TODAY: Final NBA Eastern Conference Home Attendance
| '98-99 END-OF-YEAR
| '97-98 END-OF-YEAR |
| TEAM | HOME
DATES | AVG. | TOTAL | %
CAP | AVG. | TOTAL | +/- % |
| CHI | 25 | 22,400 | 560,012 | 103% | 23,988 | 983,517 | - 7% |
| NYK | 25 | 19,763 | 494,075 | 100% | 19,763 | 810,283 | 0% |
| CHA | 25 | 19,232 | 480,807 | 80% | 20,576 | 843,647 | - 7% |
| DET | 25 | 17,783 | 444,585 | 81% | 19,379 | 794,567 | - 8% |
| BOS | 25 | 17,624 | 440,602 | 95% | 19,899 | 815,889 | - 11% |
| TOR | 25 | 17,568 | 439,190 | 94% | 16,468 | 675,225 | + 7% |
| at ACC | 22 | 17,974 | 395,433 | 91% | — | — | — |
| at SKY | 2 | 14,590 | 29,180 | 72% | 16,527 | 644,561 | - 12% |
| at MLG | 1 | 14,577 | 14,577 | 91% | 15,332 | 30,664 | - 5% |
| PHI | 25 | 17,458 | 436,444 | 85% | 15,985 | 655,417 | + 9% |
| NJN | 25 | 16,614 | 415,353 | 83% | 17,524 | 718,523 | - 5% |
| ORL | 25 | 16,444 | 411,091 | 95% | 17,113 | 701,647 | - 4% |
| IND | 25 | 16,181 | 404,536 | 98% | 15,739 | 645,302 | + 3% |
| WSH | 25 | 16,099 | 402,481 | 78% | 19,542 | 801,240 | - 18% |
| MIL | 25 | 15,278 | 381,948 | 82% | 15,561 | 638,034 | - 2% |
| MIA | 25 | 15,153 | 378,813 | 100% | 14,966 | 614,861 | + 1% |
| CLE | 25 | 14,120 | 352,992 | 69% | 16,942 | 694,629 | - 17% |
| ATL | 25 | 13,273 | 331,831 | 86% | 17,450 | 715,452 | - 24% |
| at GAD | 14 | 17,130 | 239,827 | 79% | 21,484 | 601,579 | - 20% |
| at AMC | 11 | 8,364 | 92,004 | 90% | 8,759 | 113,873 | - 5% |
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| TOTAL | 350 | 18,213 | 6,374,760 | 88% | 19,352 | 11,108,233 | - 6% |
NOTES: GAD = Georgia Dome; AMC = Alexander Memorial Coliseum; ACC = Air Canada Centre; MLG = Maple Leaf Gardens; SKY = SkyDome. Teams played 25 home games this season due to the lockout and 41 home games last season. The Wizards played five games last year at USAir Arena, drawing 93,305 for an average attendance of 18,661. The Raptors played two games at MLG last season and this is the team's first season in the Air Canada Centre. '97-98 AVG. = Final average attendance at the conclusion of last season. -30-
