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The Nets snapped their longest losing skid of the season. And they’re not liable to care who they did it against.

Brooklyn avoided a tailor-made trap game, easily disposing of depleted Miami, 112-97, before a sellout crowd of 17,817 at Barclays Center.

“It was important for us to start well. Games like these when you have guys missing on the opposing team — especially their high-level guys missing — easy to come into this game [and] not have the right focus and mindset,” coach Jacque Vaughn said. “Our guys were locked-in at the beginning of the game. The start of it got us in a good position and we were playing from in front for the entire game.”

That 16-5 start ballooned into a 21-point cushion before garbage time.

It was the perfect way to end a three-game slide and begin a five-game homestand.


  Mikal Bridges, who scored 24 points, drives past Caleb Martin during the Nets’ 112-97 win over the depleted Heat who were playing without Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo. AP Mikal Bridges, who scored 24 points, drives past Caleb Martin during the Nets’ 112-97 win over the depleted Heat who were playing without Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo. AP

“Yeah, momentum’s definitely a thing,” Spencer Dinwiddie said. “The psychology of a group and the confidence of a group are probably the biggest keys to any team.

“You’ve got to believe and have a certain level of will to be successful in this league. So breaking the losing streak, understanding we took a couple tough losses, being resilient and hopefully getting some of that momentum going forward.”

Dinwiddie had 14 points and a game-high 11 assists for his second straight double-double, sparking a Nets attack that put every starter in double-figures.

They smothered Miami to bounce back after giving up 390 points during their skid.


  Spencer Dinwiddie, who scored 14 points and had 11 assists, looks to make a pass during the Nets’ win. Robert Sabo for NY Post Spencer Dinwiddie, who scored 14 points and had 11 assists, looks to make a pass during the Nets’ win. Robert Sabo for NY Post

“We held them under 100 points,” Dinwiddie said. “Usually, everybody gets 120 on us. You give yourself a chance to win any time in the NBA you hold someone under 100 or right around 100.”

Cam Johnson had 19 points, 10 rebounds and a game-high plus-29, while Mikal Bridges — whom Erik Spoelstra had praised as a “pro’s pro” beforehand — scored a game-high 24 points.

“It was good,” Bridges said in an on-court TV interview. “It could kind of be a trap game, them on a back-to-back.”

It was a trap game, but the Nets made sure not to fall into it.


  Jimmy Butler, talking to Kyle Lowry on the bench, did not play in the Heat’s loss to the Nets. AP Jimmy Butler, talking to Kyle Lowry on the bench, did not play in the Heat’s loss to the Nets. AP

Granted, the Heat essentially took a scheduled loss on the tail end of a back-to-back — playing minus Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo and Duncan Robinson.

Still without Cam Thomas and Ben Simmons themselves, the Nets had dropped three in a row, starting with getting physically roughed up Nov. 16 in South Florida. On Saturday, they returned the favor.

Vaughn has been pleading for more aggression and risk-taking on defense.

After coming into Saturday last in opponent turnovers with just 11.3, they harassing Miami into 18.


  Cam Johnson, who scored 19 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, shoots over Haywood Highsmith during the Nets’ win. Robert Sabo for NY Post Cam Johnson, who scored 19 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, shoots over Haywood Highsmith during the Nets’ win. Robert Sabo for NY Post

“Just give our guys credit for continuing to work at it,” Vaughn said. “This is something new, getting our guys in different positions on the floor and taking calculated risks at certain times throughout the course of the game and possessions. We got rewarded for it. It fuels your ability to get out in transition, and also it covers up some of those possessions where they score the basketball.”

It’s hard to say how much of that was the Nets and how much was the quality of opposition. What’s safe to say is they’ll take the end result.

The Nets came out the starting blocks quickly. Dinwiddie found Johnson for a 3-pointer that put them ahead 16-5 just 5:20 into the game.

“Just guys find me in the right position, staying aggressive,” Johnson said. “An emphasis [was] come out and make a statement from beginning and make them have to climb an uphill battle. That’s all that was.”

Bridges padded the lead in the third. He hit a 3-pointer off a Johnson feed for a 74-59 cushion, and followed with a baseline drive to make it 76-59.

It reached 21 in the fourth, and Vaughn pulled his starters up 108-90 with 3:21 left to play. The rest was garbage time.

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