# 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

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Club Team |
| 1 | 8 | Terrence Ross | SG | United States | Washington |
| 2 | 37 | Quincy Acy | PF | United States | Baylor |
| 2 | 56 | Tomislav Zubčić (from Indiana Pacers) | F | Croatia | Cibona Zagreb |

## Pre-season

2012 pre-season game log :
Pre-season: 6–1 (home: 5–0; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 8
Real Madrid
W 102–95
DeMar DeRozan (18)
Ed Davis (10)
José Calderón (8)
Air Canada Centre 10,359
1–0
2
October 10
@ Detroit
L 99–101
DeMar DeRozan (17)
Aaron Gray (7)
Four players (2)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 9,532
1–1
3
October 12
Detroit
W 82–75
DeMar DeRozan (14)
Jonas Valančiūnas (8)
John Lucas III (8)
Air Canada Centre 10,167
2–1
4
October 17
Washington
W 104–101
Landry Fields (15)
Ed Davis (9)
José Calderón (8)
Air Canada Centre 11,750
3–1
5
October 19
New York
W 107–88
Andrea Bargnani (20)
Jonas Valančiūnas (10)
Landry Fields, Kyle Lowry (5)
Bell Centre 22,114
4–1
6
October 22
Milwaukee
W 104–95
DeMar DeRozan (21)
Jonas Valančiūnas (8)
José Calderón, Kyle Lowry (6)
Air Canada Centre 11,364
5–1
7
October 26
@ Memphis
W 120–106
Andrea Bargnani (21)
Jonas Valančiūnas (7)
José Calderón, Kyle Lowry (7)
FedExForum 10,206
6–1 :
2012–13 season schedule :

