FANS RUN THE FLOOR FOR LAKERS PLAYOFF TICKETS.

Byline: David R. Baker Staff Writer

A week after a melee disrupted the first attempt at sales, Los Angeles Lakers playoff tickets went on sale again Sunday morning at Staples Center and disappeared in a little more than an hour.

But not everyone in the 500-person line got a ticket. Although they had already survived two lotteries to get the wristbands that gave them a spot in line, they had to compete with fans elsewhere trying to buy tickets online or over the phone once sales began at 10 a.m.

``I know they didn't all get tickets, and we warned them about that on Saturday,'' said Michael Roth, director of communications for Staples Center.

Prices ranged from $12 to $1,200 per seat, he said.

Roth called Sunday's ticket-buying line orderly, and a Los Angeles Police Department spokeswoman said there were no reports of disruptions.

That contrasted sharply with the scene one week earlier, when a scuffle broke out as fans tried to get numbered slips of paper to determine their place in line.

Instead, the start of sales Sunday morning triggered a cell phone frenzy at the center.

People in and out of the line bombarded Ticketmaster with calls in hopes of snapping up prime seats and games.

Those without wristbands furiously negotiated with people in line, trying to persuade anyone willing to sell them tickets.

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Photo: Saul Ruiz of Burbank proudly displays Lakers playoff tickets purchased Sunday at Staples Center. Not everyone in Sunday's line scored tickets as online buyers and phone orders provided heavy competition.

Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News