2012–13 Charlotte Bobcats season explained

Team:	Charlotte Bobcats
End Year:	2013
Wins:	21
Losses:	61
Division:	Southeast
Division Place:	4
Conf Place:	14
Coach:	Mike Dunlap
Gm:	Rich Cho
President:	Rod Higgins
Owner:	Michael Jordan
Arena:	Time Warner Cable Arena
Television:	Fox Sports Carolinas, SportSouth
Radio:	WFNZ
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
Bbr Team:	CHA

The 2012–13 Charlotte Bobcats season was the 23rd season of NBA basketball in Charlotte, and their ninth as the Charlotte Bobcats. Charlotte started out this season by getting a close 90–89 win over the Indiana Pacers to end a 23-game losing streak that started at the end of their previous season and finished the season on a three-game winning streak, and the team's 21–61 record was enough to finish fourth in the Southeast division for the eighth time in nine seasons. The Bobcats tripled their win total from the prior lockout-shortened season, and showed signs of genuine improvement.

Key dates

June 28, 2012: The 2012 NBA draft took place at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
November 10, 2012: This day marks the first time in Charlotte Bobcats history that they defeated the Dallas Mavericks.

Draft picks

See main article: 2012 NBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	Position	School/Club Team
1	2		United States	SF	Kentucky (Fr.)
2	31			SF	Vanderbilt (Sr.)

