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The New York Knicks are one win away from their first NBA Finals appearance since 1999, and if the crowds around Madison Square Garden after wins are any indication, it will be chaos in New York City if that happens.
Additionally, a ticket to enter “The Garden” for the finals is sure to be expensive, as it has been throughout the playoffs. But no one could have expected the price for which two courtside seats have already been sold.
Sports reporter Darren Rovell confirmed the sale of two MSG courtside tickets for the NBA Finals for a whopping $279,804.
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Karl-Anthony Towns of the New York Knicks celebrates after making a basket against the Cleveland Cavaliers during the third quarter of game two of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals at Madison Square Garden in New York City on May 21, 2026. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images)
The purchase was made through StubHub, the secondary ticket company, for what would be the Knicks’ first home game in the Finals. That would be Game 3, as the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs are seeded higher than the Knicks in these NBA Playoffs.
It’s surprising to be an understatement for a price of that magnitude, but it’s also been crazy to see the potential history of one of the most storied franchises in sports.
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It’s been 53 years since the Knicks last won an NBA title, dating back to the years with Walt “Clyde Frazier,” Phil Jackson, Dick Barnett, Willis Reed and Bill Bradley. The Knicks won two titles in 1970 and 1973, and Red Holzman’s team was forever etched in basketball history.
Since that 1973 victory, the Knicks have been to the NBA Finals only twice, the first in 1994, when the Houston Rockets cruised to a Game 7 victory, 90-84, to crush New York’s dreams.
Miles McBride and Mikal Bridges of the New York Knicks celebrate after McBride’s three-pointer against the Philadelphia 76ers during the first quarter of Game 4 of the NBA Eastern Conference playoffs at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 10, 2026. (Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)
Then in 1999, players like Patrick Ewing, Latrell Sprewell, Allan Houston and current Knicks coach Rick Brunson, father of All-Star guard Jalen Brunson, returned to the Finals and faced a potential opponent this year: the Spurs.
But Tim Duncan and company got the job done in just five games, defeating the Knicks, 78-77, in Game 5 to celebrate their title on MSG’s home court.
Knicks fans hope that won’t be the case this time, but they have to defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers once again after taking a 3-0 lead in the Eastern Conference Finals after a road win on Saturday night. New York has won 10 straight playoff games and its only two losses in the First Round against the Atlanta Hawks were by one point.
As a result, fans are already looking for tickets to that Game 3 at the Garden. As of Sunday night, the cheapest ticket to enter the building on StubHub is $3,554 in Section 418.
Jalen Brunson of the New York Knicks reacts after scoring during the second half of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers in New York, New York, on May 19, 2026. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
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For comparison, the cheapest ticket to a potential Game 1 of the NBA Finals at Paycor Center, the home of the Oklahoma City Thunder, who lead the Spurs, 2-1, in the Western Conference Finals, costs $1,252 on StubHub. The available single-deck seat is $32,106 as of Sunday night.
The Knicks could earn their spot in the NBA Finals on Memorial Day, where they will face the Cavaliers in Game 4 in Cleveland at 8 p.m.
