2017–18 Toronto Raptors season

2017–18 Toronto Raptors season
2017–18 Toronto Raptors season
Division champions
Head coach	Dwane Casey
General manager	Bobby Webster
Owners	Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment
Arena	Air Canada Centre
Results
Record	59–23 (.720)
Place	Division: 1st (Atlantic); Conference: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Conference Semifinals; (lost to Cavaliers 0–4)
	Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	TSN, Sportsnet
< 2016–17	2018–19 >

The 2017–18 Toronto Raptors season was the 23rd season of the Canadian franchise in the North American National Basketball Association (NBA).

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On June 28, 2017, the Raptors promoted assistant general manager Bobby Webster to general manager, while Masai Ujiri remained team president.^[1] Webster's promotion came over a month after their previous general manager, Jeff Weltman, left the Raptors to become the President of Basketball Operations for the Orlando Magic, with the Raptors acquiring a second-round pick in 2018 in order for them to release Weltman early. However they would later trade that selection, their first round pick, and DeMarre Carroll to the Brooklyn Nets for the rights to Justin Hamilton.

On April 6, 2018, the Raptors set new franchise records for total wins in a season with 57, home wins in a season with 33, and clinched the 1st seed in the Eastern Conference for the first time in franchise history. They would end the season with a record 59 wins and 34 home wins. They would end up winning their 4th division title in 5 years.

In the playoffs, the Raptors faced the eighth seeded Washington Wizards in the first round, winning in six games. They advanced to the semifinals where they faced the Cleveland Cavaliers once again, the team that had eliminated them in the past two NBA playoffs. Just like last season, the Raptors were swept in four games by the Cavaliers. It is also the third time in four seasons that the Raptors were swept in the playoffs, having been swept by the Washington Wizards in the first round of the 2015 Playoffs. They have now lost 10 straight playoff games to the Cavaliers. This sweep marked the 1st time the top seeded conference team was swept in a playoff series since 2015, where the Atlanta Hawks were also swept by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the conference finals. The Raptors also became the first top-seeded conference team since the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2013 to have not advanced to the conference finals, and the first in NBA history to get swept in the Semifinals.

Following yet another disappointing playoff appearance, head coach Dwane Casey was fired on May 11, 2018.^[2]

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Atlantic Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
c – Toronto Raptors	59	23	.720	–	34‍–‍7	25‍–‍16	12–4	82
x – Boston Celtics	55	27	.671	4.0	27‍–‍14	28‍–‍13	12–4	82
x – Philadelphia 76ers	52	30	.634	7.0	30‍–‍11	22‍–‍19	9–7	82
New York Knicks	29	53	.354	30.0	19‍–‍22	10‍–‍31	6–10	82
Brooklyn Nets	28	54	.341	31.0	15‍–‍26	13‍–‍28	1–15	82

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	c – Toronto Raptors *	59	23	.720	–	82
2	x – Boston Celtics	55	27	.671	4.0	82
3	x – Philadelphia 76ers	52	30	.634	7.0	82
4	y – Cleveland Cavaliers *	50	32	.610	9.0	82
5	x – Indiana Pacers	48	34	.585	11.0	82
6	y – Miami Heat *	44	38	.537	15.0	82
7	x – Milwaukee Bucks	44	38	.537	15.0	82
8	x – Washington Wizards	43	39	.524	16.0	82

9	Detroit Pistons	39	43	.476	20.0	82
10	Charlotte Hornets	36	46	.439	23.0	82
11	New York Knicks	29	53	.354	30.0	82
12	Brooklyn Nets	28	54	.341	31.0	82
13	Chicago Bulls	27	55	.329	32.0	82
14	Orlando Magic	25	57	.305	34.0	82
15	Atlanta Hawks	24	58	.293	35.0	82

Eastern Conference					Western Conference
Atlantic Division					Northwest Division
Team	Home		Away		Team	Home	Away

Boston	111–91	96–78	94–95	99–110	Denver	114–110	111–129
Brooklyn	120–87	116–112	114–113*	116–102	Minnesota	109–104	109–115
New York	107–84	113–88	100–108	132–106	Oklahoma City	125–132	107–124
Philadelphia	128–94	102–86	114–109	111–117	Portland	130–105	99–85
					Utah	93–97	109–100
	8–0		4–4			3–2	2–3
Division	12–4				Division	5–5
Central Division					Pacific Division
Team	Home		Away		Team	Home	Away
Chicago	117–100	119–114	124–115	122–98	Golden State	125–127	112–117
Cleveland	133–99		129–132	106–112	L.A. Clippers	106–117	91–96
Detroit	96–91	123–94	121–119*	108–98	L.A. Lakers	123–111	101–92
Indiana	120–115	92–73	104–107	106–99	Phoenix	126–113	115–109
Milwaukee	131–127*	119–122*	129–110		Sacramento	108–93	102–87
	8–1		6–3			3–2	3–2
Division	14–4				Division	6–4
Southeast Division					Southwest Division
Team	Home		Away		Team	Home	Away
Atlanta	111–98	106–90	112–78	108–93	Dallas	122–115*	93–98
Charlotte	126–113	103–98	129–111	123–103	Houston	108–105	129–113
Miami	89–90	115–112	109–116*		Memphis	101–86	116–107
Orlando	112–101		117–104	93–86	New Orleans	122–118	125–116
Washington	96–107	100–91	119–122	102–95	San Antonio	86–83	97–101
	7–2		7–2			5–0	3–2
Division	14–4				Division	8–2
Conference	40–12 (home: 23–3; Away: 17–9)				Conference	19–11 (home: 11–4; Away: 8–7)
Overall	59–23 (home: 34–7; Away: 25–16)

