{"id":75195,"date":"2025-06-02T13:25:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T17:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=75195"},"modified":"2025-06-02T13:27:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T17:27:27","slug":"how-much-are-tickets-for-game-1-of-the-2025-nba-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/how-much-are-tickets-for-game-1-of-the-2025-nba-finals\/75195\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Finals: How much are tickets for Game 1 of the 2025 NBA Finals?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The path to the 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/tag\/nba\/\">NBA<\/a> Finals has been full of exciting games and surprising upsets, and now, the big showdown is set. It\u2019s going to be the Oklahoma City Thunder vs. the Indiana Pacers, two underdog teams that shocked everyone by knocking out the top contenders to earn their shot at the championship.<\/p>\n<p>Game 1 tips off on June 5 at the Paycom Centre in Oklahoma City, which is home turf for the Thunder.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s talk about the Thunder first. They\u2019re coached by Mark Daigneault, who just won Coach of the Year for the 2023-2024 season, and honestly, his squad has been nothing short of electric. They didn\u2019t just beat teams, they <em>owned<\/em> the court. First, they swept the Grizzlies with ease. Then they took on the defending champs, the Nuggets, and came out on top in a dramatic seven-game battle. Finally, they steamrolled the young Timberwolves to make it to the NBA Finals, something this franchise hasn\u2019t done since 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Their star player? Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, or SGA for short, who also just so happens to be this season\u2019s MVP. He\u2019s been a one-man highlight reel, scoring like crazy and leading his team with confidence. But it\u2019s not just SGA. Jalen Williams and Chet Holmgren have been stepping up in a big way, too, while Isaiah Hartenstein (formerly with the Knicks) and Alex Caruso have brought that tough, scrappy energy that every championship team needs.<\/p>\n<p>On the other side, the Indiana Pacers are riding high after a playoff run that\u2019s been pure grit and heart. In their Eastern Conference Finals series against the Knicks, Tyrese Haliburton and Aaron Nesmith played like they had something to prove, and they delivered. In fact, in Game 1 of that series, they pulled off a dramatic comeback win while NBA legend Reggie Miller was calling the game, poetic, right? After that, there was no stopping them. They took out the Bucks, silenced critics by beating the Cavaliers, and now they\u2019re here.<\/p>\n<p>The Pacers are led by Rick Carlisle, a veteran coach with deep playoff experience. Their big weapons include Haliburton and Nesmith, but also Pascal Siakam, who was named Eastern Conference Finals MVP, and Myles Turner, their defensive anchor.<\/p>\n<p>Now, it all comes down to this. The first game of the NBA Finals kicks off in Oklahoma City, and both teams are hungry to bring the trophy home. Whether you\u2019re rooting for the Thunder or the Pacers, this is the kind of matchup that reminds fans why they love basketball in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>And if you\u2019re thinking of going? Game 1 tickets are already in high demand; more details on that are coming up.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Thunder vs. Pacers NBA Finals 2025 Game 1 tickets<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tickets:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stubhub.prf.hn\/click\/camref:1011l3BbnD\/pubref:nbafinalsgame1\/ar:_source_-_edition_-_uuid_\/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Foklahoma-city-thunder-oklahoma-city-tickets-6-5-2025%2Fevent%2F157269442%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">StubHub<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Date<\/strong>: June 5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Game 1 of the 2025 NBA Finals,<\/strong> between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Indiana Pacers, is going down at the <strong>Paycom Center<\/strong> in <strong>Oklahoma City<\/strong> on <strong>June 5<\/strong>. This arena, the Thunder\u2019s home court, can pack in just over <strong>18,200 fans<\/strong>, and every seat is expected to be filled.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re thinking of catching this massive showdown in person, tickets are already <strong>available on StubHub,<\/strong>\u00a0but they don\u2019t come cheap. The <strong>starting price<\/strong> is around <strong>$621<\/strong>, and from there, things escalate quickly. Depending on how close you want to be to the action (and how much you\u2019re willing to shell out), ticket prices climb through the roof: <strong>$700<\/strong>, <strong>$800<\/strong>, <strong>$900<\/strong>, all the way up past <strong>$1,000<\/strong>, <strong>$2,000<\/strong>, <strong>$5,000<\/strong>, and even <strong>$11,113<\/strong> for top-tier, ultra-premium seats.<\/p>\n<p>So, if you\u2019ve got the budget and the love for the game, it might be worth every penny to witness this historic Finals kickoff live.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Thunder vs. Pacers NBA Finals 2025 schedule<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"table-container\">\n<table style=\"height: 222px\" border=\"1\" width=\"956\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Date<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Game<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Time (ET)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Tickets<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Thu, June 5<\/td>\n<td>Game 1 at OKC<\/td>\n<td>8:30\u00a0p.m.<\/td>\n<td>Buy now<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sun, June 8<\/td>\n<td>Game 2 at OKC<\/td>\n<td>8 p.m.<\/td>\n<td>Buy now<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wed, June 11<\/td>\n<td>Game 3 at Indiana<\/td>\n<td>8:30 p.m.<\/td>\n<td>Buy now<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fri, June 13<\/td>\n<td>Game 4 at Indiana<\/td>\n<td>8:30 p.m.<\/td>\n<td>Buy now<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mon, June 16<\/td>\n<td>Game 5 at OKC<\/td>\n<td>8:30 p.m.<\/td>\n<td>Buy now<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Thu, June 19<\/td>\n<td>Game 6 at Indiana<\/td>\n<td>8:30\u00a0p.m.<\/td>\n<td>Buy now<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sun, June 22<\/td>\n<td>Game 7 at OKC<\/td>\n<td>8 p.m.<\/td>\n<td>Buy now<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to buy 2025 NBA Finals tickets?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":75196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[28457,28456,571,28455],"class_list":["post-75195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","tag-2025-nba-finals","tag-indiana-pacers","tag-nba","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder"],"reading_time":"4 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}