Doubt this has any effect gambling-wise but just a curious anecdote: Tonight's actual attendance in Milwaukee might be amongst the worst in the long franchise history of the Bucks.
Wisconsin Badgers Sweet 16 game simultaneously occurring
Shitty weather in downtown Milwaukee - raining all day / cold as fukk
Two horrible teams Lakers and Bucks
I think actual tickets sold won't be that bad b/c advance sales for the Lakers only game for the year probably had advance sales combined with season tickets and the mini plans (many of which included Laker game) of over 16,000. But actual attendance will likely be under 5,000 if I had to guess.
What would have really be interesting is if the opponent wasn't the Lakers but somebody like the Magic or Hawks. You literally may not have seen 1,000 souls in the stands tonight if that were the case.