## Regular season
### Game log

2012–13 game log Total: 34–48 (Home: 21–20; Road: 13–28) :
October: 0–1 (home: 0–1; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1October 31Indiana
L 88–90
Kyle Lowry (21)
Jonas Valančiūnas (10)
Kyle Lowry (8)
Air Canada Centre 19,800
0–1 :
November
: 4–12 (home: 3–3; road: 1–9)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
2November 3@ Brooklyn
L 100–107
Kyle Lowry (28)
Kyle Lowry (8)
Kyle Lowry (8)
Barclays Center 17,732
0–2
3November 4Minnesota
W 105–86
DeRozan and Lowry (22)
DeRozan, Lowry and Davis (7)
Kyle Lowry (5)
Air Canada Centre 16,754
1–2
4November 6@ Oklahoma City
L 88–108
Jonas Valančiūnas (18)
Ed Davis (9)
Lowry & Lucas (4)
Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203
1–3
5November 7@ Dallas
L 104–109
Andrea Bargnani (25)
Amir Johnson (11)
DeMar DeRozan (7)
American Airlines Center 19,763
1–4
6November 10Philadelphia
L 83–93
Andrea Bargnani (23)
Jonas Valančiūnas (8)
José Calderón (11)
Air Canada Centre 19,800
1–5
7November 12Utah
L 133–140 (3OT)
DeMar DeRozan (37)
Amir Johnson (14)
José Calderón (17)
Air Canada Centre 18,230
1–6
8November 13@ Indiana
W 74–72
DeMar DeRozan (15)
José Calderón (10)
José Calderón (10)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 11,947
2–6
9November 17@ Boston
L 89–107
Bargnani & Lucas (15)
Ed Davis (9)
José Calderón (9)
TD Garden 18,624
2–7
10November 18Orlando
W 97–86
DeMar DeRozan (20)
DeMar DeRozan (9)
José Calderón (18)
Air Canada Centre 18,702
3–7
11November 20@ Philadelphia
L 98–106
DeMar DeRozan (24)
Jonas Valančiūnas (11)
José Calderón (12)
Wells Fargo Center 13,965
3–8
12November 21@ Charlotte
L 97–98
Andrea Bargnani (25)
Jonas Valančiūnas (10)
Kyle Lowry (8)
Time Warner Cable Arena 15,240
3–9
13November 23@ Detroit
L 90–91
Andrea Bargnani (34)
Valančiūnas & Lowry (6)
Kyle Lowry (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 12,778
3–10
14November 25San Antonio
L 106–111
DeMar DeRozan (29)
Ed Davis (14)
José Calderón (9)
Air Canada Centre 19,800
3–11
15November 27@ Houston
L 101–117
Andrea Bargnani (21)
Kyle Lowry (8)
José Calderón (7)
Toyota Center 12,907
3–12
16November 28@ Memphis
L 82–103
DeMar DeRozan (16)
Ed Davis (6)
Kyle Lowry (4)
FedExForum 14,603
3–13
17November 30Phoenix
W 101–97
DeMar DeRozan (23)
DeRozan & Davis (8)
José Calderón (9)
Air Canada Centre 18,246
4–13 :
December
: 7–7 (home: 4–1; road: 3–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
18December 3@ Denver
L 110–113
Kyle Lowry (24)
Ed Davis (9)
Kyle Lowry (7)
Pepsi Center 15,221
4–14
19December 5@ Sacramento
L 100–107
Kyle Lowry (34)
Ed Davis (11)
Kyle Lowry (11)
Sleep Train Arena 12,476
4–15
20December 7@ Utah
L 99–131
Andrea Bargnani (20)
Andrea Bargnani (8)
Kyle Lowry (4)
EnergySolutions Arena 18,069
4–16
21December 9@ L. A. Clippers
L 83–102
DeMar DeRozan (24)
Amir Johnson (8)
Kyle Lowry (9)
Staples Center 19,060
4–17
22December 10@ Portland
L 74–92
DeMar DeRozan (20)
Jonas Valančiūnas (10)
José Calderón (6)
Rose Garden 16,863
4–18
23December 12Brooklyn
L 88–94
Ed Davis (24)
Ed Davis (12)
José Calderón (15)
Air Canada Centre 18,847
4–19
24December 14Dallas
W 95–74
Linas Kleiza (20)
Ed Davis (8)
John Lucas III (6)
Air Canada Centre 19,132
5–19
25December 16Houston
W 103–96
Alan Anderson (24)
José Calderón (10)
José Calderón (14)
Air Canada Centre 17,863
6–19
26December 18@ Cleveland
W 113–99
José Calderón (23)
Jonas Valančiūnas (7)
José Calderón (6)
Quicken Loans Arena 13,233
7–19
27December 19Detroit
W 97–91
DeMar DeRozan (23)
Johnson & Davis (9)
José Calderón (17)
Air Canada Centre 17,062
8–19
28December 21Orlando
W 93–90
DeMar DeRozan (17)
DeMar DeRozan (8)
José Calderón (9)
Air Canada Centre 18,391
9–19
29December 26@ San Antonio
L 80–100
Johnson & Anderson (12)
Ed Davis (7)
José Calderón (10)
AT&T Center 18,581
9-20
30December 28@ New Orleans
W 104–97
DeMar DeRozan (30)
Amir Johnson (8)
Kyle Lowry (8)
New Orleans Arena 13,968
10–20
31December 29@ Orlando
W 123–88
DeMar DeRozan (21)
Landry Fields (9)
José Calderón (10)
Amway Center 18,846
11–20 :
January
: 5–10 (home: 4–6; road: 1–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
32January 2Portland
W 102–79
Terrence Ross (26)
Fields, Johnson & Davis (7)
José Calderón (13)
Air Canada Centre 18,117
12–20
33January 4Sacramento
L 96–105
Kyle Lowry (24)
Ed Davis (13)
Kyle Lowry (4)
Air Canada Centre 17,824
12–21
34January 6Oklahoma City
L 92–104
Alan Anderson (27)
Amir Johnson (9)
José Calderón (11)
Air Canada Centre 17,634
12–22
35January 9Philadelphia
W 90–72
DeRozan & Johnson (19)
Amir Johnson (12)
José Calderón (11)
Air Canada Centre 15,629
13–22
36January 11Charlotte
W 99–78
Alan Anderson (16)
Landry Fields (11)
Calderón & Lowry (6)
Air Canada Centre 14,373
14-22
37January 13Milwaukee
L 96–107
DeMar DeRozan (23)
Amir Johnson (14)
José Calderón (8)
Air Canada Centre 17,384
14-23
38January 15@ Brooklyn
L 106–113
Kyle Lowry (21)
Landry Fields (11)
Calderón & Fields
Barclays Center 16,236
14–24
39January 16Chicago
L 105–107 (OT)
Alan Anderson (27)
Amir Johnson (10)
Kyle Lowry (7)
Air Canada Centre 18,674
14–25
40January 18@ Philadelphia
L 101–108 (OT)
Anderson, Davis, Ross (18)
Ed Davis (10)
Kyle Lowry (11)
