Photos: Rowdy fans take to the streets after Lakers win title

Police arrest a Lakers fans on Figueroa Street after the Lakers’ victory over the Boston Celtics in Game 7 of the NBA Finals at Staples Center.  (John W. Adkisson / Los Angeles Times)

Unruly fans destroy a crosswalk signal at the intersection of Pico Boulevard and Hope Street after the Lakers’ NBA championship victory over the Celtics.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

LAPD officers in riot gear clear the streets in downtown Los Angeles after sporadic unrest by fans after the Lakers defeated the Boston Celtics to win the NBA championship.  (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

A police officer with a shotgun walks amid traffic backed up at the at the intersection of Pico Boulevard and Hope Street after the Lakers’ NBA championship victory over the Celtics.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

A Lakers fan pushes a burning shopping cart along Venice Boulevard after the team’s victory over the Celtics.  (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

A fan tosses a barrier into a burning shopping cart on Venice Boulevard after the Lakers’ win over the Celtics.  (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

An LAPD officer works to clear Nokia Plaza outside Staples Center, where the Lakers defeated the Celtics in the NBA Finals.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers fans burn a traffic cone after the team’s title-clinching victory.  (John W. Adkisson / Los Angeles Times)

A Los Angeles police officer grabs a Lakers fan after he and others tried to light a Celtics jersey on fire.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Police officers line up outside Staples Center, where the Lakers defeated the Celtics, 83-79, in the NBA FInals.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Police remove a fan from the ESPN Zone in downtown L.A.  (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)