Police arrested nine more people during a victory parade, bringing the total number of Los Angeles basketball fans arrested in the wake of the Lakers championship win to over 50.

Los Angeles police chief Charlie Beck warned rowdy revellers early Monday that he would not stand for a repeat of Thursday when Laker fans threw rocks and bottles at police, harassed motorists, torched and jumped on vehicles and burned Boston Celtics' jerseys.

Police did not give an estimate of damage to businesses and property around Staples Center arena but did say 42 people were arrested immediately following the Lakers 83-79 win over the Boston Celtics in game seven of the NBA championship series.

"If you're coming here to vandalize, if you're coming here to disrupt, well, then you're going to stay because we are going to put you in jail," Beck said.

At the height of the violence Thursday, Laker fans torched a taxi after its driver fled and hundreds of other fans surrounded a city bus in the downtown core before police arrived to break up the unruly mob.

At least eight people, one of them beaten unconscious, were taken to hospital.

On Monday, police charged 10 people in connection with Thursday's violence, including one man for lighting a Boston Celtics jersey on fire and throwing it to the ground.

Police said the charges included "crimes of violence and mayhem", "inciting a riot", "resisting arrest" and "assaut and battery on a police officer".

The Lakers said Monday they would pay the taxi cab driver 10,000 dollars in compensation. There was no word whether the NBA team or its owners would also be paying compensation to businesses in the downtown area around Staples Center that suffered damage. Lakers pr spokesman John Black did not return phone calls.

The Los Angeles Police Department was out in force along the parade route Monday. Fire department spokesman Brian Humphrey said paramedics treated and released a number of parade watchers for various ailments, but there were no serious injuries.

The two-time reigning NBA champion Lakers agreed to shoulder the estimated two million dollar cost of the parade, including costs for police and street services.

Thousands of people jammed into the downtown to get a glimpse of the players who road aboard a flat-bed truck that started at Staples Center then travelled to the USC campus.

Organizers decided not to hold a post-parade event this year. Last year's public celebration featured player and coach speeches and performances by the Laker cheerleaders.