2002–03 Toronto Raptors season

Head coach

Owner(s)

Arena

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
< 2001–02	2003–04 >

After the 2002-03 season, Lenny Wilkens was let go as coach of the Raptors and replaced by 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

^[3]

Regular season

Standings

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Detroit Pistons	50	32	.610	–	30–11	20–21	19–9
x-Indiana Pacers	48	34	.585	2	32–9	16–25	19–9
x-New Orleans Hornets	47	35	.573	3	29–12	18–23	17–11
x-Milwaukee Bucks	42	40	.512	8	25–16	17–24	16–12
Atlanta Hawks	35	47	.427	15	26–15	9–32	14–14
Chicago Bulls	30	52	.366	20	27–14	3–38	12–16
Toronto Raptors	24	58	.293	26	15–26	9–32	10–18
Cleveland Cavaliers	17	65	.207	33	14–27	3–38	5–23

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Game log

2002–03 game log

October: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 30	Washington	W 74–68	Morris Peterson (20)	Antonio Davis (16)	Alvin Williams (6)	Air Canada Centre 20,165	1–0

November: 4–10 (Home: 2–5; Road: 2–5)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
2	November 1	@ San Antonio	L 72–91	Vince Carter (18)	Jelani McCoy (15)	Lindsey Hunter (3)	SBC Center 18,787	1–1
3	November 2	@ Houston	L 76–88	Lindsey Hunter (17)	Michael Bradley, Morris Peterson (7)	Alvin Williams (3)	Compaq Center 16,285	1–2
4	November 4	Chicago	W 109–105 (OT)	Alvin Williams (25)	Jerome Williams (12)	Alvin Williams (8)	Air Canada Centre 17,441	2–2
5	November 6	Dallas	L 92–106	Voshon Lenard (20)	Jerome Williams (9)	Lindsey Hunter (6)	Air Canada Centre 19,800	2–3
6	November 9	@ Indiana	L 84–108	Voshon Lenard (22)	Michael Bradley (10)	Alvin Williams (7)	Conseco Fieldhouse 15,365	2–4
7	November 12	@ Orlando	W 115–109	Alvin Williams (32)	Morris Peterson (12)	Voshon Lenard, Jerome Williams (4)	TD Waterhouse Centre 13,402	3–4
8	November 15	Denver	W 84–79	Voshon Lenard (19)	Jerome Williams (9)	Voshon Lenard (6)	Air Canada Centre 18,985	4–4
9	November 17	Utah	L 78–82	Alvin Williams (20)	Antonio Davis, Jelani McCoy (8)	Alvin Williams (6)	Air Canada Centre 19,800	4–5
10	November 18	@ Atlanta	L 92–117	Voshon Lenard, Morris Peterson, Alvin Williams (17)	Voshon Lenard, Morris Peterson (6)	Alvin Williams (5)	Philips Arena 6,374	4–6
11	November 20	Indiana	L 95–97	Voshon Lenard (22)	Antonio Davis (10)	Alvin Williams (6)	Air Canada Centre 19,206	4–7
12	November 22	@ Philadelphia	L 80–90	Antonio Davis (27)	Antonio Davis (12)	Alvin Williams (6)	First Union Center 19,410	4–8
13	November 24	Philadelphia	L 84–94	Alvin Williams (25)	Antonio Davis, Jerome Williams (8)	Voshon Lenard, Alvin Williams (5)	Air Canada Centre 19,800	4–9
14	November 27	New York	L 81–87	Antonio Davis (20)	Greg Foster (9)	Alvin Williams (7)	Air Canada Centre 19,800	4–10
15	November 29	@ Boston	W 98–95	Morris Peterson (31)	Greg Foster (9)	Alvin Williams (11)	FleetCenter 18,624	5–10

