Saturday night’s Game 5 at Frost Bank Center is no longer just another NBA Finals matchup. It’s an elimination game for the San Antonio Spurs, who return home trailing the Knicks 3-1 after a devastating 107-106 loss in Game 4. San Antonio had a 29-point lead, made a Finals-record 14 3-pointers in the first half and still watched the game slip away after scoring just 30 points over the final two quarters. Now, the Spurs are back in front of their home crowd with their season on the line.
That makes this one of the biggest ticket opportunities of the year for fans who want to see Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs in person. The young team looked downright shocked at the end of Game 4, but Frost Bank Center gives San Antonio a chance to answer with the energy of an entire city behind it. There may also be plenty of Knicks fans making the trip, as New York’s rabid fan base looks to see its team close out the Finals on the road. For Spurs fans, that only raises the stakes. If San Antonio is going to keep its championship hopes alive, it will need the building loud from the opening tip.
Game 5 of the NBA Finals tips off at 7:30 p.m. CDT Saturday night, and you can still snag some last-minute tickets at StubHub, SeatGeek, and Vivid Seats.
With the Knicks involved, ticket prices for Game 5 are much higher than anything Spurs fans have seen this postseason. But that just speaks to the spectacle we’re dealing with here. At the time of writing, the cheapest tickets we found were these seats in row 12 of balcony level 231 for $1,284 each at Vivid Seats. From there, prices start getting crazy pretty quickly as you get closer to the action.
SeatGeek has this group of four tickets on sale for $9,652 each in row 8 of section 26, and they’re listed as the best current deal on the site. At the far end of the expensive ticket spectrum, this single ticket, section 4D, row A, is listed for a whopping $153,068 on StubHub, and it’s not even a front-row seat. When the Knicks are in town, and the wealthy from New York are ready to travel to see the chance at the city’s first championship in over 50 years, ticket prices start getting a little crazy. But there are plenty of last-minute deals to be found for avid Spurs fans.