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 | Cleveland Cavaliers | ||
Season MVP | LeBron James | ||
Top scorer | Kevin Durant | ||
Playoffs | |||
Eastern - Champion | Boston Celtics | ||
Runner-up team | Orlando Magic | ||
Western - Champion | Los Angeles Lakers | ||
Runner-up team | Phoenix Suns | ||
Finals | |||
NBA champions | Los Angeles Lakers | ||
Runner-up | Boston Celtics | ||
Finals MVP | 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.
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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
- Most Valuable Player : LeBron James , Cleveland Cavaliers
- Defensive Player of the Year : Dwight Howard , Orlando Magic
- Rookie of the Year : Tyreke Evans , Sacramento Kings
- Sixth Man of the Year : Jamal Crawford , Atlanta Hawks
- Most Improved Player : Aaron Brooks , Houston Rockets
- Coach of the Year : Scott Brooks , Oklahoma City Thunder
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All-NBA First Team :
- F - LeBron James , Cleveland Cavaliers
- F - Kevin Durant , Oklahoma City Thunder
- C - Dwight Howard , Orlando Magic
- G - Kobe Bryant , Los Angeles Lakers
- G - Dwyane Wade , Miami Heat
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All-NBA Second Team:
- F - Dirk Nowitzki , Dallas Mavericks
- F - Carmelo Anthony , Denver Nuggets
- C - Amar'e Stoudemire , Phoenix Suns
- G - Steve Nash , Phoenix Suns
- G - Deron Williams , Utah Jazz
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All-NBA Third Team:
- F - Tim Duncan , San Antonio Spurs
- F - Pau Gasol , Los Angeles Lakers
- C - Andrew Bogut , Milwaukee Bucks
- G - Joe Johnson , Atlanta Hawks
- G - Brandon Roy , Portland Trail Blazers
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NBA All-Defensive First Team :
- F - LeBron James , Cleveland Cavaliers
- F - Gerald Wallace , Charlotte Bobcats
- C - Dwight Howard , Orlando Magic
- G - Kobe Bryant , Los Angeles Lakers
- G - Rondo Rajon , Boston Celtics
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NBA All-Defensive Second Team:
- F - Josh Smith , Atlanta Hawks
- F - Anderson Varejão , Cleveland Cavaliers
- C - Tim Duncan , San Antonio Spurs
- G - Dwyane Wade , Miami Heat
- G - Thabo Sefolosha , Oklahoma City
- All-NBA Rookie First Team :
- All-NBA Rookie Second Team:
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 |
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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
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from November 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ An incredible last second
- ^ Fined Orlando's Dwight Howard
- ↑ Table as of April 14, 2010 ( Memento of the original from April 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Orlando's Howard, Boston's Rondo lead All-Defensive Team ( Memento of the original from May 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.