December: 3–13 (Home: 1–5; Road: 2–8)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
16	December 1	@ Memphis	W 92–87	Vince Carter (27)	Antonio Davis (12)	Alvin Williams (8)	Pyramid Arena 13,213	6–10
17	December 2	@ Dallas	L 102–113	Alvin Williams (27)	Antonio Davis (9)	Alvin Williams (7)	American Airlines Center 19,696	6–11
18	December 4	@ New Orleans	L 74–89	Vince Carter (26)	Antonio Davis (11)	Jermaine Jackson (5)	New Orleans Arena 13,342	6–12
19	December 6	Chicago	W 103–89	Voshon Lenard (23)	Vince Carter (10)	Vince Carter, Alvin Williams (5)	Air Canada Centre 18,862	7–12
20	December 8	Portland	L 91–104	Vince Carter (25)	Michael Bradley, Jerome Williams (10)	Alvin Williams (7)	Air Canada Centre 18,645	7–13
21	December 11	@ Cleveland	L 83–96	Voshon Lenard (24)	Jerome Williams (8)	Lindsey Hunter, Jermaine Jackson, Voshon Lenard (4)	Gund Arena 9,090	7–14
22	December 13	Seattle	L 79–91	Lindsey Hunter (21)	Jelani McCoy, Morris Peterson (7)	Jermaine Jackson, Morris Peterson (4)	Air Canada Centre 18,111	7–15
23	December 15	Washington	L 82–95	Lindsey Hunter (22)	Jelani McCoy (10)	Voshon Lenard, Alvin Williams (5)	Air Canada Centre 19,800	7–16
24	December 17	@ Milwaukee	W 122–117 (OT)	Voshon Lenard (23)	Nate Huffman, Jelani McCoy (9)	Alvin Williams (7)	Bradley Center 15,926	8–16
25	December 18	@ Chicago	L 83–96	Morris Peterson (22)	Jelani McCoy, Jerome Williams (11)	Lindsey Hunter, Alvin Williams (4)	United Center 16,111	8–17
26	December 20	Miami	L 77–97	Voshon Lenard (19)	Jerome Williams (9)	Jermaine Jackson (3)	Air Canada Centre 19,235	8–18
27	December 22	L.A. Lakers	L 107–109 (OT)	Morris Peterson (27)	Jerome Williams (12)	Alvin Williams (6)	Air Canada Centre 19,800	8–19
28	December 26	@ Seattle	L 88–97	Voshon Lenard (27)	Jerome Williams (11)	Alvin Williams (6)	KeyArena 16,139	8–20
29	December 27	@ Golden State	L 96–101	Voshon Lenard, Alvin Williams (17)	Michael Bradley (15)	Voshon Lenard (4)	The Arena in Oakland 16,487	8–21
30	December 29	@ L.A. Lakers	L 88–104	Morris Peterson (18)	Jelani McCoy, Morris Peterson (5)	Alvin Williams (6)	Staples Center 18,997	8–22
31	December 30	@ Utah	L 85–107	Voshon Lenard, Morris Peterson (18)	Jelani McCoy, Morris Peterson (6)	Voshon Lenard, Alvin Williams (5)	Delta Center 19,911	8–23

