Here at TiqIQ, we love sports (obviously) and we also love to travel, so we figured that all the other people, especially Lakers or Celtics fans in LA, would be interested to know about a unique, money-saving travel package we’ve put together. It allows you to enjoy all the fun of a Finals game, at a fraction of the cost.
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- One day and one night in Boston: $299
- Two tickets to the see the Lakers/Celtics in The Finals at TD Bankworth: $900
- A Round trip ticket from LA to Boston: $487
- Total Price: $1686, or $104 more than ONE ticket to a game at the Staples Center.
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Price of seeing a Lakers/Celtics game in the NBA Finals: Not quite priceless, but pretty cool.

With few expectations of a deep playoff run, early round Celtics playoff tickets have been more affordable than expected. However, with each each round has come a healthy increase in prices: 84% from the quarters to the semis, and 80% from the semis to the conference finals.

Expect to see another strong double digit increase if the Celtics can finish off the Magic and move on to The Finals. A Celtics-Lakers 80s-classic redux could drive tickets well north of $500.
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For all Celtics playoff tickets, click here.

Here’s an equation for expensive tickets: A great regular season, expectations for a championship trophy and the possibility that this would be the last chance to see LeBron as the King in Cleveland. If you’re wondering how expensive, the answer is an average of $351/ticket for games at Quicken Loans. For a family of 4, that’s a tax refund to get excited about! While championship-starved Cleveland fans would have probably paid double that, in the end, our family of 4 would have been better off buying a new 3D TV or a case of some top-shelf booze to prepare for the possibility of life without LeBron. And if it had gone to game 7? Cavs fans will cringe to know they would have parted ways with $555/ticket.
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On the other hand, Celtics fans, with low expectations for the series, got a good deal, relatively speaking, paying $164/ticket for games at TD Banknorth.
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Boston now moves on to face the Magic in the conference finals. With the Red Sox off to a slow start and the Bruins out of it, it looks like Boston fans are putting a lot of their eggs into the Celtics basket, paying an average of $292/ticket to see if they can make it back to the NBA Finals.
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For all tickets to the Eastern Conference Finals, click here.