L.A. Riots Sparked After Lakers Win - TIME NewsFeed

At this point it’s a tradition: the Los Angeles Lakers win the NBA Championship, the fans riot downtown.

Despite a heavy police presence, which was publicized yesterday by Mayor Antonio Villagairosa and police chief Charlie Beck, fans who were ecstatic over the Lakers’ Game 7 victory over the Boston Celtics met near the Staples Center, throwing bottles and debris at cops, and setting fire along arteries leading from the arena.