INDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana Pacers bizarre season came to a familiar end Friday night. Josh McRoberts Jersey . Another embarrassing loss at Miami. Now Larry Bird must spend the off-season trying to figure out what went wrong and what must be fixed to finally beat the Heat in the playoffs. "You just have to go into the off-season with the mindset that were going to reload. We have a core, a system, a culture thats going to give us a chance every year," coach Frank Vogel said after Fridays 25-point, season-ending loss. "Weve got to make whatever adjustments we have to make to come back and be here again next year." There are plenty of questions heading into what could be a turbulent off-season. Will Vogel be back after leading the Pacers to 42, 49 and 56 wins in his first three full seasons as coach, capturing back-to-back Central Division titles, reaching the last two conference finals and earning the No. 1 seed for only the third time in franchise history? Will the Pacers re-sign free agent Lance Stephenson, their 23-year-old energizer, whose erratic behaviour became a major distraction in the Eastern Conference finals? Could Hibbert be on the trading block after struggling through Indianas confounding second-half swoon and nearly disappearing, at times, during the playoffs? Might Bird make other moves to cope with the NBA trend of spreading the floor, add scorers or rebuild the bench yet again? Or do the Pacers simply need more time to mature? While those answers might not come for months, one thing is clear: They must find a way to get past Miami after three straight playoff series losses, the last two in the Eastern Conference finals. "Obviously, theyre more prepared, theyre more seasoned for this moment," David West said. "Theyve been able to embrace these moments to get to a level that we, for some reason, cant compete." Bird spent last summer revamping the bench, and Indiana responded with a 33-7 start — the best in the NBA. But after signing Andrew Bynum in February and trading Danny Granger for Evan Turner at the trade deadline, the Pacers went into a confounding second-half swoon in which they looked disengaged and disinterested. Two-time All-Star Paul George acknowledged Friday that the Pacers seemed to hit a wall, thinking they could turn it on whenever they needed it. Somehow, they still managed to finish with the best record in the East, rallied to win the final two games against eighth-seeded Atlanta after twice giving away home-court advantage and rallied again against a young Washington team after giving away home-court advantage in Game 1. When they did it again by failing to close out the Heat at home in Game 2, Miami responded by winning all three of its home games decisively to clinch the series. "You know at times it feels like were there, and then theres games where it still feels like were not at that point yet," George said when asked if he thought the Pacers had closed the gap on Miami. "Coach says it, I mean, in order for us to beat this team, weve got to play like champions. More times than not, we didnt do so." Most of the problems were self-inflicted. Indiana struggled with infighting, prolonged slumps, unseemly rumours and constant criticism. Hibbert epitomized much of it. In late March, he complained about "selfish dudes" in the locker room, a barb directed at Stephenson, later apologized and was so bad, at times, in the playoffs that fans and analysts called for his benching. And its unclear what the Pacers will do after a second straight blowout in an elimination game at Miami. Bird acknowledged the Pacers were going "all in" this season when they re-signed David West, gave George a max deal and traded away their first-round pick to get Luis Scola from Phoenix. Stephenson could be the next Pacers player to strike it rich. But after calling out LeBron James publicly before Game 4, blowing in his ear in Game 5 and tapping James on his chin early in Game 6, some wonder if the Pacers even want Stephenson back. It all depends on whether Bird thinks Stephenson can help beat the Heat. "I dont know what the future holds for us," West said. "Obviously, everything starts and ends with the Miami Heat. You have to have a team that can get through a tough regular season but ultimately, you have to be able to beat Miami to get to the finals." Custom Dallas Mavericks Jerseys . Its the second time this season that Milan has been sanctioned by the league judge, after fans also subjected Napoli supporters to discriminatory chants. The ban will come into effect for Milans next match, against Udinese on Oct. Harrison Barnes Jersey .C. -- Benn Ferrieros familiar with scoring important goals, just not in back-to-back games. http://www.mavericksproshop.com/ . 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Justin Fazio stopped 13-of-18 shots in relief.The Sting scored twice on four chances with the man advantage.---BATTALION 1 67s 0NORTH BAY, Ont. — Zach Poirier scored the lone goal at 4:43 of the second period to lift the Battalion over Ottawa.Evan Cormier stopped 12 shots to get the shutout for the Battalion (17-9-6).Leo Lazarev made 12 saves for the 67s (17-14-3).---WHALERS 6 SPITFIRES 4WINDSOR, Ont. — Connor Chathams power-play goal just 33 seconds into the third period held up as the winner as Plymouth topped the Spitfires.Victor Crus Rydberg led the Whalers (12-21-3) with a goal and two assists while Mitch Jones, Nicholas Caamano, and Vincent Scognamiglio rounded out the attack. Josh Wesley added aan empty-net goal at 19:38 of the third period to seal the victory. Yogi Ferrell Jersey. Liam Murray and Trevor Murphy had a goal and an assist apiece for Windsor (13-21-1), and Ryan Moore and Cristiano DiGiacinto also scored.---OTTERS 4 STORM 3ERIE, Pa. — Nicholas Baptiste scored two goals and assisted on another to lift the Otters over Guelph.Trent Fox and Dylan Strome rounded out the offence for Erie (26-7-3), while Alex DeBrincat chipped in with three assists.Jason Dickinson and Tyler Bertuzzi had a goal and an assist apiece for the Storm (20-14-2). Adam Craievich also scored.---PETES 3 ICEDOGS 2ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — Josh MacDonald scored a tiebreaking goal 45 seconds into the second period and Peterborough held on to edge the IceDogs.Michael Clark and Matt Spencer also scored for the Petes (12-18-4), who were outshot 42-22.Matt Gillard and Carter Verhaeghe supplied the offence for Niagara (12-21-2).---COLTS 6 BULLS 1BARRIE, Ont. — Joseph Blaindisi scored two goals and assisted on two more to power the Colts past Belleville.Brendan Lemieux also struck twice for Barrie (21-12-1), which scored four power-play goals on 10 chances. Kevin Labanc had a goal and three helpers and Justin Scott rounded out the offence.David Tomasek had the lone goal for the Bulls (17-15-3), who were 0 for 8 with the man advantage.Note to readers: This is a corrected story. A previous version said the London Knights extended their winning streak to eight games. 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