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TORONTO -- DeMar DeRozans early season scoring surge has slowed.The Toronto Raptors havent.Kyle Lowry had 29 points and eight assists, DeRozan scored 24 points and the Raptors ended the Memphis Grizzlies six-game road winning streak with a 120-105 victory.DeRozan was held under 30 points for the sixth consecutive game after averaging 33 points in his first 12 contests. He was ably backed up by Lowry, though, helping the Raptors beat the Grizzlies for the third straight matchup and sixth time in their last seven meetings.It was just a period of time where we were reliant on him big time and now were trying to take a little bit of the load off of him, Lowry said.The Raptors seized control midway through the fourth quarter on back-to-back 3-pointers from Patrick Patterson and Cory Joseph over a 1:01 span for a seven-point lead. A trio of free throws by Lowry quickly pushed that advantage up to eight, and a DeMarre Carrolls 3-pointer with 4:10 remaining made it a 12-point edge. The Raptors led by double digits the rest of the way, with Joseph finishing with a season-high 16 points off the bench and Patterson recording his 14th career double-double on 14 points and 13 rebounds.Up until that point it had been anyones game. The short-handed Grizzlies, without six of their regular players because of injury and other reasons, had to get by with what coach David Fizdale called their Nasty Nine healthy players.When you play a team like that, with a lot of young guys playing out of position, theyre going to play extremely hard and theres going to be a lot of things that youre not used to seeing or that youre not expecting, said DeRozan, who had five turnovers in the first quarter.The Raptors committed a season-high 20 turnovers in the game, but also made a season-high 16 3-pointers.Fizdale praised his teams gutsy effort, with Andrew Harrison leading the way with a career-high 21 points. Memphis could have tied the franchise record of seven consecutive road wins, set in the 2009-10 season, with a victory.The effort was fantastic. I just thought we had a bad stretch where we got careless with the ball, starting turning the ball over, Fizdale said of the Raptors 16-5 run which took the game away from Memphis.Harrison echoed his coachs thoughts and bemoaned the loss of Mike Conley, the teams star guard who was ruled out for at least six weeks Tuesday with fractured vertebrae in his lower back. Conley was injured during Mondays loss to Charlotte.I know we were short-handed, but we have a bunch of guys on the team and we all believe that we could win this game, he said. Losing Mike was big, hes an MVP candidate in my eyes, but we know what we have to do, we have to bring it every night.TIP INSGrizzlies: G Chandler Parsons (left knee), F Brandan Wright (left ankle), F Vince Carter (right hip), F James Ennis III (right calf) and F Zach Randolph (personal) missed the game. ... Carter, the former Raptor, received one of the loudest cheers of the night when he was shown on the video board in the second quarter.Raptors: Toronto finished the first month of the season with a winning record (11-7) and 10-plus wins for the third consecutive season. ... The biggest cheer of the night came late in the fourth quarter when the big screen revealed that Major League Soccer team Toronto FC had beaten Canadian rival Montreal Impact 5-2 on the night and 7-5 on aggregate to advance to their first MLS Cup final.CENTURY MARKWednesdays game was Torontos 100th straight sellout in the regular season and playoffs at the Air Canada Centre, the longest streak in franchise history.DOWN BUT NOT OUTDespite his teams lengthy injury list, Fizdale refused to dwell on the situation.I dont look at it like that. I see nothing but opportunity and I preach that to our guys. We dont feel sorry for ourselves. Next man up and trust that next guy to do his job well enough to win on the road.ACES HIGHThe worlds No. 3 mens tennis player, Canadian Milos Raonic, sat courtside. He signed a number of balls and sat back as the team mascot, the Raptor, shot them high into the stands with a tennis racquet.UP NEXTGrizzlies: Aim for a ninth straight home victory against Orlando on Thursday night.Raptors: Continue six-game homestand on Friday night seeking fourth straight victory over the Los Angeles Lakers.Nike Tns Womens Australia . At a Manhattan federal court hearing, attorney Jordan Siev said his law office has gotten more evidence nearly every day to support its lawsuit accusing MLB and Selig of going on a "witch hunt" to ruin Rodriguezs reputation and career. He said the defendants went "way over the line. Cheap Nike Vapormax Australia . The Islanders dealt Thomas Vanek to the Montreal Canadiens after less than a year on Long Island. Meanwhile, the Oilers dealt long-time sniper Ales hemsky to the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday for a fifth-round pick in 2014 and a third-rounder in 2015. http://www.vapormaxaustraliashoes.com/air-vapormax-97-australia.html . It was just business as usual for the Thunder at home. Durant scored 32 points and the Thunder beat the Bulls 107-95 on Thursday night for their eighth straight win. Nike Air Vapormax Plus Black And White . LOUIS -- Theres no telling how these wacky World Series games will end. Nike Air Vapormax Plus Womens Cheap . -- Team after team passed on Andre Ellington in the draft.Manchester City goalkeeper Willy Caballero admits both him and club No 1 Joe Hart support each other, despite fighting for a starting place.Caballero will start in Citys League Cup final clash against Liverpool at Wembley on Sunday, a policy upheld by manager Manuel Pellegrini since the 34-year-old joined from Malaga in 2014.And while the Argentine admits it is sometimes difficult being sat on the bench for the majority of the season, both goalkeepers are close to each other during the week. Caballero has played all of Citys Capital One Cup games this season Caballero told Sky Sports: He [Hart] helps me a lot. He gives me information all the time about the strikers and the teams we play, both last year and this year as well. I try to help him during the week because we are fighting during the week to play, but he has the opportunity to do it every week, and I try to be his supporter. Caballero has been Man Citys first-choice goalkeeper in the League Cup this season Sometimes it is really difficult [being on the bench]. But even teams like Liverpool play just one goalkeeper in all competitions, so I feel blessed to be in this team.City last won the League Cup in 2014 with a 3-1 win over Suunderland, a final which saw Costel Pantilimon between the posts and Hart on the bench.dddddddddddd Caballero concedes against Everton in the semi-final first leg clash at Goodison Park Caballero is yet to keep a clean sheet in his five League Cup appearances this campaign, and insists it does not matter if he fails to keep another at Wembley, as long as City get the win.I feel the confidence of the boss to bring me into this game. I try to enjoy it, and try to improve every week. I have to be ready for this date, which will be fantastic for us. England goalkeeper Hart has been Citys No 1 for eight seasons I think it will be a great final. We must be ready for everything, even for penalties. Beating Liverpool will be fantastic but it wont be easy, so we must play well, defend well and be solid. The most important thing is to win, it doesnt matter how.Watch the Capital One Cup final between Liverpool and Manchester City live on Sky Sports 1 HD at 4pm on Sunday.Also See:Barnes and Goater Q&AAguero: I get big-game nervesMan Citys best boss?Get Sky Sports ' ' '