NBA playoffs

[bk400]

Originally Posted by Brent G.

is Halliburton a “superstar” yet?

I think he is for Knicks fans. Even if his signature play so far was where he got away with a double dribble, and then bricked a two-pointer on which he got the world's luckiest bounce.

[Brent G.]

This rivalry isn’t going anywhere for a while. Maybe this will finally earn the Pacers more nationally televised games next season … but probably not.

[Brent G.]

Not sure if this is going on elsewhere, but here's the ticket inflation so far for Pacers home playoff games for one mid-level section from my personal experience:

• Game 1 vs. MIL: $97
• (No CLE data)
• Game 3 vs. NY: $250
• Game 6 vs. NY: $380

This is absurd. I've never seen a jump like that in-series. I assume the same seat will be $500 for Finals Game 3 and go up from there.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Brent G.

is Halliburton a “superstar” yet?

Long way to go until he earns that. I get your enthusiasm, but he's a very good player who is having a great playoffs. Not yet elite IMO.

[Brent G.]

It's very reminiscent of Reggie Miller when he busted out in the '94 playoffs. I'm still not sure if he was ever considered a "superstar." He just saved his best work for May-June.

Not sure Halliburton will ever take enough shots regularly to be on the best-of lists (41st in scoring this year).

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Brent G.

It's very reminiscent of Reggie Miller when he busted out in the '94 playoffs. I'm still not sure if he was ever considered a "superstar." He just saved his best work for May-June.

Not sure Halliburton will ever take enough shots regularly to be on the best-of lists (41st in scoring this year).

Reggie is always in those top 75 of all time type lists I think. I would say he qualifies.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Shai. The torch has been passed.

[Brent G.]

I've barely seen the guy play -- hope to have a good couple weeks doing so.

[Arazi4442]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Shai. The torch has been passed.

Loving Shai this playoffs. The question the last two years has been can JW and/or Chet step up enough to be an effective #2 scoring option. They both looked great in the Minny series.

[bk400]

Originally Posted by Arazi4442

Loving Shai this playoffs. The question the last two years has been can JW and/or Chet step up enough to be an effective #2 scoring option. They both looked great in the Minny series.

Yeah, OKC looks very tough right now. SGA looks unstoppable over the course of a 48 minute game, and OKC defense is so old school and something to behold.

Will be interesting to see how they do against the Knicks in the Finals.

[bk400]

https://www.si.com/onsi/athlete-life...-calls-him-out

I enjoy watching McAfee's college field goal contests, but he's increasingly becoming as obnoxious as Stephen A. Mellencamp is right.

[carlsonjok]

Originally Posted by Brent G.

Not sure if this is going on elsewhere, but here's the ticket inflation so far for Pacers home playoff games for one mid-level section from my personal experience:

• Game 1 vs. MIL: $97
• (No CLE data)
• Game 3 vs. NY: $250
• Game 6 vs. NY: $380

This is absurd. I've never seen a jump like that in-series. I assume the same seat will be $500 for Finals Game 3 and go up from there.

My wife and I have a quarter season package with the Thunder. Our seats are in the 200 level. Not down in 100 with all the moneyed swells, nor up in the upper level. I like them because they are close to the action, but also high enough up that you can actually see plays develop. For context, seats ran about $135 each in the regular season.

For the playoffs, we've gone to one game each series. But, I buy seats from the team rather than the resale market, which gets expensive. For the Denver series, we went to game 7 and tickets up in the 300s in the corner were about $150 each. For Minnesota, we went to game 5 and the same seats were $200 each. So, yesterday I logged into Ticketmaster when Finals tickets went on sale. Holy moly. Upper-level nosebleed seats directly behind the baskets were going for $600-$700 each from the team and $800 and up on resale. For chuckles I looked at floor level seats. All that was available was resale and some were going for as much as $11,000 each. I told my wife we got free seats in the Living Room section.

[carlsonjok]

Originally Posted by Arazi4442

Loving Shai this playoffs. The question the last two years has been can JW and/or Chet step up enough to be an effective #2 scoring option. They both looked great in the Minny series.

They have two players named Jalen (Jaylin) Williams. The one you are referring to is known as J-Dub and this season was an All Star, 3rd Team All NBA, and 2nd Team All Defense. He was fairly cold in the Denver series, but came on strong, as you note, against Minnesota. The other JW is known as J-Will and is a PF/small C off the bench.

[Brent G.]

Originally Posted by carlsonjok

My wife and I have a quarter season package with the Thunder. Our seats are in the 200 level. Not down in 100 with all the moneyed swells, nor up in the upper level. I like them because they are close to the action, but also high enough up that you can actually see plays develop. For context, seats ran about $135 each in the regular season.

For the playoffs, we've gone to one game each series. But, I buy seats from the team rather than the resale market, which gets expensive. For the Denver series, we went to game 7 and tickets up in the 300s in the corner were about $150 each. For Minnesota, we went to game 5 and the same seats were $200 each. So, yesterday I logged into Ticketmaster when Finals tickets went on sale. Holy moly. Upper-level nosebleed seats directly behind the baskets were going for $600-$700 each from the team and $800 and up on resale. For chuckles I looked at floor level seats. All that was available was resale and some were going for as much as $11,000 each. I told my wife we got free seats in the Living Room section.

My god. It does seem people in Indiana are getting gouged slightly worse. For additional context: $650 is what I pay per seat for my entire Colts season ticket.

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