Nets show fight in rematch with Indy

The Brooklyn Nets were officially eliminated from playoff contention for the first time in six years Wednesday night.

That didn’t stop them from proving they could contend with the Indiana Pacers at Downtown’s Barclays Center.

Rookie Noah Clowney provided some hope for the future with career highs of 22 points and 10 rebounds and Cam Thomas led Brooklyn in scoring for the fifth straight game as the Nets rebounded from a dismal showing in Indiana two nights ago with a 115-111 victory.

The announced sellout crowd of 17,732 settled in for the opener of Brooklyn’s final homestand hoping to see the Nets (30-47) show some fight after suffering a 133-111 beatdown at the hands of the Pacers (43-34), who piled up 70 points in the paint and led by as many as 36 Monday.

Officially knocked out of a spot in the Eastern Conference’s play-in tournament due to Atlanta’s win over Detroit Wednesday, the Nets hung a big loss on Indiana, which slipped behind Miami for the coveted sixth spot in the race for playoff seeding.

Thomas poured in 27 points despite misfiring on eight of his 11 attempts from 3-point range, but it was the 19-year-old Clowney who made the strongest impression on the corner of Atlantic and Flatbush.

The first-round pick and second-youngest player in the league came off the bench to drain 7-of-9 shots, including 3-of-4 from beyond the arc. He also snatched five offensive boards and blocked a shot in only 17 minutes on the Barclays hardwood.

“I got to play with the same confidence I play with in the G (League) that I do here,” Clowney intimated. “I don’t want to start playing shy and then I am playing bad.”

He certainly wasn’t shy in crunch time.

Though Clowney put up 14 of his points in the second quarter, when Brooklyn put up 42 to pull within 62-61 at intermission, he was…