Pre-season

Regular season

Game log

|-style="background:#cfc;"| 1 || November 2 || Indiana| | Kemba Walker (30)| Brendan Haywood (9)| Ramon Sessions (4)| Time Warner Cable Arena
19,124| 1–0|-style="background:#fcc;"| 2 || November 3 || @ Dallas| | Ramon Sessions (22)| Brendan Haywood (11)| Sessions & Walker (5)| American Airlines Center
19,490| 1–1|-style="background:#fcc;"| 3 || November 7 || Phoenix| | Byron Mullens (24)| Kidd-Gilchrist & Mullens (8)| Ramon Sessions (9)| Time Warner Cable Arena
13,905| 1–2|-style="background:#fcc;"| 4 || November 9 || @ New Orleans| | Ben Gordon (34)| Bismack Biyombo (13)| Kemba Walker (6)| New Orleans Arena
12,668| 1–3|-style="background:#cfc;"| 5 || November 10 || Dallas| | Kemba Walker (26)| Byron Mullens (14)| Kemba Walker (7)| Time Warner Cable Arena
15,763| 2–3|-style="background:#cfc;"| 6 || November 13 || Washington| | Ramon Sessions (21)| Brendan Haywood (11)| Mullens & Taylor (4)| Time Warner Cable Arena
11,139| 3–3|-style="background:#cfc;"| 7 || November 14 || @ Minnesota| | Kemba Walker (22)| Byron Mullens (15)| Kemba Walker (5)| Target Center
13,272| 4–3|-style="background:#fcc;"| 8 || November 17 || Memphis| | Byron Mullens (18)| Byron Mullens (9)| Kemba Walker (8)| Time Warner Cable Arena
16,541| 4–4|-style="background:#cfc;"| 9 || November 19 || Milwaukee| | Ramon Sessions (23)| Brendan Haywood (11)| Kidd-Gilchrist, Sessions,
Taylor & Walker (4)| Time Warner Cable Arena
11,248| 5–4|-style="background:#cfc;"| 10 || November 21 || Toronto| | Kemba Walker (19)| Biyombo & Mullens (8)| Kemba Walker (7)| Time Warner Cable Arena
15,240| 6–4|-style="background:#fcc;"| 11 || November 23 || Atlanta| | Ramon Sessions (22)| Byron Mullens (8)| Kemba Walker (9)| Time Warner Cable Arena
17,868| 6–5|-style="background:#cfc;"| 12 || November 24 || @ Washington| | Byron Mullens (8)| Kidd-Gilchrist & Mullens (8)| Kemba Walker (8)| Verizon Center
13,077| 7–5|-style="background:#fcc;"| 13 || November 26 || @ Oklahoma City| | Jeffery Taylor (10)| DeSagana Diop (9)| Cory Higgins (3)| Chesapeake Energy Arena
18,203| 7–6|-style="background:#fcc;"| 14 || November 28 || @ Atlanta| | Ben Gordon (26)| Brendan Haywood (11)| Ramon Sessions (8)| Philips Arena
10,162| 7–7|-style="background:#fcc;"| 15 || November 30 || Philadelphia| | Ben Gordon (19)| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (8)| Kemba Walker (9)| Time Warner Cable Arena
13,202| 7–8|-style="background:#fcc;"| 16 || December 3 || Portland| | Ben Gordon (29)| Byron Mullens (12)| Ramon Sessions (9)| Time Warner Cable Arena
12,640| 7–9|-style="background:#fcc;"| 17 || December 5 || New York| | Kemba Walker (25)| Bismack Biyombo (12)| Kemba Walker (11)| Time Warner Cable Arena
18,097| 7–10|-style="background:#fcc;"| 18 || December 7 || @ Milwaukee| | Gerald Henderson Jr. (19)| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (11)| Kemba Walker (6)| BMO Harris Bradley Center
13,371| 7–11|-style="background:#fcc;"| 19 || December 8 || San Antonio| | Kemba Walker (23)| Bismack Biyombo (8)| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (6)| Time Warner Cable Arena
17,321| 7–12|-style="background:#fcc;"| 20 || December 10 || Golden State| | Kemba Walker (24)| Bismack Biyombo (11)| Sessions & Walker (24)| Time Warner Cable Arena
13,169| 7–13|-style="background:#fcc;"| 21 || December 12 || L.A. Clippers| | Byron Mullens (19)| Bismack Biyombo (9)| Kemba Walker (6)| Time Warner Cable Arena
16,786| 7–14|-style="background:#fcc;"| 22 || December 13 || @ Atlanta| | Gerald Henderson Jr. (17)| Biyombo & Kidd-Gilchrist (6)| Kemba Walker (6)| Philips Arena
13,090| 7–15|-style="background:#fcc;"| 23 || December 15 || Orlando| | Kemba Walker (32)| Bismack Biyombo (9)| Kemba Walker (7)| Time Warner Cable Arena
16,217| 7–16|-style="background:#fcc;"| 24 || December 18 || @ L.A. Lakers| | Kemba Walker (28)| Byron Mullens (17)| Kemba Walker (7)| Staples Center
18,997| 7–17|-style="background:#fcc;"| 25 || December 19 || @ Phoenix| | Kemba Walker (27)| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (12)| Kemba Walker (6)| US Airways Center
13,308| 7–18|-style="background:#fcc;"| 26 || December 21 || @ Golden State| | Gerald Henderson Jr. (23)| Bismack Biyombo (14)| Kemba Walker (6)| Oracle Arena
19,596| 7–19|-style="background:#fcc;"| 27 || December 22 || @ Denver| | Ramon Sessions (23)| Byron Mullens (14)| Mullens & Walker (4)| Pepsi Center
17,555| 7–20|-style="background:#fcc;"| 28 || December 26 || Miami| | Kemba Walker (27)| Bismack Biyombo (10)| Kemba Walker (6)| Time Warner Cable Arena
