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class="infobox-header" style="background:#DDDDDD"><a href="/wiki/2009_NBA_draft" title="2009 NBA draft">Draft</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_first_overall_NBA_draft_picks" title="List of first overall NBA draft picks">Top draft pick</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Blake_Griffin" title="Blake Griffin">Blake Griffin</a> (did not play regular season games until the 2010–11 season)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Picked by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#DDDDDD">Regular season</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Top seed</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Season <a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Valuable Player Award">MVP</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> (Cleveland)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_annual_scoring_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association annual scoring leaders">Top scorer</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a> (<a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City</a>)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#DDDDDD"><a href="/wiki/2010_NBA_playoffs" title="2010 NBA playoffs">Playoffs</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NBA)" title="Eastern Conference (NBA)">Eastern</a> champions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">  Eastern runners-up</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" title="Western Conference (NBA)">Western</a> champions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">  Western runners-up</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#DDDDDD"><a href="/wiki/2010_NBA_Finals" title="2010 NBA Finals">Finals</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Champions</th><td class="infobox-data">Los Angeles Lakers</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">  Runners-up</th><td class="infobox-data">Boston Celtics</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Finals <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell_NBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award">MVP</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a> (L.A. Lakers)</td></tr><tr class="noprint"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#DDDDDD"><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_seasons" title="List of NBA seasons"> NBA seasons</a></th></tr><tr class="noprint"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="float: left;"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_NBA_season" title="2008–09 NBA season">← 2008–09</a></div><div style="float: right;"><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_NBA_season" title="2010–11 NBA season">2010–11 →</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table> The 2009–10 NBA season was the 64th season of the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a> (NBA). The 1,230-game regular season (82 games for each of the 30 teams) began on October 27, 2009, and ended on April 14, 2010. The season ended with the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> defeating the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> four games to three to win their second consecutive NBA championship in the <a href="/wiki/2010_NBA_Finals" title="2010 NBA Finals">2010 NBA Finals</a>. The <a href="/wiki/2009_NBA_draft" title="2009 NBA draft">2009 NBA draft</a> was held on June 25, 2009, and <a href="/wiki/Blake_Griffin" title="Blake Griffin">Blake Griffin</a> was selected <a href="/wiki/List_of_first_overall_NBA_draft_picks" title="List of first overall NBA draft picks">first overall</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Draft-1">[1]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> hosted the <a href="/wiki/2010_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2010 NBA All-Star Game">59th Annual All-Star Game</a> at <a href="/wiki/Cowboys_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Cowboys Stadium">Cowboys Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Arlington,_Texas" title="Arlington, Texas">Arlington, Texas</a>, on February 14, 2010.<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a> For the second time in NBA history, all eight Western Conference playoff teams won at least 50 games, and only 7 wins separated the Western Conference No. 1 seed from No. 8 seed. Both of these events first occurred in 2008. Cleveland's league-leading 61 wins was the lowest win total to lead the league since the <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a> won 61 games in 2003–04.<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> The <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a> became the fifth team in NBA history to lose 70 games in a season. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transactions">Transactions</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2009%E2%80%9310_NBA_season&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Transactions">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_2009%E2%80%9310_NBA_season_transactions" title="List of 2009–10 NBA season transactions">List of 2009–10 NBA season transactions</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coaching_changes">Coaching changes</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2009%E2%80%9310_NBA_season&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Coaching changes">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Coaching changes </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3">Off-season </th></tr> <tr> <th>Team </th> <th>2008–09 coach </th> <th>2009–10 coach </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington_Wizards" title="Washington Wizards">Washington Wizards</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ed_Tapscott" title="Ed Tapscott">Ed Tapscott</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Flip_Saunders" title="Flip Saunders">Flip Saunders</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Natt" title="Kenny Natt">Kenny Natt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Westphal" title="Paul Westphal">Paul Westphal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_DiLeo" title="Tony DiLeo">Tony DiLeo</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Jordan_(basketball)" title="Eddie Jordan (basketball)">Eddie Jordan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_McHale_(basketball)" title="Kevin McHale (basketball)">Kevin McHale</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Rambis" title="Kurt Rambis">Kurt Rambis</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Curry_(basketball)" title="Michael Curry (basketball)">Michael