Four games into their first round playoff series with the Dallas Mavericks most people would’ve thought that the San Antonio Spurs would have a commanding lead in the series, if not have swept the Mavs. Well, that certainly isn’t the case as this series between two future Hall of Famers Tim Duncan and Dirk Nowitzki is all square at two games apiece after alternating wins.
Tomorrow night the two teams return to the AT&T Center in San Antonio for the decisive Game 5 of this series. This is the most crucial game in the series as history tells us that when tied at two games each, the team that who has won Game 5 has gone on to win the series 83% of the time. While there are never any certainties as to who is going to win (especially in the NBA Playoffs) when you have a statistic that high it is definitely makes taking the lead in the series all that much more important.
Wednesday nights Game 5 is presently averaging $170.38 on the secondary market, but there a still plenty of cheaper tickets still available, with some as low as just $33. Additionally the ticket data associated with this series has shown us that the Dallas Mavericks tickets have a significantly higher average price as both of the two most expensive games of the series, including tomorrow nights Game 5, have come in Dallas (Game 3 – $216.54, Game 4 – $193.19).
In the game the Spurs will make sure that this time if they can somehow manage 20 point lead they won’t blow it like they did in Game 4. You can catch Game 5 on TNT with tip off taking place at 7pm.