The 2002âÂÂ03 Toronto Raptors season was the eighth season for the Toronto Raptors in the National Basketball Association. During the off-season, the Raptors acquired Lamond Murray from the Cleveland Cavaliers, acquired Lindsey Hunter from the Los Angeles Lakers, and signed free agents Voshon Lenard and Jelani McCoy. However, Murray suffered a preseason right foot injury, and would miss the entire regular season.
Early into the regular season, Vince Carter re-injured his left knee, and only played just 43 games this season. The Raptors played around .500 in winning percentage with a 4âÂÂ4 start to the season, but then posted a six-game losing streak afterwards, and then suffered a 12-game losing streak between December and January. In January, the Raptors signed free agent Rafer Alston, as the team later on held a 14âÂÂ34 record at the All-Star break. The Raptors lost their final eight games of the season, finishing in seventh place in the Central Division with a disappointing 24âÂÂ58 record.
Carter averaged 20.6 points per game, while Lenard averaged 14.3 points per game, and Morris Peterson provided the team with 14.1 points per game, and also led them with 116 three-point field goals. In addition, Antonio Davis provided with 13.9 points and 8.2 rebounds per game, while Alvin Williams contributed 13.2 points, 5.3 assists and 1.4 steals per game, and Jerome Williams averaged 9.7 points, 9.2 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game. Meanwhile, Hunter contributed 9.7 points per game, but only played just 29 games due to injury, Alston provided with 7.8 points and 4.1 assists per game, McCoy averaged 6.8 points and 5.3 rebounds per game, and second-year forward Michael Bradley averaged 5.0 points and 6.1 rebounds per game.
During the NBA All-Star weekend at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, Carter was selected for the 2003 NBA All-Star Game, as a member of the Eastern Conference All-Star team. Carter was voted as the starting shooting guard for the Eastern Conference, but later on gave his starting spot to All-Star guard Michael Jordan of the Washington Wizards. The Raptors finished tenth in the NBA in home-game attendance, with an attendance of 777,507 at the Air Canada Centre during the regular season.
Following the season, Lenard re-signed as a free agent with his former team, the Denver Nuggets, while Hunter was traded back to his former team, the Detroit Pistons, and head coach Lenny Wilkens resigned after three seasons with the Raptors.
|- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 | October 30 | Washington | | Morris Peterson (20) | Antonio Davis (16) | Alvin Williams (6) | Air Canada Centre<br>20,165 | 1âÂÂ0
|- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 2 | November 1 | @ San Antonio | | Vince Carter (18) | Jelani McCoy (15) | Lindsey Hunter (3) | SBC Center<br>18,787 | 1âÂÂ1 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 3 | November 2 | @ Houston | | Lindsey Hunter (17) | Michael Bradley, Morris Peterson (7) | Alvin Williams (3) | Compaq Center<br>16,285 | 1âÂÂ2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 | November 4 | Chicago | | Alvin Williams (25) | Jerome Williams (12) | Alvin Williams (8) | Air Canada Centre<br>17,441 | 2âÂÂ2 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 5 | November 6 | Dallas | | Voshon Lenard (20) | Jerome Williams (9) | Lindsey Hunter (6) | Air Canada Centre<br>19,800 | 2âÂÂ3 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 6 | November 9 | @ Indiana | | Voshon Lenard (22) | Michael Bradley (10) | Alvin Williams (7) | Conseco Fieldhouse<br>15,365 | 2âÂÂ4 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 | November 12 | @ Orlando | | Alvin Williams (32) | Morris Peterson (12) | Voshon Lenard, Jerome Williams (4) | TD Waterhouse Centre<br>13,402 | 3âÂÂ4 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 | November 15 | Denver | | Voshon Lenard (19) | Jerome Williams (9) | Voshon Lenard (6) | Air Canada Centre<br>18,985 | 4âÂÂ4 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 9 | November 17 | Utah | | Alvin Williams (20) | Antonio Davis, Jelani McCoy (8) | Alvin Williams (6) | Air Canada Centre<br>19,800 | 4âÂÂ5 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 10 | November 18 | @ Atlanta | | Voshon Lenard, Morris Peterson, Alvin Williams (17) | Voshon Lenard, Morris Peterson (6) | Alvin Williams (5) | Philips Arena<br>6,374 | 4âÂÂ6 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 11 | November 20 | Indiana | | Voshon Lenard (22) | Antonio Davis (10) | Alvin Williams (6) | Air