Curry</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Kuester" title="John Kuester">John Kuester</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">In-season </th></tr> <tr> <th>Team </th> <th>Outgoing coach </th> <th>New coach </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Hornets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans Hornets">New Orleans Hornets</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Byron_Scott_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Byron Scott (basketball)">Byron Scott</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Bower_(basketball)" title="Jeff Bower (basketball)">Jeff Bower</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Frank" title="Lawrence Frank">Lawrence Frank</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Barrise" title="Tom Barrise">Tom Barrise</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Barrise" title="Tom Barrise">Tom Barrise</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kiki_Vandeweghe" class="mw-redirect" title="Kiki Vandeweghe">Kiki Vandeweghe</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Dunleavy,_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Dunleavy, Sr.">Mike Dunleavy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kim_Hughes_(basketball)" title="Kim Hughes (basketball)">Kim Hughes</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Off-season">Off-season</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2009%E2%80%9310_NBA_season&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Off-season">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>On April 22, the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Wizards" title="Washington Wizards">Washington Wizards</a> hired <a href="/wiki/Flip_Saunders" title="Flip Saunders">Flip Saunders</a> as head coach, replacing interim head coach <a href="/wiki/Ed_Tapscott" title="Ed Tapscott">Ed Tapscott</a>.<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></li> <li>On April 24, the <a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a> fired interim head coach <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Natt" title="Kenny Natt">Kenny Natt</a> and four assistant coaches after the Kings finished with a season-low 17 wins.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></li> <li>On May 11, the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a>' interim head coach <a href="/wiki/Tony_DiLeo" title="Tony DiLeo">Tony DiLeo</a> decided to withdraw his name from consideration as head coach for the 2009–10 season, citing family concerns. DiLeo retains his old position as the Assistant General Manager and Senior Vice President.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></li> <li>On June 1, the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> hired <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Jordan_(basketball)" title="Eddie Jordan (basketball)">Eddie Jordan</a> as head coach.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></li> <li>On June 9, the <a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a> hired <a href="/wiki/Paul_Westphal" title="Paul Westphal">Paul Westphal</a> as head coach.<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></li> <li>On June 17, the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a> fired interim head coach <a href="/wiki/Kevin_McHale_(basketball)" title="Kevin McHale (basketball)">Kevin McHale</a>, ending McHale's 15-year association with the franchise.<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></li> <li>On June 30, the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> fired head coach <a href="/wiki/Michael_Curry_(basketball)" title="Michael Curry (basketball)">Michael Curry</a>, after only one season at the position.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a></li> <li>On July 9, the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> hired <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cavaliers</a> assistant coach <a href="/wiki/John_Kuester" title="John Kuester">John Kuester</a> as head coach.<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a></li> <li>On August 10, the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a> hired <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Lakers</a> assistant coach <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Rambis" title="Kurt Rambis">Kurt Rambis</a> as head coach.<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="In-season">In-season</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2009%E2%80%9310_NBA_season&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: In-season">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>On November 12, the <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Hornets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans Hornets">New Orleans Hornets</a> fired <a href="/wiki/Byron_Scott_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Byron Scott (basketball)">Byron Scott</a> as head coach, replacing him on an interim basis with general manager <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Bower_(basketball)" title="Jeff Bower (basketball)">Jeff Bower</a>.<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a></li> <li>On November 29, the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a> fired <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Frank" title="Lawrence Frank">Lawrence Frank</a> as head coach, replacing him on an interim basis with assistant coach <a href="/wiki/Tom_Barrise" title="Tom Barrise">Tom Barrise</a>.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a></li> <li>On December 1, the New Jersey Nets appointed general manager <a href="/wiki/Kiki_Vandeweghe" class="mw-redirect" title="Kiki Vandeweghe">Kiki Vandeweghe</a> as an interim head coach, replacing Tom Barrise who coached the team for two games after Lawrence Frank was fired.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a></li> <li>On February 4, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a> head coach <a href="/wiki/Mike_Dunleavy,_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Dunleavy, Sr.">Mike Dunleavy</a> stepped down from coaching duties. He retained his position as the team's general manager (he was fired on March 9). Assistant coach <a href="/wiki/Kim_Hughes_(basketball)" title="Kim Hughes (basketball)">Kim Hughes</a> replaced him as head coach on interim basis.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_occurrences">Notable occurrences</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2009%E2%80%9310_NBA_season&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notable occurrences">edit</a>]</div> June <ul><li>On June 10, 2009, one-time <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star_Game_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award">All-Star Game MVP</a> <a href="/wiki/Randy_Smith_(basketball)" title="Randy Smith (basketball)">Randy Smith</a> died at the age of 60.