2012–13 Toronto Raptors season

The 2012–13 Toronto Raptors season was the 18th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In the off-season, after failing to obtain Steve Nash in free agency, the Raptors acquired Kyle Lowry from the Houston Rockets for a first round pick. The season also marked the debut of Jonas Valančiūnas, their first pick in the 2011 draft from Lithuania. On January 30, 2013, the Raptors acquired Rudy Gay in a three-way deal with the Memphis Grizzlies and Detroit Pistons which sent longtime point guard José Calderón to the Pistons. Despite a winning home record (21–20) the Raptors failed to secure a playoff spot with a 34–48 record. This season also marked the official beginning of the DeRozan/Lowry era in Toronto.

The Raptors would not miss the playoffs again until 2021.

This was also their last losing season in a full 82-game season until the 2023-24 season.

Key dates

• June 28: The 2012 NBA draft took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Draft picks

Pre-season

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | October 8 | Real Madrid | | DeMar DeRozan (18) | Ed Davis (10) | José Calderón (8) | Air Canada Centre<br>10,359 | 1–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | October 10 | @ Detroit | | DeMar DeRozan (17) | Aaron Gray (7) | Four players (2) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>9,532 | 1–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | October 12 | Detroit | | DeMar DeRozan (14) | Jonas Valančiūnas (8) | John Lucas III (8) | Air Canada Centre<br>10,167 | 2–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 | October 17 | Washington | | Landry Fields (15) | Ed Davis (9) | José Calderón (8) | Air Canada Centre<br>11,750 | 3–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 5 | October 19 | New York | | Andrea Bargnani (20) | Jonas Valančiūnas (10) | Landry Fields, Kyle Lowry (5) | Bell Centre<br>22,114 | 4–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 | October 22 | Milwaukee | | DeMar DeRozan (21) | Jonas Valančiūnas (8) | José Calderón, Kyle Lowry (6) | Air Canada Centre<br>11,364 | 5–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 7 | October 26 | @ Memphis | | Andrea Bargnani (21) | Jonas Valančiūnas (7) | José Calderón, Kyle Lowry (7) | FedExForum<br>10,206 | 6–1

Roster

Regular season

Game log

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 || October 31 || Indiana | | Kyle Lowry (21) | Jonas Valančiūnas (10) | Kyle Lowry (8) | Air Canada Centre<br>19,800 | 0–1

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 || November 3 || @ Brooklyn | | Kyle Lowry (28) | Kyle Lowry (8) | Kyle Lowry (8) | Barclays Center<br>17,732 | 0–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 || November 4 || Minnesota | | DeRozan and Lowry (22) | DeRozan, Lowry and Davis (7) | Kyle Lowry (5) | Air Canada Centre<br>16,754 | 1–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 4 || November 6 || @ Oklahoma City | | Jonas Valančiūnas (18) | Ed Davis (9) | Lowry & Lucas (4) | Chesapeake Energy Arena<br>18,203 | 1–3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 5 || November 7 || @ Dallas | | Andrea Bargnani (25) | Amir Johnson (11) | DeMar DeRozan (7) | American Airlines Center<br>19,763 | 1–4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 6 || November 10 || Philadelphia | | Andrea Bargnani (23) | Jonas Valančiūnas (8) | José Calderón (11) | Air Canada Centre<br>19,800 | 1–5 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 7 || November 12 || Utah | | DeMar DeRozan (37) | Amir Johnson (14) | José Calderón (17) | Air Canada Centre<br>18,230 | 1–6 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 8 || November 13 || @ Indiana | | DeMar DeRozan (15) | José Calderón (10) | José Calderón (10) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>11,947 | 2–6 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 9 || November 17 || @ Boston | | Bargnani & Lucas (15) | Ed Davis (9) | José Calderón (9) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 2–7 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 10 || November 18 || Orlando | | DeMar DeRozan (20) | DeMar DeRozan (9) | José Calderón (18) | Air Canada Centre<br>18,702 | 3–7 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 11 || November 20 || @ Philadelphia | | DeMar DeRozan (24) | Jonas Valančiūnas (11) | José Calderón (12) | Wells Fargo Center<br>13,965 | 3–8 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 12 || November 21 || @ Charlotte | | Andrea Bargnani (25) | Jonas Valančiūnas (10) | Kyle Lowry (8) | Time Warner Cable Arena<br>15,240 | 3–9 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 13 || November 23 || @ Detroit | | Andrea Bargnani (34) | Valančiūnas & Lowry (6) | Kyle Lowry (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>12,778 | 3–10 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 14 || November 25 || San Antonio | | DeMar DeRozan (29) | Ed Davis (14) | José Calderón (9) | Air Canada Centre<br>19,800 | 3–11 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 15 || November 27 || @ Houston | | Andrea Bargnani (21) | Kyle Lowry (8) | José Calderón (7) | Toyota Center<br>12,907 | 3–12 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 16 || November 28 || @ Memphis | | DeMar DeRozan (16) | Ed Davis (6) | Kyle Lowry (4) | FedExForum<br>14,603 | 3–13 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 17 || November 30 || Phoenix | | DeMar DeRozan (23) | DeRozan & Davis (8) | José Calderón (9) | Air Canada Centre<br>18,246 | 4–13

