--- title: Despite Marquee Match-Up, Raptors vs Cavs Tickets Are Cheapest Of Conference Semifinals description: At $363 per seat, Raptors vs Cavs tickets are least expensive on the secondary market for the second round of the NBA playoffs. image: https://blog.ticketiq.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/clevtor.png --- [![BLOG](https://blog.ticketiq.com/hs-fs/hubfs/BLOG.png?width=400&height=120&name=BLOG.png "BLOG")](https://blog.ticketiq.com/blog) - [Shop Now](http://www.ticketiq.com/) - [Baseball](https://blog.ticketiq.com/blog/topic/baseball/) - [Basketball](https://blog.ticketiq.com/blog/topic/basketball/) - [Football](https://blog.ticketiq.com/blog/topic/football/) - [Hockey](https://blog.ticketiq.com/blog/topic/hockey/) - [Soccer](https://blog.ticketiq.com/blog/topic/soccer/) - [Music](https://blog.ticketiq.com/blog/topic/music/) - [Theater](https://blog.ticketiq.com/blog/topic/theater/) - [Other](https://blog.ticketiq.com/blog/topic/other/) # Despite Marquee Match-Up, Raptors vs Cavs Tickets Are Cheapest Of Conference Semifinals May 1, 2018 by [TicketIQ](https://blog.ticketiq.com/blog/author/ticketiq) Despite the fact that the [**Cleveland Cavaliers**](https://www.ticketiq.com/nba/cleveland-cavaliers-tickets) have made it to the NBA Finals for each of the last three seasons – and won in 2016 – demand for tickets for the Cavs second-round series against the [**Toronto Raptors**](https://www.ticketiq.com/nba/toronto-raptors-tickets) is the lowest among the four semifinals. According to TicketIQ.com, the average asking price on the secondary market is $363, as compared to a high of $569 for the New Orleans-Golden State semifinal. It is Cleveland that is dragging down the average – a ticket to see the Raptors play at home is averaging $463, putting it squarely in the middle of the pack, while a ticket to the Cavaliers at home is the cheapest across the NBA at $229. There are more than 2,000 tickets per game available on the secondary market for Cleveland home games, as compared to 1,960 or less per game for a Toronto home game.     For the series, the highest average asking price on the secondary market is for an if-needed Game 7 in Toronto, which is currently at $585. The next most expensive is $491, also in Toronto, for an if-needed Game 5. Comparatively, the lowest average asking price is $178 for Game 4 in Cleveland. In fact, all three games in Cleveland currently have an average asking price of $280 or less, while the least expensive game in Toronto (Game 2) is $387.     Since 2015, when the Cavaliers got the NBA Finals after a four-year playoff drought, ticket prices on the secondary market for the Eastern Conference semifinals have declined. In 2015, tickets on the secondary market settled at $282, the highest of the decade, then plummeted to $208 in 2016 and showed an uptick in 2017 at $240. 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