Wells Fargo Center 16,574
14–26
41January 20L. A. Lakers
W 108–103
José Calderón (22)
Landry Fields (10)
José Calderón (9)
Air Canada Centre 19,800
15–26
42January 23@ Miami
L 116–123 (OT)
Alan Anderson (20)
Amir Johnson (6)
DeMar DeRozan (7)
American Airlines Arena 20,002
15–27
43January 24@ Orlando
W 97–95
DeMar DeRozan (22)
Amir Johnson (10)
DeMar DeRozan (7)
Amway Center 17,145
16–27
44January 26Cleveland
L 98–99
Amir Johnson (18)
Amir Johnson (12)
Kyle Lowry (7)
Air Canada Centre 18,820
16–28
45January 28Golden State
L 102–114
Aaron Gray (22)
Aaron Gray (10)
DeMar DeRozan (9)
Air Canada Centre 15,914
16-29
46January 30@ Atlanta
L 92–93
DeMar DeRozan (23)
Amir Johnson (14)
Kyle Lowry (5)
Philips Arena 12,021
16–30 :
February
: 7–5 (home: 4–4; road: 3–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
47February 1L. A. Clippers
W 98–73
Rudy Gay (20)
Amir Johnson (16)
Kyle Lowry (8)
Air Canada Centre 19,800
17–30
48February 3Miami
L 85–100
Rudy Gay (29)
Aaron Gray (12)
Anderson, DeRozan & Lowry (3)
Air Canada Centre 19,800
17-31
49February 6Boston
L 95–99
Rudy Gay (25)
Gay & Johnson (12)
Kyle Lowry (8)
Air Canada Centre 17,163
17–32
50February 8@ Indiana
W 100–98 (OT)
Rudy Gay (23)
Amir Johnson (14)
Kyle Lowry (6)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 16,253
18–32
51February 10New Orleans
W 102–89
Rudy Gay (20)
Jonas Valančiūnas (10)
Kyle Lowry (10)
Air Canada Centre 17,177
19–32
52February 12Denver
W 109–108
DeMar DeRozan (22)
DeRozan & Valančiūnas (8)
Kyle Lowry (10)
Air Canada Centre 16,738
20–32
53February 13@ New York
W 92–88
Alan Anderson (26)
Landry Fields (10)
Rudy Gay (4)
Madison Square Garden 19,033
21–32
All-Star Break
54February 19@ Washington
W 96–88
DeRozan & Gay (24)
Gay & Valančiūnas (8)
Kyle Lowry (10)
Verizon Center 13,923
22–32
55February 20Memphis
L 82–88
Alan Anderson (19)
Rudy Gay (9)
DeMar DeRozan (5)
Air Canada Centre 19,800
22–33
56February 22New York
W 100–98
Rudy Gay (32)
Jonas Valančiūnas (10)
Kyle Lowry (7)
Air Canada Centre 19,800
23-33
57February 25Washington
L 84–90
DeMar DeRozan (25)
Amir Johnson (13)
Rudy Gay (4)
Air Canada Centre 16,705
23-34
58February 27@ Cleveland
L 92–103
DeMar DeRozan (34)
Amir Johnson (9)
Kyle Lowry (8)
Quicken Loans Arena 13,368
23–35 :
March
: 4–11 (home: 2–4; road: 2–7)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
59March 1Indiana
L 81–93
Rudy Gay (21)
Jonas Valančiūnas (9)
DeMar DeRozan (3)
Air Canada Centre 18,268
23–36
60March 2@ Milwaukee
L 114–122 (OT)
Alan Anderson (21)
Kyle Lowry (10)
Kyle Lowry (10)
Bradley Center 16,165
23–37
61March 4@ Golden State
L 118–125
Bargnani & Gay (26)
Amir Johnson (15)
Kyle Lowry (9)
Oracle Arena 19,596
23-38
62March 6@ Phoenix
W 98–71
DeMar DeRozan (15)
DeRozan & Johnson (6)
Sebastian Telfair (7)
US Airways Center 13,173
24–38
63March 8@ L. A. Lakers
L 116–118 (OT)
DeMar DeRozan (28)
Rudy Gay (7)
Kyle Lowry (10)
Staples Center 18,997
24–39
64March 10Cleveland
W 100–96
Alan Anderson (18)
Amir Johnson (16)
DeMar DeRozan (6)
Air Canada Centre 19,800
25–39
65March 13@ Boston
L 88–112
Rudy Gay (19)
Rudy Gay (7)
Rudy Gay (4)
TD Garden 18,624
25–40
66March 15Charlotte
W 92–78
Rudy Gay (28)
Amir Johnson (21)
Sebastian Telfair (5)
Air Canada Centre 17,514
26–40
67March 17Miami
L 91–108
Rudy Gay (27)
Amir Johnson (18)
Rudy Gay (4)
Air Canada Centre 18,564
26–41
68March 20@ Charlotte
L 101–107
Rudy Gay (25)
Amir Johnson (10)
Kyle Lowry (5)
Time Warner Cable Arena 12,872
26–42
69March 22New York
L 94–99
Alan Anderson (35)
Jonas Valančiūnas (7)
Kyle Lowry (10)
Air Canada Centre 19,800
26–43
70March 23@ New York
L 84–110
DeMar DeRozan (17)
Jonas Valančiūnas (8)
Kyle Lowry (4)
Madison Square Garden 19,033
26–44
71March 27Atlanta
L 88–107
Jonas Valančiūnas (19)
Rudy Gay (12)
Kyle Lowry (10)
Air Canada Centre 18,206
26–45
72March 29@ Detroit
W 99–82
DeRozan & Gay (21)
Jonas Valančiūnas (13)
Kyle Lowry (11)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 19,322
27-45
73March 31@ Washington
L 92–109
Jonas Valančiūnas (18)
Amir Johnson (12)
Kyle Lowry (7)
Verizon Center 14,360
27–46 :
April: 7–2 (home: 4–1; road: 3–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
74April 1Detroit
L 98–108
Rudy Gay (34)
DeMar DeRozan (7)
Kyle Lowry (7)
Air Canada Centre 17,115
27–47
75April 3Washington
W 88–78
DeMar DeRozan (25)
Jonas Valančiūnas (10)
Kyle Lowry (13)
Air Canada Centre 15,783
28–47
76April 5@ Minnesota
W 95–93
Rudy Gay (26)
Amir Johnson (8)
Kyle Lowry (7)
Target Center 16,661
29–47
77April 6@ Milwaukee
L 83–100
Alan Anderson (14)
Rudy Gay (8)
Sebastian Telfair (7)
Bradley Center 16,746
29–48
78April 9@ Chicago
W 101–98
DeMar DeRozan (20)
Amir Johnson (11)
Kyle Lowry (10)
United Center 21,487
30–48
79April 12Chicago
W 97–88
Amir Johnson (24)
Acy, Johnson & Lowry (9)
Kyle Lowry (11)
Air Canada Centre 19,800
31–48
80April 14Brooklyn
W 93–87
DeMar DeRozan (36)
Rudy Gay (10)
Kyle Lowry (6)
Air Canada Centre 17,617
32–48
81April 16@ Atlanta
W 113–96
DeMar DeRozan (30)
Amir Johnson (8)
Kyle Lowry (11)
Philips Arena 15,200
33–48
82April 17Boston
W 114–90
DeMar DeRozan (24)
Landry Fields (11)
Kyle Lowry (8)
Air Canada Centre 17,690
34–48 :
2012–13 season schedule :

