ShoogarBear
06-27-2005, 05:03 PM
NEW YORK -- The San Antonio Spurs' victory over the Detroit Pistons in seven games in the NBA Finals drew a championship series record 141,416 fans, and helped the league set a record for total attendance in a season.
The league brought in 22,935,057 fans during the regular season and the playoffs, breaking the record of 21,855,125 set last year. The average attendance figure of 17,454 was also a record, topping the 17,341 mark from 1995-96.
The previous record for NBA Finals attendance also involved the Spurs. San Antonio's victory over New York in the 1999 Finals drew 138,357.
The NBA also set a record for playoff sellouts with 81, topping the 2003 record of 69.
Link (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2095263)
The league brought in 22,935,057 fans during the regular season and the playoffs, breaking the record of 21,855,125 set last year. The average attendance figure of 17,454 was also a record, topping the 17,341 mark from 1995-96.
The previous record for NBA Finals attendance also involved the Spurs. San Antonio's victory over New York in the 1999 Finals drew 138,357.
The NBA also set a record for playoff sellouts with 81, topping the 2003 record of 69.
Link (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2095263)