No Violence After Lakers Game; Wait-And-See

Police, fans and visitors say they’re sure there won’t be any violence in Los Angeles after Thursday night’s Game 7 of the NBA finals between the Lakers and Boston Celtics.

But at least one store owner near LA’s Staples Center says he’ll close before the game ends – just in case.

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Hundreds of police officers will be deployed around the downtown arena to prevent a repeat of rioting that occurred in 2000 after the Lakers won their first championship in a dozen years, or the disturbance that erupted last year.

Fan Victor Lopez says he helped overturn a police car in 2000 but now he’s a 27-year-old father and he has no plans for violence because he doesn’t want to risk jail.