There’s bullyball, and then there’s whatever kind of beating the Pelicans inflicted Wednesday night on the Nets.

There were only two good things about the Nets’ 130-108 loss: Kevin Durant had a big night and everybody came through it uninjured. Other than that, it was about as disastrous a season opener as the Nets could’ve pictured in their nightmares, as they were physically dominated before 18,003 at Barclays Center.

The Nets were hammered 36-4 on second-chance points. Let that sink in and marinate, before moving on to the fact they were outrebounded 61-39 and outplayed all game long.

The Nets trailed by 18 after the first quarter and were behind by as much as 26.

“They beat us in every category tonight. I think clearly the start of the game a little hectic, a little bit rattled,” Nets coach Steve Nash said.

Ben Simmons made his long-awaited Nets debut, joining Durant and Kyrie Irving. But Durant was the only one who excelled, while the others alternated between poor and invisible against New Orleans and Zion Williamson.

“Just one of those games where you just don’t do the small things well at all: 36-4 second-chance points. Never going to win like that,” Durant said. “You got three of their best players get 20 points apiece. It’s tough to win.

“First quarter, down 32-14. I came out and had three turnovers. And then the first shot I took was just a horrible shot. I just set a bad precedent for the rest of the night. So I’ve got to come more locked-in. … I’ve just got to be better.”

It was telling that Durant was the one shouldering blame. He had 32 points and four blocks, but the rest of the team struggled.

Both the Nets and Simmons have said he’ll have to be aggressive, and the engine that drives the team. But that engine looked rusted over in Simons’ first game since June 20, 2021. He wasn’t aggressive enough on the offensive end, and took the aggression overboard on defense, fouling out with four points on 2-for-3 shooting.

“We told him in the locker room: He’s a valuable piece for us and we need him out there, and fouling out is not an option. Playing aggressive is something we want him to do, but we also want to play smart,” Irving said.

“I’ve got to calm down. I think I was too excited,” Simmons said. “We got outrebounded. … They were more physical, they wanted it more.”

Irving struggled to hit open looks. He finished with 15 points on 6-for-19 shooting, but had just four points on 2-for-9 from the floor in the first half. By that time, the Nets had been bludgeoned and battered around to set the tone.

“This is going to be a familiar theme throughout the year and that’s to consistently play with a competitive spirit without us talking about it all the time,” Irving said. “I don’t want to sit after every game ‘We should’ve done this, we should’ve done that.’ This is a grown man’s league and the most physical team wins.”

Simmons wasn’t the only All-Star coming back after missing last season. Williamson’s return went far more swimmingly. The burly Pelicans star, who returned from a broken foot in his first game since May 2021, roughed the Nets up for 25 points and nine rebounds.

Brandon Ingram scored 28 to lead New Orleans while Jonas Valanciunas added 15 points and 13 rebounds, six on the offensive glass.

Physicality has always been a concern for the Nets, but games like this raise the DEFCON level.

The Nets fell behind by seven right out of the gate and trailed 32-14 after a wretched opening quarter. They shot 6-for-20, committed nine turnovers and were outrebounded 18-8.

With the Nets still down 54-40 with 2:24 left in the half, Durant came alive with eight points, two blocks (one on an Ingram dunk attempt) and a steal the rest of the way. Royce O’Neale’s putback of his own miss to beat the buzzer pulled the Nets within eight going into the locker room.

That mini-momentum didn’t last after they came back out.

Simmons picked up fouls four and five, and an Ingram three-point play left the Nets down 82-59. Ingram hit a 3-pointer to push it to 87-62, and even though the clock read 4:09 left in the third quarter, the bloodletting was over.