<Table> <Tr> <Td> Home </Td> <Td> Away </Td> <Td> Third </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> Home </Td> <Td> Away </Td> <Td> Third </Td> </Tr> <P> The Toronto Raptors are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario . The Raptors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member club of the league's Eastern Conference Atlantic Division . The team was established in 1995, along with the Vancouver Grizzlies, as part of the NBA's expansion into Canada . When the Grizzlies relocated to Memphis, Tennessee to become the Memphis Grizzlies in 2001, the Raptors became the only Canadian - based team in the NBA . They originally played their home games at SkyDome, before moving eastward along Bremner Boulevard to the Air Canada Centre in 1999 . </P> <P> Like most expansion teams, the Raptors struggled in their early years, but after the acquisition of Vince Carter through a draft day trade in 1998, the team set league - attendance records and made the NBA playoffs in 2000, 2001, and 2002 . Carter was instrumental in leading the team to a then - franchise high 47 wins and their first playoff series win in 2001, where they advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals . During the 2002--03 and 2003--04 seasons, they failed to make significant progress, and Carter was traded in 2004 to the New Jersey Nets . </P>

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