The Denver Nuggets (7 - 13) edged the Toronto Raptors (12 - 8) 106 - 105 on Thursday. The Nuggets were able to prevent their first nine - game losing streak since the 2002 - 3 campaign by shocking Toronto on the Raptors' home court. They accomplished the improbable feat with an outstanding all - around team effort, led by balanced scoring from four of their five starters, as well as from their sixth - man extraordinare, Will Barton. Denver, not exactly known for their frontcourt prowess, was outscored in the paint by the wide margin of 52 to 32. However, they somewhat surprisingly outrebounded Toronto 42 to 39, and also dished out a superb 30 assists, as compared to 21 tallied by the Raptors. Overall, the Nuggets were much more reminscent of the team that got off to a suprising 5 - 4 start, rather than the unit that stumbled their way through eight consecutive losses before Thursday. The visitors were led by Danilo Gallinari's 21 points, which were supplemented by five rebounds and three assists. Darrell Arthur turned in a solid effort in a spot start for Kenneth Faried, managing 19 points, six rebounds, two assists, two steals and two blocks. Joffrey Lauvergne made a strong return to the starting lineup with a season - high 14 points and posted his first double - double of the season by adding 10 boards. Randy Foye pitched in 12 points and Barton paced Denver's reserves with a typical starting - caliber performance, pouring in 22 points and adding four rebounds and four assists. Denver improved to 7 - 13 and currently resides in last place in the Western Conference's Northwest Division. They head to Philadelphia to face the Sixers on Saturday. The Raptors received a season - high 34 - point effort from DeMar DeRozan, who capitalized on a Nuggets' defense ranked in the bottom half of the league versus shooting guards. However, Kyle Lowry, who had an even better matchup versus rookie Emmanuel Mudiay, somewhat underwhelmed scoring - wise with 16 points on subpar 4 - of - 16 shooting. He did manage round out the stat sheet nicely with eight assists, six rebounds, four steals and a pair of blocks. DeMarre Carroll was the third and final Toronto starter with double - digit points (10), while Cory Joseph continued his recent stretch of strong play by pacing the Raptors' reserves with 15 points, four rebounds, two assists and two steals over 28 minutes. Toronto fell to 12 - 8 but remains in first place in the Eastern Conference's Atlantic Division. They remain home to face for a tough matchup versus the Golden State Warriors on Saturday.
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