The Bulls are averaging 21,875 fans per game at home this season, tops among NBA clubs to date and up 1.5% from the same period a year ago. The team is packing United Center to 104.6% capacity this season. Bulls games filled the venue to similar levels last season (104.2% capacity). The 76ers, under new leadership with Owner Joshua Harris and CEO Adam Aron, are the only Eastern Conference team seeing a double-digit percentage gain at the gate, up 13.6% at Wells Fargo Center. Conversely, the Pistons and Cavaliers are seeing the sharpest drop among all NBA clubs, down 22.8% and 21.2%, respectively. Listed below is team-by-team attendance for the NBA Eastern Conference through Feb. 14, with comparisons to the same period last year. See yesterday's issue for Western Conference figures (THE DAILY).
| NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE THROUGH FEB. 14 |
| HOME TEAM | GMS | TOTAL | AVG. | % CAP. | PREV. | %+/- | GMS ('10-11) |
| Bulls | 11 | 240,626 | 21,875 | 104.6% | 21,549 | 1.5% | 27 |
| Heat | 14 | 278,435 | 19,888 | 101.5% | 19,753 | 0.7% | 25 |
| Knicks | 14 | 276,682 | 19,763 | 100.0% | 19,709 | 0.3% | 26 |
| Magic | 16 | 302,029 | 18,877 | 100.2% | 18,926 | -0.3% | 28 |
| Celtics | 18 | 335,232 | 18,624 | 100.0% | 18,624 | 0.0% | 29 |
| Bobcats | 13 | 222,077 | 17,083 | 89.5% | 15,963 | 7.0% | 28 |
| Raptors | 13 | 218,698 | 16,823 | 85.0% | 16,270 | 3.4% | 27 |
| Wizards | 16 | 259,488 | 16,218 | 80.0% | 16,178 | 0.2% | 27 |
| 76ers | 18 | 289,362 | 16,076 | 79.1% | 14,150 | 13.6% | 26 |
| Cavaliers | 12 | 192,318 | 16,027 | 77.9% | 20,335 | -21.2% | 25 |
| Hawks | 14 | 212,671 | 15,191 | 81.1% | 14,613 | 4.0% | 26 |
| Bucks | 13 | 195,475 | 15,037 | 80.3% | 15,395 | -2.3% | 25 |
| Pacers | 11 | 159,749 | 14,523 | 79.9% | 13,424 | 8.2% | 26 |
| Nets | 13 | 180,642 | 13,896 | 74.3% | 13,113 | 6.0% | 28 |
| Pistons | 16 | 203,677 | 12,730 | 57.7% | 16,499 | -22.8% | 28 |
| E.C. TOTALS | 212 | 3,567,161 | 16,826 | 85.7% | 16,959 | -0.8% | 401 |
| NBA TOTALS | 428 | 7,331,574 | 17,130 | 89.1% | 17,084 | 0.3% | 815 |
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NOTES: NBA teams this year are playing 66-game schedules and started the season in late December, compared to '10-11, when teams played their traditional 82-game schedules and began in late October. All NBA attendance data is based on totals posted immediately following games. Figures do not reflect any subsequent adjustments made by teams or the league.