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 18 || December 3 || @ Denver | | Kyle Lowry (24) | Ed Davis (9) | Kyle Lowry (7) | Pepsi Center<br>15,221 | 4–14 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 19 || December 5 || @ Sacramento | | Kyle Lowry (34) | Ed Davis (11) | Kyle Lowry (11) | Sleep Train Arena<br>12,476 | 4–15 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 20 || December 7 || @ Utah | | Andrea Bargnani (20) | Andrea Bargnani (8) | Kyle Lowry (4) | EnergySolutions Arena<br>18,069 | 4–16 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 21 || December 9 || @ L. A. Clippers | | DeMar DeRozan (24) | Amir Johnson (8) | Kyle Lowry (9) | Staples Center<br>19,060 | 4–17 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 22 || December 10 || @ Portland | | DeMar DeRozan (20) | Jonas Valančiūnas (10) | José Calderón (6) | Rose Garden<br>16,863 | 4–18 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 23 || December 12 || Brooklyn | | Ed Davis (24) | Ed Davis (12) | José Calderón (15) | Air Canada Centre<br>18,847 | 4–19 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 24 || December 14 || Dallas | | Linas Kleiza (20) | Ed Davis (8) | John Lucas III (6) | Air Canada Centre<br>19,132 | 5–19 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 25 || December 16 || Houston | | Alan Anderson (24) | José Calderón (10) | José Calderón (14) | Air Canada Centre<br>17,863 | 6–19 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 26 || December 18 || @ Cleveland | | José Calderón (23) | Jonas Valančiūnas (7) | José Calderón (6) | Quicken Loans Arena<br>13,233 | 7–19 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 27 || December 19 || Detroit | | DeMar DeRozan (23) | Johnson & Davis (9) | José Calderón (17) | Air Canada Centre<br>17,062 | 8–19 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 28 || December 21 || Orlando | | DeMar DeRozan (17) | DeMar DeRozan (8) | José Calderón (9) | Air Canada Centre<br>18,391 | 9–19 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 29 || December 26 || @ San Antonio | | Johnson & Anderson (12) | Ed Davis (7) | José Calderón (10) | AT&T Center<br>18,581 | 9-20 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 30 || December 28 || @ New Orleans | | DeMar DeRozan (30) | Amir Johnson (8) | Kyle Lowry (8) | New Orleans Arena<br>13,968 | 10–20 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 31 || December 29 || @ Orlando | | DeMar DeRozan (21) | Landry Fields (9) | José Calderón (10) | Amway Center<br>18,846 | 11–20

