Spurs still number one in road attendance.

[TheWriter]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/attendance?sort=away_avg&year=2006&seasonType=2

[Banks91]

people come out to watch their team play the champs, or the elite teams. Just to see how they stack up.

It doesnt change the perception of the spurs, because those same people wouldn't watch the spurs on tv if it wasn't their own team playing against the spurs.

[TheWriter]

people come out to watch their team play the champs, or the elite teams. Just to see how they stack up.

It doesnt change the perception of the spurs, because those same people wouldn't watch the spurs on tv if it wasn't their own team playing against the spurs.

No matter what, poeple aren't going to pay money to see a boring team.

[ZStomp]

aahhh..who cares!

[ShoogarBear]

A lot of funny things about those figures. I'm not sure I believe them.

-Using the capacity % figures (which are a better comparison), the Spurs are at 111.6%. The top home % is Dallas at 104.7%. The Spurs' road % (and that of several other teams) is mathematically impossible. I might be something simple, like they have their stadium capacities wrong, but it makes everything else suspect.

-Spurs in last two years ranked 13th and 11th (as defending champs); I can't understand why they would suddenly jump to first.

-Detroit last year was 9th in % and 7th in attendance (as defending champs). They are 6th in attenance this year, which seems reasonable even though they are tearing up the league.

-Boston is fifth in road attendance this year. Boston??? They were 16th and 13th the two preceding years.

[Spurologist]

Spurs must still be boring,

[Solid D]

No doubt the Spurs are a big draw. The half-way point in the season (41 games) would be an even truer read. The Spurs have played in some large arenas. Detroit, Chicago, Dallas, Charlotte, Washington, Phily, NY, OKC.


Here's one listing I found, although the SBC Center actually holds 18,797 (not 18,500).

http://www.hoopscorner.com/links/team_arenas.html

NBA teams' arenas

Arenas are listed in the order of their capacity for an NBA game.

Rank Team Arena name Year built Capacity
01 Detroit Pistons. . . . .Palace Of Auburn Hills. . . 1988. . 22,076


02 Chicago Bulls. . . . . .United Center. . . . . . . .1994. . 21,711

03 Washington Wizards. . . MCI Center. . . . . . . . . 1997. . 20,674

04 Cleveland Cavaliers. . .Quicken Loans Arena. . . . .1994. . 20,562

05 Philadelphia 76ers. . . Wachovia Complex. . . . . . 1996. . 20,444

06 New Jersey Nets. . . . .Continental Airlines Arena. 1981. . 20,049

07 Portland Trailblazers. .Rose Garden. . . . . . . . .1995. . 19,980

08 Utah Jazz. . . . . . . .Delta Center. . . . . . . . 1991. . 19,911

09 Toronto Raptors. . . . .Air Canada Centre . . . . . 1999 . .19,800

10 New York Knicks. . . . .Madison Square Garden . . . 1968 . .19,763

11 New Orleans Hornets. . .Ford Center . . . . . . . . 2002 . .19,599

12 Golden State Warriors. .Oakland Arena . . . . . . . 1997 . .19,596

13 Atlanta Hawks. . . . . .Philips Arena . . . . . . . 1999 . .19,445

14 Memphis Grizzlies. . . .Pyramid . . . . . . . . . . 1991 . .19,342

15 Dallas Mavericks. . . . American Airlines Center . .2001 . .19,200

16 Denver Nuggets. . . . . Pepsi center . . . . . . . .1999 . .19,099

17 Phoenix Suns. . . . . . America West Arena . . . . .1992 . .19,023

18 Minnesota Timberwolves. Target Center . . . . . . . 1999 . .19,006

19 Los Angeles Lakers. . . Staples Center . . . . . . .1999 . .18,997

20 Milwaukee Bucks. . . . .Bradley Center . . . . . . .1988 . .18,717

21 Los Angeles Clippers. . Staples Center . . . . . . .1999 . .18,694

22 Boston Celtics. . . . . TD BankNorth Garden . . . . 1995 . .18,624

23 San-Antonio Spurs. . . .SBC Center . . . . . . . . .2002 . .18,500

23 Charlotte Bobcats. . . .Charlotte Bobcats Arena . . 2005. . 18,500

25 Indiana Pacers. . . . . Conseco Fieldhouse . . . . .1999 . .18,345

26 Houston Rockets. . . . .Toyota Center . . . . . . . 2003 . .18,300

27 Sacramento Kings. . . . Arco Arena . . . . . . . . .1988 . .17,317

28 Orlando Magic. . . . . .TD Waterhouse Centre . . . .1989 . .17,248

29 Seattle Supersonics. . .Key Arena . . . . . . . . . 1995 . .17,072

30 Miami Heat. . . . . . . American Airlines Arena . . 2000 . .16,500

[Bloodline666]

Also, notice that even at Road games, there are Spurs fans there (if you pay attention to the cameras pointing to the stands when watching the road games on TV and shit like that from time to time...and that's NOT including Eva Longoria, by the way) However, that's not to say there aren't fans of other teams (including the road team) in attendance at Spurs home games. So that might be a possible explanation why the Spurs are leading the league in road game attendance.

[ShoogarBear]

Then why weren't they this high last year or the year before?

And why is Boston so high?

I think the numbers are wrong.

[velik_m]

And why is Boston so high?

I think the numbers are wrong.


Maybe people like to see their team beat the Boston?

[Solid D]

Once the games balance out on arena appearances, these numbers will change some.

I see the Spurs staying up there near the top, not only because they have won the championship 3 of the last 7...but they have 2 players in the top 20 in jersey sales, and they are an internationally recognized team.

[ShoogarBear]

Maybe people like to see their team beat the Boston?Only this year? Why not the two previous years?

[RogerIsEatingASandwich]

Spurs being first doesn't surprise me...

[ChumpDumper]

It was me.

Post something relevant next time.

[TheWriter]

Here's one listing I found, although the SBC Center actually holds 18,797 (not 18,500).

The actual capacity of the SBC Center is 18,500, which is why the Spurs are at a percentage of 101.6.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/attendance?sort=home_pct&year=2006&seasonType=2

[ChumpDumper]

Do you need a link to the definition of "average"?

[TheWriter]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/attendance?sort=away_total&year=2006&seasonType=2


So number of road games doesn't account for the link you posted?

If the Spurs played 15 games, they'd be in 4th place. If they played 16 games (the max) so far, they'd be in first place.

Math and numbers don't make too much sense to you, huh?

[TheWriter]

Do you need a link to the definition of "TOTAL"?


http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/attendance?sort=away_total&year=2006&seasonType=2

How about "number of games."

[ChumpDumper]

Since the Spurs only play 39 road games, your piss-ant theory is completely valid.

[ChumpDumper]

He's upset his team lost today.

[Kori Ellis]

Deleting my posts Kori?..

What a sore loser!

I haven't deleted anything, loser.

[ChumpDumper]

As i said, I did it.

Judging from the erudite discourse that has since transpired, it wasn't the worst idea.