January: 4–11 (Home: 3–5; Road: 1–6)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
32	January 1	@ New York	L 75–95	Alvin Williams (15)	Jelani McCoy (15)	Alvin Williams (5)	Madison Square Garden 18,540	8–24
33	January 3	Cleveland	L 80–81	Alvin Williams (25)	Jerome Williams (18)	Lindsey Hunter (7)	Air Canada Centre 17,667	8–25
34	January 5	New Orleans	L 84–99	Morris Peterson (17)	Jelani McCoy (8)	Alvin Williams (7)	Air Canada Centre 18,568	8–26
35	January 6	@ Detroit	L 74–82	Antonio Davis (21)	Jerome Williams (15)	Morris Peterson (5)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 16,239	8–27
36	January 10	New Jersey	L 79–94	Rafer Alston (17)	Jerome Williams (10)	Morris Peterson, Alvin Williams (4)	Air Canada Centre 19,314	8–28
37	January 12	Minnesota	W 105–91	Morris Peterson (20)	Jerome Williams (14)	Rafer Alston, Alvin Williams (8)	Air Canada Centre 19,800	9–28
38	January 14	@ Washington	W 84–75	Morris Peterson (21)	Jerome Williams (20)	Rafer Alston (11)	MCI Center 20,173	10–28
39	January 15	Milwaukee	L 87–99	Morris Peterson (22)	Jerome Williams (17)	Rafer Alston, Antonio Davis (5)	Air Canada Centre 18,357	10–29
40	January 17	@ New Jersey	L 77–88	Morris Peterson (20)	Jerome Williams (15)	Rafer Alston (8)	Continental Airlines Arena 17,107	10–30
41	January 19	Orlando	L 93–101	Morris Peterson (25)	Jerome Williams (10)	Alvin Williams (9)	Air Canada Centre 19,800	10–31
42	January 20	@ Minnesota	L 81–89	Voshon Lenard (22)	Jerome Williams (13)	Rafer Alston, Alvin Williams (5)	Target Center 14,773	10–32
43	January 22	@ Indiana	L 98–101	Voshon Lenard (19)	Jerome Williams (14)	Alvin Williams (9)	Conseco Fieldhouse 15,488	10–33
44	January 26	Sacramento	W 101–97	Vince Carter (22)	Jerome Williams (14)	Rafer Alston (7)	Air Canada Centre 19,800	11–33
45	January 29	@ New Orleans	L 83–104	Voshon Lenard (16)	Antonio Davis (7)	Morris Peterson (6)	New Orleans Arena 13,014	11–34
46	January 31	Indiana	W 102–90	Antonio Davis (20)	Antonio Davis, Jerome Williams (10)	Alvin Williams (7)	Air Canada Centre 18,977	12–34

February: 5–4 (Home: 4–2; Road: 1–2)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
47	February 2	L.A. Clippers	W 100–86	Voshon Lenard (30)	Michael Bradley (11)	Alvin Williams (9)	Air Canada Centre 17,862	13–34
48	February 4	@ Milwaukee	W 98–95	Vince Carter (25)	Antonio Davis (16)	Vince Carter (4)	Bradley Center 13,765	14–34
49	February 12	Atlanta	W 97–96	Antonio Davis (22)	Jerome Williams (14)	Alvin Williams (7)	Air Canada Centre 17,372	15–34
50	February 14	Golden State	L 114–118 (OT)	Voshon Lenard (26)	Antonio Davis (14)	Alvin Williams (10)	Air Canada Centre 19,346	15–35
51	February 16	Orlando	W 99–97	Alvin Williams (22)	Antonio Davis (11)	Vince Carter, Voshon Lenard (5)	Air Canada Centre 19,800	16–35
52	February 19	Detroit	L 84–89	Morris Peterson (20)	Jerome Williams (17)	Alvin Williams (9)	Air Canada Centre 19,140	16–36
53	February 21	Phoenix	W 92–89	Antonio Davis (22)	Jerome Williams (13)	Alvin Williams (7)	Air Canada Centre 18,695	17–36
54	February 26	@ Chicago	L 95–103	Voshon Lenard (20)	Jerome Williams (11)	Alvin Williams (9)	United Center 18,178	17–37
55	February 28	@ Boston	L 85–90	Vince Carter (18)	Antonio Davis (14)	Rafer Alston (7)	FleetCenter 18,624	17–38

