointers from Alan Anderson in a 13-4 spurt that gave them a 98-88 lead with 6:51 remaining, and Pierce later added a 3 to make it a 13-point cushion. Brooklyn finished off a 12-4 March, matching the team record for victories in the month set in 2006 and hopes to have Kevin Garnett and Andrei Kirilenko back from injuries by the end of the upcoming week. Pierce, who scored 17 points in the first quarter Friday, had 16 points on 6-of-6 shooting by the time he checked out after 10 minutes to open this one. He is 10 for 10 from the field, 8 or 8 on 3-pointers, in 17 minutes over the last two first quarters, and this is the first time in his career that hes scored at least 16 in consecutive first quarters. The Nets led 30-27 after one and opened a 49-36 lead on Mirza Teletovics 3-pointer with 6:11 remaining in the second quarter. Minnesota whittled that down to 59-54 by the break. The Wolves charged out of the locker room with a 15-4 run to open a 69-63 lead a little under 4 minutes into the third quarter. But the Nets, who had rarely trailed in the second half during their streak, quickly regrouped behind Johnson and Shaun Livingston to move back in front and take an 85-82 lead to the fourth. 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The Kings paraded the Stanley Cup through downtown Los Angeles on Monday to celebrate their second NHL title in three seasons.SYDNEY - Juan Martin Del Potro launched his comeback from a serious wrist injury with a convincing 6-3, 7-6 (4) win over Sergiy Stakhovsky in the first round of the Sydney International on Tuesday while Canadian Vasek Pospisil beat Andreas Seppi of Italy 6-3, 7-6 (4).Del Potro, a former U.S. Open champion, is ranked No. 338 after undergoing surgery on his left wrist last year and missing more than 10 months on tour.He was granted a wild card to enter the main draw in Sydney, where hes the defending champion, but appeared to be fit and sharp in beating 69th-ranked Stakhovsky in 88 minutes. He will face top-seeded Fabio Fognini in the second round.These guys are playing all year. Its time to get back on the train again, del Potro said. This tournament is very special to me.It was del Potros second extended layoff with a wrist injury. After capturing his only Grand Slam title at the 2009 U.S. Open, he underwent surgery on his right wrist and was sidelined for eight months.Pospisil, from Vancouver, had 10 aces in his straight-sets win. He needed 72 minutes to complete the victory. Bernard Tomic, the 2014 Sydney finalist, needed only 43 minutes to beat Igor Sijsling of the Netherlands 6-1, 6-2.In other mens first-round matches, seventh-seeded Jeremy Chardy of France had a 6-4, 6-4 win over Sam Querrey and Viktor Troicki of Serbia ousted No. 8-seeded Martin Klizan of Slovakia 6-2, 6-3.In womens second-round matches, No. 2-seeded Petra Kvitova had a 6-1, 7-5 win over Peng Shuai of China on a day when top-seeded Simona Halep withdrew from the tournament due to gastroenteritis.Garbine Muguruza of Spain ousted third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2, and her compatriot Carla Suarez Navarro beat sixth-seeded Ekaterina Makarova of Russia 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.ddddddddddddDominika Cibulkova, the Australian Open finalist last year, was up a set and a break before losing momentum after a rain delay in her match against Australias Jarmila Gajdosova, who came back to win 1-6, 6-3, 6-4.Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria advanced when Madison Keys retired from their match when trailing 4-1 in the second set.Barbora Zhalavova Strycova of the Czech Republic ousted local hope, former U.S. Open champion Samantha Stosur 7-6 (1), 6-2.In the Hobart International tournament, American Sloane Stephens, the fifth seed, lost to Heather Watson of Britain 6-3, 6-1.I didnt do much wrong, Watson said. I served well, returned well and didnt make many unforced errors and stayed aggressive.No. 9-seeded Roberta Vinci of Italy beat Annika Beck of Germany, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 and Japans Kurumi Nara had a 7-6 (1), 6-4 win over Johanna Larsson of Sweden.Americans Bob and Mike Bryan, the worlds top-ranked doubles combination, suffered a shock 1-6, 7-6 (4), 11-9 loss to unseeded Andre Begemann of Germany and Robin Haase of the Netherlands in the first round of the ATP Tours Heineken Open in Auckland.In singles, sixth-seeded Colombian Santiago Giraldo was beaten 6-2, 6-3 in the first round by qualifier Kenny de Schepper of France. Spains Pablo Carreno Busta beat Croatian teenager Borna Coric 6-4, 6-3.Diego Schwartzman of Argentina defeated seventh-seeded Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 while qualifier Jiri Vesely downed Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil 6-3, 7-6 (4).Spains Pablo Carreno Busta beat Croatian teenager Borna Coric 6-4, 6-3. ' ' '