# 2011–12 Toronto Raptors season

The 2011–12 Toronto Raptors season was the 17th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The season start was delayed, and the season schedule was compressed due to the 2011 NBA lockout. The Raptors finished the season with a 23–43 record and did not make it to the playoffs.
One of the biggest lowlights of the season was dropping the season series against the eventual all-time NBA worst 7-59 Charlotte Bobcats.

## Key dates

* June 23: The 2011 NBA draft took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
* December 26: Toronto started the regular season with a win against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Club Team |
| 1 | 5 | Jonas Valančiūnas | C | Lithuania | Lietuvos rytas |

## Pre-season
### Game log

2011 pre-season game log :
Pre-season: 0–2 (home: 0–1; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
December 18
Boston Celtics
L 75–76
Andrea Bargnani (16)
Ed Davis (10)
José Calderón (6)
Air Canada Centre 16,721
0–1
2
December 21
@ Boston Celtics
L 73–81
Andrea Bargnani (20)
DeMar DeRozan (10)
Jerryd Bayless James Johnson (3)
TD Garden 18,624
0–2 :
2011–12 season schedule :

## Regular season
### Standings

| Atlantic Divisionvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
| y-Boston Celtics | 39 | 27 | .591 | – | 24–9 | 15–18 | 8–6 | 66 |
| x-New York Knicks | 36 | 30 | .545 | 3 | 22–11 | 14–19 | 8–6 | 66 |
| x-Philadelphia 76ers | 35 | 31 | .530 | 4 | 19–14 | 16–17 | 7–6 | 66 |
| Toronto Raptors | 23 | 43 | .348 | 16 | 13–20 | 10–23 | 7–8 | 66 |
| New Jersey Nets | 22 | 44 | .333 | 17 | 9–24 | 13–20 | 5–9 | 66 |
Eastern Conference :
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
| 1 | z-Chicago Bulls | 50 | 16 | .758 | – | 66 |
| 2 | y-Miami Heat * | 46 | 20 | .697 | 4.0 | 66 |
| 3 | x-Indiana Pacers * | 42 | 24 | .636 | 8.0 | 66 |
| 4 | y-Boston Celtics | 39 | 27 | .591 | 11.0 | 66 |
| 5 | x-Atlanta Hawks | 40 | 26 | .606 | 10.0 | 66 |
| 6 | x-Orlando Magic | 37 | 29 | .561 | 13.0 | 66 |
| 7 | x-New York Knicks | 36 | 30 | .545 | 14.0 | 66 |
| 8 | x-Philadelphia 76ers | 35 | 31 | .530 | 15.0 | 66 |
| 9 | Milwaukee Bucks | 31 | 35 | .470 | 19.0 | 66 |
| 10 | Detroit Pistons | 25 | 41 | .379 | 25.0 | 66 |
| 11 | Toronto Raptors | 23 | 43 | .348 | 27.0 | 66 |
| 12 | New Jersey Nets | 22 | 44 | .333 | 28.0 | 66 |
| 13 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 21 | 45 | .318 | 29.0 | 66 |
| 14 | Washington Wizards | 20 | 46 | .303 | 30.0 | 66 |
| 15 | Charlotte Bobcats | 7 | 59 | .106 | 43.0 | 66 |