19,602| 7–21|-style="background:#fcc;"| 29 || December 28 || @ Brooklyn| | Hakim Warrick (13)| Brendan Haywood (8)| Gerald Henderson Jr. (4)| Barclays Center
17,732| 7–22|-style="background:#fcc;"| 30 || December 29 || New Orleans| | Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (22)| Hakim Warrick (10)| Kemba Walker (9)| Time Warner Cable Arena
18,110| 7–23|-style="background:#cfc;"| 31 || December 31 || @ Chicago| | Kemba Walker (18)| Bismack Biyombo (11)| Kemba Walker (6)| United Center
21,986| 8–23|-bgcolor="ffcccc"| 32 || January 4 || Cleveland| | Ben Gordon (27)| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (9)| Ramon Sessions (6)| Time Warner Cable Arena
15,576| 8–24|-style="background:#cfc;"| 33 || January 6 || @ Detroit| | Kemba Walker (20)| Bismack Biyombo (17)| Kemba Walker (7)| The Palace of Auburn Hills
11,963| 9–24|-style="background:#fcc;"| 34 || January 9 || Utah| | Ben Gordon (20)| Kidd-Gilchrist & Warrick (8)| Kemba Walker (6)| Time Warner Cable Arena
13,347| 9–25|-style="background:#fcc;"| 35 || January 11 || @ Toronto| | Gordon, Kidd-Gilchrist
& Walker (12)| Jeff Adrien (9)| Sessions & Williams (3)| Air Canada Centre
14,373| 9–26|-style="background:#fcc;"| 36 || January 12 || @ Indiana| | Ben Gordon (21)| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (8)| Ramon Sessions (6)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
13,656| 9–27|-style="background:#fcc;"| 37 || January 14 || @ Boston| | Sessions & Warrick (16)| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (8)| Kemba Walker (4)| TD Garden
18,624| 9–28|-style="background:#fcc;"| 38 || January 15 || Indiana| | Gerald Henderson Jr. (15)| Adrien & Biyombo (6)| Gerald Henderson Jr. (3)| Time Warner Cable Arena
12,996| 9–29|-style="background:#cfc;"| 39 || January 18 || @ Orlando| | Kemba Walker (25)| Kemba Walker (8)| Ramon Sessions (7)| Amway Center
17,598| 10–29|-style="background:#fcc;"| 40 || January 19 || Sacramento| | Ramon Sessions (16)| Brendan Haywood (7)| Kemba Walker (10)| Time Warner Cable Arena
17,012| 10–30|-style="background:#fcc;"| 41 || January 21 || Houston| | Kemba Walker (35)| Bismack Biyombo (9)| Kemba Walker (5)| Time Warner Cable Arena
16,108| 10–31|-style="background:#fcc;"| 42 || January 23 || Atlanta| | Ramon Sessions (27)| Bismack Biyombo (10)| Sessions & Walker (5)| Time Warner Cable Arena
12,534| 10–32|-style="background:#cfc;"| 43 || January 26 || Minnesota| | Kemba Walker (25)| Bismack Biyombo (13)| Kemba Walker (8)| Time Warner Cable Arena
15,397| 11–32|-style="background:#fcc;"| 44 || January 28 || @ Chicago| | Gordon & Walker (18)| Jeff Adrien (10)| Kemba Walker (6)| United Center
21,308| 11–33|-style="background:#fcc;"| 45 || January 30 || @ San Antonio| | Ramon Sessions (20)| Adrien & Walker (6)| Taylor & Walker (4)| AT&T Center
18,581| 11–34|-style="background:#fcc;"| 46 || February 2 || @ Houston| | Kemba Walker (24)| Jeff Adrien (7)| Ramon Sessions (6)| Toyota Center
15,494| 11–35|-style="background:#fcc;"| 47 || February 4 || @ Miami| | Ramon Sessions (18)| Biyombo & Mullens (9)| Ben Gordon (4)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 11–36|-style="background:#fcc;"| 48 || February 6 || @ Cleveland| | Byron Mullens (15)| Bismack Biyombo (8)| Kemba Walker (4)| Quicken Loans Arena
13,264| 11–37|-style="background:#fcc;"| 49 || February 8 || L.A. Lakers| | Henderson & Mullens (20)| Byron Mullens (12)| Kemba Walker (8)| Time Warner Cable Arena
19,624| 11–38|-style="background:#fcc;"| 50 || February 9 || @ Philadelphia| | Ramon Sessions (20)| Biyombo & Haywood (7)| Sessions & Walker (4)| Wells Fargo Center
15,048| 11–39|-style="background:#cfc;"| 51 || February 11 || Boston| | Byron Mullens (25)| Byron Mullens (18)| Kemba Walker (6)| Time Warner Cable Arena
15,709| 12–39|-style="background:#fcc;"| 52 || February 13 || @ Indiana| | Byron Mullens (19)| Bismack Biyombo (16)| Kemba Walker (6)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
11,707| 12–40|-align="center"|colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break|-style="background:#cfc;"| 53 || February 19 || @ Orlando| | Henderson & Walker (24)| Byron Mullens (12)| Kemba Walker (7)| Amway Center
17,037| 13–40|-style="background:#fcc;"| 54 || February 20 || Detroit| | Kemba Walker (24)| Bismack Biyombo (8)| Ramon Sessions (8)| Time Warner Cable Arena
13,112| 13–41|-style="background:#fcc;"| 55 || February 22 || Chicago| | Kemba Walker (27)| Bismack Biyombo (12)| Byron Mullens (3)| Time Warner Cable Arena
