The hottest sports tickets on the market right now are Western Conference NBA tickets, says a spokesman for a major online ticket reseller. LA-based SportsTicketBank.com has been seeing a run on tickets for the opening game of the Warriors-OKC matchup since before the final buzzer sounded Thursday night. Against everyones expectations, Oklahoma City slammed home a 113-99 victory over the presumptive division champion San Antonio Spurs to secure their spot against the Warriors in the Western Conference Finals.
No one expected it to go this way, the sports insider explained. People have been talking about a Spurs-Warriors showdown since mid-season. When it became obvious that the Thunder was going to take this game to the bank, our site started to light up with NBA fans looking for [Western Conference finals tickets](http://nba-conference-finals.sportsticketbank.com/nba-basketball/nba-conference-finals-tickets?_ga=1.164221375.1831664662.1442357177).
The first game of the series will be played May 18 on Warriors home court, with starting time still to be determined. That hasnt stopped fans of both teams from scooping up tickets as fast as they can find them. Our inventory fluctuates practically from minute to minute, he continued. The furor for tickets is being fueled by widespread speculation that the [Warriors vs. Thunder](http://www.sportsticketbank.com/nba-basketball/nba-western-conference-finals-golden-state-warriors-vs-oklahoma-city-thunder-home-game-1-tickets/in-oakland/oracle-arena/may-18-2016?_ga=1.18914424.1913757881.1440971548) matchup is the strongest conference finals matchup in decades.
Well-known statistics site FiveThirtyEight.com is responsible for part of the boost. Sports statistician Neil Paine explained his reasoning for predicting that the 2016 Western Conference Finals will be basketball worth watching. He crunched numbers for the annual playoff series for each year going back several decads and predicts that the 2016 finals will be among the most interesting basketball to watch since 1984.
The sports statisticians arent the only ones who are excited about the upcoming conference finals if Twitter reactions are any evidence. As the Thunders defense took a commanding lead early and held it throughout the game, the proverbial Twitterverse lit up with ongoing commentary about the Oklahoma teams play, particularly the performances turned in by Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant. OKC, generally known as a strong defensive team, burned up the floor, according to one Twitter user, while CBS Sports Will Brinson noted that this looks like a classic changing of the guard game nobody ever saw coming.
This kind of turnaround in talent and ability really drives fan sentiment, the SportsTicketBank spokesman said. The OKC Thunder went out there and did what no one expected, taking down a team with 67 season wins under its belt. If they can do that again against the Golden State Warriors, people want to be there to see it.
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