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a></li> <li>On June 25, 2009, the <a href="/wiki/2009_NBA_draft" title="2009 NBA draft">2009 NBA draft</a> was held at the <a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a>, New York City. <a href="/wiki/Blake_Griffin" title="Blake Griffin">Blake Griffin</a> was selected <a href="/wiki/List_of_first_overall_NBA_draft_picks" title="List of first overall NBA draft picks">first overall</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Draft-1">[1]</a></li></ul> July <ul><li>On July 7, 2009, the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a> announced that the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Salary_Cap" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Salary Cap">salary cap</a> for the 2009–10 season would be $57.70 million and would go into effect on July 8.<a href="#cite_note-SalaryCap-18">[18]</a></li></ul> September <ul><li>On September 1, 2009, the five-year contract between the NBA and its referees expired. Both parties had failed to negotiate a new contract by the start of the pre-season, resulting in a lockout by the National Basketball Referees Association (NBRA) starting on September 18.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a><a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a></li> <li>On September 5, 2009, three-time NBA Champion <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Bowen" title="Bruce Bowen">Bruce Bowen</a> retired after 12 seasons in the NBA, at the age of 38.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a></li> <li>On September 11, 2009, <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Hornets" title="Charlotte Hornets">Charlotte Hornets</a> co-owner <a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Beck_(businessman)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William Beck (businessman) (page does not exist)">William Beck</a> died in a plane crash, at the age of 49.<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a></li> <li>On September 11, 2009, NBA legends <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Robinson_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Robinson (basketball)">David Robinson</a> along with <a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a> coach <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Sloan" title="Jerry Sloan">Jerry Sloan</a> were inducted to the <a href="/wiki/Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame</a>.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a></li> <li>On September 16, 2009, <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a> co-owner Melvin Simon died at the age of 82.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a></li> <li>On September 24, 2009, <a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Prokhorov" title="Mikhail Prokhorov">Mikhail Prokhorov</a>, who at the time was Russia's richest man according to <a href="/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a> magazine, reached a deal to become the majority owner of the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a> and to fund nearly half the cost of building the Nets' new arena.<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a></li> <li>On September 30, 2009, the NBA issued a policy regarding <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> and other social media sites, banning players, coaches and other team basketball operations personnel from using them during games.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a></li></ul> October <ul><li>On October 1, the pre-season games started and were refereed by replacement referees from the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_National_Basketball_Association" title="Women's National Basketball Association">Women's National Basketball Association</a> (WNBA) and the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Development_League" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Development League">NBA D-League</a> due to the lockout of referees.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> This marked the first time that replacement referees were used in the NBA since the <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_NBA_season" title="1995–96 NBA season">1995–96 season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a></li> <li>On October 2, the NBA Board of Governors approved the expanded use of instant replay starting this season to determine whether a 24-second <a href="/wiki/Shot_clock" title="Shot clock">shot clock</a> violation occurred during a play, and to determine during the last two minutes of regulation play or any overtime period which player last touched the ball prior to it going out-of-bounds.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a></li> <li>On October 8, the NBA played its first-ever game in <a href="/wiki/Taipei" title="Taipei">Taipei</a>. A pre-season game between the <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a> was played at <a href="/wiki/Taipei_Arena" title="Taipei Arena">Taipei Arena</a>. Taipei became the seventh Asian city to host an NBA game, after Beijing, <a href="/wiki/Guangzhou" title="Guangzhou">Guangzhou</a>, <a href="/wiki/Macau" title="Macau">Macau</a>, Shanghai, Tokyo and <a href="/wiki/Yokohama" title="Yokohama">Yokohama</a>.<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a></li> <li>On October 9, Marvin Fishman, one of the original owners of the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a>, died at the age of 84.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a></li> <li>On October 23, the NBA and its referees announced that they have agreed on a new labor agreement for the next two seasons, thus ending the lockout of referees.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a><a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a></li></ul> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Omri_Casspi_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Omri_Casspi_3.jpg/180px-Omri_Casspi_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="260" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Omri_Casspi_3.jpg/270px-Omri_Casspi_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Omri_Casspi_3.jpg/360px-Omri_Casspi_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1189" data-file-height="1720" /></a><figcaption>Israeli <a href="/wiki/Omri_Casspi" title="Omri Casspi">Omri Casspi</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>On October 27, the regular season opened with a record of 83 international players on the opening night rosters, tying the records set in the <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_NBA_season" title="2006–07 NBA season">2006–07 season</a>. <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israeli</a> <a href="/wiki/Omri_Casspi" title="Omri Casspi">Omri Casspi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Swede</a> <a href="/wiki/Jonas_Jerebko" title="Jonas Jerebko">Jonas Jerebko</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tanzania" title="Tanzania">Tanzanian</a> <a href="/wiki/Hasheem_Thabeet" title="Hasheem Thabeet">Hasheem Thabeet</a> were representing their countries for the first time in the NBA.