Thunder Tickets Double After Playoff Win Over Lakers

Say you’re a Lakers fan and you want great seats to see your team in the playoffs. You think, “hey, why battle Jack Nicholson and Adam Sandler for Playoffs tickets. I bet I can go to Oklahoma and find lower priced tickets.” That is good sound ticket-buying logic much of the time — especially for fans in large markets like L.A where lots of fans want the same tickets.

Not so tomorrow night though. Average ticket prices in Oklahoma City for Game 4 of the NBA Western Conference First Round: Los Angeles Lakers @ Oklahoma City Thunder are now $374, up from $176 yesterday (an increase of 113%). To put that into perspective, Thunder tickets are now more than $100 higher than the average ticket for Game 5 in Los Angeles.

There are still hundreds tickets listed for Game 4. Lowest price for two tickets together is $145 (considerably higher than the $40 tickets available yesterday).

NBA Western Conference First Round Tickets:

• Game 4: Los Angeles Lakers @ Oklahoma City Thunder Tickets average $374
• Game 5: Oklahoma City Thunder @ Los Angeles Lakers Tickets average $260 *if necessary
• Game 6: Los Angeles Lakers @ Oklahoma City Thunder *if necessary
• Game 7: Oklahoma City Thunder @ Los Angeles Lakers *if necessary

Best Value tickets for Game 4: Los Angeles Lakers @ Oklahoma City Thunder

Fans can usually find Best Value Tickets for 30%-60% lower than the average price for comparable tickets. No so with this game. Tickets are going fast and prices are going up rapidly. We did find a pair of tickets in Lower Baseline 101 for 20% less than the average of other tickets in that area.

Other games on Saturday:

• Game 4: Los Angeles Lakers @ Oklahoma City Thunder Tickets average $374
• Game 4: Phoenix Suns @ Portland Trail Blazers Tickets average $109
• Game 3: Atlanta Hawks @ Milwaukee Bucks Tickets average $65
• Game 3: Orlando Magic @ Charlotte Bobcats Tickets average $54

Recap of Game 3 in OKC:

Read more about the series:

• Daily Thunder: The Thunder’s Game 3 8-0 run against the Lakers
• KRMG Sports with Rick Couri: Thunder sting the Lakers, win game three
• Dan Devine, in Ball Don’t lie on Yahoo Sports:Smith: ‘In three years, Durant will be the best player in basketball’
• Los Angeles Times Lakers Blog: Ticket demand for Game 4 of Lakers-Thunder series spikes following Oklahoma City’s Game 3 victory

More on the playoffs here: NBA Playoff Ticket Brackets

Christian and Nichole

Tags: lakers tickets, NBA Playoffs tickets, NBA Western Conference Tickets, Thunder tickets

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