### Game log

2011–12 game log Total: 23–43 (Home: 13–20; Road: 10–23) :
December: 1–2 (home: 0–1; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
December 26
@ Cleveland
W 104–96
José Calderón DeMar DeRozan (15)
Amir Johnson (13)
José Calderón (11)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
1–0
2
December 28
Indiana
L 85–90
DeMar DeRozan (22)
Amir Johnson (10)
José Calderón (6)
Air Canada Centre 19,800
1–1
3
December 30
@ Dallas
L 86–99
Andrea Bargnani (30)
Andrea Bargnani (7)
José Calderón (7)
American Airlines Center 20,307
1–2 :
January
: 6–13 (home: 2–5; road: 4–8)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
4
January 1
@ Orlando
L 96–102
Andrea Bargnani (28)
Andrea Bargnani (7)
José Calderón (13)
Amway Center 18,846
1–3
5
January 2
@ New York
W 90–85
Andrea Bargnani DeMar DeRozan (21)
Rasual Butler Jamaal Magloire (10)
José Calderón (12)
Madison Square Garden 19,763
2–3
6
January 4
Cleveland
W 92–77
Andrea Bargnani (31)
James Johnson (8)
José Calderón (11)
Air Canada Centre 14,468
3–3
7
January 6
New Jersey
L 85–97
José Calderón (19)
Amir Johnson (10)
José Calderón (8)
Air Canada Centre 16,771
3–4
8
January 7
@ Philadelphia
L 62–97
Andrea Bargnani (21)
Amir Johnson (14)
José Calderón (7)
Wells Fargo Center 14,522
3–5
9
January 9
Minnesota
W 97–87
Andrea Bargnani (31)
Amir Johnson (11)
José Calderón (6)
Air Canada Centre 14,097
4–5
10
January 10
@ Washington
L 78–93
Andrea Bargnani (22)
Amir Johnson (10)
José Calderón (8)
Verizon Center 14,077
4–6
11
January 11
Sacramento
L 91–98
Leandro Barbosa (24)
Andrea Bargnani (10)
José Calderón (10)
Air Canada Centre 14,323
4–7
12
January 13
Indiana
L 90–95
DeMar DeRozan (23)
Ed Davis (10)
José Calderón (9)
Air Canada Centre 15,302
4–8
13
January 14
@ Chicago
L 64–77
DeMar DeRozan (15)
Amir Johnson (13)
José Calderón (8)
United Center 21,962
4–9
14
January 16
@ Atlanta
L 84–93
Leandro Barbosa (22)
Ed Davis (11)
José Calderón (11)
Philips Arena 11,050
4–10
15
January 18
@ Boston
L 73–96
Gary Forbes (18)
Ed Davis (9)
José Calderón (4)
TD Garden 18,624
4–11
16
January 20
Portland
L 84–94
James Johnson (23)
Ed Davis (10)
José Calderón (13)
Air Canada Centre 17,537
4–12
17
January 22
@ L. A. Clippers
L 91–103
Leandro Barbosa (19)
DeMar DeRozan Aaron Gray (8)
Jerryd Bayless (5)
Staples Center 19,060
4–13
18
January 24
@ Phoenix
W 99–96
Andrea Bargnani (36)
James Johnson Linas Kleiza (10)
José Calderón (11)
US Airways Center 15,404
5–13
19
January 25
@ Utah
W 111–106 (2OT)
Andrea Bargnani Linas Kleiza (25)
DeMar DeRozan (8)
José Calderón Jerryd Bayless (7)
EnergySolutions Arena 19,802
6–13
20
January 27
@ Denver
L 81–96
Leandro Barbosa (19)
Aaron Gray (11)
Linas Kleiza (4)
Pepsi Center 18,855
6–14
21
January 29
@ New Jersey
W 94–73
DeMar DeRozan (27)
Ed Davis (9)
José Calderón (9)
Prudential Center 14,319
7–14
22
January 31
Atlanta
L 77–100
Jerryd Bayless (14)
Ed Davis (11)