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> The opening night rosters also featured a record number of former <a href="/wiki/NBA_Development_League" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Development League">D-League</a> players with 63 players on 29 NBA teams.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a></li></ul> November <ul><li>On November 10, <a href="/wiki/Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Hall of Famer</a> coach <a href="/wiki/Al_Cervi" title="Al Cervi">Al Cervi</a> died at the age of 92.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a></li> <li>On November 24, <a href="/wiki/Washington_Wizards" title="Washington Wizards">Washington Wizards</a> owner <a href="/wiki/Abe_Pollin" title="Abe Pollin">Abe Pollin</a> died at the age of 85.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a></li> <li>On November 25, ten-time <a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_All-Stars" title="List of NBA All-Stars">All-Star</a> <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Allen Iverson</a> announced his retirement from the NBA. He was waived by the <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Grizzlies" title="Memphis Grizzlies">Memphis Grizzlies</a> on November 19 after playing three games.<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a><a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a></li></ul> January <ul><li>On January 6, <a href="/wiki/Washington_Wizards" title="Washington Wizards">Washington Wizards</a> guard <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Arenas" title="Gilbert Arenas">Gilbert Arenas</a> was suspended indefinitely, pending further investigation of his admission of bringing guns to the Wizards' locker room. Reports said that Arenas brought his gun because of a dispute with teammate <a href="/wiki/Javaris_Crittenton" title="Javaris Crittenton">Javaris Crittenton</a> over a gambling debt.<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> Arenas was later charged with carrying a gun without a license and pleaded guilty to the charge.<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a><a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a></li> <li>On January 9, <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> guard <a href="/wiki/Ben_Gordon_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ben Gordon (basketball)">Ben Gordon</a> scored the 10 millionth point in NBA regular season history.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a></li> <li>On January 27, the NBA suspended Washington Wizards guards Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton for the rest of the season. Both Arenas and Crittenton brought guns into the team's locker room at <a href="/wiki/Capital_One_Arena" title="Capital One Arena">Verizon Center</a>, a violation of both the league's constitution and of the city's laws requiring any guns in the city be licensed in Washington and kept in the home. A few days earlier, Crittenton was also charged with, and pleaded guilty to, a misdemeanor count of possession of an unregistered firearm.<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a></li></ul> February <ul><li>On February 3, Hall of Famer <a href="/wiki/Dick_McGuire" title="Dick McGuire">Dick McGuire</a> died of natural causes at age 84.<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a></li></ul> <hr /> NBA All-Star Break <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dwyane_Wade.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Dwyane_Wade.jpg/180px-Dwyane_Wade.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Dwyane_Wade.jpg/270px-Dwyane_Wade.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Dwyane_Wade.jpg/360px-Dwyane_Wade.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1926" data-file-height="2453" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Dwyane_Wade" title="Dwyane Wade">Dwyane Wade</a></figcaption></figure> The <a href="/wiki/2010_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2010 NBA All-Star Game">2010 NBA All-Star Game</a> was played at <a href="/wiki/Cowboys_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Cowboys Stadium">Cowboys Stadium</a>, in Texas, on February 14, 2010, with the East winning in a closely contested game, 141–139, and the <a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Dwyane_Wade" title="Dwyane Wade">Dwyane Wade</a> being named the <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star_Game_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award">MVP</a>. The game had record-breaking attendance, with 108,713. In the <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star_Weekend_Rookie_Challenge" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Star Weekend Rookie Challenge">Rookie Challenge</a> game, the Rookies defeated the Sophomores. <a href="/wiki/Tyreke_Evans" title="Tyreke Evans">Tyreke Evans</a> was named the game's MVP. This is the first time the Rookies won the Rookie Challenge since 2002. During the NBA All-Star Weekend, <a href="/wiki/Nate_Robinson" title="Nate Robinson">Nate Robinson</a> of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a> won the <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star_Weekend_Slam_Dunk_Contest" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Star Weekend Slam Dunk Contest">Sprite Slam Dunk Contest</a> for the third time in his career; <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a>, who also won the inaugural event, won this year's <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star_Weekend_H%E2%80%93O%E2%80%93R%E2%80%93S%E2%80%93E_Competition" title="NBA All-Star Weekend H–O–R–S–E Competition">H.O.R.S.E Competition</a> and Boston's <a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Paul Pierce</a> beat rookie <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> to win the <a href="/wiki/Three-Point_Shootout" class="mw-redirect" title="Three-Point Shootout">Three-Point Shootout</a>. <a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Steve Nash</a> won the <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star_Weekend_Skills_Challenge" title="NBA All-Star Weekend Skills Challenge">Skills Challenge</a> for the second time in his career. Team Texas, which represented Dallas, Houston and San Antonio, won the <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star_Weekend_Shooting_Stars_Competition" title="NBA All-Star Weekend Shooting Stars Competition">Shooting Stars Competition</a>. In a miscellaneous note, <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Howard" title="Dwight Howard">Dwight Howard</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a> set a <a href="/wiki/Guinness_World_Record" class="mw-redirect" title="Guinness World Record">Guinness World Record</a> for the longest basketball shot while sitting down, at 52 ft 6 in, during Jam Session. <hr /> <ul><li>On February 25, the second overall draft pick in the <a href="/wiki/2009_NBA_draft" title="2009 NBA draft">2009 draft</a>, Hasheem Thabeet, was assigned to <a href="/wiki/NBA_Development_League" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Development League">NBA D-League</a> team <a href="/wiki/Dakota_Wizards" title="Dakota Wizards">Dakota Wizards</a>, becoming the highest drafted player to play in the D-League.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a></li> <li>On February 27, Five-time All-Star <a href="/wiki/Carl_Braun_(basketball)" title="Carl Braun (basketball)">Carl Braun</a> died of natural causes at the age of 82.<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a></li> <li>On February 27, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a> reached a deal to become the majority owner of the Bobcats. Jordan had been a part-owner of the Bobcats with the final say on all basketball decisions since 2006.<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a></li></ul> March <ul><li>On March 9, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Dunleavy,_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Dunleavy, Sr.">Mike Dunleavy</a> was fired as Clippers General Manager.<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a></li> <li>On March 13, the Washington Wizards become the first team in 10 years to play 3 games on 3 consecutive nights. The scheduling was caused by a February blizzard that postponed a game.<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a></li></ul> April <ul><li>On April 5, the <a href="/wiki/Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame</a> announced the members of the Class of 2010 inductees. Four former NBA players, <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Johnson" title="Dennis Johnson">Dennis Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gus_Johnson_(basketball)" title="Gus Johnson (basketball)">Gus Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scottie_Pippen" title="Scottie Pippen">Scottie Pippen</a> were named among <a href="/wiki/List_of_players_in_the_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="List of players in the Basketball Hall of Fame">the players to be inducted</a> in the Enshrinement Ceremony on August 13. <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> owner <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Buss" title="Jerry Buss">Jerry Buss</a> was named among <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame_(contributors)" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the Basketball Hall of Fame (contributors)">the contributors to be inducted</a>. The <a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="United States men's national basketball team">United States national basketball team</a> that won the <a href="/wiki/Gold_medal" title="Gold medal">gold medal</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics">1992 Olympic Games</a> was named among <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame#Teams" title="List of members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">the teams to be inducted</a>. The team, dubbed "<a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_basketball_team#1992_Olympics_(Barcelona)_–_The_Dream_Team" title="United States men's national basketball team">The Dream Team</a>", was the first team made up primarily of NBA players. Prior to the FIBA rules change in 1989, NBA players were not eligible to compete in international basketball.<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a></li> <li>On April 12, the New Jersey Nets played their final game at the <a href="/wiki/Izod_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Izod Center">Izod Center</a>, a 105–95 loss to the Charlotte Bobcats. The Nets, who have played at the Izod Center since 1981, would move to the <a href="/wiki/Prudential_Center" title="Prudential Center">Prudential Center</a> for the next two seasons before finally moving to the <a href="/wiki/Barclays_Center" title="Barclays Center">Barclays Center</a> in <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>, New York, in 2012.<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a></li> <li>On April 14, the <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a> played their final regular season game at the <a href="/wiki/Amway_Arena" title="Amway Arena">Amway Arena</a>, a 125–111 win over the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a>. The Magic, who have played at the Amway Arena since their inaugural season in 1989, will move to the <a href="/wiki/Amway_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Amway Center">Amway Center</a> next season.<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Records_set">Records set</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2009%E2%80%9310_NBA_season&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Records set">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_regular_season_records" title="List of NBA regular season records">List of NBA regular season records</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Individual">Individual</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2009%E2%80%9310_NBA_season&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Individual">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>October 27: League record. <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> forward <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> became the youngest player to record 13,000 career points.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a></li> <li>November 6: League record. <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> guard <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a> became the youngest player to record 24,000 career points.