17,870| 13–42|-style="background:#fcc;"| 56 || February 23 || Denver| | Kemba Walker (24)| Bismack Biyombo (9)| Kemba Walker (5)| Time Warner Cable Arena
18,481| 13–43|-style="background:#fcc;"| 57 || February 26 || @ L.A. Clippers| | Gerald Henderson Jr. (24)| Byron Mullens (8)| Kemba Walker (5)| Staples Center
19,060| 13-44|-style="background:#fcc;"| 58 || March 1 || @ Utah| | Byron Mullens (12)| Byron Mullens (7)| Kemba Walker (7)| EnergySolutions Arena
17,691| 13–45|-style="background:#fcc;"| 59 || March 3 || @ Sacramento| | Byron Mullens (12)| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (6)| Kemba Walker (6)| Power Balance Pavilion
14,555| 13-46|-style="background:#fcc;"| 60 || March 4 || @ Portland| | Ramon Sessions (18)| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (10)| Kemba Walker (11)| Rose Garden
18,330| 13–47|-style="background:#fcc;"| 61 || March 6 || Brooklyn| | Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (17)| Josh McRoberts (6)| Kemba Walker (8)| Time Warner Cable Arena
13,382| 13–48|-style="background:#fcc;"| 62 || March 8 || Oklahoma City| | Gerald Henderson Jr. (21)| Jeff Adrien (6)| Gerald Henderson Jr. (5)| Time Warner Cable Arena
18,870| 13–49|-style="background:#fcc;"| 63 || March 9 || @ Washington| | Kemba Walker (29)| Bismack Biyombo (7)| Kemba Walker (6)| Verizon Center
16,357| 13–50|-style="background:#cfc;"| 64 || March 12 || Boston| | Gerald Henderson Jr. (35)| Josh McRoberts (10)| Kemba Walker (4)| Time Warner Cable Arena
15,006| 14–50|-style="background:#fcc;"| 65 || March 15 || @ Toronto| | Gerald Henderson Jr. (22)| Josh McRoberts (9)| Kemba Walker (4)| Air Canada Centre
17,514| 14–51|-style="background:#fcc;"| 66 || March 16 || @ Boston| | Jannero Pargo (18)| Josh McRoberts (10)| Gerald Henderson Jr. (4)| TD Garden
18,624| 14–52|-style="background:#cfc;"| 67 || March 18 || Washington| | Gerald Henderson Jr. (27)| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (7)| Gerald Henderson Jr. (8)| Time Warner Cable Arena
10,141| 15–52|-style="background:#cfc;"| 68 || March 20 || Toronto| | Byron Mullens (25)| Josh McRoberts (12)| Kemba Walker (8)| Time Warner Cable Arena
12,872| 16–52|-style="background:#fcc;"| 69 || March 23 || Detroit| | Kemba Walker (25)| Bismack Biyombo (10)| Kemba Walker
Jannero Pargo (3)| Time Warner Cable Arena
16,375| 16–53|-style="background:#fcc;"| 70 || March 24 || @ Miami| | Kemba Walker (20)| Bismack Biyombo (11)| Kemba Walker (3)| American Airlines Arena
20,350| 16–54|-style="background:#cfc;"| 71 || March 27 || Orlando| | Gerald Henderson Jr. (34)| Josh McRoberts (8)| Kemba Walker (9)| Time Warner Cable Arena
11,839| 17–54|-style="background:#fcc;"| 72 || March 29 || @ New York| | Gerald Henderson Jr. (35)| Bismack Biyombo (9)| Kemba Walker (8)| Madison Square Garden
19,033| 17–55|-style="background:#fcc;"| 73 || March 30 || @ Philadelphia| | Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (21)| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (9)| Kemba Walker (9)| Wells Fargo Center
16,764| 17–56|-style="background:#fcc;"| 74 || April 1 || @ Milwaukee| | Kemba Walker (27)| Josh McRoberts (10)| Kemba Walker (6)| BMO Harris Bradley Center
15,315| 17–57|-style="background:#cfc;"| 75 || April 3 || Philadelphia| | Gerald Henderson Jr. (24)| Josh McRoberts (16)| Kemba Walker (10)| Time Warner Cable Arena
13,097| 18–57|-style="background:#fcc;"| 76 || April 5 || Miami| | Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (18)| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (14)| Kemba Walker (4)| Time Warner Cable Arena
19,568| 18–58|-style="background:#fcc;"| 77 || April 6 || @ Brooklyn| | Ben Gordon (27)| Bismack Biyombo (10)| Gerald Henderson Jr. (5)| Barclays Center
17,444| 18–59|-style="background:#fcc;"| 78 || April 9 || @ Memphis| | Kemba Walker (19)| Bismack Biyombo (12)| Kemba Walker (3)| FedExForum
16,591| 18–60|-style="background:#fcc;"| 79 || April 12 || @ Detroit| | Kemba Walker (28)| Bismack Biyombo (8)| Kemba Walker (6)| The Palace of Auburn Hills
19,501| 18–61|-style="background:#cfc;"| 80 || April 13 || Milwaukee| | Kemba Walker (21)| Bismack Biyombo (17)| Josh McRoberts (9)| Time Warner Cable Arena
14,680| 19–61|-style="background:#cfc;"| 81 || April 15 || New York| | Gerald Henderson Jr. (27)| Bismack Biyombo (11)| Kemba Walker (13)| Time Warner Cable Arena
15,238| 20–61|-style="background:#cfc;"| 82 || April 17 || Cleveland| | Kemba Walker (24)| Kidd-Gilchrist & McRoberts (8)| Kemba Walker (7)| Time Warner Cable Arena
13,487| 21-61

