NBA Finals Game 5 Tickets: $170 Seats Sold For $3,000, Courtside For $120,000

There’s a better than even chance Game 5 of the NBA Finals set for June 10 in Toronto will see the ferocious Toronto Raptors led by Kawhi “The Klaw" Leonard and backed by his sweet-shooting mates make history by ending the two year-long reign of the Golden State Warriors.

The Raptors are heavy favorites to beat the Warriors at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, giving the Raptors -- and Canada -- their first NBA championship. They smothered the Dubs 105-92 in Game 4 of the NBA Finals at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California last week to take a commanding 3-1 game lead over the defending champions.

This explains why ticket prices for this never-before-seen-event in Canada are skyrocketing to historic and never-heard-of highs.

As of the afternoon of June 8, the cheapest tickets for Game 5 in Toronto went for a truly exorbitant C$3,238 (US$2,439) on the ticket reselling website StubHub. Courtside tickets sold for a jaw-dropping C$120,000 (US$90,400) each and these are gone, as well.

As of Sunday, at about 11:00 p.m. Toronto time, there were only a few lowest price tickets left for sale at StubHub. Seats that would normally go for just C$170 have been sold for more than C$3,000.

On the Ticketmaster Canada website, only verified resale single seats were being sold, which means a person purchasing this ticket will be sitting solo.

By the time Monday morning rolls along, it’ll be too late to reserve any seats to this historic game at the Scotiabank Arena, which has a seating capacity of only 19,800 paying patrons.

Toronto and all of Canada are prepped for a Raptors victory. History is on the side of the Raptors. Teams with a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals have a 33-1 series record (.971). Of the previous 34 teams to take a 3-1 series lead in the Finals, 18 teams won the series in five games.

The only time a team with a 3-1 lead who didn’t win the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy was in 2016 when the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Warriors on LeBron James’ heroics and willpower.