José Calderón (9)
Air Canada Centre 16,117
7–15 :
February: 4–9 (home: 3–5; road: 1–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
23
February 1
@ Boston
L 64–100
Jerryd Bayless (14)
Ed Davis (12)
José Calderón (7)
TD Garden 18,624
7–16
24
February 3
Washington
W 106–89
Leandro Barbosa (19)
Amir Johnson (13)
José Calderón (17)
Air Canada Centre 16,382
8–16
25
February 5
@ Miami
L 89–95
DeMar DeRozan (25)
Ed Davis (8)
James Johnson (4)
American Airlines Arena 19,802
8–17
26
February 6
@ Washington
L 108–111 (OT)
Linas Kleiza Jerryd Bayless (30)
Amir Johnson (10)
James Johnson (6)
Verizon Center 14,687
8–18
27
February 8
Milwaukee
L 99–105
DeMar DeRozan (25)
Linas Kleiza (8)
José Calderón (15)
Air Canada Centre 15,291
8–19
28
February 10
Boston
W 86–74
DeMar DeRozan (21)
Amir Johnson (12)
José Calderón (14)
Air Canada Centre 19,207
9–19
29
February 12
L. A. Lakers
L 92–94
José Calderón (30)
Ed Davis (8)
DeMar DeRozan (7)
Air Canada Centre 19,311
9–20
30
February 14
New York
L 87–90
José Calderón (25)
Linas Kleiza (11)
José Calderón (9)
Air Canada Centre 20,092
9–21
31
February 15
San Antonio
L 106–113
DeMar DeRozan (29)
Amir Johnson (7)
José Calderón (11)
Air Canada Centre 15,999
9–22
32
February 17
Charlotte
L 91–98
DeMar DeRozan (24)
Amir Johnson (15)
José Calderón (8)
Air Canada Centre 15,575
9–23
33
February 22
Detroit
W 103–93
DeMar DeRozan (23)
Aaron Gray (12)
José Calderón (15)
Air Canada Centre 17,125
10–23
34
February 28
@ Houston
L 85–88
DeMar DeRozan (17)
Ed Davis (15)
José Calderón (7)
Toyota Center 13,337
10–24
35
February 29
@ New Orleans
W 95–84
Jerryd Bayless DeMar DeRozan (21)
Amir Johnson (7)
José Calderón (6)
New Orleans Arena 14,527
11–24 :
March: 6–11 (home: 4–6; road: 2–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
36
March 2
Memphis
L 99–102
Jerryd Bayless (18)
Aaron Gray Linas Kleiza (12)
José Calderón (9)
Air Canada Centre 18,056
11–25
37
March 4
Golden State
W 83–75
DeMar DeRozan (25)
Amir Johnson (13)
Three players (4)
Air Canada Centre 18,056
12–25
38
March 5
Orlando
L 88–92
DeMar DeRozan (23)
Aaron Gray (11)
James Johnson José Calderón (7)
Air Canada Centre 15,392
12–26
39
March 7
Houston
W 116–98
DeMar DeRozan (23)
Amir Johnson (8)
José Calderón (12)
Air Canada Centre 14,597
13–26
40
March 10
@ Detroit
L 86–105
DeMar DeRozan (15)
Three players (5)
Jerryd Bayless (4)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 16,090
13–27
41
March 11
Milwaukee
L 99–105
DeMar DeRozan (21)
Ed Davis (10)
Jerryd Bayless (6)
Air Canada Centre 17,316
13–28
42
March 13
@ Cleveland
W 96–88
Jerryd Bayless (20)
Amir Johnson (9)
Jerryd Bayless (7)
Quicken Loans Arena 14,203
14–28
43
March 14
@ New Jersey
L 84–98
Jerryd Bayless James Johnson (16)
Amir Johnson (9)
Jerryd Bayless (10)
Prudential Center 10,701
14–29
44
March 16
@ Memphis
W 114–110 (OT)
Jerryd Bayless (28)
Andrea Bargnani James Johnson (7)