Standings

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player
	PG	82	82	2,859	283	471	160	31	1,455	34.9	3.5	5.7	2.0	.4	17.7
	C	80	65	2,186	582	35	28	143	386	27.3	7.3	.4	.4	1.8	4.8
	SF	78	77	2,025	455	117	54	70	704	26.0	5.8	1.5	.7	.9	9.0
	SF	77	29	1,507	150	63	47	15	472	19.6	1.9	.8	.6	.2	6.1
	SG	75	0	1,560	130	141	35	16	840	20.8	1.7	1.9	.5	.2	11.2
	SG	68	58	2,133	250	177	68	34	1,055	31.4	3.7	2.6	1.0	.5	15.5
	C	61	17	1,162	290	29	16	49	216	19.0	4.8	.5	.3	.8	3.5
	SG	61	0	1,652	169	230	48	7	876	27.1	2.8	3.8	.8	.1	14.4
	PF	53	41	1,428	337	81	34	32	564	26.9	6.4	1.5	.6	.6	10.6
	PF	52	5	713	196	36	18	27	209	13.7	3.8	.7	.3	.5	4.0
	SF	40	0	380	51	39	12	1	146	9.5	1.3	1.0	.3	.0	3.7
^†	PF	27	14	482	89	25	12	6	190	17.9	3.3	.9	.4	.2	7.0
^†	PF	26	19	802	188	71	22	15	242	30.8	7.2	2.7	.8	.6	9.3
	PF	26	2	360	60	19	14	15	125	13.8	2.3	.7	.5	.6	4.8
	C	22	1	226	51	13	5	16	16	10.3	2.3	.6	.2	.7	.7
^†	PG	18	0	292	22	34	15	2	151	16.2	1.2	1.9	.8	.1	8.4
	SG	6	0	32	3	5	3	0	14	5.3	.5	.8	.5	.0	2.3
	SG	1	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	.0	1.0	.0	.0	.0

Transactions

Overview

Players Added

Via draft

Via free agency

Via trade

Ben Gordon

Players Lost