DENVER -- Paul Pierce scored 18 points and the Brooklyn Nets

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DENVER -- Paul Pierce scored 18 points and the Brooklyn Nets rebounded from their worst loss more than 10 years by routing the slumping Denver Nuggets 112-89 on Thursday night. DaeSean Hamilton Jersey . Joe Johnson, Marcus Thornton, and Mason Plumlee each added 10 points for the Nets, who snapped a six-game losing streak in Denver. The Nets hadnt won in the Mile High City since a 112-102 victory on Jan. 27, 2007. Randy Foye had 15 points to lead Denver, which has lost four in a row and nine of 10. Brooklyns 7-foot centre Jason Collins, the NBAs first openly gay player appearing in his third game since being signed to a 10-day contract, was given a round of applause from the crowd when he entered the game for the first time with 8:02 left. Collins finished with three points. Before the game, Collins said he planned to meet afterward with the family of Wyoming college student Matthew Shephard, who was tortured and murdered in 1998 because he was gay. Collins wears his No. 98 jersey in Shepards honour, and he said during a pregame news conference that the chance to meet Dennis and Judy Shepard was "one of those cool treats in life." The Nets were coming off a 104-80 loss at Portland the night before, their biggest loss since a 47-point defeat to Memphis on Dec. 13, 2003. But they quickly put that behind them with a runaway win of their own in a game in which they never trailed. Pierce scored 11 points in the third quarter, helping the Nets extend their lead to 38 points. Brooklyn took an 89-56 advantage into the fourth quarter and played reserves for most of the rest of the game. The offensive struggles by Denver, which was without leading scorer Ty Lawson (left rib fracture) for an eighth consecutive game, were epitomized in the first quarter. The Nuggets were held to a season-low eight points on 3-for-18 shooting from the floor (16.7 per cent) and trailed by as many 31 points in the second quarter before managing to get within 23 at the half. It got bad enough for the Nuggets that the crowd, after seeing Timofey Mozgov and Kenneth Faried both miss dunks in the first quarter, cheered derisively when Mozgov hit a layup early in the second. The Nets took advantage of the Nuggets horrible start to pull out to 59-36 halftime lead. Each of 10 Nets players seeing action to that point scored at least once. Denver ended up with as many turnovers in the first quarter as points. NOTES: The Nuggets were also without F Wilson Chandler, who was held out of the game because of sore right knee. ... The previous low for points in a quarter by the Nuggets was 12, against Oklahoma City on Jan. 9. ... The Nets Shaun Livingston made his 33rd start of the year, the most in a season in his career. ... Brooklyn improved to 4-10 in the second of back to back games. ... Since the beginning of January, the Nets have gone 17-8, fourth-best among Eastern Conference teams in that stretch. ... Denver, historically one of the teams with the strongest home-court advantage, fell to 14-15 at the Pepsi Center this season. ... All 13 Nets playing in the game scored. Tramaine Brock Jersey . -- Sonny Grays fastball wasnt as sharp as it usually is, and the Oakland Athletics young pitcher even had a quirky replay go against him. Denver Broncos Jerseys . Boston is making its first appearance in the ALCS since 2008. For Detroit, its a third straight trip to the ALCS and its fourth in eight years. http://www.broncosrookiestore.com/Broncos-Courtland-Sutton-Jersey/ . -- Canada played to expectation up until halftime.Tyrrell Hatton will take a three-shot lead into the final round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship after he fired a stunning 62 in glorious conditions on day three. Leaderboard Alfred Dunhill Links Championship The young Englishman blitzed the Old Course at St Andrews for 10 birdies and kept a bogey off his card as he took control of the tournament on 17 under par, with overnight leader Ross Fisher his closest challenger following a solid 69 at Carnoustie. Tyrrell Hatton moved three clear of the field after a 10-birdie 62 at St Andrews Hatton raised hopes of a possible 59 when he raced to the turn in just 30 blows and picked up his fifth birdie in six holes at the 10th to move to seven under for the round. A run of three pars effectively ended his chances of breaking 60, but he claimed the outright lead with another birdie at 14 and added a rare three at the 17th before closing with his 10th birdie of the day at the last to complete a career-best round as a professional. Hatton finished birdie-birdie to card his career-best round Its quite clearly the best round Ive ever had, Ive never got to double digits under par before, so Im very pleased with that, said Hatton, who is currently ninth in the Race to Dubai standings. Obviously Id love to get a win so Ill try my best on Sunday. Its been a really consistent year so far, and it would be nice to have a good finish to the season.The Old Course hasnt generally been too kind to me in the past, but hopefully I can have another good day here tomorrow. I putted really well again, that was the big thing. I just kept the momentum going by holing some good birdie putts, and I holed a couple of good par putts as well. That kept things going, and Im obviously really happy. Hatton and actor Jamie Dornan are second in the pro-am event Fisher remained in contention at what is traditionally the toughest of the three courses in use for the star-studded pro-am event, the former Ryder Cup player turning in 35 and then enjoying a run of three birdies in four holes from the 12th. Marquette King Jersey. He dropped his second shot of the round at the next, but he parred safely in to ensure a place in the final pairing alongside Hatton at St Andrews on Sunday, while Joakim Lagergren is a shot further adrift after a 69 at the Old Course, despite coming to grief at the notorious Road Hole and running up a double-bogey six. Ross Fisher managed a 69 at Carnoustie and will play with Hatton on Sunday The Swede is on 13 under alongside South African Richard Sterne, who fired a flawless seven-birdie 65 at St Andrews, a score later matched by Ryder Cup star Martin Kaymer.The German made a quiet start before bursting into life with four birdies in five holes to cap an outward 32, and he reeled off three in a row from the 12th to surge to 12 under with compatriot Florian Fritsch, who took advantage of the benign conditions to fire a 65 at Carnoustie. Martin Kaymer is five back after a 65, but Padraig Harrington missed the cut Fritsch began his round with three straight birdies from the 10th, and he carded four consecutive on the front nine to edge a shot ahead of home star Marc Warren, who mixed nine birdies with four bogeys in an entertaining 67, also at Carnoustie.Kaymers Ryder Cup team mate Rafa Cabrera Bello looked on course for something special when he birdied five of the first seven holes at St Andrews, but he played the rest of the round with 10 pars and a bogey as he settled for a 68. Thomas Pieters faded down the stretch and slipped to five under Thomas Pieters, the star of the show for Europe at Hazeltine, looked fatigued from his efforts of last week as the young Belgian dropped four shots in three holes late in his round before a birdie at the last salvaged a 73 which left him 12 shots behind the leader.You can watch Englands tour of Bangladesh, plus Premier League football and the Japan Grand Prix on Sky Sports. 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