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You could have seen a superstar play basketball in New York last night for the price of a couple of Halal Guys platters — or for the price of a few porterhouses and bottles of wine from Peter Luger’s.

You could see Kevin Durant and the COVID-19-depleted Nets take on Pascal Siakam, Fred VanVleet and the Raptors for as little as $25.

Or you could hop on the Subway to Midtown and shell out about 23 times as much.