The NBA has a new single-game attendance record: 68,323 people watch it Alamodome Stadium in San AntonioTexas, for a regular season game between San Antonio Spurs and Golden State Warriors.
With Stephen Curry On the face of it, the Warriors destroyed the Spurs 144-113, but that didn’t matter much to the local fans, who watched a special night the Spurs designed to make history on the anniversary of the five-time champion’s 50th season. NBA franchise.
“Playing in front of so many people will be crazy”San Antonio guard Tre Jones said before the game. “I can’t even imagine a basketball court in the middle of all those people, so it’s definitely going to be a night to remember.”
This game between the Spurs and the Warriors He took the record from a game almost 25 years ago: Atlanta Hawks vs. Chicago Bulls March 1998 with 62,046 viewers who saw the talent of Michael Jordan in his final season with the Bulls.
It is worth clarifying that the world record for spectators at a basketball game also belongs to the NBA, with 108,713 people attended Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas for the 2010 NBA All-Star Gamebut this It was an exhibition and not an official match.
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The five most popular regular season games in NBA history:
5 – Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Denver Nuggets – April 17, 1990: 49,551
4 – Detroit Pistons vs. Philadelphia 76ers – February 14, 1987: 52,745
3 – Detroit Pistons vs. Boston Celtics – January 29, 1988: 61,983
2 – Atlanta Hawks vs. Chicago Bulls – March 27, 1998: 62,046
1 – San Antonio Spurs vs. Golden State Warriors – January 13, 2023: 68,323 viewers
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