-- ESPN Los Angeles' Ramona Shelburne talks to Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak, who declined to talk about offseason plans but admitted that he thought this was truly Jackson's last season.

-- Yahoo! Sports' Marc Spears looks at the Lakers' poor effort and the team's offseason. 

-- Dallas Morning News' Brad Townsend focuses on Jason Terry's heroics. 

Notebooks

-- The Times' Bresnahan and Turner explain what Pau Gasol has learned from a disappointing postseason.

-- The Riverside Press Enterprise's Gregg Patton details how Andrew Bynum and Lamar Odom lost their composure in separate fourth-quarter ejections.

Columns

-- The Times' Bill Plaschke focuses on all the distractions and locker-room issues that plagued the Lakers.

-- The Times' T.J. Simers criticizes Magic Johnson for saying the team needs to be "blown up."

-- The Times' Mark Heisler reflects on the Lakers' past five NBA championships.

-- ESPN.com's J.A. Adande believes the Lakers' rebuilding process will take time. Adande also reports that the Lakers consider Brian Shaw to be the top candidate to replace Jackson.

-- The Daily News' Vincent Bonsignore says the Lakers' Game 4 loss marks a bitter end to Jackson's storybook career.

-- ESPN Dallas' Jeff Caplan highlights Jason Terry's record-setting playoff performance. 

-- Dallas Morning News' Tim Cowlishaw focuses on the Mavericks' bench. 

-- The Orange County Register's Ding reflects on Jackson's coaching career.

-- NBA.com's Scott Howard-Cooper explains why Jackson doesn't have any regrets about this being his last season. 

-- CBSSports.com's Jan Hubbard says the Lakers lost their character and their class. 

-- Sports Illustrated's Jack McCallum describes Jackson as the "game's finest coach."

-- ESPN Dallas' Tim MacMahon looks at how Dirk Nowitzki and the reserves have given the Mavericks plenty of depth. 

-- ESPN Los Angeles' Dave McMenamin runs down a list of questions surrounding the Lakers and what will likely be a long and busy offseason.

-- The Orange County Register's Jeff Miller says the Lakers failed spectacularly.

-- The Riverside Press Enterprise's Patton criticizes the Lakers for making Jackson's finale end on a bad note.

-- ESPN Los Angeles' Shelburne believes Jackson deserved a better ending.

-- NBA.coms' Sekou Smith looks at how the Lakers' dynasty came to a screeching halt. 

-- Fox Sports' Billy Witz says the Lakers' bad habits finally caught up to them.

-- Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski shoots down any premise that Jackson might coach somewhere else.

Blogs

-- CBSSports.com's Ken Berger argues Andrew Bynum shouldn't be allowed to wear a Laker uniform again after throwing his forearm to Dallas guard J.J. Barea in the Lakers' Game 4 loss. 

-- Ball Don't Lie's Kelly Dwyer rips the Lakers for playing poorly in Jackson's last game. Dwyer also makes fun of Ron Artest's missed dunk. 

-- ESPN Los Angeles' Andy Kamenetzky faults the Lakers lack of effort and class in their Game 4 loss.

-- ESPN Los Angeles' Brian Kamenetzky says the Lakers' poor effort in Game 4 symbolizes their up-and-down season.

-- Lakers.com's Mike Trudell has a running diary of the Lakers-Mavericks game. 

-- Silver Screen and Roll's DexterFishmore describes the Lakers' elimination as a "low point in Laker history."

-- Forum Blue and Gold's Darius Soriano thought the Lakers' Game 4 loss provided a microcosm of the entire series. 

Interview

I appeared on Comcast SportsNet New England with Michael Felger to discuss the Lakers Game 4 loss to Dallas.

Mark Medina on Comcast SportsNet New England

Rick Friedman Reader Comment of the Day: "This feels a lot like when we ended the 2003-2004 season. Bad taste in my mouth." -- NuggetsCountry

-- Mark Medina

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Photos, from top: Lakers Coach Phil Jackson is greeted by friends and family as he makes his way to the news conference after Game 4 in Dallas, May 8, 2011. Kobe Bryant exits American Airlines Arena after the 122-86 loss. Credit: Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times