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NEW YORK -- After three long games on the road, the Brooklyn Nets made quick work of Cleveland back at home. Paul Pierce scored 17 of his 22 points in a flawless first quarter, and the Nets pulled away in the second on the way to their 12th straight home victory, 108-97 over the Cavaliers on Friday night. "It was great for him to come out and get us started and get us going, and then that second group kind of finished it off," Nets guard Deron Williams said. Joe Johnson added 14 points for the Nets, who played three straight overtime games on their road trip, losing the last two of them. But things were much easier inside Barclays Center, where they won for the 19th time in their last 21 games. "It sure beats us getting booed earlier in the year," Pierce said. "So were playing well here. We feel comfortable on our home turf." The Nets are hoping to open the playoffs here, but still have work to do to catch either Toronto or Chicago for home-court advantage in the first round. They are 2 1/2 games behind the Raptors for first place in the Atlantic Division and 1 1/2 behind the Bulls for the No. 4 spot in the Eastern Conference. The Nets were without Kevin Garnett for a 15th straight game because of back spasms and Andrei Kirilenko for a third in a row because of a sprained left ankle, but had six players score in double figures and shot 55 per cent from the field. They scored the first 12 points of the second quarter to break away from a 29-all tie, and Cleveland never put much of a dent in the lead. Brooklyn had a 48-18 advantage in bench points in improving to 28-12 since Jan. 1, best in the East. "Thats who we are. If were going to go anywhere in this playoffs, were a team full of depth. Weve got a number of guys that can beat you on any given night, its not really surrounded around one particular guy," Pierce said. "Tonight I was our leading scorer, but then it can be somebody else tomorrow, the next game and thats what makes us so dangerous." Luol Deng and Dion Waiters each scored 20 points for the Cavaliers, who had won three in a row. They had pulled off a pair of big fourth-quarter comebacks during the win streak, beating Detroit on Wednesday on Waiters jumper as time expired, but there was no run in this one. "Ive come to the conclusion of expecting more from us. Thats whats disappointing," Cleveland coach Mike Brown said. "Its disappointing to play the way we did tonight. Its tough to swallow." Williams and Alan Anderson each scored 13 points for Brooklyn, which improved to 11-4 this month and can tie the franchise record for most victories in March by beating Minnesota here Sunday night. Williams made a 3-pointer and Pierce hit two straight for a 9-0 Brooklyn lead, and Pierce was 4 for 4 before the first was half over. But Spencer Hawes and Deng led a solid finish to the quarter that allowed Cleveland to tie it at 29. The Nets were even better to open the second, scoring 12 straight to make it 41-29 on Andersons 3-pointer. The lead reached 17 on a 3-pointer by Pierce with 2:05 remaining, and Brooklyn took a 61-50 lead into halftime. Six players had at least four points in the quarter. Cleveland cut Brooklyns 16-point lead in the third in half by the end of the quarter, but the Nets quickly regained control by opening the fourth with an 8-1 spurt for a 15-point cushion. "Weve got to do a better job coming out in the first quarter," Waiters said, "not always falling down by a big margin." NOTES: Brooklyns Jorge Gutierrez made some money and lost some Friday. Shortly after the Nets signed him to a multiyear deal after the expiration of his second 10-day contract, the rookie point guard was fined $15,000 by the NBA for making excessive contact above the shoulders when he fouled Charlottes Cody Zeller on Wednesday. ... 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Ryu posted a 6-under 66 at Miramar Golf Country Club and she is tied for third place with Line Vedel, Haru Nomura and Ssu-Chia Cheng. Stacy Lewis, who dropped to second in the world rankings, carded 5-under 67 and was joined there by Eun-Hee Ji and I.K. Kim. Park parred three of the first four holes to go with a birdie at the second. She moved to 2-under with a birdie at No. 5. She picked up another birdie at the ninth. After a slow start to the back nine, Park caught fire down the stretch. Like the front nine, she parred three of the first four holes of her second nine. Park made birdied the par-5 12th. Park caught fire starting with a 7-foot birdie putt at the par-3 14th. She followed with birdies at 15 and 16 to get within two of Ryu. Park birdied the last and walked off the course tied for the lead with Feng and Ryu.dddddddddddd The front nine I struggled. Probably missed my opportunities a little on the front nine. I hit the ball really solid all day, and on the back nine, everything seemed to drop, Park said. I cant remember the last time I putted like this. Its been a really good putting day, so Im really happy about that. Ryu, who was in the final group out on Thursday, double-bogeyed the last to fall two back. Honestly, 6-under is a good score, but I had a really bad finish. So 6-under is not a good enough score to me, Ryu stated. But the thing is today, my putting really worked well, but I missed so many fairways. Feng opened with three pars in a row before getting on the board with a birdie at the fourth. She jumped to minus-3 when she made eagle at the par-5 sixth. At the ninth, Feng converted another birdie chance as she made the turn at minus-4. She birdied the 11th and 13th to get to 6-under. Feng rolled in a 7-foot birdie effort at the 15th and that gave her the lead after minus-7. She closed with a birdie at the last. NOTES: Park hit all 14 fairways and 15 of 18 greens in regulation ... Both leaders had 26 putts in their opening rounds ... Brittany Lincicome carded a 4-under 68 in round one, but withdrew after the round due to illness. ' ' '