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NBA professional basketball team season
The 1997–98 NBA season was Toronto's third season of the team's franchise. Toronto selected Tracy McGrady with their ninth overall pick in the 1997 NBA Draft . Scoring leader Damon Stoudamire was later on traded to the Portland TrailBlazers during regular season. The Raptors finised the season with the worst record in the Eastern Conference with a 16-66 record.
Draft picks
Roster
Starter
Bench
Reverse
Inactive
Regular season
In February 1998, Damon Stoudamire was traded by the Raptors along with Walt Williams and Carlos Rogers to the Portland Trail Blazers , for Kenny Anderson , Alvin Williams , Gary Trent , two first-round draft choices, a second-round draft choice and an amount of money .
Highs
Lows
A seventeen-game losing streak at the start of the season.
Season standings
Game log
1997–98 game log
October: 0–1 (home: 0–0; road: 0–1)
November: 1–14 (home: 1–7; road: 0–7)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
2
November 1
@ Atlanta
L 85–90
Damon Stoudamire (21)
Popeye Jones (7)
Damon Stoudamire (6)
Alexander Memorial Coliseum 8,539
0-2
3
November 4
Golden State
W 104–86
John Wallace (17)
Doug Christie (8)
Damon Stoudamire (13)
SkyDome 16,624
1-2
4
November 6
Seattle
L 92–109
Damon Stoudamire (22)
Marcus Camby (9)
Damon Stoudamire (7)
SkyDome 15,459
1-3
5
November 8
@ Orlando
L 87–96
Marcus Camby (17)
Doug Christie (7)
Damon Stoudamire (9)
Orlando Arena 17,248
1-4
6
November 10
San Antonio
L 98–100
Doug Christie (26)
Popeye Jones (12)
Damon Stoudamire (13)
SkyDome 18,174
1-5
7
November 12
New York
L 70–93
John Wallace (13)
Popeye Jones (7)
Damon Stoudamire (7)
SkyDome 18,143
1-6
8
November 14
@ Boston
L 99–103
Walt Williams (25)
Walt Williams (12)
Damon Stoudamire (9)
FleetCenter 17,224
1-7
9
November 15
Indiana
L 77–105
John Wallace (17)
Tracy McGrady (11)
Damon Stoudamire (14)
SkyDome 17,188
1-8
10
November 18
Boston
L 109–122
John Wallace (30)
John Wallace (12)
Shawn Respert , Damon Stoudamire (6)
SkyDome 16,343
1-9
11
November 20
@ Houston
L 97–127
Damon Stoudamire (25)
Damon Stoudamire (11)
Damon Stoudamire (4)
Compaq Center 16,285
1-10
12
November 22
@ Miami
L 104–108
John Wallace (28)
Žan Tabak (9)
Damon Stoudamire (11)
Miami Arena 14,381
1-11
13
November 24
Portland
L 90–91
Damon Stoudamire (29)
Popeye Jones , Reggie Slater (7)
Damon Stoudamire (11)
SkyDome 15,051
1-12
14
November 26
Atlanta
L 104–109 (2OT)
John Wallace (30)
Popeye Jones (16)
Damon Stoudamire (13)
SkyDome 15,639
1-13
15
November 28
@ Dallas
L 91–93
Doug Christie (27)
John Wallace (10)
Damon Stoudamire (6)
Reunion Arena 13,327
1-14
16
November 30
@ L.A. Lakers
L 99–105
John Wallace (25)
Popeye Jones (9)
Damon Stoudamire (11)
Great Western Forum 14,940
1-15
December: 3–11 (home: 1–5; road: 2–6)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
17
December 3
@ Utah
L 98–115
Damon Stoudamire (25)
Oliver Miller (8)
Oliver Miller (4)
Delta Center 19,590
1-16
18
December 5
@ Phoenix
L 91–110
John Wallace (20)
Oliver Miller (9)
Damon Stoudamire (4)
America West Arena 19,023
1-17
19
December 7
