There were reports that the average ticket price for Thursday night’s preseason matchup between the Miami Heat and Brooklyn Nets was $250. That’s more than the average price of a ticket of Sunday’s matchup between the Denver Broncos and Indianapolis Colts.
While the fans in Brooklyn did revel in Jason Kidd’s jersey retirement, they received little excitement from the game itself. Dwyane Wade sat out and the Heat trotted out a lineup that featured Jarvis Varnado and Joel Anthony playing in the same frontcourt, a main enabler of why the Heat only scored 62 points in a 24-point loss to the Nets.