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 32 || January 2 || Portland | | Terrence Ross (26) | Fields, Johnson & Davis (7) | José Calderón (13) | Air Canada Centre<br>18,117 | 12–20 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 33 || January 4 || Sacramento | | Kyle Lowry (24) | Ed Davis (13) | Kyle Lowry (4) | Air Canada Centre<br>17,824 | 12–21 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 34 || January 6 || Oklahoma City | | Alan Anderson (27) | Amir Johnson (9) | José Calderón (11) | Air Canada Centre<br>17,634 | 12–22 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 35 || January 9 || Philadelphia | | DeRozan & Johnson (19) | Amir Johnson (12) | José Calderón (11) | Air Canada Centre<br>15,629 | 13–22 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 36 || January 11 || Charlotte | | Alan Anderson (16) | Landry Fields (11) | Calderón & Lowry (6) | Air Canada Centre<br>14,373 |14-22 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 37 || January 13 || Milwaukee | | DeMar DeRozan (23) | Amir Johnson (14) |José Calderón (8) | Air Canada Centre<br>17,384 |14-23 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 38 || January 15 || @ Brooklyn | | Kyle Lowry (21) | Landry Fields (11) | Calderón & Fields | Barclays Center<br>16,236 | 14–24 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 39 || January 16 || Chicago | | Alan Anderson (27) | Amir Johnson (10) | Kyle Lowry (7) | Air Canada Centre<br>18,674 | 14–25 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 40 || January 18 || @ Philadelphia | | Anderson, Davis, Ross (18) | Ed Davis (10) | Kyle Lowry (11) | Wells Fargo Center<br> 16,574 | 14–26 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 41 || January 20 || L. A. Lakers | | José Calderón (22) | Landry Fields (10) | José Calderón (9) | Air Canada Centre<br> 19,800 | 15–26 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 42 || January 23 || @ Miami | | Alan Anderson (20) | Amir Johnson (6) | DeMar DeRozan (7) | American Airlines Arena<br>20,002 | 15–27 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 43 || January 24 || @ Orlando | | DeMar DeRozan (22) | Amir Johnson (10) | DeMar DeRozan (7) | Amway Center<br>17,145 | 16–27 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 44 || January 26 || Cleveland | | Amir Johnson (18) | Amir Johnson (12) | Kyle Lowry (7) | Air Canada Centre<br> 18,820 | 16–28 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 45 || January 28 || Golden State | | Aaron Gray (22) | Aaron Gray (10) | DeMar DeRozan (9) | Air Canada Centre<br>15,914 |16-29 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 46 || January 30 || @ Atlanta | | DeMar DeRozan (23) | Amir Johnson (14) | Kyle Lowry (5) | Philips Arena<br>12,021 | 16–30

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 47 || February 1 || L. A. Clippers | | Rudy Gay (20) | Amir Johnson (16) | Kyle Lowry (8) | Air Canada Centre<br> 19,800 | 17–30 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 48 || February 3 || Miami | | Rudy Gay (29) | Aaron Gray (12) | Anderson, DeRozan & Lowry (3) | Air Canada Centre<br>19,800 |17-31 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 49 || February 6 || Boston | | Rudy Gay (25) | Gay & Johnson (12) | Kyle Lowry (8) | Air Canada Centre<br>17,163 | 17–32 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 50 || February 8 || @ Indiana | | Rudy Gay (23) | Amir Johnson (14) | Kyle Lowry (6) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>16,253 | 18–32 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 51 || February 10 || New Orleans | | Rudy Gay (20) | Jonas Valančiūnas (10) | Kyle Lowry (10) | Air Canada Centre<br>17,177 | 19–32 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 52 || February 12 || Denver | | DeMar DeRozan (22) | DeRozan & Valančiūnas (8) | Kyle Lowry (10) | Air Canada Centre<br>16,738 | 20–32 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 53 || February 13 || @ New York | | Alan Anderson (26) | Landry Fields (10) | Rudy Gay (4) | Madison Square Garden<br>19,033 | 21–32 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |- style="background:#cfc;" | 54 || February 19 || @ Washington | | DeRozan & Gay (24) | Gay & Valančiūnas (8) | Kyle Lowry (10) | Verizon Center<br>13,923 | 22–32 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 55 || February 20 || Memphis | | Alan Anderson (19) | Rudy Gay (9) | DeMar DeRozan (5) | Air Canada Centre<br>19,800 | 22–33 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 56 || February 22 || New York | | Rudy Gay (32) | Jonas Valančiūnas (10) | Kyle Lowry (7) | Air Canada Centre<br>19,800 |23-33 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 57 || February 25 || Washington | | DeMar DeRozan (25) | Amir Johnson (13) |Rudy Gay (4) | Air Canada Centre<br>16,705 |23-34 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 58 || February 27 || @ Cleveland | | DeMar DeRozan (34) | Amir Johnson (9) | Kyle Lowry (8) | Quicken Loans Arena<br>13,368 | 23–35