Jerryd Bayless (9)
FedExForum 17,239
15–29
45
March 17
@ Charlotte
L 103–107
Jerryd Bayless (29)
Ed Davis (12)
Jerryd Bayless (6)
Time Warner Cable Arena 15,108
15–30
46
March 20
@ New York
L 87–106
DeMar DeRozan (17)
Ed Davis (9)
José Calderón (9)
Madison Square Garden 19,763
15–31
47
March 21
Chicago
L 82–94
DeMar DeRozan (23)
Aaron Gray Linas Kleiza (8)
José Calderón (8)
Air Canada Centre 17,869
15–32
48
March 23
New York
W 96–79
DeMar DeRozan (30)
Three players (7)
José Calderón (10)
Air Canada Centre 19,800
16–32
49
March 24
@ Chicago
L 101–102 (OT)
José Calderón James Johnson (20)
Gary Forbes (13)
José Calderón (10)
United Center 21,841
16–33
50
March 26
Orlando
L 101–117
Gary Forbes (21)
Jamaal Magloire (7)
José Calderón (11)
Air Canada Centre 16,429
16–34
51
March 28
Denver
W 105–96
Andrea Bargnani (26)
Gary Forbes (10)
José Calderón (10)
Air Canada Centre 15,867
17–34
52
March 30
Miami
L 101–113
DeMar DeRozan (28)
Amir Johnson (12)
José Calderón (16)
Air Canada Centre 19,883
17–35 :
April: 6–8 (home: 4–3; road: 2–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
53
April 1
Washington
W 99–92
Andrea Bargnani (18)
Andrea Bargnani Aaron Gray (8)
José Calderón (8)
Air Canada Centre 16,858
18–35
54
April 3
Charlotte
W 92–87
Andrea Bargnani (30)
Aaron Gray (9)
José Calderón (11)
Air Canada Centre 14,640
19–35
55
April 4
@ Philadelphia
W 99–78
Andrea Bargnani (24)
Ed Davis (14)
José Calderón (13)
Wells Fargo Center 18,186
20–35
56
April 6
Cleveland
L 80–84
DeMar DeRozan (28)
Linas Kleiza (8)
DeMar DeRozan (4)
Air Canada Centre 16,565
20–36
57
April 8
@ Oklahoma City
L 75–91
José Calderón (19)
Aaron Gray (10)
José Calderón (6)
Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203
20–37
58
April 9
@ Indiana
L 98–103
Alan Anderson (17)
Ed Davis (10)
José Calderón (14)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 11,021
20–38
59
April 11
Philadelphia
L 75–93
Alan Anderson Ed Davis (13)
Ed Davis (13)
Ed Davis (5)
Air Canada Centre 16,324
20–39
60
April 13
Boston
W 84–79
DeMar DeRozan (22)
Ed Davis (12)
Ben Uzoh (5)
Air Canada Centre 17,270
21–39
61
April 15
@ Atlanta
W 102–86
DeMar DeRozan (23)
Aaron Gray Linas Kleiza (7)
Justin Dentmon (4)
Philips Arena 13,845
22–39
62
April 16
Atlanta
L 87–109
DeMar DeRozan (22)
Ben Uzoh (10)
Ben Uzoh (8)
Air Canada Centre 15,992
22–40
63
April 18
@ Miami
L 72–96
James Johnson (18)
Solomon Alabi James Johnson (6)
Alan Anderson (3)
American Airlines Arena 19,600
22–41
64
April 22
@ Detroit
L 73–76
DeMar DeRozan (16)
Solomon Alabi (10)
Gary Forbes James Johnson (4)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 14,370
22–42
65
April 23
@ Milwaukee
L 86–92
James Johnson (22)
James Johnson (13)
Gary Forbes Ben Uzoh (5)
Bradley Center 13,867
22–43
66
April 26
New Jersey
W 98–67
Ed Davis (24)
Solomon Alabi (19)
Ben Uzoh (12)
Air Canada Centre 18,161
23–43 :
2011–12 season schedule :

