‘Ridiculous’: Knicks’ Josh Hart Speaks Out Against Skyrocketing NBA Finals Ticket Prices in New York
Rarely is any NBA Finals ticket cheap, but Games 3 and 4 between the Knicks and Spurs at New York’s Madison Square Garden are especially unfriendly to the middle-class fan. As of publication, the get-in price for Monday’s Game 3—the first NBA Finals game at MSG since 1999—is well over $6,000.
Game 4, a potential championship-clincher at home for the Knicks on Wednesday if they win Monday, is even more absurd, with the minimum price at the major secondary markets over $13,000.
New Yorkers online have worn the sky-high prices as a badge of honor, knowing full well that they wouldn’t be able to afford a single ticket themselves. The playoffs have also seen Knicks fans (and their legions of celebrity diehards) hitting the road for games in Philadelphia, Cleveland and even San Antonio in droves; for Games 1 and 2 of the NBA Finals on the road, the costs of flights, hotels and tickets in Texas added up to less than a single ticket to a Madison Square Garden game.
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Not everyone is celebrating the financial excess that comes with a championship-hungry (and well-heeled) New York fan base, however. During a Sunday press conference ahead of Game 3, Knicks’ do-it-all wing Josh Hart, a blue-collar player on the court, bemoaned that the average fan has been thoroughly priced out.
“I wish the ticket prices weren’t as crazy as they are. A lot of people who have been waiting for this moment for a very long time unfortunately aren’t able to get into the building. $7K, $8K is ridiculous.”
Josh Hart on the ticket prices for Game 3 of the NBA Finals at MSG: pic.twitter.com/2BuW1j3SWj
— SNY Knicks (@sny_knicks) June 7, 2026
“The environment, atmosphere is going to be electric, obviously, and we’re happy that we’re at home and we have [the fans] at our back. I kind of wish the ticket prices weren’t as crazy as they are. I feel like a lot of people who have been waiting for this moment for a very long time, and unfortunately aren’t able to get into the building with the cheapest ticket seven, eight thousand dollars, so—that’s ridiculous.
“It should still be rocking, but obviously wish those were a little cheaper.”
A thoughtful note from the popular Knicks role player. The atmosphere at MSG will be wild no matter what, but it is a shame that so many are being boxed out by the price, even if it is a market-based issue inflated by the Knicks’ two-plus decades of struggles since their last Finals appearance.
Cheapest, most expensive Knicks-Spurs NBA Finals tickets for the remaining games
As the Finals head to MSG with New York up 2–0, there’s no guarantee that this series heads back to San Antonio for Game 5, and given the prices on the secondary market, Knicks intend to help their team close it out in four.
As of Sunday, here’s what the current NBA Finals ticket market looks like.
NBA Finals Game 3 ticket prices: Madison Square Garden (New York City), Monday, June 8
No. of Tickets
Cheapest
Seat
Marketplace
Most Expensive
Seat
Marketplace
1
$6,776
Sec. 415, Row 4
Gametime
$197,861
Sec. 6D, Row A
SeatGeek
2
$6,000 per
Sec. 318, Row BS3
Gametime
$197,861 per
Sec. 6D, Row A
SeatGeek
NBA Finals Game 4 ticket prices: Madison Square Garden (New York City), Wednesday, June 10
No. of Tickets
Cheapest
Seat
Marketplace
Most Expensive
Seat
Marketplace
1
$11,331
Sec. 210, Row 24
TickPick
$743,852
Section 5D, Row A
StubHub
2
$11,331 per
Sec. 210, Row 24
TickPick
$233,116 per
Sec. 107, Row 22
TickPick
And if necessary …
NBA Finals Game 5 ticket prices: Frost Bank Center (San Antonio), Saturday, June 13
No. of Tickets
Cheapest
Seat
Marketplace
Most Expensive
Seat
Marketplace
1
$1,886
Sec. 210, Row 10
StubHub
$111,255.90
Visitors Fan VIP Package
SeatGeek
2
$1,843 per
Sec. 220, Row 4
Vivid Seats
$111,255.90 per
Visitors Fan VIP Package
SeatGeek
If the series is extended by at least a game and Knicks fans want the chance to see their team play (and potentially close out the series on the road, as they’ve in every round of this historic playoff run), it looks that it will once again be much cheaper to take a trip to San Antonio than to spend money on Games 3 and 4 at MSG.
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