|-style="background:#fcc;" | 59 || March 1 || Indiana | | Rudy Gay (21) | Jonas Valančiūnas (9) | DeMar DeRozan (3) | Air Canada Centre<br>18,268 | 23–36 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 60 || March 2 || @ Milwaukee | | Alan Anderson (21) | Kyle Lowry (10) | Kyle Lowry (10) | Bradley Center<br>16,165 | 23–37 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 61 || March 4 || @ Golden State | | Bargnani & Gay (26) | Amir Johnson (15) |Kyle Lowry (9) | Oracle Arena<br>19,596 |23-38 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 62 || March 6 || @ Phoenix | | DeMar DeRozan (15) | DeRozan & Johnson (6) | Sebastian Telfair (7) | US Airways Center<br>13,173 | 24–38 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 63 || March 8 || @ L. A. Lakers | | DeMar DeRozan (28) | Rudy Gay (7) | Kyle Lowry (10) | Staples Center<br>18,997 | 24–39 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 64 || March 10 || Cleveland | | Alan Anderson (18) | Amir Johnson (16) | DeMar DeRozan (6) | Air Canada Centre<br>19,800 | 25–39 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 65 || March 13 || @ Boston | | Rudy Gay (19) | Rudy Gay (7) | Rudy Gay (4) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 25–40 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 66 || March 15 || Charlotte | | Rudy Gay (28) | Amir Johnson (21) | Sebastian Telfair (5) | Air Canada Centre<br>17,514 | 26–40 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 67 || March 17 || Miami | | Rudy Gay (27) | Amir Johnson (18) | Rudy Gay (4) | Air Canada Centre<br>18,564 | 26–41 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 68 || March 20 || @ Charlotte | | Rudy Gay (25) | Amir Johnson (10) | Kyle Lowry (5) | Time Warner Cable Arena<br>12,872 | 26–42 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 69 || March 22 || New York | | Alan Anderson (35) | Jonas Valančiūnas (7) | Kyle Lowry (10) | Air Canada Centre<br>19,800 | 26–43 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 70 || March 23 || @ New York | | DeMar DeRozan (17) | Jonas Valančiūnas (8) | Kyle Lowry (4) | Madison Square Garden<br>19,033 | 26–44 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 71 || March 27 || Atlanta | | Jonas Valančiūnas (19) | Rudy Gay (12) | Kyle Lowry (10) | Air Canada Centre<br>18,206 | 26–45 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 72 || March 29 || @ Detroit | | DeRozan & Gay (21) | Jonas Valančiūnas (13) | Kyle Lowry (11) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>19,322 |27-45 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 73 || March 31 || @ Washington | | Jonas Valančiūnas (18) | Amir Johnson (12) | Kyle Lowry (7) | Verizon Center<br>14,360 | 27–46

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 74 || April 1 || Detroit | | Rudy Gay (34) | DeMar DeRozan (7) | Kyle Lowry (7) | Air Canada Centre<br>17,115 | 27–47 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 75 || April 3 || Washington | | DeMar DeRozan (25) | Jonas Valančiūnas (10) | Kyle Lowry (13) | Air Canada Centre<br>15,783 | 28–47 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 76 || April 5 || @ Minnesota | | Rudy Gay (26) | Amir Johnson (8) | Kyle Lowry (7) | Target Center<br>16,661 | 29–47 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 77 || April 6 || @ Milwaukee | | Alan Anderson (14) | Rudy Gay (8) | Sebastian Telfair (7) | Bradley Center<br>16,746 | 29–48 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 78 || April 9 || @ Chicago | | DeMar DeRozan (20) | Amir Johnson (11) | Kyle Lowry (10) | United Center<br>21,487 | 30–48 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 79 || April 12 || Chicago | | Amir Johnson (24) | Acy, Johnson & Lowry (9) | Kyle Lowry (11) | Air Canada Centre<br>19,800 | 31–48 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 80 || April 14 || Brooklyn | | DeMar DeRozan (36) | Rudy Gay (10) | Kyle Lowry (6) | Air Canada Centre<br>17,617 | 32–48 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 81 || April 16 || @ Atlanta | | DeMar DeRozan (30) | Amir Johnson (8) | Kyle Lowry (11) | Philips Arena<br>15,200 | 33–48 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 82 || April 17 || Boston | | DeMar DeRozan (24) | Landry Fields (11) | Kyle Lowry (8) | Air Canada Centre<br>17,690 | 34–48

Standings

Player statistics

Ragular season

References