It is elbow to elbow in the Edgar Centre some nights.
The Nuggets went on an early-season winning streak and have recovered from a mid-campaign blip with four wins from their last five games.
Unsurprisingly, their home games have been well attended.
Crowds numbers are up considerably compared with the same time last year.
But the Nuggets are not the only team enjoying a surge in support.
The Manawatū Jets are the real high-flyers. Spectators numbers are up 41% in Palmerston North.
The Wellington Saints have had a 17% bump, and crowds have increased 14% in Taranaki.
Overall the National Basketball League attendances are up 3% from 123,016 (round 13) in 2022 to 126,182 (round 13) this year.
Few are more excited about that growth than former Tall Black-turned-commentator Casey Frank.
He is also the Basketball New Zealand marketing and media manager for leagues.
It is his job to be upbeat and he sees plenty to rave about.
"The average crowds for just about every team are up," Frank said
"But what has been most intriguing to me is it just seems the passion and the enthusiasm for basketball has risen equally with the crowd size.
"I think that is as heartening to see as anything else."
Frank puts a large part of the success down to the unpredictability of the NBL. No-one is quite sure who is going to win the games and competition for the last few playoffs spots is intense.
"Parity is the most important thing for the league as a whole.
"We’re coming into round 14 and every single team has a playoff shot and that gives the fans something to root for.
"It is not a lot of fun when four games into the season the season is over."
The NBL does not get a lot of cut-through with mainstream media, however. That will continue to hamstring the league’s growth.
But Frank does not see it as a huge issue at the moment.
"Our delivery system to the fans is a little bit different than it used to be.
"When you look at our numbers across the socials, we’re having a banner year.
"We think overall our footprint in the market is probably bigger than you might expect.
"And while we would certainly like to have some of the bigger publications in the country and free to air television pay a bit more attention, our No1 concern is for the fan base."
"The product remains great and I’ve never had someone come to their first basketball game and not tell me it was a great experience."
