The Los Angeles Lakers won their 15th title in franchise history, so how did their fans celebrate? Many of them went down to Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, and some threw bottles at the LAPD. In this exclusive FanHouse video, we hang out with the fans, at least 25 of whom were arrested, while all of the other media outlets were too scared to get that close to the action. Check out the video after the jump.
Lakers Fans Get Rowdy
Los Angeles Lakers fans celebrate outside the Staples Center in Los Angeles after their team defeated the Orlando Magic in the NBA final on June 14, 2009. The Lakers won the series 4-1 TOPSHOTS AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)
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Los Angeles Lakers fans celebrate their teams victory in the NBA Finals over the Orlando Magic in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 14, 2009. (AP Photo/ Philip Scott Andrews)
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Los Angeles Lakers fans break the windshield and try to flip a police car while celebrating their teams victory in the NBA Finals over the Orlando Magic in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 14, 2009. (AP Photo/ Philip Scott Andrews)
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Los Angeles Lakers fans set fire to a statue outside the Staples Center while celebrating their teams victory in the NBA Finals over the Orlando Magic in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 14, 2009. (AP Photo/ Philip Scott Andrews)
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Los Angeles Lakers fans pose by a burning newspaper stand while celebrating their teams victory in the NBA Finals over the Orlando Magic in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 14, 2009. (AP Photo/ Philip Scott Andrews)
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Los Angeles Lakers fans celebrate their teams victory in the NBA Finals over the Orlando Magic outside the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 14, 2009. (AP Photo/ Philip Scott Andrews)
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Los Angeles Lakers fans celebrate in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 14, 2009 after the Lakers' won the NBA championship. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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A man jumps on a car as Los Angeles Lakers fans celebrate in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 14, 2009 after the Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic in Game 5 of the NBA basketball finals ito win the NBA championship.(AP Photo/Jae Hong)
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Police detain a Los Angeles Lakers fan after they started throwing bottles and damaging passing cars outside the Staples Center in Los Angeles, after their team defeated the Orlando Magic in the NBA final on June 14, 2009. The Lakers won the series 4-1. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)
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Los Angeles Lakers fans taunt police as they try to disperse them when they started throwing bottles and damaging passing cars outside the Staples Center in Los Angeles, on June 14, 2009. The Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic in the NBA final and won the series 4-1. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 6)
6-15-2009 @ 5:48AM
John said...
typical LA slugs can't just celebrate without getting arrested and starting riots
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6-15-2009 @ 6:47AM
jffdude3 said...
Dont hate on LA fans. You mad 'cause your local NBA team didn't win it all? The victory is less than a day old, and already there's haters.
6-16-2009 @ 9:12AM
mister8116 said...
what a bunch of low lifes! wow i hope they dont leave la!
6-15-2009 @ 6:40AM
Lisa said...
Sooooooooo typical. Classless criminals. They are worse than animals in the jungle.
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6-15-2009 @ 10:26AM
dewit202 said...
What would you expect of punks who emulate that sociopath lowlife Kobe Bryant. This generation's OJ
6-16-2009 @ 9:54AM
lopjackie21 said...
Um.....I seem to recall the Celtic fans
throwing rocks and bottles at the Lakers
while they were inside the bus....!!!
Very rowdy Celtics fans indeed!!!
That's ok...LAKERS ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!!!
6-15-2009 @ 6:50AM
stembow said...
i am a die hart belever Kobe#1, the magic did not, could not get the rabbit out of the hat, the Caves: was blinbed by the poweder in there faces bab idia.
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6-15-2009 @ 3:22PM
Dale and Gerri said...
Learn to spell correctly and use proper grammar and someone MIGHT take notice of the puke you spew.
6-15-2009 @ 7:49AM
steve said...
well all i can say is that kobe bryant better give the refs a good bonus because they bought and paid for this series with Orland magic.. the refs let kobi do any thing basicaly that he wanted to do..including swearing at the refs hard fouls against the magic, and phil jackson has the nerve to say they unfair to his lakers players..
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6-15-2009 @ 12:21PM
hatrick said...
I suppose many phantom fouls called in favor of Orlando don't count, wake up idiot! The Magic and their babbling coach Stan Van Jeremy had no chance against a completely behemoth team...sore losers!
6-16-2009 @ 7:13PM
nabpdcop said...
GOD YOU ARE THE DUMBIEST SOB TO EVER TYPE ON THIS BLOG..........SMILE. PLEASE STOP THE HATE FEAST ALREADY.
6-15-2009 @ 8:26AM
obamaizadick said...
The Lakers are the only thing that rotten city has going for it..
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6-15-2009 @ 9:48PM
lily said...
WOW that is so ignorant.
i live in Los Angeles, i'm not a Lakers fan, and i'm disgusted by the way those people behaved. Not everyone is l.a. is like that! if your team won, you and all your stupid friends would probably do the same thing as them. Mr Carmouche, nice comment.
6-15-2009 @ 8:27AM
Greta said...
..and that is why I am NOT a Lakers fan. That, and Kobe is an arrogant MJ wannabe...
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6-15-2009 @ 8:46AM
Mr Carmouche said...
First of all Congrats Lakers , and for the hoodlums that are rioting these guys are not True Laker fans they are what they are opportunist to vandalize at all cost, and for you think you know everything folks that don't live in Los angeles stop lisstening to the radio you know T.V. is the biggest media outlet now..and if you were watching the news you would have seen it was Mexicans that were doing all the rioting and vandalisms. And the reason you don't see any white folks out there is because they are home busy violating their kids are killing them.
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6-15-2009 @ 10:29AM
dewit202 said...
Typical Kobe lovers. They try to act just like their low-life hero a classless pig.
6-15-2009 @ 9:00AM
Lee said...
Good riddance to the ThugBA for another season.
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6-15-2009 @ 9:05AM
Glenn20 said...
Are there any normal people there?
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6-15-2009 @ 9:15AM
Rick said...
Congrats to the lakers. For you people that show off your IQ with alot of the previous posts, well, you left your trailer door open. Seriously, there is not one city in the world that hasn't experienced the same reactions from the bottom of that particular citys barrel. Does that make it right no, of course not. And race has nothing to do with how one conducts themselves. If you're a low life, then you're a low life, white, black, red, blue, (ie race) is not in the equation.
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6-15-2009 @ 8:21PM
Tour One Sucks! said...
Funny, I don't reading about Penguins fans rioting in the streets, fighting with police, vandalizing cars, and general mayhem. So the "no one city in the world" analogy doesn't apply.