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NBA Attendance

Attendance at NBA home openers this season was down only 2.6% from last season’s totals. A look at attendance at home openers this season compared to last season (with attendance and percent of capacity): *--*

TEAM 1999 1997-98 Atlanta 19,806 (91.8%) 8,539 (89.9%) Boston 17,892 (96.1%) 18,624 (100%) Charlotte 21,191 (88.0%) 24,042 (100%) Chicago 22,553 (103.9%) 24,196 (111.4%) Cleveland 17,139 (83.4%) 20,132 (97.9%) Dallas 17,070 (94.6%) 14,285 (79.2%) Denver 17,172 (100%) 15,031 (87.5%) Detroit 18,877 (88.0%) 22,076 (100%) Golden State 18,215 (94.9%) 19,283 (100.4%) Houston 16,285 (100%) 16,285 (100%) Indiana 16,621 (100.6%) 16,729 (101.2%) Clippers 7,689 (48.0%) 12,896 (80.5%) Lakers 17,505 (100%) 16,234 (92.7%) Miami 15,200 (100%) 14,795 (97.3%) Milwaukee 18,031 (96.3%) 18,717 (100%) Minnesota 16,422 (86.4%) 16,784 (88.3%) New Jersey 18,545 (92.6%) 20,049 (100.1%) New York 19,763 (100%) 19,763 (100%) Orlando 17,248 (100%) 17,248 (100%) Philadelphia 20,143 (98.5%) 12,199 (59.7%) Phoenix 19,023 (100%) 19,023 (100%) Portland 19,980 (107.8%) 21,538 (100%) Sacramento 17,317 (100%) 17,317 (100%) San Antonio 19,002 (92.4%) 24,793 (120.6%) Seattle 17,072 (100%) 17,072 (100%) Toronto 14,577 (73.6%) 16,624 (82.6%) Utah 19,911 (100%) 19,911 (100%) Vancouver 14,818 (77.2%) 17,021 (88.7%) Washington 19,335 (96.7%) 18,281 (97.5%)

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TEAM 1999 1997-98 Total 514,381 (550,535) 93.4% 519,487 (540,968) 96.0%

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Research: Houston Mitchell