Bane scores 28 points, Wagner adds 26 points and 11 assists as Magic beat Raptors 121-114

TORONTO (AP) — Desmond Bane scored a season-best 28 points, Franz Wagner set season highs with 26 points and 11 assists, and the Orlando Magic overcame Scottie Barnes’ first 40-point game to beat the Toronto Raptors 121-114 in NBA Cup play Friday night.

Wendell Carter Jr. scored 20 points and Anthony Black added 17 points and 10 assists as the Magic bounced back from Wednesday’s 30-point loss at Toronto.

After shooting 10 for 35 from 3-point range Wednesday, the Magic went 18 of 34 from long distance Friday. Bane made his first four attempts from deep and finished 6 for 12.

The Raptors lost for the second time in three games without star Kawhi Leonard, who is sidelined because of swelling in his left knee.

Barnes fouled out with 41 points. He shot 19 for 34, setting career bests in both made baskets and shot attempts. He went 11 of 24 in the first half alone.

Immanuel Quickley scored 17 points and Collin Murray-Boyles added 15. Jakob Poeltl had 12 points and 11 rebounds for Toronto.

The Magic led 95-88 through three quarters before the Raptors rallied. Toronto took its first lead since the opening quarter, 102-100, on Quickley’s 3-pointer with 8:38 remaining.

Black restored Orlando’s lead by connecting on a 3 with 6:56 left, the first points in a 13-4 spurt for the Magic.

Bane and Barrett each picked up a technical foul after a brief scuffle near center court following an Orlando basket in the first quarter.

The Magic went 25 for 29 at the free-throw line, while Toronto was 11 for 15.

Magic: Host the Boston Celtics on Sunday.

Raptors: Open a four-game trip against the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday.

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Orlando Magic's Wendell Carter Jr., front, drives past Toronto Raptors' Collin Murray-Boyles, top left, during the first half of an NBA Cup basketball game in Toronto, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

Orlando Magic's Franz Wagner (22) shoots past Toronto Raptors' Scottie Barnes (4) during the first half of an NBA Cup basketball game in Toronto, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

Referee Mitchell Ervin (27) gets between Toronto Raptors' RJ Barrett, second from left, and Orlando Magic's Desmond Bane (3) during the first half of an NBA Cup basketball game in Toronto, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Raptors' Scottie Barnes (4) battles against Orlando Magic's Wendell Carter Jr. (34) during the first half of an NBA Cup basketball game in Toronto, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Raptors' Scottie Barnes (left) and Orlando Magic's Wendell Carter Jr. (34) battle for the ball during the first half of an NBA Cup basketball game in Toronto, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — King Charles III urged more countries to value nature during a visit to Guyana on Friday, praising its efforts to protect its vast forests while generating millions of dollars from carbon credit sales.

Charles said finding ways to value nature remained a challenge.

“Everybody argues about how much. Well, it’s priceless. That’s the answer,” he said during a meeting with President Irfaan Ali in Georgetown, the capital.

The British monarch condemned what he described as endless deforestation, warning that it was “totally prejudicing our future and other people’s futures, and our health.”

“Nature has the best solutions to everything, really,” he said.

Charles arrived in Guyana on Thursday as part of a nine-day Caribbean tour. He first visited the Bahamas and is scheduled to arrive in Antigua on Friday evening ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.

Ali praised Charles’ leadership on nature, climate and the environment, and his support for a low-carbon development strategy.

“Nearly two decades later, Guyana has demonstrated what is possible,” Ali said.

King Charles said he hoped other countries would follow Guyana’s example in confronting the “enormous existential threats we face.”

In 2009, Norway agreed to provide $250 million to help protect Guyana’s 18 million hectares of forest.

Guyana has earned $353 million from carbon credit sales in recent years. In November 2022, it became the first country to issue such credits under a global standard aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

The following month, U.S.-owned Hess Corporation, a partner in Guyana’s offshore oil sector, agreed to buy $750 million worth of carbon credits over the next decade. Guyana’s government pledged to set aside 30% of the proceeds for development projects in Indigenous Amerindian communities.

“Our ambitions continue to grow, to encompass biodiversity, sustainable cities, and a better relationship between people and nature,” Ali said.

After his brief speech, he took a sip from a freshly cut coconut before meeting with Indigenous leaders known as “toshaos.”

Earlier on Friday, Charles met veterans who served in the British Guiana defense forces before Guyana gained independence in 1966. He also visited Independence Park, where enslaved people were publicly executed in the 1800s following one of the region’s largest slave revolts.

Some Caribbean leaders have called on Britain to apologize and pay reparations for slavery, demands the British government has consistently rejected.

Britain's King Charles III inspects the guard of honor on his arrival at Cheddi Jagan International Airport in Georgetown, Guyana, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Delano Williams)

Britain's King Charles III, left, and Guyana's Prime Minister Mark Anthony Phillip attend a wreath-laying ceremony at the Commonwealth War Graves in Georgetown, Guyana, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Delano Williams)

Britain's King Charles III, left, and Guyana's Prime Minister Mark Anthony Phillip, center, attend a wreath-laying ceremony at the Commonwealth War Graves in Georgetown, Guyana, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Delano Williams)

Britain's King Charles III, left, and Guyana's Prime Minister Mark Anthony Phillip, right, attend a wreath-laying ceremony at the Commonwealth War Graves in Georgetown, Guyana, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Delano Williams)