The biggest Nets crowd ever at Barclays Center chanted “MVP! MVP!” for Steph Curry and watched him 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) erase it one long-range bomb at a time.

The most impressive was a turnaround heave from the logo that beat a double-team and the halftime buzzer.

“They just started turning up the pressure, crashing the glass, getting second-chance points, just getting good shots. Credit to them for executing, but we’ve just got to execute better down the stretch, know what we’re doing defensively and just execute the game plan,” Cam Thomas said. “[Curry] makes tough shots, crazy shots. It can be deflating. … Credit to him. He made timely shots like he always does. Hats off to him, for sure.”

Brooklyn (21-41) fell three games behind Chicago for the final play-in spot in the East.

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

Cam Johnson had a team-high 26 points, while 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.

But Curry was the star of the show.

“He’s really hard to guard. That’s why he’s the best shooter ever and one of the best players in the world,” head coach Jordi Fernández said. “And he stays consistent. I don’t think you see much frustration [from him]. He just keeps going. And he’s in unbelievable shape. He scored 40 points, and I still think our guys did a great job. That’s how it looks when you play against a player like this.”

The Nets had 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).

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

But it didn’t last.

The Nets still led 56-42 with three minutes left in the half, but allowed a Golden State blitz, allowing 10 unanswered points in just 1:23 to see that cushion cut to 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 Curry’s standards — made it 60-55 at the break.

It sparked the Warriors, who went on a 10-2 run in the third. Butler capped it with a 3-pointer that put Brooklyn in a 68-65 hole with 9:20 left in the third.

“[A shot like that] is just fun. So the question is: Do I practice that shot specifically? No. So when it happens, you’re feeding off of that energy, the crowd’s reaction. And then we carried that momentum into the second half,” Curry said. “That’s how I felt tonight for sure. That’s why I saw there was 0.3 on the clock. I didn’t even look back. I just ran into the locker room trying to hide my surprise. But just having fun, playing the game and doing what I love to do.”

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

They trailed 97-91 with 7 ½ minutes left and never got over the hump.

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