<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a></li> <li>November 14: <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a> franchise record. <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a> rookie <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Jennings" title="Brandon Jennings">Brandon Jennings</a> scored 55 points bettering the Bucks rookie scoring record previously set by <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a> on February 21, 1970, by four points. He also became the youngest player in NBA history to score more than 50 points in a game. He fell just two points short of the franchise scoring record set by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Redd" title="Michael Redd">Michael Redd</a> on November 11, 2006. He also fell just three points short of the NBA record for points by a rookie set twice in 1960 by <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a>.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a><a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a></li> <li>November 25: League record. <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> guard <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> moved into second place on <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_career_assists_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association career assists leaders">NBA's career assists list</a>. Kidd recorded seven assists on the night to bring his career assists total to 10,337 assists, overtaking <a href="/wiki/Mark_Jackson_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Jackson (basketball)">Mark Jackson</a> who recorded 10,334 assists.<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a></li> <li>December 2: <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> franchise record. Center <a href="/wiki/%C5%BDydr%C5%ABnas_Ilgauskas" class="mw-redirect" title="Žydrūnas Ilgauskas">Žydrūnas Ilgauskas</a> played his 724th game with the Cavaliers to set the franchise record for most games played. He broke the old record of 723 games held by <a href="/wiki/Danny_Ferry" title="Danny Ferry">Danny Ferry</a>.<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a></li> <li>January 2: <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a> franchise record. Forward <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a> scored more than 30 points in his seventh consecutive game, breaking the franchise record set by <a href="/wiki/Spencer_Haywood" title="Spencer Haywood">Spencer Haywood</a> in January 1972.<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a><a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a></li> <li>January 2: League record. Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James became the youngest player to score 14,000 career points.<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a></li> <li>January 3: <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" title="Toronto Raptors">Toronto Raptors</a> franchise record. Forward <a href="/wiki/Chris_Bosh" title="Chris Bosh">Chris Bosh</a> became the leading scorer in Raptors' franchise history, surpassing <a href="/wiki/Vince_Carter" title="Vince Carter">Vince Carter</a>'s previous franchise record of 9,420 points. Bosh scored 22 points on the night to bring his franchise point total to 9,428 points.<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a></li> <li>January 13: League record. <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> forward <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Dirk Nowitzki</a> became the first European-born player to score 20,000 career points.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a><a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a></li> <li>January 13: <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a> franchise record. Center <a href="/wiki/Al_Jefferson" title="Al Jefferson">Al Jefferson</a> set a single-game franchise record with 26 rebounds in a triple overtime loss to the Houston Rockets.<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a></li> <li>January 16: <a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a> franchise record. Guard <a href="/wiki/Dwyane_Wade" title="Dwyane Wade">Dwyane Wade</a> became the Heat's career leader in assists, surpassing <a href="/wiki/Tim_Hardaway" title="Tim Hardaway">Tim Hardaway</a>'s previous franchise record of 2,867 assists.<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a></li> <li>January 21: League record. Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant became the youngest player to score 25,000 career points.<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a></li> <li>February 1: <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> franchise record. Guard Kobe Bryant became the leading scorer in Lakers' franchise history, surpassing <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a>'s previous franchise record of 25,192 points.<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> Bryant scored 44 points on the night to bring his franchise point total to 25,208 points, 14th on the <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_career_scoring_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association career scoring leaders">NBA's all-time scoring list</a>.<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a></li> <li>February 2: League record. <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a> forward <a href="/wiki/Josh_Smith" title="Josh Smith">Josh Smith</a> became the youngest player to record 1,000 career blocks.<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a></li> <li>February 20: <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a> franchise record. Guard <a href="/wiki/Kirk_Hinrich" title="Kirk Hinrich">Kirk Hinrich</a> recorded his 771st three-point field goal. Breaking the franchise record of 770 by <a href="/wiki/Ben_Gordon_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ben Gordon (basketball)">Ben Gordon</a></li> <li>February 26: <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a> franchise record. Center <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Howard" title="Dwight Howard">Dwight Howard</a> recorded his 20th straight <a href="/wiki/Double_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Double (basketball)">double-double</a>, breaking the franchise record of 19 straight double-double set by <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a>.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a><a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a></li> <li>March 5: Cleveland Cavaliers franchise record. Forward LeBron James became the franchise's all-time leader in minutes played with 21,573 in the Cavaliers' game against the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a>, surpassing previous franchise leader Žydrūnas Ilgauskas.