### Standings

| Atlantic Divisionvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
| y-New York Knicks | 54 | 28 | .659 | – | 31–10 | 23–18 | 10–6 | 82 |
| x-Brooklyn Nets | 49 | 33 | .598 | 5 | 26–15 | 23–18 | 11–5 | 82 |
| x-Boston Celtics | 41 | 40 | .506 | 12.5 | 27–13 | 14–27 | 7–9 | 81† |
| Philadelphia 76ers | 34 | 48 | .415 | 20 | 23–18 | 11–30 | 7–9 | 82 |
| Toronto Raptors | 34 | 48 | .415 | 20 | 21–20 | 13–28 | 5–11 | 82 |
Eastern Conference :
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
| 1 | z-Miami Heat * | 66 | 16 | .805 | – | 82 |
| 2 | y-New York Knicks * | 54 | 28 | .659 | 12.0 | 82 |
| 3 | y-Indiana Pacers * | 49 | 32 | .605 | 16.5 | 81 |
| 4 | x-Brooklyn Nets | 49 | 33 | .598 | 17.0 | 82 |
| 5 | x-Chicago Bulls | 45 | 37 | .549 | 21.0 | 82 |
| 6 | x-Atlanta Hawks | 44 | 38 | .537 | 22.0 | 82 |
| 7 | x-Boston Celtics | 41 | 40 | .506 | 24.5 | 81 |
| 8 | x-Milwaukee Bucks | 38 | 44 | .463 | 28.0 | 82 |
| 9 | Philadelphia 76ers | 34 | 48 | .415 | 32.0 | 82 |
| 10 | Toronto Raptors | 34 | 48 | .415 | 32.0 | 82 |
| 11 | Detroit Pistons | 29 | 53 | .354 | 37.0 | 82 |
| 12 | Washington Wizards | 29 | 53 | .354 | 37.0 | 82 |
| 13 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 24 | 58 | .293 | 42.0 | 82 |
| 14 | Charlotte Bobcats | 21 | 61 | .256 | 45.0 | 82 |
| 15 | Orlando Magic | 20 | 62 | .244 | 46.0 | 82 |