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Jakob Pöltl	C	82	0	1,524	393	57	39	100	567	18.6	4.8	.7	.5	1.2	6.9
Pascal Siakam	PF	81	5	1,679	364	159	62	42	589	20.7	4.5	2.0	.8	.5	7.3
DeMar DeRozan	SG	80	80	2,711	315	417	85	22	1,840	33.9	3.9	5.2	1.1	.3	23.0
Kyle Lowry	PG	78	78	2,510	434	537	85	19	1,267	32.2	5.6	6.9	1.1	.2	16.2
Jonas Valančiūnas	C	77	77	1,727	660	81	29	69	980	22.4	8.6	1.1	.4	.9	12.7
Serge Ibaka	PF	76	76	2,093	478	62	29	99	959	27.5	6.3	.8	.4	1.3	12.6
Fred VanVleet	PG	76	0	1,520	184	243	68	19	656	20.0	2.4	3.2	.9	.3	8.6
OG Anunoby	SF	74	62	1,481	184	55	52	14	438	20.0	2.5	.7	.7	.2	5.9
Norman Powell	SG	70	18	1,062	119	89	37	16	385	15.2	1.7	1.3	.5	.2	5.5
C. J. Miles	SF	70	3	1,337	152	55	37	21	699	19.1	2.2	.8	.5	.3	10.0
Delon Wright	PG	69	4	1,433	198	200	72	33	555	20.8	2.9	2.9	1.0	.5	8.0
Lucas Nogueira	C	49	3	418	87	22	23	43	122	8.5	1.8	.4	.5	.9	2.5
Malcolm Miller	SF	15	4	126	15	3	1	2	38	8.4	1.0	.2	.1	.1	2.5
Lorenzo Brown	PG	14	0	139	15	13	5	0	32	9.9	1.1	.9	.4	.0	2.3
Alfonzo McKinnie	SF	14	0	53	7	1	1	1	21	3.8	.5	.1	.1	.1	1.5
Bruno Caboclo^†	SF	2	0	7	1	1	1	0	0	3.5	.5	.5	.5	.0	.0
Nigel Hayes-Davis^†	SF	2	0	6	0	0	0	0	6	3.0	.0	.0	.0	.0	3.0
Malachi Richardson^†	SG	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	2	5.0	1.0	.0	.0	.0	2.0

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Kyle Lowry	PG	10	10	361	43	85	15	0	174	36.1	4.3	8.5	1.5	.0	17.4
DeMar DeRozan	SG	10	10	354	36	40	5	6	227	35.4	3.6	4.0	.5	.6	22.7
OG Anunoby	SF	10	10	238	21	7	6	4	79	23.8	2.1	.7	.6	.4	7.9
Serge Ibaka	PF	10	9	260	59	11	1	13	87	26.0	5.9	1.1	.1	1.3	8.7
Jonas Valančiūnas	C	10	9	244	105	12	4	15	146	24.4	10.5	1.2	.4	1.5	14.6
C. J. Miles	SF	10	1	227	24	8	7	3	96	22.7	2.4	.8	.7	.3	9.6
Delon Wright	PG	10	0	215	22	23	15	9	86	21.5	2.2	2.3	1.5	.9	8.6
Pascal Siakam	PF	10	0	179	36	8	1	6	66	17.9	3.6	.8	.1	.6	6.6
Jakob Pöltl	C	9	0	140	36	6	3	4	49	15.6	4.0	.7	.3	.4	5.4
Fred VanVleet	PG	6	1	114	10	13	0	0	41	19.0	1.7	2.2	.0	.0	6.8
Norman Powell	SG	6	0	40	2	2	0	0	12	6.7	.3	.3	.0	.0	2.0
Lucas Nogueira	C	5	0	24	1	1	0	0	1	4.8	.2	.2	.0	.0	.2
Lorenzo Brown	PG	4	0	29	6	2	0	1	9	7.3	1.5	.5	.0	.3	2.3

2017–18 Toronto Raptors season

Offseason

Draft

Roster

Standings

Division

Conference

Record vs opponents

Game log

Preseason

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Transactions

Free agency

Trades

Re-signed

Additions

Subtractions

References

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May 25, 2017	To Toronto Raptors Least favorable 2018 second round pick	To Orlando Magic Jeff Weltman (President of Basketball Operations)
July 8, 2017^[3]	To Toronto Raptors Justin Hamilton	To Brooklyn Nets DeMarre Carroll 2018 first round pick 2018 second round pick
July 14, 2017^[4]	To Toronto Raptors Draft rights to Emir Preldžić C. J. Miles	To Indiana Pacers Cory Joseph

Player	Signed	Contract
Kyle Lowry^[5]	July 7, 2017	3-yr/$90M
Serge Ibaka^[6]	July 7, 2017	3-yr/$64M

Player	Reason	New Team
P. J. Tucker^[10]	Unrestricted free agent	Houston Rockets
Patrick Patterson^[11]	Unrestricted free agent	Oklahoma City Thunder
K. J. McDaniels^[9]	Waived	Grand Rapids Drive