Finals tickets cheaper
In case you wanted to attend, tickets to the first trilogy in NBA history are cheaper than the last two years. Tickets through the secondary market are $423 for a game at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., down from $665 a year ago and $594 in 2015.
Want to see the Warriors face the Cavaliers in the 2017 NBA Finals? You’ll need less money than the last two years, according to ticket search engine TicketIQ.
It’s apparently more affordable to attend a game at Oracle Arena during Warriors-Cavs III than the Finals of 2015 and 2016. The cheapest tickets on TicketIQ, an aggregate of primary and secondary markets, for entrance into Oracle for the Finals next week is $423 — down from $665 last year and $594 in 2015.
Given, the average price ($2,080) is about the same as last year ($2,029) and substantially more than in 2015 ($1,465), according to TicketIQ. Also, the cheapest tickets for Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland are on par with the last two Finals and the average price there is lower ($1,248, which is down from $1,559 in 2015).
However, both Golden State and Cleveland fans have saved money on tickets so far in these playoffs. Their average price in the first three rounds, according to TicketIQ, is the lowest of the last three postseasons.
Seats at Oracle went for an average of $497 during these playoffs, as compared with $524 in 2015 and $632 last year. Over at Quicken Loans, the decrease went from $314 in 2015 to $265 last year and $188 for the third Finals installment of Warriors-Cavaliers.
Media honors Pistons’ Van Gundy
Stan Van Gundy is one of the most accessible personalities in the NBA.
On Friday, he was recognized for that trait.
The Pro Basketball Writers Association announced the Detroit Pistons president and coach is the winner of the 2016-17 Rudy Tomjanovich Award, honoring an NBA coach for his cooperation with the media and fans, as well as his excellence on the court.
The coach was one of five finalists the PBWA selected for the award. The other finalists were Steve Clifford of the Charlotte Hornets,
Mike D’Antoni of the Houston Rockets, David Fizdale of the Memphis Grizzlies and
Brad Stevens of the Boston
Celtics.
Surgery uncertain for Celtics’ Thomas
Celtics star Isaiah Thomas says it’s too early to tell if he needs surgery on his right hip.
The injury knocked the Boston point guard out of the Eastern Conference finals in Game 2. Although the Celtics won the next game without him, Cleveland went on to win the series in five games.
Thomas said at the team’s practice facility Friday that the swelling must go down before there is a decision on how to rehab. He says surgery is “not the No. 1 option right now.”
Thomas says he told doctors that whatever happens, he needs to come back even better — “and I will.”