The regular season ended on Sunday, and the NBA can be pleased with the attendance figures in theaters with a record 22,536,341 spectators. This is 1.4% better than last season, and that gives an average attendance of 18,322 spectators per match.
In detail, we discover that 71% of the matches were sold out, or 71% of the total. Furthermore, the rooms were 98% full and this is another absolute record.
Ten franchises achieve the feat of playing all their home matches to a sold-out crowd. They are the Celtics, Warriors, Heat, Sixers, Wolves, Thunder, Cavaliers, Mavericks, Nuggets, Kings and Suns. The greatest progression is for the Thunder with 12.5% more spectators, while the Wolves attracted 7.5% more spectators. It should also be noted that the ten “sold-out” franchises are in the playoffs or play-in.
The establishment of the In-Season Tournament gave interest to the meetings at the start of the season and there had never been so many people in the halls in November.
