Postseason tickets are offered by the host team of any particular game when dealing with approved NBA ticket sellers. Tickets for all seven games cannot be purchased in a single transaction. You are responsible for your own travel expenditures if you want to purchase tickets to every game in both cities. The seller will charge your credit card for the cost of the tickets. The host team will usually sell its first-round bye as well as any conference semifinals and finals byes. These seats are often sold at a discount because they won't be used in the first round. If a team advances beyond the first round, it will receive some form of compensation. This can include either outright purchases of out-of-town tickets or tickets that are mailed to its home office. In this case, the NBA requires that each team have the same number of tickets available for sale. If a team sells more than its share, then those remaining seats will be made available to other buyers within the league office's volume sales limit. All playoff tickets are held by the NBA and not released to individual teams or fans. They are given out based on how much money a team has deposited with the NBA during the season. If a team finishes with a low amount, it will not receive any tickets. Teams that finish with higher profits get better seats and/or additional tickets. The final allocation is done based on the previous year's performance.