2002–03 Toronto Raptors season

2002–03 Toronto Raptors season
Head coach Lenny Wilkens
Owner(s) Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment
Arena Air Canada Centre[1]
Results
Record 24–58 (.293)
Place Division: 7th (Central)
Conference: 14th (Eastern)
Playoff finish Did not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television Rogers Sportsnet, Raptors NBA TV, TSN, The Score, CIII
Radio CJCL

The 2002–03 NBA season was the Raptors' 8th season in the National Basketball Association.[1] During the offseason, the Raptors acquired Lamond Murray from the Cleveland Cavaliers, but missed the entire season with a foot injury. Things looked bleak for the Raptors early in the season as Hakeem Olajuwon announced his retirement due to a back injury. The Raptors played around .500 with a 4–4 start to the season, but then lost six straight afterwards. The team then suffered a 12-game losing streak between December and January. In addition, Vince Carter continued to feel the lingering effect of his knee injury as he missed most of the first half of the season. Despite playing only 43 games, he was still voted to play in his fourth straight All-Star Game. However, Carter ended up giving the starting position to a retiring Michael Jordan. Despite this, the Raptors lost their final eight games of the season finishing seventh in the Central Division with a dismal 24–58 record. Following the season, Lenny Wilkens was let go as head coach of the Raptors, and was replaced with Kevin O'Neill.[2]

NBA Draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 20 Kareem Rush (traded to Los Angeles) Shooting Guard  United States Missouri

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Roster

Toronto Raptors roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
G 12 United States Alston, Rafer 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 171 lb (78 kg) Fresno State
F 14 United States Baston, Maceo 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Michigan
F/C 5 United States Bradley, Michael 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Villanova
G/F 15 United States Carter, Vince 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) North Carolina
F/C 33 United States Davis, Antonio 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) UTEP
G 11 United States Hunter, Lindsey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jackson State
G/F 1 United States Jefferies, Chris 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Fresno State
G 2 United States Lenard, Voshon 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Minnesota
C 4 United States McCoy, Jelani 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) UCLA
C 00 United States Montross, Eric  (IN) 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 270 lb (122 kg) North Carolina
F 21 United States Murray, Lamond  (IN) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 236 lb (107 kg) California
C 32 Senegal N'Diaye, Mamadou 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Auburn
G/F 24 United States Peterson, Morris 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Michigan State
G 20 United States Williams, Alvin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Villanova
F 13 United States Williams, Jerome 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 206 lb (93 kg) Georgetown
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster

Note

Bold = All-Star selection

Roster Notes

  • Forward Lamond Murray missed the entire season due to a foot injury.
  • Center Eric Montross missed the entire season due to a stress reaction in left foot.

Regular season

Standings

Central Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Detroit Pistons 5032.610–30–1120–2119–9
x-Indiana Pacers 4834.585232–916–2519–9
x-New Orleans Hornets 4735.573329–1218–2317–11
x-Milwaukee Bucks 4240.512825–1617–2416–12
Atlanta Hawks 3547.4271526–159–3214–14
Chicago Bulls 3052.3662027–143–3812–16
Toronto Raptors 2458.2932615–269–3210–18
Cleveland Cavaliers 1765.2073314–273–385–23

