Pacers CEO Donnie Walsh is keeping the door open for Reggie Miller to return to Conseco Fieldhouse next season -- and he'll pay Miller $6.1 million for the final season of his contract even if he doesn't.

"I'm not convinced he's not going to play again," Walsh said Friday. "I'm going to check back with him. I'm waiting for him to miss it. I'll give him two weeks or a month and see how he feels."

Miller, who scored 27 points Thursday as the Pacers were eliminated from the playoffs by Detroit at Conseco Fieldhouse, said after the game that his retirement is "absolutely, positively, 100 percent" final.