Detroit
L 83–93
John Wallace (23)
Oliver Miller (9)
Damon Stoudamire (9)
SkyDome 16,289
1-18
20
December 9
Charlotte
L 82–95
Damon Stoudamire (20)
Oliver Miller (12)
Damon Stoudamire (7)
SkyDome 16,325
1-19
21
December 10
@ Philadelphia
W 104–97
Walt Williams (39)
Oliver Miller (11)
Damon Stoudamire (14)
CoreStates Center 11,833
2-19
22
December 13
@ Chicago
L 70–97
John Wallace (14)
John Wallace (7)
Chris Garner , Damon Stoudamire (3)
United Center 23,867
2-20
23
December 15
Indiana
L 101–108
Marcus Camby (28)
Oliver Miller (8)
Damon Stoudamire (15)
SkyDome 14,562
2-21
24
December 17
Boston
L 83–88
Tracy McGrady (17)
Oliver Miller (8)
Damon Stoudamire (5)
SkyDome 14,771
2-22
25
December 19
Milwaukee
W 92–91
Damon Stoudamire (36)
Marcus Camby (14)
Damon Stoudamire (8)
SkyDome 15,076
3-22
26
December 20
Washington
L 92–94
Marcus Camby , Damon Stoudamire (18)
Damon Stoudamire (7)
Damon Stoudamire (8)
SkyDome 15,434
3-23
27
December 22
@ Charlotte
L 79–81
Damon Stoudamire (21)
Doug Christie , Damon Stoudamire (7)
Doug Christie (6)
Charlotte Coliseum 23,449
3-24
28
December 27
@ New York
W 97–94
Damon Stoudamire (30)
Reggie Slater (11)
Damon Stoudamire (5)
Madison Square Garden 19,763
4-24
29
December 30
@ Detroit
L 95–100
Damon Stoudamire (36)
Oliver Miller (11)
Damon Stoudamire (8)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 19,087
4-25
30
December 31
@ Washington
L 91–118
Damon Stoudamire (19)
Tracy McGrady , Damon Stoudamire (5)
Damon Stoudamire (7)
MCI Center 19,651
4-26
January: 6–8 (home: 4–5; road: 2–3)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
31
January 2
Detroit
L 88–91
Doug Christie (23)
Doug Christie (8)
Damon Stoudamire (16)
SkyDome 17,292
4-27
32
January 3
@ Indiana
L 77–89
John Wallace (18)
Oliver Miller (12)
Damon Stoudamire (6)
Market Square Arena 16,259
4-28
33
January 5
Houston
L 96–120
Oliver Miller (22)
Doug Christie , Žan Tabak (7)
Damon Stoudamire (12)
SkyDome 16,375
4-29
34
January 7
Orlando
L 81–83
Damon Stoudamire (26)
Doug Christie (12)
Damon Stoudamire (7)
SkyDome 15,168
4-30
35
January 10
@ Cleveland
W 102–93
Damon Stoudamire (34)
Oliver Miller (11)
Damon Stoudamire (7)
Gund Arena 17,864
5-30
36
January 12
New Jersey
L 100–108
Damon Stoudamire (19)
Marcus Camby (13)
Damon Stoudamire (6)
SkyDome 14,376
5-31
37
January 14
L.A. Clippers
W 109–101
Damon Stoudamire (36)
Marcus Camby , Oliver Miller (6)
Damon Stoudamire (11)
SkyDome 15,073
6-31
38
January 17
New York
L 82–93
Marcus Camby (22)
Carlos Rogers (11)
Damon Stoudamire (10)
SkyDome 18,898
6-32
39
January 19
@ Charlotte
L 88–109
Žan Tabak (23)
Žan Tabak (7)
Damon Stoudamire (12)
Charlotte Coliseum 21,934
6-33
40
January 21
Sacramento
W 99–98
Damon Stoudamire (36)
Marcus Camby (18)
Damon Stoudamire (11)
SkyDome 14,212
7-33
41
January 24
Minnesota
W 113–107 (OT)
Doug Christie (31)
Marcus Camby , Oliver Miller (12)
Damon Stoudamire (10)
SkyDome 15,778
8-33
42
January 26
Philadelphia
W 91–87
Doug Christie (26)
Marcus Camby (10)
Damon Stoudamire (8)
SkyDome 14,458
9-33
43
January 29
@ Denver
W 84–80
Damon Stoudamire (22)
Oliver Miller (8)
Damon Stoudamire (5)
McNichols Sports Arena 9,629
