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And There Are More Lakers Fans Than Either One Of Them. So?
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Here's how certain statistics can be misleading: This is another map of sports fandom based on Facebook "likes," and it shows that the Heat has more fans nationwide than the Spurs. Sure, the Heat will show up in most counties because there are enough LeBron/Wade/Bosh front-runners to follow them, but I suspect that if you did a poll right now not on which teams have the most fans but who wants which team to win head-to-head, the Spurs would be ahead everywhere but Miami-Dade, Broward, and maybe Palm Beach and Monroe counties. The Heat has more fans in the regular season, when loyalties are split 30 ways. Eliminate all but two, and it's a different story. (New York Times)
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