this stage and play and to win 5-0 is a dream.Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino gave debuts to four players.I got a little bit nervous, Carter-Vickers said. I think that helped. It keeps me on my toes, an

TORONTO -- DeMar DeRozan is looking like one of the NBAs premier scorers this season. He just isnt feeling like it yet.DeRozan had 33 points and Kyle Lowry made a couple key baskets late to finish with 29 points, helping the Toronto Raptors beat the Denver Nuggets 105-102.DeRozan is the first ever Raptor with three straight 30-point games to begin a season, and he and Oklahoma City guard Russell Westbrook are the only players to do it this season.Despite all that scoring, DeRozan quickly cut off comparisons to stars like Westbrook or New Orleans forward Anthony Davis, who each have a 50-point game already this season.Do you see what they were doing? DeRozan said. Thats video game numbers. Its awesome just to ... have your name in any type of conversation about elite, top players.DeRozans run of 30-point games is one shy of Mike James stretch from 2006 for the longest run at any point in the season. Hes also the first to start a season with three straight 30-point games without a 3-pointer since Kobe Bryant did it for the Lakers in 2005.Danilo Gallinari, Will Barton and Emmanuel Mudiay each had 16 points for Denver, and Jusuf Nurkic added 13 points and a career-high 18 rebounds.After leading by as many as 19 in the second quarter, Toronto took its foot off the gas in the second half. Denver grabbed its first lead in over 34 minutes on Chandler Wilsons 3-pointer with 8:49 to play, and it took a furious Raptors rally down the stretch to pull out the win.It got away on the defensive end, Toronto coach Dwane Casey said. We gave up 35 points in the third quarter. What saved us was getting into the paint. We had 58 points in the paint.TIP INSNuggets: F Darrell Arthur (knee) and G Gary Harris (groin) missed their third straight games. ... Coming into Mondays game, Denver had won eight of its last 12 games in Toronto.Raptors: C Lucas Nogueira (ankle) did not dress for the game. ... The Raptors got their first win over Denver in almost two years. Despite setting a franchise record with 17 wins over Western Conference opponents last season, Toronto was 0-2 against Denver. ... The Raptors are now 4-4 when playing on Halloween.HALFWAY THEREDenver coach Michael Malone was upset the Nuggets waited until the second half to get in gear for the second straight game.When you play against a team that was in the Eastern Conference Finals last year, you cant do that, he said. Im very proud of our effort. We outscored them by 10 in the second half, gave ourselves a chance to win, took the lead, but you cant spot that team that half that we did.BOARD PATROLThe Nuggets (59.5) and Raptors (51) entered as first and tied for third in average rebounds per game, but it was the Raptors who led the way, taking a 46-43 edge.HALLOWEEN HOMECOMINGDenver rookie Jamal Murray, who grew up about 70 miles from Toronto in Kitchener, Ontario, played his first professional game in Canada. 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Shane Hnidy joins Brian Munz for the broadcast on TSN 1290 Radio at 7pm ct.American defender Cameron Carter-Vickers has made his debut for Tottenham.The 18-year-old, a son of former Denver Nuggets guard Howard Carter, played the entire match at central defender in a 5-0 win over third-tier Gilligham on Wednesday night in the third round of the English League Cup.Its a dream come true, obviously, Carter-Vickers said in a video interview with Spurs TV posted on the team website. Ive been working hard for all these years to get to this stage and play and to win 5-0 is a dream.Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino gave debuts to four players.I got a little bit nervous, Carter-Vickers said. I think that helped. It keeps me on my toes, and I think its good for me.Carter-Vickers signed with Tottenhams academy at age 11 and has played for the U.S. under-18, under-20 and under-23 teams.I got tto keep my head down, keep working on the training ground, he said.ddddddddddddis father helped LSU reach the 1981 NCAA Final Four and played for Denver in 1983-84 and Dallas in 1984.Another American prospect, 19-year-old midfielder Gedion Zelalem, made his first appearance for Arsenal in nearly two years when he entered in the 83rd minute of Tuesdays 4-0 League Cup win at Nottingham Forest.Zelalem made his Gunners debut as a 71st-minute substitute in an FA Cup win over Coventry City on Jan. 24, 2014, and played the second half of a Champions League group stage victory at Galatasaray on Dec. 9, 2014. He spent last season on loan to Glasgow Rangers, then in Scotlands second tier. ' ' '