Nightly Pulse: NBA News & Highlights from Dec. 6th

Up next: Seven exciting games on the schedule:

Magic vs. 76ers (7 ET on League Pass)

Bucks vs. Celtics (7 ET on ESPN)

Lakers vs. Hawks (7:30 ET on League Pass)

Kings vs. Spurs (8 ET on League Pass)

Pacers vs. Bulls (8 ET on League Pass)

Jazz vs. Trail Blazers (10 ET on League Pass)

Timberwolves vs. Warriors (10 ET on ESPN)

Key Storylines for the Night

Milwaukee and Boston enter Friday’s showdown with a combined 17-3 record across each of their last 10 games. Boston has a 2-0 advantage in the season series, but the season debut of Khris Middleton (ankles) is a momentous occasion from Milwaukee.Franz Wagner dropped 31 points on Philadelphia in a Nov. 15 victory, and the 23-year-old is averaging 27.3 points, 6.2 rebounds, 6.9 assists and 2.1 steals per game across 11 contests since that meeting. Will a ramped-up Paul George slow him down?Ayo Dosunmu notched his first triple-double (27 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists) Thursday, and he’ll look to build off that as Chicago’s 9th ranked offense takes on Indiana’s 25th ranked defense. Nikola Vučević will look to build off his 39-point eruption from Thursday as well.

Jaylen Brown takes the court

Boston trots out onto home court to get loose in advance of Friday’s game against Milwaukee. Brown is averaging 25.8 points, 5.7 rebounds and 5.0 assists in his last six games.