In a fitting end to the evening, the showers spewed cold water on the Indiana Pacers Monday.

They should have taken their showers before they played Miami at Conseco Fieldhouse. Maybe then they would have been more awake to the fact a victory wasn't assured just because they were playing at home against a team with the NBA's worst record.

 




"We're in no position to look ahead," Jalen Rose said after the Pacers suffered an 89-87 defeat at Conseco Fieldhouse.

It was the sort of loss that can haunt a team at season's end, when playoff positions are divided by fine lines. The Heat entered the game with the NBA's worst record (5-23), given Chicago's victory over Milwaukee earlier in the evening. It also was playing the second half of a back-to-back set, while the Pacers had taken