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The mission for the Pacers' front office this summer will be identical to what it was a year ago: Bring the core players back.

The Indiana Pacers closed out the season with a Game 7 loss to the defending champion Miami Heat .

Not 48 hours after his team lost Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals by 23 points, coach Frank Vogel, his trademark optimism revived, said the Indiana Pacers’ dream big, shoot-for-the-moon mentality is a thing of the past.

How many smart people like myself saw the Eastern Conference Finals going to a Game 7? Very few, that's a fact.

It took six games, countless questions about Dwyane Wade's right knee and Chris Bosh's confidence, and even concerns that LeBron James had suddenly become the one-man team that he never wanted to be when he joined the Miami Heat.

Pacers center Roy Hibbert acknowledged some mistakes in the postgame news conference after Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals.

Paul George is the key to the Indiana Pacers beating the Miami Heat and forcing game seven.

It's always fun to watch a player develop through the years, and Roy Hibbert is no exception.

Sam Young isn't exactly a household name with Indiana Pacers fans, and he usually isn't talked about much for being a key behind the team's success in recent games.

The fact that LeBron James graces the cover of this week's Sports Illustrated should come as no surprise.

By now, Paul George is running on fumes. And can you blame him? In Round 1, he guarded Atlanta's Josh Smith, a stretch-four, a power forward who can take you inside or outside.

Lance Stephenson had insomnia. His poor performance in Game 3 of these Eastern Conference finals - seven points on 2-for-10 shooting - kept him up late Monday night on the eve of Game 4. He Pacers guard Lance Stephenson watches a three-pointer as fans celebrate during Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals vs.

George, the budding star guard for the Indiana Pacers, is good friends with Miami Heat forward LeBron James off the court.

He answered countless questions about Indiana coach Frank Vogel's decision to keep him on the bench in the final seconds of the Heat's series-opening win on Wednesday night.

I haven't covered the two players on the site recently, but former Pitt stars DeJuan Blair and Sam Young are contributing in the NBA Playoffs for their respective teams.

Physical play has marked virtually every recent meeting between the Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers, and Game 2 was no different as Tyler Hansbrough and his teammates got into it with LeBron James and Dwyane Wade early and often.

There is no way that should have been a technical. It's the playoffs, we want emotion, we want a little feisty play and frankly that wasn't that feisty.

It was about this time one year ago at this time that the Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers were facing off in their second-round NBA playoff matchup, and the NBA punditry was having its favorite conversation at the time: Is LeBron James "clutch" enough to lead a championship team.

Pacers coach Frank Vogel had his reasoning - the Heat with their small lineup had five guys who can shoot from the perimeter so he wanted to match that with a small lineup that could switch everything.

He's the Pacer that hit the insane, dramatic three pointer that sent Game 1 against the Heat into overtime.