Canada Centre<br>19,206 | 4âÂÂ7 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 12 | November 22 | @ Philadelphia | | Antonio Davis (27) | Antonio Davis (12) | Alvin Williams (6) | First Union Center<br>19,410 | 4âÂÂ8 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 13 | November 24 | Philadelphia | | Alvin Williams (25) | Antonio Davis, Jerome Williams (8) | Voshon Lenard, Alvin Williams (5) | Air Canada Centre<br>19,800 | 4âÂÂ9 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 14 | November 27 | New York | | Antonio Davis (20) | Greg Foster (9) | Alvin Williams (7) | Air Canada Centre<br>19,800 | 4âÂÂ10 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 | November 29 | @ Boston | | Morris Peterson (31) | Greg Foster (9) | Alvin Williams (11) | FleetCenter<br>18,624 | 5âÂÂ10
|- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 | December 1 | @ Memphis | | Vince Carter (27) | Antonio Davis (12) | Alvin Williams (8) | Pyramid Arena<br>13,213 | 6âÂÂ10 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 17 | December 2 | @ Dallas | | Alvin Williams (27) | Antonio Davis (9) | Alvin Williams (7) | American Airlines Center<br>19,696 | 6âÂÂ11 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 18 | December 4 | @ New Orleans | | Vince Carter (26) | Antonio Davis (11) | Jermaine Jackson (5) | New Orleans Arena<br>13,342 | 6âÂÂ12 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 | December 6 | Chicago | | Voshon Lenard (23) | Vince Carter (10) | Vince Carter, Alvin Williams (5) | Air Canada Centre<br>18,862 | 7âÂÂ12 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 20 | December 8 | Portland | | Vince Carter (25) | Michael Bradley, Jerome Williams (10) | Alvin Williams (7) | Air Canada Centre<br>18,645 | 7âÂÂ13 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 21 | December 11 | @ Cleveland | | Voshon Lenard (24) | Jerome Williams (8) | Lindsey Hunter, Jermaine Jackson, Voshon Lenard (4) | Gund Arena<br>9,090 | 7âÂÂ14 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 22 | December 13 | Seattle | | Lindsey Hunter (21) | Jelani McCoy, Morris Peterson (7) | Jermaine Jackson, Morris Peterson (4) | Air Canada Centre<br>18,111 | 7âÂÂ15 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 23 | December 15 | Washington | | Lindsey Hunter (22) | Jelani McCoy (10) | Voshon Lenard, Alvin Williams (5) | Air Canada Centre<br>19,800 | 7âÂÂ16 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 | December 17 | @ Milwaukee | | Voshon Lenard (23) | Nate Huffman, Jelani McCoy (9) | Alvin Williams (7) | Bradley Center<br>15,926 | 8âÂÂ16 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 25 | December 18 | @ Chicago | | Morris Peterson (22) | Jelani McCoy, Jerome Williams (11) | Lindsey Hunter, Alvin Williams (4) | United Center<br>16,111 | 8âÂÂ17 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 26 | December 20 | Miami | | Voshon Lenard (19) | Jerome Williams (9) | Jermaine Jackson (3) | Air Canada Centre<br>19,235 | 8âÂÂ18 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 27 | December 22 | L.A. Lakers | | Morris Peterson (27) | Jerome Williams (12) | Alvin Williams (6) | Air Canada Centre<br>19,800 | 8âÂÂ19 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 28 | December 26 | @ Seattle | | Voshon Lenard (27) | Jerome Williams (11) | Alvin Williams (6) | KeyArena<br>16,139 | 8âÂÂ20 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 29 | December 27 | @ Golden State | | Voshon Lenard, Alvin Williams (17) | Michael Bradley (15) | Voshon Lenard (4) | The Arena in Oakland<br>16,487 | 8âÂÂ21 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 30 | December 29 | @ L.A. Lakers | | Morris Peterson (18) | Jelani McCoy, Morris Peterson (5) | Alvin Williams (6) | Staples Center<br>18,997 | 8âÂÂ22 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 31 | December 30 | @ Utah | | Voshon Lenard, Morris Peterson (18) | Jelani McCoy, Morris Peterson (6) | Voshon Lenard, Alvin Williams (5) | Delta Center<br>19,911 | 8âÂÂ23
|- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 32 | January 1 | @ New York | | Alvin Williams (15) | Jelani McCoy (15) | Alvin Williams (5) | Madison Square Garden<br>18,540 | 8âÂÂ24 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 33 | January 3 | Cleveland | | Alvin Williams (25) | Jerome Williams (18) | Lindsey Hunter (7) | Air Canada Centre<br>17,667 | 8âÂÂ25 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 34 | January 5 | New Orleans | | Morris Peterson (17) | Jelani McCoy (8) | Alvin Williams (7) | Air Canada Centre<br>18,568 | 8âÂÂ26 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 35 | January 6 | @ Detroit | | Antonio Davis (21) | Jerome Williams (15) | Morris Peterson (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>16,239 | 8âÂÂ27 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 36 | January 10 | New Jersey | | Rafer Alston (17) | Jerome Williams (10) | Morris Peterson, Alvin Williams (4) | Air Canada Centre<br>19,314 | 8âÂÂ28 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 37 | January 12 | Minnesota | | Morris Peterson (20) | Jerome Williams (14) | Rafer Alston, Alvin Williams (8) | Air Canada Centre<br>19,800 | 9âÂÂ28 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 38 | January 14 | @ Washington | | Morris Peterson (21) | Jerome Williams (20) | Rafer Alston (11) | MCI Center<br>20,173 | 10âÂÂ28 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 39 | January 15 | Milwaukee | | Morris Peterson (22) | Jerome Williams (17) | Rafer Alston, Antonio Davis (5) | Air Canada Centre<br>18,357 | 10âÂÂ29 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 40 | January 17 | @ New Jersey | | Morris Peterson (20) | Jerome Williams (15) | Rafer Alston (8) | Continental Airlines Arena<br>17,107 | 10âÂÂ30 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 41 | January 19 | Orlando | | Morris Peterson (25) | Jerome Williams (10) | Alvin Williams (9) | Air Canada Centre<br>19,800 | 10âÂÂ31 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 42 | January 20 | @ Minnesota | | Voshon Lenard (22) | Jerome Williams (13) | Rafer Alston, Alvin Williams (5) | Target Center<br>14,773 | 10âÂÂ32 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 43 | January 22 | @ Indiana | | Voshon Lenard (19) | Jerome Williams (14) | Alvin Williams (9) | Conseco Fieldhouse<br>15,488 | 10âÂÂ33 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 44 | January 26 | Sacramento | | Vince Carter (22) | Jerome Williams (14) | Rafer Alston (7) | Air Canada Centre<br>19,800 | 11âÂÂ33 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 45 | January 29 | @ New Orleans | | Voshon Lenard (16) | Antonio Davis (7) | Morris Peterson (6) | New Orleans Arena<br>13,014 | 11âÂÂ34 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 46 | January 31 | Indiana | | Antonio Davis (20) | Antonio Davis, Jerome Williams (10) | Alvin Williams (7) | Air Canada Centre<br>18,977 | 12âÂÂ34
|- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 47 | February 2 | L.A. Clippers | | Voshon Lenard (30) | Michael Bradley (11) | Alvin Williams (9) | Air Canada Centre<br>17,862 | 13âÂÂ34 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 48 | February 4 | @ Milwaukee | | Vince Carter (25) | Antonio Davis (16) | Vince Carter (4) | Bradley Center<br>13,765 | 14âÂÂ34 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 49 | February 12 | Atlanta | | Antonio Davis (22) | Jerome Williams (14) | Alvin Williams (7) | Air Canada Centre<br>17,372 | 15âÂÂ34 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 50 | February 14 | Golden State | | Voshon Lenard (26) | Antonio Davis (14) | Alvin Williams (10) | Air Canada Centre<br>19,346 | 15âÂÂ35 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 51 | February 16 | Orlando | | Alvin Williams (22) | Antonio Davis (11) | Vince Carter, Voshon Lenard (5) | Air Canada Centre<br>19,800 | 16âÂÂ35 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 52 | February 19 | Detroit | | Morris Peterson (20) | Jerome Williams (17) | Alvin Williams (9) | Air Canada Centre<br>19,140 | 16âÂÂ36 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 53 | February 21 | Phoenix | | Antonio Davis (22) | Jerome Williams (13) | Alvin Williams (7) | Air Canada Centre<br>18,695 | 17âÂÂ36 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 54 | February 26 | @ Chicago | | Voshon Lenard (20) | Jerome Williams (11) | Alvin Williams (9) | United Center<br>18,178 | 17âÂÂ37 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 55 | February 28 | @ Boston | | Vince Carter (18) | Antonio Davis (14) | Rafer Alston (7) | FleetCenter<br>18,624 | 17âÂÂ38
|- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 56 | March 2 | Boston | | Antonio Davis (19) | Michael Bradley (13) | Alvin Williams (6) | Air Canada Centre<br>19,800 | 18âÂÂ38 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 57 | March 4 | @ Washington | | Vince Carter (24) | Michael Bradley, Jerome Williams (7) | Antonio Davis (5) | MCI Center<br>20,173 | 19âÂÂ38 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 58 | March 5 | Houston | | Vince Carter (21) | Jerome Williams (10) | Antonio Davis (6) | Air Canada Centre<br>20,171 | 19âÂÂ39 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 59 | March 8 | @ Atlanta | | Vince Carter (43) | Jerome Williams (15) | Antonio Davis (8) | Philips Arena<br>19,445 | 20âÂÂ39 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 60 | March 9 | Memphis | | Vince Carter (26) | Antonio Davis (8) | Alvin Williams (9) | Air Canada Centre<br>19,138 | 20âÂÂ40 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 61 | March 11 | @ Denver | | Vince Carter (21) | Michael Bradley (12) | Alvin Williams (6) | Pepsi Center<br>13,409 | 20âÂÂ41 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 62 | March 12 | @ Portland | | Vince Carter (21) | Michael Bradley (10) | Rafer Alston (6) | Rose Garden<br>19,991 | 20âÂÂ42 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 63 | March 14 | @ Sacramento | | Vince Carter, Morris Peterson (16) | Mamadou N'Diaye (10) | Rafer Alston (7) | ARCO Arena<br>17,317 | 20âÂÂ43 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 64 | March 16 | @ L.A. Clippers | | Vince Carter (28) | Antonio Davis, Jerome Williams (8) | Alvin Williams (5) | Staples Center<br>18,268 | 20âÂÂ44 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 65 | March 17 | @ Phoenix | | Morris Peterson (17) | Antonio Davis (15) | Alvin Williams (7) | America West Arena<br>15,326 | 20âÂÂ45 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 66 | March 19 | Atlanta | | Vince Carter (27) | Jerome Williams (10) | Alvin Williams (6) | Air Canada Centre<br>17,885 | 21âÂÂ45 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 67 | March 21 | @ Miami | | Vince Carter (30) | Jerome Williams (9) | Alvin Williams (7) | American Airlines Arena<br>14,492 | 21âÂÂ46 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 68 | March 23 | Philadelphia | | Vince Carter (22) | Antonio Davis (9) | Vince Carter (9) | Air Canada Centre<br>19,800 | 21âÂÂ47 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 69 | March 24 | @ New York | | Antonio Davis (23) | Antonio Davis (12) | Alvin Williams (8) | Madison Square Garden<br>18,824 | 21âÂÂ48 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 70 | March 26 | Cleveland | | Morris Peterson (21) | Jelani McCoy (8) | Rafer Alston (6) | Air Canada Centre<br>16,832 | 22âÂÂ48 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 71 | March 28 | New Orleans | | Vince Carter (21) | Michael Bradley (11) | Alvin Williams (5) | Air Canada Centre<br>18,773 | 22âÂÂ49 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 72 | March 30 | New York | | Vince Carter (28) | Michael Bradley (11) | Vince Carter (6) | Air Canada Centre<br>19,800 | 23âÂÂ49
|- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 73 | April 1 | Detroit | | Voshon Lenard (21) | Michael Bradley, Jelani McCoy (14) | Alvin Williams (6) | Air Canada Centre<br>18,237 | 23âÂÂ50 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 74 | April 2 | @ Detroit | | Vince Carter (18) | Jerome Williams (16) | Alvin Williams (6) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 | 24âÂÂ50 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 75 | April 4 | San Antonio | | Vince Carter (17) | Michael Bradley (8) | Rafer Alston, Vince Carter, Morris Peterson (3) | Air Canada Centre<br>18,376 | 24âÂÂ51 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 76 | April 6 | New Jersey | | Vince Carter (28) | Jelani McCoy (9) | Alvin Williams (8) | Air Canada Centre<br>19,319 | 24âÂÂ52 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 77 | April 8 | @ Miami | | Alvin Williams (16) | Michael Bradley (8) | Morris Peterson (5) | American Airlines Arena<br>14,365 | 24âÂÂ53 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 78 | April 9 | @ Orlando | | Alvin Williams (15) | Jerome Williams (10) | Rafer Alston (7) | TD Waterhouse Centre<br>14,581 | 24âÂÂ54 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 79 | April 11 | Milwaukee | | Rafer Alston, Jerome Williams (20) | Jerome Williams (13) | Rafer Alston (8) | Air Canada Centre<br>17,762 | 24âÂÂ55 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 80 | April 12 | @ New Jersey | | Morris Peterson (22) | Mamadou N'Diaye, Morris Peterson (8) | Rafer Alston (7) | Continental Airlines Arena<br>5,306 | 24âÂÂ56 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 81 | April 15 | Miami | | Morris Peterson (33) | Jerome Williams (17) | Rafer Alston (8) | Air Canada Centre<br>17,666 | 24âÂÂ57 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 82 | April 16 | @ Cleveland | | Rafer Alston (23) | Michael Bradley (10) | Rafer Alston (8) | Gund Arena<br>20,251 | 24âÂÂ58