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Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, center, celebrates from the bench after the Lakers scored during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Houston Rockets Friday, April 11, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
(ASSOCIATED PRESS)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After the Los Angeles Lakers beat Houston on Friday night to clinch the Pacific Division title and the third seed in the playoffs with their 50th victory of the season, their postgame celebration was both wild and wet.
The jubilant shouts and roars from their locker room could be heard through the cement walls of the tunnel in their downtown arena.