Which NBA team has the most loyal fanbase?

Attendance figures are one measure. Turning up through a decade of losing seasons is a completely different one.

1. 1
   Boston Celtics

   A city that treats the parquet floor as civic property and sells out regardless of the standings.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Sacramento Kings

   A fanbase that fought off a relocation to Seattle and rang cowbells through 16 losing seasons.
   622pts
3. 3
   Miami Heat

   Reputation says they arrive in the second quarter; the playoff decibel readings say otherwise.
   551pts
4. 4
   Utah Jazz

   A small market that has led the league in attendance percentage without ever winning a title.
   551pts
5. 5
   Indiana Pacers

   Basketball is the state religion, and the Pacers inherited the congregation.
   551pts
6. 6
   San Antonio Spurs

   The smallest market with five titles, and a crowd that never treated them as routine.
   551pts
7. 7
   Toronto Raptors

   A whole country's fanbase, and the Jurassic Park crowds that watched from the street.
   466pts
8. 8
   Chicago Bulls

   United Center still fills up decades after the last banner went up.
   466pts
9. 9
   Los Angeles Lakers

   The biggest travelling support in the league, and a home crowd that fills every road arena too.
   363pts
10. 10
    Golden State Warriors

    Roaracle sold out through 40 years of mediocrity before the dynasty arrived.
    363pts
11. 11
    Cleveland Cavaliers

    A city that burned a jersey, forgave, and then got the 2016 parade.
    363pts
12. 12
    Milwaukee Bucks

    The Deer District turned an entire downtown into an outdoor stand in 2021.
    363pts
13. 13
    Oklahoma City Thunder

    A city that adopted a borrowed franchise and made it the loudest building in basketball.
    362pts
14. 14
    Detroit Pistons

    A blue-collar crowd that adopted the Bad Boys identity and never gave it up.
    362pts
15. 15
    New York Knicks

    Five decades of near-misses and Madison Square Garden still sells out every night.
    0pts
16. 16
    Portland Trail Blazers

    Blazermania survived one championship in 1977 and every lean decade since.
    0pts
17. 17
    Philadelphia 76ers

    A crowd that booed its way through The Process and never stopped turning up.
    0pts
18. 18
    Denver Nuggets

    Forty-seven years of waiting before the 2023 parade, with the building full most of them.
    0pts

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