## Player statistics
### Ragular season

| Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| DeMar DeRozan | SG | 82 | 82 | 3,013 | 320 | 204 | 76 | 24 | 1,485 | 36.7 | 3.9 | 2.5 | .9 | .3 | 18.1 |
| Amir Johnson | PF | 81 | 38 | 2,325 | 611 | 122 | 81 | 110 | 813 | 28.7 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 10.0 |
| Terrence Ross | SG | 73 | 2 | 1,239 | 144 | 53 | 43 | 14 | 467 | 17.0 | 2.0 | .7 | .6 | .2 | 6.4 |
| Kyle Lowry | PG | 68 | 52 | 2,020 | 321 | 435 | 94 | 24 | 791 | 29.7 | 4.7 | 6.4 | 1.4 | .4 | 11.6 |
| Alan Anderson | SF | 65 | 2 | 1,495 | 148 | 103 | 48 | 7 | 693 | 23.0 | 2.3 | 1.6 | .7 | .1 | 10.7 |
| John Lucas III | PG | 63 | 0 | 827 | 65 | 105 | 23 | 1 | 333 | 13.1 | 1.0 | 1.7 | .4 | .0 | 5.3 |
| Jonas Valančiūnas | C | 62 | 57 | 1,482 | 372 | 45 | 17 | 78 | 554 | 23.9 | 6.0 | .7 | .3 | 1.3 | 8.9 |
| Landry Fields | SF | 51 | 22 | 1,037 | 208 | 60 | 32 | 8 | 240 | 20.3 | 4.1 | 1.2 | .6 | .2 | 4.7 |
| José Calderón$^†$ | PG | 45 | 30 | 1,273 | 106 | 333 | 28 | 6 | 500 | 28.3 | 2.4 | 7.4 | .6 | .1 | 11.1 |
| Ed Davis$^†$ | C | 45 | 24 | 1,087 | 300 | 55 | 25 | 38 | 438 | 24.2 | 6.7 | 1.2 | .6 | .8 | 9.7 |
| Aaron Gray | C | 42 | 16 | 513 | 133 | 33 | 7 | 5 | 119 | 12.2 | 3.2 | .8 | .2 | .1 | 2.8 |
| Andrea Bargnani | PF | 35 | 25 | 1,003 | 128 | 38 | 21 | 23 | 443 | 28.7 | 3.7 | 1.1 | .6 | .7 | 12.7 |
| Rudy Gay$^†$ | SF | 33 | 32 | 1,146 | 212 | 94 | 57 | 22 | 643 | 34.7 | 6.4 | 2.8 | 1.7 | .7 | 19.5 |
| Quincy Acy | PF | 29 | 0 | 342 | 77 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 116 | 11.8 | 2.7 | .4 | .4 | .5 | 4.0 |
| Linas Kleiza | SF | 20 | 3 | 376 | 52 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 148 | 18.8 | 2.6 | .8 | .2 | .1 | 7.4 |
| Mickaël Piétrus | SF | 19 | 16 | 386 | 36 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 100 | 20.3 | 1.9 | .5 | .6 | .3 | 5.3 |
| Dominic McGuire$^†$ | SF | 15 | 9 | 230 | 48 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 15.3 | 3.2 | .7 | .3 | .5 | 2.1 |
| Sebastian Telfair$^†$ | PG | 13 | 0 | 185 | 16 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 56 | 14.2 | 1.2 | 3.0 | .7 | .1 | 4.3 |
* $^†$ Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Raptors only.