There aren’t many ways to feel when you end a six-game losing streak, but when you do it against a team like the Cavaliers, you have to smile a little bit. Sure, this team needs more help on the boards and isn’t as creative as they used to be with Kidd, but they got it done on Wednesday, inching past the Cavs 104-99, courtesy of a 21-point night from Bostjan Nachbar off the bench and 24 points from Richard Jefferson. Shooting 51 percent from the floor and 46 percent from three point land, the Nets got the breaks they haven’t gotten all season.

“It was a must-win situation for us,” point guard Devin Harris told the AP. “We had a rough road trip. We needed this win to get our confidence back.”

With streaky shooting from Vince Carter and company this year, the Nets currently find themselves 11 games under .500 and only a half game ahead of the Atlanta Hawks and Chicago Bulls for the last playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Nets General Manager Rod Thorn knows the key to the team’s success is their shooting and knows that they have to stay hot in order to make the playoffs.

“We haven’t shot the ball well enough,” Thorn told Reuters on Thursday. “A lot of teams zone us, which has given us a lot of problems. We definitely need to either have some of our guys on our team get better shooting the ball or get some people that can make shots. That’s an area we’ll look at very closely.”

However, with the Nets over the cap, I doubt they’ll be room for them to make any huge moves this offseason. Nonetheless, with a healthy Nenad Krstic and Devin Harris getting more accustomed to New Jersey, the Nets may not have to make any huge moves. Josh Boone and Sean Williams in time can be a solid two-some at center and with Marcus Williams, DeSagana Diop, Nachbar and Trent Hassell on the bench, the Nets will be in decent shape as a team. In the Eastern Conference, New Jersey should be able to make the playoffs. However, you can forget about advancing past the first round unless they start shooting better and play better on defense.

I’m rushing things though, this season isn’t finished yet. Even though they have a tough schedule ahead of them, they still control their own destiny. They just have to get solid performances from guys like Jefferson, Carter and Harris and hope that Nachbar and Williams can provide a spark off the bench.