Home Opener Against the Knicks the Season’s Most Expensive Ticket for Cavaliers

By Douglas A. McIntyre Published Oct 8, 6:10AM EDT

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The Cleveland Cavaliers have a new look for the 2014-15 NBA season. Obviously LeBron James returning home takes the cake, but big man Kevin Love rounds out a new “Big 3” in Ohio and the Cavs are officially back in the running for a trip to the NBA Finals.

It seems James is back for good and after learning how to win in South Beach and has come home to get the Cavs that elusive NBA title. It all starts on October 30 in Cleveland when the Knicks come to town. Not surprisingly, that showdown with Carmelo Anthony comes in as Cleveland’s most expensive game of the year.

To help get ready for the new season, let’s break down that Knicks game, along with the other four most expensive home games of the year for Cavs tickets, according to ticket data provided from Razorgator:

(10/30/14) VS. New York Knicks | Average Ticket Price: $1,132.59 | Get-in Ticket Price: $279

It’s the first game of the new season, the unveiling of Cleveland’s new Big 3 in a meaningful game and the true return of King James. Throw in a solid matchup with ‘Melo and how could Cavaliers vs. Knicks tickets be any less than $1,100+ on average? There are few better ways to start a new NBA season.

(2/8/15) VS. Los Angeles Lakers | Average Ticket Price: $569.57 | Get-in Ticket Price: $69.50

The torch has already been passed from Kobe Bryant to James and Kevin Durant, but the 36-year old Black Mamba has thoughts about taking it back. It’s hard to imagine Bryant being anything but elite, but the Cavs are going to be a well-oiled machine by February and this Lakers team probably isn’t going to be very good. Still, there’s some serious star power here in a matchup Cavs fans won’t want to miss out on.

(1/25/15) VS. Oklahoma City Thunder | Average Ticket Price: $559.12 | Get-in Ticket Price: $94.50

Remember that torch? Durant and LeBron continue to battle over it. Cleveland fans know who the true king of the NBA throne is, but it’s still fun to see these two go at it. This is a nice late January battle to help kick off the second half of the year. You won’t want to miss it, while the get-in tag is actually a reasonable $94.50.

(2/5/15) VS. Los Angeles Clippers | Average Ticket Price: $558.14 | Get-in Ticket Price: $90

Doc Rivers brings his band of sharpshooters to town in this February battle that really could go either way. Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan should own the paint, but LeBron James and Kevin Love still might be too much to handle offensively. The team that plays better defense will probably win this one — a matchup that could be a potential preview of this year’s NBA Finals. And it will only cost you $90 to grab the cheapest Cavs vs. Clippers tickets available, according to Razorgator.

(4/5/15) VS. Chicago Bulls | Average Ticket Price: $551.98 | Get-in Ticket Price: $90

Cleveland Cavaliers tickets take one more minor dip here as Derrick Rose and the Bulls round out their five most expensive games for the new season. This is actually a crucial meeting, too, as these two teams are expected to contend for the Eastern Conference’s top seed going into the playoffs. With just five regular season games to go after this one, few get bigger than this as the regular season winds down in 2015.

About the Author Douglas A. McIntyre →

Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.