NBA playoff prices are out of control

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Welcome to Trendlines, your weekly edition of what is in trend and what tends in sports.

This week we are talking about the NBA playoffs that are hot, hot, hot, hot in the city where I am currently (New York).

The New York Knickerbockers (or Knicks) are 2-0 in the semi -final of the Eastern Conference in the rival Boston Celtics on their rival Boston Celtics.

Can the knicks go all the way? I don't know, but I know that tickets for game 3 of your series against the Celtics are some of the hottest objects in the city.

There we start with the trend.

The cheapest ticket is currently on lively seats costs around 600 US dollars. Last week it was less than $ 400. This is an increase of 70% and 80%, depending on when you check the website.

I don't know who can spend so much money on a seat, although it suggests that ticket prices get out of control.

The last time the Knicks were so good (in the mid -90s), they were able to get a nominal value playoff in the semifinals for 25 US dollars. Even if you take the inflation into account and these tickets on the secondary market were ten times as high, such a seat would be even less than what a playoff ticket is initially.

Who can afford this stuff?

I admit that I am not the most passionate NBA fan, hence my references to the mid-1990s basketball. I didn't quite notice how often the Celtics would try and miss this series with three showers.

In fact, the entire league tries more and more threesome. The average team now tries a little less than 38 three points per game. When I was a child, it was a little less than 10.

I don't know if I like the new playing style. I think it works for some teams and don't work for others.

It did not work for the Celtics, which combined in this series 25-opposite-100 goods (yes, they achieve an average of 50 attempts per game).

Has anyone said bricks?

The Celtics may be missing, but John Tesh's basketball anthem are not. The famous title song for NBC will come back next season because NBC has regained the NBA remote rights.

Apparently many people like me look forward to this title song. The search for “Roundball Rock” this month is an average of more than everyone in recording every month.

I think I can say I'm not too surprised? Teshs Live performance of the song has almost three million views on YouTube.

But above all, the title song is full of nostalgia. The NBA has never had more spectators than in the 1990s when “Roundball Rock” was the league's hymn for the audience.

The NBA will probably never be so popular again, although the topic may bring you a good mojo.