The biggest Nets crowd ever at Barclays Center saw Steph Curry draw cheers of MVP and send the home team crashing to a sixth straight defeat.

And most were fine with that.

That’s the kind of season this is, with Brooklyn’s 121-119 loss to the Warriors before a record sellout crowd of 18,413 hurting the record but helping the tank.

The Nets raced out to a 22-point cushion only to see Curry (game-high 40 points, 7-of-13 from deep) erase it one long-range bomb at a time.

And when it was over, Brooklyn (21-41) had fallen three games behind victorious Chicago for the final Eastern Conference play-in spot.

But more importantly, they had kept pace with Philadelphia in a tie for sixth in the lottery standings and moved within a game of No. 5 Toronto.

Steph Curry reacts during the Warriors’ win against the Nets on March 6. NBAE via Getty Images

Cam Johnson led the Nets with 26 points, while Cam Thomas added 23 and seven assists.

The Warriors (35-28) got 25 points, six assists and much-needed grit from Jimmy Butler, who is 10-1 in their lineup since being acquired from Miami.

Brooklyn buried the Warriors early — they just forgot to kill them first.

Ziaire Williams attempts a shot during the Nets’ loss to the Warriors on March 6. Robert Sabo for the NY Post

Draymond Green attempts a shot during the Warriors’ win

against the Nets on March 6. Robert Sabo for the NY Post

They roared out of the gate and raced ahead 27-5 with 4:39 left in the first quarter on a hook by Nic Claxton (eight points, nine rebounds, career-high 10 assists).

Brooklyn hit a white-hot 10 of its first 11 shots and harassed the Warriors into missing 11 of their first 13 with five turnovers.

But it didn’t last.

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Steph Curry attempts to make a pass during the Warriors’ win

against the Nets on March 6. Getty Images

The Nets still led 56-42 with three minutes left in the half but allowed a Golden State blitz, coughing up 10 unanswered points in just 1:23 to see that cushion cut to just four.

A Curry 38-foot turnaround with 0.3 left in the half over a double team and the outstretched arms of the 6-foot-8 Johnson and 6-foot-9 Ziaire Williams — absurd even by his standards — made it 60-55 at the break.

And that huge early lead officially was gone when Butler capped a 10-2 run with a 3-pointer that put Brooklyn in a 68-65 hole with 9:20 left in the third.

Brooklyn steadied the ship and clawed back ahead but gave up a 17-6 run that spanned into the fourth and essentially ended the contest.

The Nets trailed 97-91 with 7 ½ minutes left and couldn’t get over the hump.

Ziaire Williams dunks the ball during the Nets’ win against the Warriors on March 6. Robert Sabo for the NY Post

They got within 119-117 on Thomas’ 35-footer with 10 seconds left, but no closer.

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