NBA 2009/10

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Duration October 2009 - June 2010
Season games per team 82
Number of teams 30th
Regular season
Best record United StatesUnited States Cleveland Cavaliers
Season MVP United StatesUnited States LeBron James
Top scorer United StatesUnited States Kevin Durant
Playoffs
Eastern - Champion United StatesUnited States Boston Celtics
  Runner-up team      United StatesUnited States Orlando Magic
Western - Champion United StatesUnited States Los Angeles Lakers
  Runner-up team      United StatesUnited States Phoenix Suns
Finals
NBA champions United StatesUnited States Los Angeles Lakers
   Runner-up      United StatesUnited States Boston Celtics
Finals MVP United StatesUnited States Kobe Bryant

The 2009-10 NBA season was the National Basketball Association's 64th season . The regular season began on October 27, 2009 and ended on April 14, 2010. This was followed by the NBA playoffs on April 17, 2010, which ended in mid-June with the NBA finals .

Season course

Referee strike

The 57 professional referees of the NBA announced after the unsuccessful collective bargaining negotiations with the NBA in Chicago that they would not take part in the annual training camp before the start of the season. The NBA did not react to the behavior of the referees and locked them out for the pre-season. Instead, referees from lower leagues and the WNBA whistled in preparation . Shortly after the pre-season, an agreement was finally reached and the professional referee squad took over the regular season and the playoffs as referees.

Regular season

The regular season began at the end of October with the games Boston Celtics - Cleveland Cavaliers (95:89), Washington Wizards - Dallas Mavericks (102: 91), Houston Rockets - Portland Trail Blazers (87:96) and Los Angeles Clippers - Los Angeles Lakers (92:99). The New Jersey Nets started the season with a record of 18 straight losses. Also in the further course of the season they could not leave the last place in the table. In the Chicago Bulls' game against the Denver Nuggets on November 10, 2009, it was only after ten minutes of video study that it was possible to determine who had won the game in the last tenths of a second: With 0.3 seconds on the clock, Kirk Hinrich threw from the Bulls to Brad Miller , it turned and hit. After Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic responded to the loss to the Detroit Pistons and his dismissal with criticism of the referees, he was fined $ 15,000 on November 11, 2009.

At the end of the regular season, the best teams of the previous year were in first place in both the West and the East ( Los Angeles Lakers and Cleveland Cavaliers ). The teams from Dallas , Utah , Denver and Phoenix follow in the west, while Orlando , Atlanta and Boston are in the east . The surprises of the season include Oklahoma , which made it into the playoffs in the west, and the Milwaukee Bucks in the east , who are fifth with their rookie Brandon Jennings .

The negative surprises in the west were the Houston Rockets and the New Orleans Hornets , both of which are not represented in the playoffs for the first time in a few years, and the New Jersey Nets in the east , which have long been on their way to setting a new negative record, which was only avoided by an intermediate spurt at the end of March.

At the end of the regular season, the Chicago Bulls secured the final play-off spot alongside the Los Angeles Lakers, Oklahoma City Thunder, Dallas Mavericks, San Antonio Spurs, Phoenix Suns, Portland Trail Blazers, Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz, Cleveland Cavaliers, Orlando Magic, Charlotte Bobcats, Atlanta Hawks, Milwaukee Bucks, Boston Celtics, and the Miami Heat.

All-Star Game

The 2010 All-Star Game took place on February 14, 2010 in front of 108,713 spectators at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington . The pick of the East won the game 141-139. The game's MVP was Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat .

Final results

S = wins, N = defeats, PCT = percentage of wins, P = deficit on division leaders

The placements in the seed lists of the respective conference playoffs are listed in brackets.

Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
# team S. N PCT P
1 Boston Celtics (4) 50 32 .610 -
2 Toronto Raptors 40 42 .488 10
3 New York Knicks 29 53 .354 21st
4th Philadelphia 76ers 27 55 .329 23
5 New Jersey Nets 12 70 .146 38
Central Division
# team S. N PCT P
1 Cleveland Cavaliers (1) 61 21st .744 -
2 Milwaukee Bucks (6) 46 36 .561 15th
3 Chicago Bulls (8) 41 41 .500 20th
4th Indiana Pacers 32 50 .399 29
5 Detroit Pistons 27 55 .329 34
Southeast Division
# team S. N PCT P
1 Orlando Magic (2) 59 23 .720 -
2 Atlanta Hawks (3) 53 29 .646 6th
3 Miami Heat (5) 47 35 .573 12
4th Charlotte Bobcats (7) 44 38 .537 15th
5 Washington Wizards 26th 56 .317 33
Western Conference
Northwest Division
# team S. N PCT P
1 Denver Nuggets (4) 53 29 .646 -
2 Utah Jazz (5) 53 29 .646 -
3 Portland Trail Blazers (6) 50 32 .610 3
4th Oklahoma City Thunder (8) 50 32 .610 3
5 Minnesota Timberwolves 15th 67 .183 38
Pacific Division
# team S. N PCT P
1 Los Angeles Lakers (1) 57 25th .695 -
2 Phoenix Suns (3) 54 28 .659 3
3 Los Angeles Clippers 29 53 .354 28
4th Golden State Warriors 26th 56 .317 31
5 Sacramento Kings 25th 57 .305 32
Southwest Division
# team S. N PCT P
1 Dallas Mavericks (2) 55 27 .671 -
2 San Antonio Spurs (7) 50 32 .610 5
3 Houston Rockets 42 40 .512 13
4th Memphis grizzlies 40 42 .488 15th
5 New Orleans Hornets 37 45 .451 18th

The winner of a division is guaranteed at least fourth place on the seeding list that is decisive for the play-offs , even if more than three teams have achieved a higher number of wins.

Honors

Play-offs

All play-off rounds were played in best-of-seven mode.

  First round   Conference semifinals   Conference Finals   NBA finals
                                     
1 * Cleveland 4th                  
8th Chicago 1  
1 Cleveland 2
  4th Boston 4th  
4th * Boston 4th
 
5 Miami 1  
4th Boston 4th
Eastern Conference
  2 Orlando 2  
3 Atlanta 4th      
 
6th Milwaukee 3  
3 Atlanta 0
  2 Orlando 4th  
2 * Orlando 4th
 
7th Charlotte 0  
E4 Boston 3
  W1 LA Lakers 4th
1 * LA Lakers 4th            
 
8th Oklahoma 2  
1 LA Lakers 4th
  5 Utah 0  
4th * Denver 2
 
5 Utah 4th  
1 LA Lakers 4th
Western Conference
  3 Phoenix 2  
3 Phoenix 4th      
 
6th Portland 2  
3 Phoenix 4th
  7th San Antonio 0  
2 * Dallas 2
 
7th San Antonio 4th  

Explanation: * Division winner

NBA Finals 2010

game date Home team Away team Result was standing
1 3rd of June los Angeles Boston 102: 89 1-0
2 6th of June los Angeles Boston 94: 103 1: 1
3 8th June Boston los Angeles 84:91 1: 2
4th June 10th Boston los Angeles 95:89 2: 2
5 June 13th Boston los Angeles 92:86 3: 2
6th 15th June los Angeles Boston 89:67 3: 3
7th 17th of June los Angeles Boston 83:79 4: 3

See also

NBA Draft 2009

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ An incredible last second
  3. ^ Fined Orlando's Dwight Howard
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