## Player statistics
### Ragular season

| Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Ed Davis | PF | 66 | 9 | 1,534 | 438 | 60 | 40 | 63 | 415 | 23.2 | 6.6 | .9 | .6 | 1.0 | 6.3 |
| Amir Johnson | PF | 64 | 43 | 1,553 | 408 | 79 | 33 | 69 | 452 | 24.3 | 6.4 | 1.2 | .5 | 1.1 | 7.1 |
| DeMar DeRozan | SG | 63 | 63 | 2,206 | 211 | 128 | 48 | 17 | 1,054 | 35.0 | 3.3 | 2.0 | .8 | .3 | 16.7 |
| James Johnson | SF | 62 | 40 | 1,561 | 292 | 122 | 71 | 84 | 566 | 25.2 | 4.7 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 9.1 |
| José Calderón | PG | 53 | 53 | 1,799 | 160 | 468 | 47 | 3 | 555 | 33.9 | 3.0 | 8.8 | .9 | .1 | 10.5 |
| Aaron Gray | C | 49 | 40 | 813 | 281 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 191 | 16.6 | 5.7 | .6 | .4 | .3 | 3.9 |
| Linas Kleiza | SF | 49 | 3 | 1,057 | 199 | 46 | 23 | 4 | 473 | 21.6 | 4.1 | .9 | .5 | .1 | 9.7 |
| Gary Forbes | SG | 48 | 2 | 713 | 102 | 54 | 24 | 4 | 319 | 14.9 | 2.1 | 1.1 | .5 | .1 | 6.6 |
| Leandro Barbosa$^†$ | SG | 42 | 0 | 946 | 79 | 63 | 36 | 7 | 512 | 22.5 | 1.9 | 1.5 | .9 | .2 | 12.2 |
| Rasual Butler | SF | 34 | 14 | 453 | 66 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 110 | 13.3 | 1.9 | .6 | .2 | .1 | 3.2 |
| Jamaal Magloire | C | 34 | 1 | 374 | 113 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 41 | 11.0 | 3.3 | .2 | .1 | .3 | 1.2 |
| Andrea Bargnani | C | 31 | 31 | 1,032 | 172 | 61 | 18 | 15 | 603 | 33.3 | 5.5 | 2.0 | .6 | .5 | 19.5 |
| Jerryd Bayless | PG | 31 | 11 | 705 | 66 | 118 | 24 | 4 | 353 | 22.7 | 2.1 | 3.8 | .8 | .1 | 11.4 |
| Anthony Carter | PG | 24 | 0 | 209 | 33 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 47 | 8.7 | 1.4 | 1.4 | .3 | .2 | 2.0 |
| Alan Anderson | SF | 17 | 12 | 461 | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 163 | 27.1 | 2.0 | 1.5 | .3 | .2 | 9.6 |
| Ben Uzoh$^†$ | PG | 16 | 8 | 357 | 63 | 59 | 16 | 3 | 77 | 22.3 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 1.0 | .2 | 4.8 |
| Solomon Alabi | C | 14 | 0 | 122 | 47 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 33 | 8.7 | 3.4 | .2 | .1 | .6 | 2.4 |
| Justin Dentmon$^†$ | PG | 4 | 0 | 72 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 18.0 | 1.8 | 2.3 | .3 | .0 | 5.5 |
* $^†$ Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Raptors only.

## Injuries

* On March 26 Jerryd Bayless had a partial tear in his left oblique muscle during a game against the Orlando Magic and was out for the remainder of the season.

## Transactions
### Overview

| Players Added Via free agency Rasual Butler Anthony Carter Gary Forbes Aaron Gray Jamaal Magloire 10-day contracts Alan Anderson | Players Lost Via trade Leandro Barbosa Via free agency Alexis Ajinça Reggie Evans Waived Rasual Butler Anthony Carter |

### Trades

| March 15, 2012 | To Toronto RaptorsLeandro Barbosa | To Indiana PacersFuture second round pick Cash considerations |

### Free agents

Additions :
| Player | Date signed | Former team |
| Jamaal Magloire | December 9 | Miami Heat |
| Rasual Butler | December 10 | Chicago Bulls |
| Aaron Gray | December 11 | New Orleans Hornets |
| Anthony Carter | December 12 | New York Knicks |
| Gary Forbes | December 14 | Denver Nuggets |
Subtractions :
| Player | Date signed | New team |
| Reggie Evans | December 22 | Los Angeles Clippers |
Many players signed with teams from other leagues due to the 2011 NBA lockout. FIBA allows players under NBA contracts to sign and play for teams from other leagues if the contracts have opt-out clauses that allow the players to return to the NBA if the lockout ends. The Chinese Basketball Association, however, only allows its clubs to sign foreign free agents who could play for at least the entire season.
Played in other leagues during lockout :
| Player | Date signed | New team | Opt-out clause |
| Sonny Weems | July 8 | Žalgiris Kaunas (Lithuania) | No |
| Leandro Barbosa | August 18 | Flamengo (Brazil) | Yes |
| Joey Dorsey | September 26 | Caja Laboral (Spain) | No |
| Alexis Ajinça | November 10 | Hyères-Toulon (France) | Yes |