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Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant exults during a championship season-ending celebration at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
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2009 NBA Champions: Lakers victory parade and rally

Lakers victory parade and rally

Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant exults during a championship season-ending celebration at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

Pau Gasol carries the championship trophy up the stairs after the ceremony at the Coliseum.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

Pau Gasol, Kobe Bryant, Josh Powell and Shannon Brown dance on stage during the championship ceremony.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

The NBA championship Lakers team arrives for their victory celebration at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

More than 90,000 fans packed the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to celebrate the Lakers 15th NBA championship.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

Lakers fans stand on a roof of a building along Figueroa St. during the victory parade.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

LAPD officers take photos of the Lakers players along Figueroa Street.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

Lakers fans use creative vantage points to get a view of the victory parade.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

Lakers fans cheer along Figueroa St. during the victory parade.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

Laker fans show their spirit as the cheer the team during the victory parade.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

Lakers guard Sasha Vujacic carries the championship trophy up the stairs of the Coliseum after the victory celebration.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

Lakers fans cheer during the victory parade along Figueroa Street.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

Pau Gasol rides the bus along Figueroa Street during the Lakers victoy parade.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

Kobe Bryant hoists the NBA championship trophy during a celebration.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

Derek Fisher pumps his fist to fans while riding a bus during the Lakers championship parade.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

Lakers Derek Fisher yells to fans while riding a bus during the Lakers Championship parade.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

Lakers join hands as they celebrate their NBA championship victory at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

A fan wears a makeshift NBA championship trophy on his head during the celebration.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

Thousands of fans celebrate the Lakers 15th NBA championship at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

Fans celebrate the Lakers 15th NBA championship at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

More than 90,000 fans pack the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to celebrate the Lakers 15th NBA Championship.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

Fans rush to their seats as thousands converge on the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to celebrate the Lakers 15th NBA championship.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

Aerial view of a packed Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum attending the Lakers victory rally.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

Crowds packed Figueroa Street as the Lakers make their way to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

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 en route to Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

Lakers’ Pau Gasol is cheered by fans along the parade route.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

The NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers roll down South Figueroa Street atop double-decker buses during the victory parade.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

Fans line the street as buses pass the Staples Center during the victory parade.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

Lakers fans watch as members of the team go down Figueroa Street on a bus with a police escort to the L.A. Memorial Coliseum celebration.  (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

Fans scream as the Lakers bus passes during the parade.  (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

A Lakers fan stuck in traffic jumped out of his car on the 10 Freeway overpass to catch a view of the parade.  (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

The Lakers victory parade begins along Chick Hearn Court in front of Staples Center.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

Kobe Bryant aboard a bus at the start of the parade.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

Lakers fan Ram Kanji of Oxnard arrives at 6:30 a.m. on Figueroa Street for the parade.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

Louis Hirota, 2, with grandfather Joe Bibby from Upland, screams, “We’re number one” near Staples Center.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

Josh Feenberg, 5, with dad Mike Feenberg of Calabasas showed up early at Staples Center.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

Tony Park, 23, of Yorba Linda, waits at Staples Center for the parade to begin.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

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)

Lakers victory parade and rally

Bryce Griffin, 3, of Los Angeles, practices using his binoculars as fans begin to line the street for the Lakers victory parade.  (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

Natalie Hernandez of Simi Valley arrives early for the victory parade.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

A statue of former Laker Magic Johnson in front of Staples Center.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

Fans arrive early for the victory parade on Figueroa Street.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers victory parade and rally

Police line Figueroa Street before the Lakers victory parade.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

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2009 NBA Champions: Lakers victory parade and rally

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