March: 6–11 (Home: 4–4; Road: 2–7)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
56	March 2	Boston	W 104–92	Antonio Davis (19)	Michael Bradley (13)	Alvin Williams (6)	Air Canada Centre 19,800	18–38
57	March 4	@ Washington	W 89–86	Vince Carter (24)	Michael Bradley, Jerome Williams (7)	Antonio Davis (5)	MCI Center 20,173	19–38
58	March 5	Houston	L 95–97	Vince Carter (21)	Jerome Williams (10)	Antonio Davis (6)	Air Canada Centre 20,171	19–39
59	March 8	@ Atlanta	W 107–98	Vince Carter (43)	Jerome Williams (15)	Antonio Davis (8)	Philips Arena 19,445	20–39
60	March 9	Memphis	L 106–119	Vince Carter (26)	Antonio Davis (8)	Alvin Williams (9)	Air Canada Centre 19,138	20–40
61	March 11	@ Denver	L 87–95	Vince Carter (21)	Michael Bradley (12)	Alvin Williams (6)	Pepsi Center 13,409	20–41
62	March 12	@ Portland	L 103–125	Vince Carter (21)	Michael Bradley (10)	Rafer Alston (6)	Rose Garden 19,991	20–42
63	March 14	@ Sacramento	L 84–119	Vince Carter, Morris Peterson (16)	Mamadou N'Diaye (10)	Rafer Alston (7)	ARCO Arena 17,317	20–43
64	March 16	@ L.A. Clippers	L 110–111	Vince Carter (28)	Antonio Davis, Jerome Williams (8)	Alvin Williams (5)	Staples Center 18,268	20–44
65	March 17	@ Phoenix	L 91–95 (OT)	Morris Peterson (17)	Antonio Davis (15)	Alvin Williams (7)	America West Arena 15,326	20–45
66	March 19	Atlanta	W 87–86	Vince Carter (27)	Jerome Williams (10)	Alvin Williams (6)	Air Canada Centre 17,885	21–45
67	March 21	@ Miami	L 98–107	Vince Carter (30)	Jerome Williams (9)	Alvin Williams (7)	American Airlines Arena 14,492	21–46
68	March 23	Philadelphia	L 95–112	Vince Carter (22)	Antonio Davis (9)	Vince Carter (9)	Air Canada Centre 19,800	21–47
69	March 24	@ New York	L 90–100	Antonio Davis (23)	Antonio Davis (12)	Alvin Williams (8)	Madison Square Garden 18,824	21–48
70	March 26	Cleveland	W 89–83	Morris Peterson (21)	Jelani McCoy (8)	Rafer Alston (6)	Air Canada Centre 16,832	22–48
71	March 28	New Orleans	L 92–101	Vince Carter (21)	Michael Bradley (11)	Alvin Williams (5)	Air Canada Centre 18,773	22–49
72	March 30	New York	W 95–86	Vince Carter (28)	Michael Bradley (11)	Vince Carter (6)	Air Canada Centre 19,800	23–49

April: 1–9 (Home: 0–5; Road: 1–4)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
73	April 1	Detroit	L 85–92	Voshon Lenard (21)	Michael Bradley, Jelani McCoy (14)	Alvin Williams (6)	Air Canada Centre 18,237	23–50
74	April 2	@ Detroit	W 89–78	Vince Carter (18)	Jerome Williams (16)	Alvin Williams (6)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	24–50
75	April 4	San Antonio	L 98–124	Vince Carter (17)	Michael Bradley (8)	Rafer Alston, Vince Carter, Morris Peterson (3)	Air Canada Centre 18,376	24–51
76	April 6	New Jersey	L 87–96	Vince Carter (28)	Jelani McCoy (9)	Alvin Williams (8)	Air Canada Centre 19,319	24–52
77	April 8	@ Miami	L 83–89	Alvin Williams (16)	Michael Bradley (8)	Morris Peterson (5)	American Airlines Arena 14,365	24–53
78	April 9	@ Orlando	L 82–88	Alvin Williams (15)	Jerome Williams (10)	Rafer Alston (7)	TD Waterhouse Centre 14,581	24–54
79	April 11	Milwaukee	L 103–105	Rafer Alston, Jerome Williams (20)	Jerome Williams (13)	Rafer Alston (8)	Air Canada Centre 17,762	24–55
80	April 12	@ New Jersey	L 86–94	Morris Peterson (22)	Mamadou N'Diaye, Morris Peterson (8)	Rafer Alston (7)	Continental Airlines Arena 5,306	24–56
81	April 15	Miami	L 99–103	Morris Peterson (33)	Jerome Williams (17)	Rafer Alston (8)	Air Canada Centre 17,666	24–57
82	April 16	@ Cleveland	L 86–96	Rafer Alston (23)	Michael Bradley (10)	Rafer Alston (8)	Gund Arena 20,251	24–58