10-33
44
January 30
@ Sacramento
L 97–123
John Wallace (18)
Marcus Camby , Carlos Rogers (6)
Doug Christie , John Wallace (3)
ARCO Arena 14,170
10-34
February: 3–9 (home: 2–4; road: 1–5)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
45
February 1
@ Portland
L 90–97
Damon Stoudamire (21)
John Wallace (9)
Damon Stoudamire (9)
Rose Garden 20,792
10-35
46
February 3
Phoenix
L 105–110
Doug Christie , Walt Williams (24)
Marcus Camby (10)
Damon Stoudamire (8)
SkyDome 14,344
10-36
47
February 5
Dallas
W 101–93
Damon Stoudamire (21)
Marcus Camby (16)
Damon Stoudamire (8)
SkyDome 14,292
11-36
48
February 10
@ Chicago
L 86–93
Damon Stoudamire (19)
Marcus Camby (11)
Damon Stoudamire , Walt Williams (4)
United Center 23,881
11-37
49
February 12
Cleveland
L 94–103
Doug Christie (26)
Oliver Miller (8)
Oliver Miller (10)
SkyDome 14,348
11-38
50
February 13
@ New Jersey
L 115–130
John Wallace (29)
John Wallace (12)
John Wallace (6)
Continental Airlines Arena 14,263
11-39
51
February 15
Miami
L 95–116
John Wallace (27)
Tracy McGrady (8)
Chris Garner (7)
SkyDome 16,888
11-40
52
February 19
Chicago
L 86–123
John Wallace (19)
Oliver Miller (7)
Doug Christie (5)
SkyDome 30,172
11-41
53
February 20
@ Milwaukee
L 89–94
Doug Christie (23)
Marcus Camby (10)
Oliver Miller (4)
Bradley Center 17,856
11-42
54
February 22
Vancouver
W 113–105 (OT)
Chauncey Billups (27)
Gary Trent (15)
Doug Christie (7)
SkyDome 16,932
12-42
55
February 26
@ San Antonio
L 86–97
Doug Christie (17)
Gary Trent (10)
Oliver Miller (6)
Alamodome 13,978
12-43
56
February 27
@ Orlando
W 115–107 (3OT)
Doug Christie (35)
Marcus Camby (13)
Dee Brown (9)
Orlando Arena 16,947
13-43
March: 2–13 (home: 1–7; road: 1–6)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
57
March 3
Utah
L 93–108
Chauncey Billups (26)
Gary Trent (7)
Oliver Miller (8)
SkyDome 16,448
13-44
58
March 4
@ Cleveland
L 88–122
Doug Christie (16)
Marcus Camby , Oliver Miller (5)
Dee Brown , John Wallace (4)
Gund Arena 15,017
13-45
59
March 6
@ Minnesota
L 91–113
Chauncey Billups (20)
Marcus Camby (9)
Oliver Miller (4)
Target Center 18,156
13-46
60
March 8
@ Vancouver
L 106–113
Dee Brown (21)
Doug Christie (8)
Oliver Miller (8)
General Motors Place 16,098
13-47
61
March 10
@ Seattle
L 93–111
John Wallace (25)
John Wallace (9)
Doug Christie , John Wallace (5)
KeyArena 17,072
13-48
62
March 13
@ L.A. Clippers
L 120–152
Reggie Slater (20)
Oliver Miller (7)
Oliver Miller (4)
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 6,152
13-49
63
March 15
@ Golden State
W 100–98 (OT)
Doug Christie (24)
Marcus Camby (16)
Oliver Miller (4)
The New Arena in Oakland 13,063
14-49
64
March 17
Atlanta
L 105–117
Doug Christie (30)
Oliver Miller (9)
Doug Christie (8)
SkyDome 16,546
14-50
65
March 19
Denver
W 104–103 (OT)
Dee Brown (24)
Doug Christie (9)
Dee Brown , Doug Christie , Oliver Miller (5)
SkyDome 14,274
15-50
66
March 20
@ Detroit
L 99–105
Chauncey Billups (22)
Marcus Camby (8)
Doug Christie (7)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076
15-51
67
March 22
Chicago
L 100–102
John Wallace (26)
Doug Christie , Tracy McGrady (9)
Tracy McGrady (8)