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Record vs. opponents

2002-03 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MEM MIA MIL MIN NJN NOH NYK ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA TOR UTA WAS
Atlanta —0–32–24–00–22–01–30–21–12–22–01–11–11–32–20–21–32–21–32–13–10–20–21–11–11–11–31–12–2
Boston 3–0—2–24–00–21–12–21–10–22–22–01–12–02–21–22–01–33–14–03–22–20–21–10–20–22–01–21–11–3
Chicago 2–22–2—3–10–21–10–41–11–12–20–21–11–11–22–20–22–21–32–11–31–31–11–10–20–20–22–21–11–3
Cleveland 0–40–41–3—0–21–10–41–11–10–42–01–10–21–20–40–22–21–31–20–40–40–20–20–20–21–13–11–10–4
Dallas 2–02–02–02–0—4–02–04–04–01–14–01–34–02–00–22–22–02–02–01–12–02–22–21–32–22–22–02–22–0
Denver 0–21–11–11–10–4—0–20–40–41–11–30–42–22–01–10–40–20–20–20–20–21–32–20–41–31–31–10–41–1
Detroit 3–12–24–04–00–22–0—1–12–02–21–11–12–03–11–31–12–12–22–22–12–21–10–21–10–21–13–12–03–1
Golden State 2–01–11–11–10–44–01–1—1–31–12–22–22–21–10–21–31–11–12–01–12–02–20–40–41–32–22–02–22–0
Houston 1–12–01–11–10–44–00–23–1—1–12–22–23–11–11–12–21–11–10–22–02–03–11–32–21–32–22–01–31–1
Indiana 2–22–22–24–01–11–12–21–11–1—2–00–21–14–03–12–01–23–13–12–12–21–10–20–20–22–03–11–12–2
L.A. Clippers 0–20–22–00–20–43–11–12–22–20–2—0–42–22–01–11–31–11–11–11–10–21–31–31–31–31–31–11–30–2
L.A. Lakers 1–11–11–11–13–14–01–12–22–22–04–0—4–01–12–02–20–21–11–11–11–13–12–22–20–42–22–03–11–1
Memphis 1–10–21–12–00–42–20–22–21–31–12–20–4—2–02–00–41–11–11–12–00–21–31–30–41–31–31–11–31–1
Miami 3–12–22–12–10–20–21–31–11–10–40–21–10–2—1–31–10–40–42–20–40–42–00–21–10–20–24–00–21–3
Milwaukee 2–22–12–24–02–01–13–12–01–11–31–10–20–23–1—0–22–22–23–12–22–20–22–00–20–21–12–20–22–1
Minnesota 2–00–22–02–02–24–01–13–12–20–23–12–24–01–12–0—0–21–12–01–11–13–13–12–22–22–21–11–32–0
New Jersey 3–13–12–22–20–22–01–21–11–12–11–12–01–14–02–22–0—2–23–12–21–31–12–00–21–11–14–00–23–1
New Orleans 2–21–33–13–10–22–02–21–11–11–31–11–11–14–02–21–12–2—3–11–32–12–00–21–10–22–04–02–02–1
New York 3–10–41–22–10–22–02–20–22–01–31–11–11–12–21–30–21–31–3—2–22–22–00–21–12–01–13–11–12–2
Orlando 1–22–33–14–01–12–01–21–10–21–21–11–10–24–02–21–12–23–12–2—2–20–20–21–10–22–02–21–12–2
Philadelphia 1–32–23–14–00–22–02–20–20–22–22–01–12–04–02–21–13–11–22–22–2—0–22–00–21–11–13–01–14–0
Phoenix 2–02–01–12–02–23–11–12–21–31–13–11–33–10–22–01–31–10–20–22–02–0—3–12–23–11–31–11–31–1
Portland 2–01–11–12–02–22–22–04–03–12–03–12–23–12–00–21–30–22–02–02–00–21–3—1–32–24–02–01–31–1
Sacramento 1–12–02–02–03–14–01–14–02–22–03–12–24–01–12–02–22–01–11–11–12–02–23–1—1–33–11–13–12–0
San Antonio 1–12–02–02–02–23–12–03–13–12–03–14–03–12–02–02–21–12–00–22–01–11–32–23–1—3–12–04–01–1
Seattle 1–10–22–01–12–23–11–12–22–20–23–12–23–12–01–12–21–10–21–10–21–13–10–41–31–3—2–02–21–1
Toronto 3–12–12–21–30–21–11–30–20–21–31–10–21–10–42–21–10–40–41–32–20–31–10–21–10–20–2—0–23–1
Utah 1–11–11–11–12–24–00–22–23–11–13–11–33–12–02–03–12–00–21–11–11–13–13–11–30–42–22–0—1–1
Washington 2–23–13–14–00–21–11–30–21–12–22–01–11–13–11–20–21–31–22–22–20–41–11–10–21–11–11–31–1—

Game log

2002–03 game log
October: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
November: 4–10 (Home: 2–5; Road: 2–5)
December: 3–13 (Home: 1–5; Road: 2–8)
January: 4–11 (Home: 3–5; Road: 1–6)
February: 5–4 (Home: 4–2; Road: 1–2)
March: 6–11 (Home: 4–4; Road: 2–7)
April: 1–9 (Home: 0–5; Road: 1–4)
2002–03 season schedule

Player statistics

Regular season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Rafer Alston 47420.9.415.392.6852.34.1.81.327.8
Maceo Baston 1606.6.600.000.8331.4.0.25.692.5
Michael Bradley 671119.6.481.167.5226.11.0.24.485.0
Damone Brown 5323.0.314.000.7503.0.6.20.005.6
Vince Carter 434234.2.467.344.8064.43.31.12.9520.6
Antonio Davis 535235.7.407.000.7718.22.5.431.1713.9
Greg Foster 29918.6.385.250.8133.5.4.03.314.2
Zendon Hamilton 304.0.400.0001.0001.3.0.33.002.0
Nate Huffman 7010.9.360.000.6253.3.7.14.433.3
Lindsey Hunter 29023.2.351.318.7232.02.41.21.179.7
Chris Jefferies 511013.1.387.333.6741.2.4.37.313.9
Voshon Lenard 632430.6.402.365.8043.42.3.94.3314.3
Art Long* 7011.4.360.500.2002.9.6.43.432.9
Jelani McCoy 672520.4.491.000.5485.3.6.42.906.8
Mamadou N'Diaye 22816.5.448.000.7233.7.3.361.455.5
Morris Peterson 828036.0.392.337.7894.42.31.07.3914.1
Alvin Williams 787833.8.438.329.7823.15.31.42.2713.2
Jerome Williams 716333.0.499.167.5559.21.31.63.379.7

* Statistics include only games with the Raptors

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game Source: [5]

Award winners

References

  1. 1 2 "2002-03 Toronto Raptors Roster and Statistics". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
  2. ↑ "Raptors tab O'Neill to replace Wilkens". Sports Illustrated. June 14, 2003. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
  3. ↑ "2002 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-15.
  4. ↑ "NBA Standings - 2002-03". ESPN. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
  5. ↑ "Roster and Statistics". Basketball-Reference.
  6. ↑ "Vince Carter". NBA. Archived from the original on 2007-04-18. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
  7. ↑ "2003 NBA All-Star Game Box Score". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
  • "2002-03 Toronto Raptors Roster and Statistics". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
  • "2002-03 Toronto Raptors". DatabaseBasketball. Archived from the original on 28 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
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