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LAKERS MAINTAIN LOFTY TICKET PRICE

The Los Angeles Lakers have the NBA's highest average ticket price for the third straight year at $77.36, more than $30 above the league average of $45.28.

ESPN.com reports that the league average is up 2.1 per cent from the 2003/04 season, according to the Team Marketing Report's annual study, released on Tuesday.

The New York Knicks raised prices 10 per cent and had the league's second-highest average ticket price at $70.51.

The league's lowest average ticket is for a Golden State Warriors' game at $27.69, a five per cent increase.