The Nets dragged themselves home after a marathon seven-city, 17-day road trek that would’ve worn out Odysseus.

Now comes the hard part.

They rested, recuperated and regenerated. But if they want to make the playoffs they’ll need to rebound, starting at 6 p.m. Saturday against the Celtics. It kicks off a three-game homestand, all against elite foes, that could determine their postseason.

“It’s huge,” said coach Kenny Atkinson, whose team went 2-5 on the trip. “We’ve got to recharge our batteries. That’s me included. It’s been a long trip. We’ve got to recharge our batteries. The game’s at six against Boston, so we’ve somehow got to get that juice back. We lacked a little juice [Thursday in Philadelphia].”

That was hardly shocking. The Nets predictably looked gassed in that 123-110 loss to the Sixers, after playing six straight games out West. The first game back East is always a tough one, and now the Nets hope that getting back home, having a much-needed day off Friday and playing at Barclays Center will get them back on track.

“Yeah, that’s what they say. It’s good we got [the Philadelphia] game out of our way, so to speak,” Atkinson said. “Hopefully, we got it out of our system and against Boston we’ll be freshened up a little.”

After Boston comes to Barclays Center, the Nets host the NBA’s two winningest teams, the Bucks (Giannis Antetokounmpo’s status is unknown with a sore right ankle) and Raptors. Their final six regular-season games are the league’s toughest remaining slate, but at least the first three are in Brooklyn.

“It is good to be at home versus on the road. We had a long road trip. So, it is better to be at home than on the road,” D’Angelo Russell said.

“It means a lot. We play better at home. We’ve got our fans, and just being in our comfort zone,” center Ed Davis said. “But we’ve just got to take it one game at a time. Obviously, we don’t have to win all six. We just have to take it one game at a time and try to go .500 in these last six and it will take care of itself.”

And take them into the playoffs. They still have a 76 percent chance to reach the postseason, according to FiveThirtyEight, but that’s down from 88 percent after closing the trip with back-to-back losses in Portland and Philadelphia.

“It would be huge. It’d be huge for the organization, it would be huge for every guy on our team to experience that for sure,” Caris LeVert said of the playoffs. “The road trip was tough. I know everybody [couldn’t] wait to get home and sleep in their own beds. That [was] huge for us to get a day off and just compete on Saturday.”

The Nets fell to seventh in the Eastern Conference, just half a game ahead of the Heat, who they’ll host in the April 10 finale trailing the season series 2-1. The Nets have a one-game lead on ninth-place Orlando, having seen their cushion for the last playoff spot shrink from five games on Jan. 26.

The past two games are the best LeVert has looked since returning from his nasty three-month dislocated foot on Feb. 8. He had 18 points, four rebounds, three assists a steal and a block against the Sixers to follow up a 16-point, seven-assist night in Portland.

“Thrilled. He really got out on the break,” Atkinson said. “That’s Rondae [Hollis-Jefferson] and him. We speeded up the game and that definitely fits his style of play.”

Hollis-Jefferson has excelled over the same span. He had 14 points and five rebounds against the Blazers, and 19 points and ten boards in Philadelphia.

Long Island Nets coach Will Weaver was named the G-League Coach of the Year, and Long Island general manager Trajan Langdon was named the G-League Basketball Executive of the Year. The Nets granted the Pelicans permission to talk to Langdon about their GM position, according to ESPN.