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DeRozan scores 30 again, Raptors beat Nuggets 113-111 in OT

Updated Mar. 5, 2020 2:00 a.m. ET

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DENVER (AP) DeMar DeRozan scored 30 points, including four in overtime, and the Toronto Raptors held off the Denver Nuggets for a 113-111 victory Friday night.

It was the 10th time in 12 games this season that DeRozan, the NBA's leading scorer, has reached 30 points.

Terrence Ross hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 37.6 seconds left in the extra period, putting Toronto up by two. Denver's Emmanuel Mudiay was short with a desperation heave from halfcourt at the final buzzer.

Kyle Lowry added 18 points and 13 assists for Toronto, which swept the two-game season series.

Mudiay and Wilson Chandler each scored 25 points to lead the Nuggets, who have lost five of six.

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