The energy was palpable inside Barclays Center.

It was an energy that hasn’t been seen in the building since the Liberty season.

And while the fan bases aren’t comparable, despite their ties, it was something they haven’t seen at home in quite some time.

It carried into the Nets locker room postgame as cheers and chants could be heard in the depths of the arena.

In what was another battle between two of the top NBA tankers, the Nets pulled away from a competitive battle for a 116-103 win over the Hornets that saw 13 lead changes on their way to their first home victory of the season Monday night, ending a four-game losing streak.

“It felt great getting our first home win in front of the fans,” Nic Claxton said after the game. “It’s about 20 games, so it felt good to get this first one. Kinda get that monkey off our back.”

After a third quarter powered by rookies Drake Powell and Ben Saraf, outside of Michael Porter Jr.’s season-best 3-point-shooting efforts, the Nets held their largest lead of the game (seven points) at the time and were tasked with holding onto it — something they have had ongoing difficulty with.

Within four minutes, the Hornets cut it down to three points.

However, the Nets, with their biggest lineup, went on a run, and the mood changed in the arena when a Porter 3-pointer was followed by a dunk from Noah Clowney to take a 10-point lead with under five minutes to play.

And it didn’t stop there.

Danny Wolf, who didn’t play in the third quarter and didn’t score any of his 10 points until the fourth quarter, went on to sink a 3-pointer and followed it with a poster 3-point dunk play over Miles Bridges to extend the Nets lead to 114-100 with nearly two minutes to play. It was one of the best whole-team efforts of the season for the Nets.

“Against Milwaukee, there was another opportunity for that, and before the game, I said I was going to try to catch a body and try to dunk on somebody,” Wolf said. “I was kinda saying that as a joke, but just looking at that as an opportunity and just kind of trying to attack the rim, I did it and reaped the rewards.”

Porter led the Nets with 35 points, including shooting 7-of-11 from deep.

Claxton had his fifth double-double of the season with 13 points and 11 rebounds, while Clowney added 18 points.

Powell impressed off the bench with 10 points to go with four assists and three steals, and Saraf added seven points.

The game started messy, with an opening 3-pointer by Kon Knueppel as the Nets seemed unsure who was going to guard him.

It proceeded to be a back-and-forth fight.

Charlotte’s sloppiness benefitted the Nets, who totaled a season-high 27 points off of 18 turnovers.

Porter getting hot didn’t hurt either.

He had 17 first-half points and was keeping the Nets competitive in his return after he was sidelined for two games with lower back tightness.

While the tank-favoring fans wouldn’t be pleased with the result, the 16,443 in the arena were thrilled with their rebuilding team, even if the thrill proves to be short lived.

“You get some good energy to go back and work again because the games keep coming,” head coach Jordi Fernández said. “In our situation, with the work, the development and games like this, it gives you extra energy to move on and keep working. I’m really happy for the guys. You see the growth, the composure. Everybody contributed to this win.”