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Thursday, April 21, 2005

ASSOCIATED PRESS


NEW YORK - NBA regular-season attendance averaged 17,314 this year, the highest in league history.

Total attendance of nearly 21.3 million topped the previous mark of more than 20.5 million set during the 1995-96 season, the league said Thursday. Excluding the addition of the expansion Charlotte Bobcats, NBA games still drew more than 432,500 fans this season than last season.

This year's average attendance mark exceeded the 1995-96 record of 17,252 and last season's average of 17,050.

Detroit had the highest attendance (22,076), followed by Chicago (20,204) and Dallas (20,061). Charlotte (14,431) was next to last among the 30 teams, and New Orleans (14,221) had the lowest mark.


NBA Attendance

NBA team attendance stats, updated during the season.
2004-05 NBA Attendance

Ranked in order of average home attendance:

1 Detroit 22,076
2 Dallas 20,032
3 Chicago 19,977
4 Miami 19,856
5 New York 19,505
6 Cleveland 18,981
7 Utah 18,841
8 LA Lakers 18,812
9 San Antonio 18,278
10 Philadelphia 17,710
11 Phoenix 17,609
12 Denver 17,500
13 Sacramento 17,317
14 Minnesota 17,177
15 Toronto 17,081
16 Washington 17,063
17 LA Clippers 16,807
18 Indiana 16,806
19 Memphis 16,753
20 Seattle 16,426
21 Portland 16,415
22 Golden State 16,083
23 Houston 15,977
24 Boston 15,756
25 Milwaukee 15,597
26 New Jersey 14,841
27 Orlando 14,533
28 Charlotte 14,475
29 Atlanta 14,234
30 New Orleans 14,092

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