Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner lead Magic past Grizzlies 118-111 in Berlin

BERLIN (AP) — Paolo Banchero had 26 points and 13 rebounds, Franz Wagner had 18 points and nine rebounds in his return to the Magic lineup, and Orlando beat the Memphis Grizzlies 118-111 on Thursday in the NBA's first regular-season game in Germany.

Wagner had missed more than a month with a high ankle sprain but was able to return in his native country and play alongside his brother, Moritz Wagner, for the first time in more than a year. Moritz Wagner tore his left ACL on Dec. 21, 2024 and returned earlier this week. He had seven points in 14 minutes on Thursday.

Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 30 points, Santi Aldama had 18 and Cedric Coward had 17 for the Grizzlies, who have lost seven of nine. Memphis' Ja Morant was sidelined with a right calf injury, but NBA Commissioner Adam Silver expressed some optimism that the two-time All-Star will play on Sunday when the Grizzlies and Magic meet again in London.

Anthony Black added 21 points for the Magic, who have won three of four.

The Grizzlies took a 52-32 lead midway through the second quarter, but the Magic got back within nine by halftime and then went on a 13-0 run for an 84-73 advantage late in the third.

Memphis rallied and led 105-102 on GG Jackson's layup with 4:05 left in the game. Franz Wagner tied it with a 3-pointer and then helped the Magic close it out by scoring five points in the final 1:39.

The NBA played its first preseason game in what was then West Germany in 1984. At the time, there were 10 international players on NBA rosters.

This season opened with a record 135 international players, including 71 from Europe. Tickets were sold to fans from 62 countries for Thursday’s game, the NBA said, and more than 250,000 people tried to obtain tickets by registering on the league’s site.

The teams travel to London for their next meeting.

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NBA fans are queuing up in front of the Uber Arena ahead of the NBA basketball game between Orlando Magic and Memphis Grizzlies in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Orlando Magic forward Franz Wagner (22) and Memphis Grizzlies forward Jaren Jackson Jr. (8) challenge for the ball during an NBA basketball game between Orlando Magic and Memphis Grizzlies in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Memphis Grizzlies forward Jaren Jackson Jr. (8) shoots during an NBA basketball game between Orlando Magic and Memphis Grizzlies in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero (5) passes the ball during an NBA basketball game between Orlando Magic and Memphis Grizzlies in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Orlando Magic forward Franz Wagner (22) controls the ball during an NBA basketball game between Orlando Magic and Memphis Grizzlies in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City nurses on strike restarted contract talks Friday with another one of the major hospital systems affected by the walkout that’s now in its fifth day.

The New York State Nurses Association said its bargaining team resumed meetings with their counterparts at the three impacted Mount Sinai hospitals at the request of a mediator.

Brendan Carr, CEO of the Manhattan-based health care provider, said Friday that administrators are working to bring the medical facilities to full capacity as they work toward a deal to end the city’s biggest strike of its kind in decades.

Mount Sinai has extended its contracts to retain thousands of temporary nurses to fill shifts and is also bringing on more specialized staffers to help bring surgical volumes back to normal, he said.

Nurses met Thursday night with NewYork-Presbyterian officials and a federal mediator in the first negotiations since roughly 15,000 nurses walked off the job Monday.

The hourslong meeting ran past midnight and ended with very little progress made, according to the union.

The hospital said in a statement that the discussions focused on addressing the union’s concerns about staffing levels, but that it still views the union’s proposals as “unreasonable.”

The union said it put forward revised proposals that hospital officials rejected without offering a counter proposal.

Both sides said there’s so far no further plans to meet.

“While we continue to be far apart, we are committed to bargaining in good faith,” NewYork-Presbyterian said in a statement. “We are committed to safe staffing and have the best staffing ratios in the city.”

Meanwhile union negotiations still have not resumed with Montefiore, the third major hospital system impacted.

The union said previously that it had expected to sit down with officials from the Bronx-based health care provider Friday, but the hospital disputed that claim, saying a meeting was never planned.

“NYSNA nurses respect the mediators and are ready and willing to come to the bargaining table when they call,” Nancy Hagans, the nurses’ union president, said in a statement. “We urge hospital executives to do the same.”

Each medical center is negotiating with the union independently, and not every hospital run by the three health care systems is affected by the strike.

The affected hospitals say their operations have been running smoothly since they hired thousands of temporary nurses to keep emergency rooms and other facilities open during the strike.

Dr. Philip Ozuah, president of Montefiore Einstein in the Bronx, one of the hospital campuses impacted by the strike, praised those still on the job.

“Another day, another miracle,” he wrote in a letter to staff. “Many thanks to our amazing teams, our most complex and exacting mission continues…providing life-saving care.”

Striking nurses demonstrate outside Mt. Sinai Hospital, in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Striking nurses demonstrate outside Mt. Sinai Hospital, in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)