NBA attendance by team, 1997-98

Which NBA team drew the biggest crowds in 1997-98?

The Chicago Bulls drew the biggest home crowds in the 1997-98 NBA regular season, 23,988 a game over 41 home dates; the LA Clippers drew the smallest, 9,968. 20,373,079 fans saw 1,189 games, 17,135 a game.

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NBA 1997-98 regular-season attendance by home team, biggest average first

#↓	Team↓	Home games↓	Home avg↓	Home total↓	Biggest↓	Road avg↓
1	CHI	41	23,988	983,517	24,361	21,970
2	NO	41	23,406	959,634	24,042	17,009
3	POR	41	20,577	843,647	21,538	16,689
4	UTAH	41	19,900	815,889	19,911	17,851
5	NY	41	19,763	810,283	19,763	18,397
6	WSH	41	19,542	801,240	20,674	16,742
7	DET	41	19,380	794,567	22,076	17,557
8	SA	41	19,109	783,455	37,492	16,834
9	PHX	41	19,023	779,943	19,023	16,540
10	BOS	41	18,132	743,422	18,624	17,914
11	MIN	41	18,014	738,572	20,197	16,640
12	BKN	41	17,525	718,523	20,049	16,803
13	ATL	41	17,450	715,452	62,046	17,047
14	ORL	41	17,113	701,647	17,248	17,143
15	OKC	41	17,072	699,952	17,072	17,021
16	CLE	41	16,942	694,629	20,562	16,892
17	LAL	41	16,878	691,994	17,505	18,829
18	TOR	41	16,469	675,225	33,216	16,571
19	HOU	41	16,285	667,685	16,285	17,999
20	MEM	41	16,109	660,457	19,193	15,505
21	PHI	41	15,986	655,417	21,305	17,403
22	IND	41	15,739	645,302	16,754	17,998
23	MIL	41	15,562	638,034	18,717	16,440
24	MIA	41	14,997	614,861	15,200	17,574
25	SAC	41	14,767	605,443	17,317	16,107
26	DAL	41	13,208	541,545	20,635	15,792
27	GS	41	12,201	500,260	19,821	16,063
28	DEN	41	11,800	483,791	17,171	15,724
29	LAC	41	9,968	408,693	18,521	15,851
Team	League	1,189	17,135	20,373,079

Regular season, the crowd ESPN files with each final. A neutral-site game counts for the club listed at home, as ESPN counts it; a game with no count on file is left out of both columns. Seasons are listed where ESPN has a crowd for at least 80% of the finals.