<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a></li> <li>March 12: Oklahoma City Thunder franchise record. Forward Kevin Durant had his 36th game with 30 or more points this season, breaking the franchise record set by Spencer Haywood in the <a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_NBA_season" title="1972–73 NBA season">1972–73 season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a></li> <li>March 17: Toronto Raptors franchise record. Forward Chris Bosh becomes the first Raptor to score 10,000 points.<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a></li> <li>March 19: League record. <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> forward <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> became the youngest player to record 15,000 career points.<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a></li> <li>March 26: Boston Celtics franchise record. Guard <a href="/wiki/Rajon_Rondo" title="Rajon Rondo">Rajon Rondo</a> set the Celtics single-season steals record, passing <a href="/wiki/Rick_Fox" title="Rick Fox">Rick Fox</a>. <a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Paul Pierce</a> set the all-time franchise record for free throws made, passing <a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">John Havlicek</a>.<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a></li> <li>April 7: League record. <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> head coach <a href="/wiki/Don_Nelson" title="Don Nelson">Don Nelson</a> became the NBA's all-time most-wins coach, passing <a href="/wiki/Lenny_Wilkens" title="Lenny Wilkens">Lenny Wilkens</a>' previous record of 1,332 wins.<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a></li> <li>April 14: League record. Kevin Durant became the youngest <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_annual_scoring_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association annual scoring leaders">scoring leader</a> at the age of 21. Durant, who averaged 30.1 points per game, surpassed <a href="/wiki/Max_Zaslofsky" title="Max Zaslofsky">Max Zaslofsky</a> who was the scoring leader in the <a href="/wiki/1947%E2%80%9348_BAA_season" title="1947–48 BAA season">1947–48 BAA</a> at the age of 22.<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a></li> <li>April 14: League record. Dwight Howard led the league in both <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_annual_rebounding_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association annual rebounding leaders">rebounding</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_annual_blocks_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association annual blocks leaders">blocked shots</a>. He became the only player to lead the league in blocks and rebounding in the same season twice, which he did consecutively.<a href="#cite_note-defensive-82">[82]</a></li> <li>April 14: League record. <a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a> guard-forward <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Korver" title="Kyle Korver">Kyle Korver</a> set the record for the highest three-point field goal percentage in a season when he shot 53.6%, breaking <a href="/wiki/Steve_Kerr" title="Steve Kerr">Steve Kerr</a>'s record of 52.4% in the <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_NBA_season" title="1994–95 NBA season">1994–95 season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Team">Team</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2009%E2%80%9310_NBA_season&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Team">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>December 2: Worst winless start of season. The <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a> lost to extend their losing streak to 18 since the start of the season. This set the record for the NBA's all-time worst winless start. The Nets broke the old record of 17 games, previously held by both the <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Miami_Heat_season" title="1988–89 Miami Heat season">1988–89 Miami Heat</a>, who were in their first season, and the <a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_NBA_season" title="1998–99 NBA season">1998–99</a> <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a>, who were resuming play after a league-wide lockout.<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a></li> <li>December 17: Most three-point field goal attempts in a half. The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a> attempted 29 <a href="/wiki/Three-point_field_goal" title="Three-point field goal">three-point shots</a> in the first half of a game at the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a>, setting the NBA record for three-point attempts in a half.<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a></li> <li>December 21: Largest deficit overcome. The <a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a> overcame a 35-point deficit to defeat the Chicago Bulls. This was the second largest deficit overcome in NBA history. The score was Sacramento 44, Chicago 79 with 8:50 remaining in the third quarter, whereupon the Kings rallied with a 58–19 run for the remainder of the game to win in regulation time. The final score was Sacramento 102, Chicago 98. The NBA record for this feat took place on November 27, 1996, when the <a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a> overcame a 36-point deficit to defeat the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a> in regulation by a final score of Utah 107, Denver 103. The Jazz achieved this feat as the home team, while the Kings achieved it as the visiting team.<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a></li> <li>December 23: Fewest points scored in overtime. The Sacramento Kings failed to score in the overtime period in a game against the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>, becoming the ninth team in NBA history to score zero points in overtime.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li> <li>December 26: Worst 30-game start of season. The New Jersey Nets became the sixth team in NBA history to lose 28 of its first 30 games, joining the <a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="1970–71 Cleveland Cavaliers season">1970–71 Cleveland Cavaliers</a>, <a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="1992–93 Dallas Mavericks season">1992–93 Dallas Mavericks</a>, <a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="1993–94 Dallas Mavericks season">1993–94 Dallas Mavericks</a>, <a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_Denver_Nuggets_season" title="1997–98 Denver Nuggets season">1997–98 Denver Nuggets</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_New_Orleans_Hornets_season" title="2004–05 New Orleans Hornets season">2004–05 New Orleans Hornets</a>.