2002–03 season schedule

Player statistics

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Alston, Rafer !Rafer Alston	47	4	20.9	.415	.392	.685	2.3	4.1	.81	.32	7.8
Baston, Maceo !Maceo Baston	16	0	6.6	.600	.000	.833	1.4	.0	.25	.69	2.5
Bradley, Michael !Michael Bradley	67	11	19.6	.481	.167	.522	6.1	1.0	.24	.48	5.0
Brown, Damone !Damone Brown	5	3	23.0	.314	.000	.750	3.0	.6	.20	.00	5.6
Carter, Vince !Vince Carter	43	42	34.2	.467	.344	.806	4.4	3.3	1.12	.95	20.6
Davis, Antonio !Antonio Davis	53	52	35.7	.407	.000	.771	8.2	2.5	.43	1.17	13.9
Foster, Greg !Greg Foster	29	9	18.6	.385	.250	.813	3.5	.4	.03	.31	4.2
Hamilton, Zendon !Zendon Hamilton	3	0	4.0	.400	.000	1.000	1.3	.0	.33	.00	2.0
Huffman, Nate !Nate Huffman	7	0	10.9	.360	.000	.625	3.3	.7	.14	.43	3.3
Hunter, Lindsey !Lindsey Hunter	29	0	23.2	.351	.318	.723	2.0	2.4	1.21	.17	9.7
Jefferies, Chris !Chris Jefferies	51	10	13.1	.387	.333	.674	1.2	.4	.37	.31	3.9
Lenard, Voshon !Voshon Lenard	63	24	30.6	.402	.365	.804	3.4	2.3	.94	.33	14.3
Long, Art !Art Long*	7	0	11.4	.360	.500	.200	2.9	.6	.43	.43	2.9
McCoy, Jelani !Jelani McCoy	67	25	20.4	.491	.000	.548	5.3	.6	.42	.90	6.8
N'diaye, Mamadou !Mamadou N'Diaye	22	8	16.5	.448	.000	.723	3.7	.3	.36	1.45	5.5
Peterson, Morris !Morris Peterson	82	80	36.0	.392	.337	.789	4.4	2.3	1.07	.39	14.1
Williams, Alvin !Alvin Williams	78	78	33.8	.438	.329	.782	3.1	5.3	1.42	.27	13.2
Williams, Jerome !Jerome Williams	71	63	33.0	.499	.167	.555	9.2	1.3	1.63	.37	9.7

* 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

Vince Carter, NBA All-Star Game Appearance, Voted to start (Relinquished spot to a retiring Michael Jordan)^[6]^[7]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "2002-03 Toronto Raptors Roster and Statistics". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
↑ "Raptors tab O'Neill to replace Wilkens". Sports Illustrated. June 14, 2003. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
↑ "2002 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-15.
↑ "NBA Standings - 2002-03". ESPN. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
↑ "Roster and Statistics". Basketball-Reference.
↑ "Vince Carter". NBA. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
↑ "2003 NBA All-Star Game Box Score". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved 2011-04-25.

External links

"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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2002–03 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston Miami New Jersey New York Orlando Philadelphia Washington

Central	Atlanta Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee New Orleans Toronto

Western

Midwest	Dallas Denver Houston Memphis Minnesota San Antonio Utah

Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Portland Sacramento Seattle