number 3 for kevin kouzmanoff. couple runs on the road and as went long ball again. kurt suzuki against louis coleman in the 9th. the as make it two out of three in kansas city with the 5-2 win. they are tied with texas two games back of the division leading angels and on to texas for the first of three tomorrow night. the rangers will be smarter from a 12-5 pounding administered by the yankees today. derek jeter had gone 62 games without hitting a home run. this game he hit a pair of them. in fact he had a four-hit day and raised his average by 20 points to 276. this was in all likelihood the ends of an era for the los angeles lakers and very classy coach. too bad part of his team didn't allow him to go out that way. kobe bryant and l.a. on the verge of elimination today by the mavericks. mavs jumped out on fire. jason terry making three of six three point attempts in the half. at the break the lakers found themselves trailing 63-39. here is how bad things were going for l.a. derek fisher with a steal. ron artest

kevin kouzmanoff goes after it. jeff francoeur in the third. look again as roth dives and makes the catch. nice call. still 2-0 in the sixth, but the kouzmanoff puts a charge into jeff francis pitch. the os leading 3-0. kansas city cut it to 3-2. then kurt suzuki adds to that. his fourth home run of the year. 5-2 is the final today no. team in nba history has ever come back to win the series after losing the first three games, but kobe bryant was confident the lakers would end that streak. >> i might be sick in the head, you know, or crazy, because i still think we're going to win this series. >> so much for kobe's bold prediction. dallas plays the best game of the series. jason terry, who the warriors could have had, had 86 bench points. 4th quarter, lakers down 30. andrew bynum, automatic ejection. the mavs blow out the lakers to sweep the series. will phil jackson sign with the warriors? maybe not. >> this has been a wonderful run. i go out with a sour note after being fined $35,000 this morning by the league, so that's not fun, and having -

so kevin kouzmanoff chases after it. jeff francoeur goes to third, but ross alertly tags him out.ook again. ross dives, did he get him? yes, indeed, he did. still 2-0 in the sixth, then kouzmanoff put as charge on. now the as have a 3-0 lead. kansas city cut it to 3-2 and then suzuki adds to it. so the as take two out of three in kansas city. no team in nba history had ever come back to win a series after losing the first three games, but kobe bryant was confident the lakers would end that streak. >> i may be sick in the head or crazy or something like that because i still think we're going to win this series. >> so much for kobe's bold prediction. jason terry, the warriors would have had, scores 82 of the mavs' bench points. lakers down 30. andrew bynum had seen enough. he gets ejected and the lakers get blown out and swept. could phil sign with the warriors? maybe not. >> you know, this has been a wonderful run. you know, i go out with a sour note after being fined $35,000 this morning by the league, so that's not fun. and feeling like i've been chased on the freeway by them, bu

kevin kouzmanoff had a solo shot, his third of the season. and then it takes you to the ninth inning where you want to cap the scoring. you've got kurt suzuki with a solo shot of his own. 5-2, the a's take down k.c. and win the series now, head to texas to take on the tuition rival rangers tomorrow. speaking of texas, in dallas the lakers tonight, their season ending in an ugly way, the defending champs getting swept. coach phil jackson's swan song, nothing zen-like. four games against the mavericks and they're out. they have to look in the mirror to see where they're going in the future. >>> so much more coming up on "sports sunday." we'll have a full sharks recap and sound from the guys. see you tonight. >>> most of you agreed with our last editorial in favor of an extraction tax on oil and gas companies. to raise billions for education. gary says, our students deserve stable funding. an oil and gas extraction tax is a better solution than increases in sales tax. chris believes we should allow offshore oil drilling with very, very strict en