Part of it was the Nets getting past the angst of the trade deadline.

Most of it was playing the shell of a Wizards team far more committed to the tank than they were.

But in the end, Brooklyn rolled to a 127-113 rout of Washington before a sellout crowd of 17,548 in a game nowhere near that close.

In a Tank Bowl against a foe that suited up just eight players and sat ten — including newly-acquired Trae Young and Anthony Davis — the Nets led by 34 and were never threatened.

The only thing threatened was their own lottery standing.

The victory — one many of their fans would call Pyrrhic — saw the Nets (14-37) fall into a fourth-place tie with the Wizards, and 1 ½ games behind both Indiana and New Orleans/Atlanta.

But Brooklyn snapped a three-game skid, and did it in style.

“We were just playing hard, playing together,” said Day’Ron Sharpe. “They were smaller in the second group, so just dominating in that aspect.”

They dominated the glass 45-30, and scored 66 points in the paint.

Brooklyn put seven scorers in double figures, led by Michael Porter Jr.’s 23 and six rebounds.

Sharpe had 19 points and nine boards in just 19:38 off the bench.

He played every second alongside Danny Wolf, who added 16 points, seven rebounds and six assists with no turnovers.

“[Saturday] the message was there shouldn’t be distractions anymore, and this is who we are,” said Wolf. “Guys did a great job buying into the game plan.”

They also beat up on an outmanned team.

Young is out with an MCL injury, Davis is yet to arrive from his trade (with Washington coach Brian Keefe sidestepping an Amazon report that the big man may sit the rest of the season) and eight more Wizards out including Alex Sarr and Kyshawn George.

Brooklyn didn’t care.

Their 46-20 edge after one was their most lopsided period since outscoring the Warriors by 29 on Dec. 21, 2022.

And they led 80-47 at the break, their fifth-highest scoring first half ever.

Porter’s layup made it 77-43 with 1:19 in the first half, and they held on in the second.

With Porter, Sharpe, Claxton, and the waived Cam Thomas and Tyrese Martin all having their names in rumors leading up to the trade deadline, now the Nets finally know who their team is.

“It’s been tough for everybody. Some of those teammates are like brothers,” said Wolf. “It’s part of the NBA and it sucks, guys getting cut or moved to new cities. But credit to the guys for pushing past it.”

Jordi Fernandez said of Thomas: “When Cam was here, he wore our jersey, he played hard and competed. The only thing I can say is thanks for the time he spent with us. He always worked, always tried and was a teammate. Now it’s exciting for him to start somewhere else. We just wish him luck and say thanks for wearing our jersey.”