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One of our partner sites over at SBNation (Bright Side of The Sun) is planning a meetup with fellow Suns fans at next Friday’s game vs. the Celtics. This is one of the hotter tickets the Suns have had all year, so we here at TiqIQ wanted to make it easier for the folks in the Valley of the Sun to find the best deals. Above, you can see that we’ve highlighted the one zone that not only has a large quantity of seats available, but a large quantity of great deals as well. If you’d like to be a part of the BSotS Suns-Celtics meetup, click here.

For tickets to any of these Christmas day matchups, click on the links below:

- Boston @ Orlando

- Miami @ Los Angeles

- Chicago @ New York

- Denver @ Oklahoma City

- Portland @ Golden State

For the first time since 2001, the Knicks have a waiting list for season tickets, and they have LeBron to thank. In the days leading up ‘The Decision’ the Knicks sold 4,000 new season ticket subscriptions. However, when LeBron eschewed Broadway for South Beach, all those newly-minted season ticket holders were left with only two games—not the 41 they were hoping for—featuring LeBron. The result is a secondary market inventory glut unlike any other in recent sports history.1
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There are currently 356,000 Knicks tickets available for sale this season across different sites like Stubhub, eBay and Ticketsnow. This equates to an average of 6,535 available tickets/game, or 33% of all available seats. This is 40% higher than the Heat’s 23%. In the ticket market, the highest-demand teams also have highest quantity of tickets available in the secondary market, as the possibility of profits turns likely attendees into would-be sellers. This year, the Knicks, Heat, Celtics, Bulls and Lakers lead the league in Available Tickets/Game. The Celtics and Lakers both got to the Finals last year. The Heat got LeBron and The Bulls are up-and-comers in a great sports town. The Knicks, on the other hand, will lucky to capture the 8th seed in the East.
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Over the last 10 years, fans have been the beneficiaries of the dynamically priced secondary ticket market, pocketing billions of profits for games where demand outstripped supply. This has largely been at the expense of teams, who have not captured as much of that market-based upside as they would like. As the result of ‘The Decision’, however, we’re seeing the opposite situation play out, one in which fans are bearing most, if not all, of the downside risk.
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Freed from the burden of having to fill seats every night, the Knicks are now spending their marketing dollars to revitalize one of the most iconic brands in all of sports. They’ve also got several thousand fresh season ticket holders who will be paying close attention to their investment, and maybe even attending a few games along the way.
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As for the long-term outlook, if the Knicks can make a run at the playoffs, some of the new season ticket holders may find their mercenary allegiance morph into actual fandom. Additionally, with over 6,000 tickets available to any homegame–many priced well below face value–estranged fans who once rooted for Ewing, Starks and Oakley may decide to give the Knicks a second look. If the 2010-11 Knicks can play like a prototypical D’antoni-coached team–high scoring, fast-paced, exciting–those old fans may find a reason to come back on a more regular basis.
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On the back of a busted trade (in the Wall Street sense), the Knicks potential path to redemption is fitting for a team that plays all their homegames in Manhattan. If @Amareisreal can lead them to the playoffs, it won’t exactly be the Promised Land, but it will be a good start. It may also turn the ‘The Decision’ trade from a quick flip into a buy-and-hold.
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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.