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An NBA record 68,323 fans watched the San Antonio Spurs host the Golden State Warriors at the Alamodome on Friday.
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record. preliminary report. atmosphere.
Official attendance for the Spurs Warriors at the Alamodome tonight is 68,323 😱 pic.twitter.com/hjQl75f6Dv
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Amazing scene from Alamodome 😮
The Warriors and Spurs are on ESPN! pic.twitter.com/b8lX5efyaK
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Spurs, Warriors to play at Alamodome tonight
Energy is 10 🔥
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This view of Spurs-Warriors’ record-breaking Alamodome crowd 🤯 pic.twitter.com/NmOJHOOgxI
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A record-breaking 65,000+ at the Alamodome 🤯
San Antonio made an appearance. pic.twitter.com/M0RJly3SNT
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The Alamodome atmosphere is unreal pic.twitter.com/OCIl7H2rrc
Warriors star guard Stephen Curry commented on the atmosphere at halftime.
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“Energy is great” 🗣️
Steph finished the half in front of tonight’s record-breaking Alamodome crowd. pic.twitter.com/w1wxoi8RTD
The Spurs ultimately lost 144-113, but the result looked second only to Sheen in San Antonio.
The Spurs are celebrating their 50th season as and part of a franchise dating back to their ABA days. anniversary celebration, they returned to their original homes overnight. They played at the Alamodome from 1993 to 2002, during which he won the 1998-99 NBA Championship.
Most of the Alamodome’s seating was closed when the Spurs first played at the venue, but it regularly drew more than 20,000 people each season, averaging 22,449 during the 1994-95 campaign. The fans flocked. San Antonio expanded its seating capacity at the 1999 NBA Finals, drawing 39,554 fans in Game 2 against the New York Knicks.
The record number of fans in an NBA game was 62,046 on March 27, 1998, when Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls defeated the Atlanta Hawks 89-74 at the Georgia Dome.
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