SkyDome 33,216
15-52
68
March 24
Charlotte
L 89–106
Marcus Camby (20)
John Wallace (10)
Chauncey Billups (6)
SkyDome 14,490
15-53
69
March 26
Cleveland
L 96–97
Doug Christie (26)
Marcus Camby (13)
Doug Christie (8)
SkyDome 14,120
15-54
70
March 29
Orlando
L 68–95
Doug Christie (20)
Oliver Miller (11)
Chauncey Billups (4)
SkyDome 16,876
15-55
71
March 31
L.A. Lakers
L 105–114
Chauncey Billups (21)
Marcus Camby , Gary Trent (7)
Chauncey Billups , Oliver Miller (6)
Maple Leaf Gardens 16,086
15-56
April: 1–10 (home: 0–4; road: 1–6)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
72
April 1
@ Atlanta
L 91–105
Doug Christie , Gary Trent (14)
Marcus Camby , Tracy McGrady (9)
Doug Christie (3)
Georgia Dome 10,441
15-57
73
April 3
@ Washington
L 112–120
Dee Brown (30)
Gary Trent (10)
Dee Brown (6)
MCI Center 18,324
15-58
74
April 5
@ Philadelphia
L 104–116
Gary Trent (25)
Tracy McGrady (13)
Dee Brown (6)
CoreStates Center 15,808
15-59
75
April 7
@ Milwaukee
L 105–114
Doug Christie (20)
Reggie Slater (8)
Doug Christie (5)
Bradley Center 13,288
15-60
76
April 8
Milwaukee
L 100–107
Gary Trent (24)
Chauncey Billups , Tracy McGrady (9)
Doug Christie (8)
SkyDome 14,168
15-61
77
April 10
Miami
L 105–111 (OT)
Doug Christie (26)
Tracy McGrady (15)
Doug Christie (7)
SkyDome 16,111
15-62
78
April 12
New Jersey
L 109–116
Dee Brown (30)
Marcus Camby (11)
Tracy McGrady (6)
SkyDome 14,088
15-63
79
April 14
@ New Jersey
W 96–92
Doug Christie (23)
Marcus Camby (12)
Chauncey Billups , Doug Christie (4)
Continental Airlines Arena 17,521
16-63
80
April 16
@ New York
L 79–108
Doug Christie (14)
Doug Christie , Tracy McGrady (7)
Dee Brown (4)
Madison Square Garden 19,763
16-64
81
April 17
@ Indiana
L 98–107
Doug Christie (24)
Gary Trent (12)
Chauncey Billups (5)
Market Square Arena 16,059
16-65
82
April 19
Philadelphia
L 78–107
Doug Christie (16)
Marcus Camby (11)
Doug Christie (4)
Maple Leaf Gardens 14,578
16-66
1997–98 season schedule
Player statistics
Regular season
Player
GP
GS
MPG
FG%
3P%
FT%
RPG
APG
SPG
BPG
PPG
Chauncey Billups *
29
26
31.7
.349
.316
.919
2.7
3.3
1.03
.07
11.3
Dee Brown *
31
2
29.3
.446
.411
.907
2.9
3.3
1.23
.55
12.2
Marcus Camby
63
58
31.8
.412
.000
.611
7.4
1.8
1.08
3.65
12.1
Doug Christie
78
78
37.7
.428
.326
.829
5.2
3.6
2.44
.73
16.5
Chris Garner
38
0
7.7
.329
.286
.429
.6
1.2
.55
.11
1.4
Tim Kempton *
5
0
6.4
.286
.000
.000
1.0
.4
.20
.40
.8
Bob McCann
1
0
5.0
.000
.000
.000
1.0
.0
.00
.00
.0
Tracy McGrady
64
17
18.4
.450
.341
.712
4.2
1.5
.77
.95
7.0
Oliver Miller
64
53
25.4
.461
.000
.604
6.3
3.1
.91
1.13
6.3
Roy Rogers *
6
0
11.5
.353
.000
.250
2.0
.2
.17
.67
2.2
Reggie Slater
78
28
21.3
.460
.000
.630
3.9
.9
.58
.38
8.0
Ed Stokes
4
0
4.3
.333
.000
.500
1.0
.3
.25
.50
.8
John Thomas *
21
0
8.0
.424
.000
.714
1.7
.2
.14
.14
2.0
Gary Trent *
13
7
27.3
.438
.000
.633
8.0
1.1
.62
.62
12.2
John Wallace
82
36
28.8
.478
.500
.717
4.5
1.3
.76
1.23
14.0
Alvin Williams *
13
3
15.9
.364
.500
.636
1.6
1.5
.62
.08
3.2
Sharone Wright
7
0
6.3
.500
.000
.500
1.3
.6
.00
.00
2.3
* Statistics include only games with the Raptors
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