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San Antonio Spurs great David Robinson announces the record breaking attendance of 68, 323
The Spurs played at their former ground, the Alamodome, to celebrate the franchise’s 50th anniversary

The Golden State Warriors thrashed the San Antonio Spurs with a 144-113 win in front of a NBA record crowd of 68,323 at the Alamodome on Friday.

It eclipses the previous league regular-season record of 62,046 that watched Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls beat the Atlanta Hawks in 1998.

Jordan Poole scored 25 points off the bench as the Warriors ended a three game losing streak.

It is the Spurs’ fourth straight defeat and a seventh loss in eight games.

The Spurs, who normally play at the AT&T Center, were playing at their old arena as part of the celebrations of the franchise’s 50th-anniversary season.

Defending champions Golden State led for the majority of the game and were up by 14 points at half-time.

Donte DiVincenzo scored 22 points, Klay Thompson had 16 and Stephen Curry added 15.

Elsewhere on Friday, John Collins tipped in the game-winner with less than a second remaining in the Hawks’ 113-111 victory over the Indiana Pacers.

New York point guard Jalen Brunson helped the Knicks to a 112-108 win over the Wizards in Washington after scoring 34 points.

Meanwhile, Domantas Sabonis recorded his fourth triple-double of the season with 19 points as the Sacramento Kings beat the Houston Rockets 139-114.

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