Crowds pack Figueroa Street as the Lakers make their way to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Kobe Bryant and family, along with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, wave to fans along South Figueroa Street atop a double decker bus during the Lakers victory parade enroute to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
Lakers’ Pau Gasol is cheered by fans along the parade route. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
The Lakers victory parade begins along Chick Hearn Court in front of Staples Center. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Kobe Bryant aboard a bus at the start of the parade. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Lakers fan Adriana Calderon, 12, of Southgate, plays a little pick-up game with a giant Lakers basketball as fans line the street at Jefferson Boulevard and Figueroa Street before the parade. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
Louis Hirota, 2, with grandfather Joe Bibby from Upland, screams, “We’re number one” near Staples Center. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
