Now officially eliminated from the postseason, the Nets can turn their full attention to positioning for the lottery and playing the kids. 

Prospects such as Drew Timme and Tyson Etienne. 

Brooklyn gave the pair their NBA debuts Friday.

And even though it came in a 132-100 loss to the Clippers before 17,926 at Barclays Center, that didn’t dampen their spirits. 

“I was nervous as crap out there. But it was awesome. It was a dream come true,” Timme said. “And I like this feeling. I don’t want it to end. So I got to keep working hard so I can keep doing this.” 

The Nets (23-51) had been eliminated by the prior night’s results, but the standings their fans are watching are the lottery odds.

Brooklyn moved a half-game ahead of idle Philadelphia for the fifth-best odds, and four ahead of Toronto. 

That means it’s time for the full-on youth movement, like Timme and Etienne.

The former became just the fifth Net with a double-double (11 points, 10 boards) in his NBA debut. After bricking his first 3-point attempt, he settled in to hit his second and have a strong outing. 

“Yeah, everybody said keep shooting that s–t,” Timme said. 

“I was so relieved. I ain’t gonna lie. That first 3 was a break off the backboard, I had so much adrenaline. But seeing the first one go to the net, it was calming.” 

Etienne, born in New York and raised in New Jersey, had several family members on hand. He hit a 3 on his first shot as an NBA player, and mimicked Timme’s mustache celebration. 

“That was for DT,” Etienne said. 

Clearly, The Nets are going to go younger the rest of the way. But Brooklyn was non-competitive Friday. 

It wasn’t quite as bad as its Jan. 15 loss at the Clippers, the 126-67 rout the worst in team history.

But it was close. 

Brooklyn coughed up a 22-6 run in the second quarter, and a 26-7 blitz in the third. 

In the end, the Nets saw Kawhi Leonard torch them for a game-high 31 points. 

“Who do you want to be? It goes down to we have high expectations of how we want to do things and how we want to compete,” coach Jordi Fernandez said. 

“It’s my responsibility to engage them, and if they don’t, it’s on me. So whatever they’re thinking, I don’t care. I need them to focus on the next game, and the next game is the most important thing. … So, that’s my responsibility. What happened [Friday], it’s 1,000% on me. And now I have to find a way.” 

Ben Simmons made his Brooklyn return and didn’t get a welcome back note on the video screen.

He did get ample boos from the crowd in his scoreless 17 minutes.