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by At least 65,000 gold- and purple-clad fans line the Figueroa Street parade route as the team celebrates its second consecutive NBA championship and 16th overall.
Serenaded by the drone of hovering helicopters, Lakers fans thronged their championship team's parade on Monday and partied like it was 2009.
A crowd estimated by police at 65,000 to 70,000 lined Figueroa Street, screaming for Kobe, hoisting cameras and small children and matching the Lakers' repeat victory from last year with a repeat of their own gold- and purple-adorned revelry.
"Did you see him with the trophy? That's him! Kobe Bryant!" cried Kevin Tran, 35, after training his high-powered binoculars on the Lakers' NBA Finals MVP.
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/sports/basketball/nba/lakers/la-me-lakers-parade-20100622,0,196589.story
Serenaded by the drone of hovering helicopters, Lakers fans thronged their championship team's parade on Monday and partied like it was 2009.
A crowd estimated by police at 65,000 to 70,000 lined Figueroa Street, screaming for Kobe, hoisting cameras and small children and matching the Lakers' repeat victory from last year with a repeat of their own gold- and purple-adorned revelry.
"Did you see him with the trophy? That's him! Kobe Bryant!" cried Kevin Tran, 35, after training his high-powered binoculars on the Lakers' NBA Finals MVP.
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/sports/basketball/nba/lakers/la-me-lakers-parade-20100622,0,196589.story
