Banchero, Wagner fuel late rally as Magic move into 7th in East with a 116-105 win over Spurs

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Paolo Banchero had 24 points and 10 rebounds, Franz Wagner added 24 points and the Orlando Magic rallied to beat the San Antonio Spurs 116-105 on Tuesday night.

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 23 points as the Magic won for the fifth time in seven games. Orlando (37-40) moved ahead of Atlanta (36-39) and into seventh place in the Eastern Conference.

Harrison Barnes scored 24 points for San Antonio, which lost its fifth straight. Julian Champagnie scored 19 points, Stephon Castle 16 and Chris Paul 10.

Orlando outscored San Antonio 37-21 in the final quarter after trailing much of the game.

The Spurs had a 9-0 run bridging the first and second halves, building a 68-61 lead two minutes into the third quarter.

San Antonio's Jeremy Sochan, who has been starting at center, was ruled out 40 minutes before the game due to back spasms. Sochan was warming up an hour before the game, but left the court for evaluation.

Magic: Reserve forward Caleb Houstan had 12 points in 25 minutes. Houston was 4 for 8 on 3-pointers.

Spurs: San Antonio is mathematically eligible for the final berth in the play-in tournament, but is five games behind Sacramento with seven games remaining in the regular season.

San Antonio led by 11 points in the third quarter and was up 93-91 with 7:29 remaining when Orlando went on a 14-2 run to seize control. Banchero had 11 points on 5-for-6 shooting in the fourth.

Paul played in his 1,347th career game, surpassing Kobe Bryant for 15th place in games played in league history. Paul has played in all 75 games for the Spurs this season. At 39 years, 303 days, Paul is the second-oldest player in the league behind 40-year-old LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers.

Orlando is at Washington on Thursday. San Antonio is at Denver on Wednesday.

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Orlando Magic forward Franz Wagner (22) shoots a three-point shot against San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in San Antonio, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Man Hui)

Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero (5) shoots in between San Antonio Spurs guards Devin Vassell, left, and Chris Paul (3) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in San Antonio, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Man Hui)

Orlando Magic center Wendell Carter Jr. (34) looks to pass the ball against San Antonio Spurs forward Harrison Barnes, left, during the first half of an NBA basketball game in San Antonio, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Man Hui)

Orlando Magic guard Anthony Black (0) attempts a layup against San Antonio Spurs forward Julian Champagnie, right, during the first half of an NBA basketball game in San Antonio, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Man Hui)

Orlando Magic forward Franz Wagner (22) attempts a shot against San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in San Antonio, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Man Hui)

Orlando Magic center Wendell Carter Jr. (34) rebounds the ball against San Antonio Spurs guard Devin Vassell (24) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in San Antonio, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Man Hui)

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday fired off another warning to the government of Cuba as the close ally of Venezuela braces for potential widespread unrest after Nicolás Maduro was deposed as Venezuela's leader.

Cuba, a major beneficiary of Venezuelan oil, has now been cut off from those shipments as U.S. forces continue to seize tankers in an effort to control the production, refining and global distribution of the country's oil products.

Trump said on social media that Cuba long lived off Venezuelan oil and money and had offered security in return, “BUT NOT ANYMORE!”

“THERE WILL BE NO MORE OIL OR MONEY GOING TO CUBA - ZERO!” Trump said in the post as he spent the weekend at his home in southern Florida. “I strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.” He did not explain what kind of deal.

The Cuban government said 32 of its military personnel were killed during the American operation last weekend that captured Maduro. The personnel from Cuba’s two main security agencies were in Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, as part of an agreement between Cuba and Venezuela.

“Venezuela doesn’t need protection anymore from the thugs and extortionists who held them hostage for so many years,” Trump said Sunday. “Venezuela now has the United States of America, the most powerful military in the World (by far!), to protect them, and protect them we will.”

Trump also responded to another account’s social media post predicting that his secretary of state, Marco Rubio, will be president of Cuba: “Sounds good to me!” Trump said.

Trump and top administration officials have taken an increasingly aggressive tone toward Cuba, which had been kept economically afloat by Venezuela. Long before Maduro's capture, severe blackouts were sidelining life in Cuba, where people endured long lines at gas stations and supermarkets amid the island’s worst economic crisis in decades.

Trump has said previously that the Cuban economy, battered by years of a U.S. embargo, would slide further with the ouster of Maduro.

“It’s going down,” Trump said of Cuba. “It’s going down for the count.”

A person watches the oil tanker Ocean Mariner, Monrovia, arrive to the bay in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

President Donald Trump attends a meeting with oil executives in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)