<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a></li> <li>January 13: First franchise to 3,000 wins. The <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> defeated the Dallas Mavericks at Dallas to record the three thousandth regular season victory in franchise history. In the process, the Lakers became the first franchise in NBA history to win three thousand games.<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a></li> <li>January 23: Worst 3-win start of season. The New Jersey Nets became the third team in NBA history to lose 40 of its first 43 games, tying the 1993–94 Dallas Mavericks and 1997–98 Denver Nuggets for the worst start to a season with three wins.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li> <li>January 24: Largest win in franchise history. The Dallas Mavericks defeated the New York Knicks 128–78 at New York. The 50-point deficit is the Mavericks largest win in franchise history. For the Knicks, it was the worst home loss and the second worst loss in franchise history.<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a><a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a></li> <li>January 29: First team to win five consecutive games over opponents over .500 on the road. The Chicago Bulls became the first team in NBA history to win five consecutive games over opponents over .500 on the road.</li> <li>January 31: Most three-point field goals in a quarter. The Cleveland Cavaliers made eleven three-point shots in the first quarter of a game against the Los Angeles Clippers. This tied the NBA record set by the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a> on March 28, 2006.<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a><a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a></li> <li>February 6: Worst 50-game start of season. The New Jersey Nets became the third team in NBA history to lose 46 of its first 50 games, joining the <a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_NBA_season" title="1972–73 NBA season">1972–73</a> <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> and 1992–93 Dallas Mavericks.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li> <li>March 6: Most three-point field goal attempt without making one. The <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_New_York_Knicks_season" title="2009–10 New York Knicks season">New York Knicks</a> attempted 18 three-point shots without making one in a game against the New Jersey Nets. This surpassed the previous league record of 16 set by the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Wizards" title="Washington Wizards">Washington Wizards</a> on November 2, 2007.<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a></li> <li>March 22: Worst 70-game start of season. The New Jersey Nets became the second team in NBA history to lose 63 of its first 70 games, joining the 1992–93 Dallas Mavericks.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li> <li>April 14: Most three-point field goal made in a season. The <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a> broke the record for most three-point field goals made in a season when <a href="/wiki/Vince_Carter" title="Vince Carter">Vince Carter</a> scored the Magic's eight three-pointer in the game against the Philadelphia 76ers to surpass the previous record of 837 three-point field goals held by the <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a> in <a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_NBA_season" title="2005–06 NBA season">2005–06</a>.<a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> The Magic scored 11 three-point field goal in the game to bring their season total to 841.<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2009–10_NBA_changes">2009–10 NBA changes</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2009%E2%80%9310_NBA_season&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2009–10 NBA changes">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a> – added new red road alternate uniforms with dark navy blue side panels to their jerseys and shorts.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Bobcats" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlotte Bobcats">Charlotte Bobcats</a> – slightly changed their pinstripe uniforms.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> – added new light blue road alternate uniforms with dark navy blue side panels to their jerseys and shorts.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a> – added new red road alternate uniforms with gold side panels to their jerseys and shorts.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis_Grizzlies" title="Memphis Grizzlies">Memphis Grizzlies</a> – added new grey road alternate uniforms with dark navy blue side panels to their jerseys and shorts.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a> – red road alternate uniforms they wore for the past three seasons became their primary road jersey.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a> – added new white home alternate uniforms added "Rip City" on their wordmark to their jersey.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> – added new logo and new uniforms, brought back original red, white and blue colors replacing black and gold, added side panels to their jerseys and shorts.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Standings">Standings</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2009%E2%80%9310_NBA_season&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Standings">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="By_division">By division</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2009%E2%80%9310_NBA_season&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: By division">edit</a>]</div> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NBA)" title="Eastern Conference (NBA)">Eastern Conference</a></dt></dl> 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percentage"> PCT </abbr> </th> <th width="7.5%"><abbr title="Games behind"> GB </abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td style="text-align:left;">z-<a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="2009–10 Cleveland Cavaliers season">Cleveland Cavaliers</a></td> <td>61</td> <td>21</td> <td>.744</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td style="text-align:left;">y-<a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Orlando_Magic_season" title="2009–10 Orlando Magic season">Orlando Magic</a></td> <td>59</td> <td>23</td> <td>.720</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td style="text-align:left;">x-<a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Atlanta_Hawks_season" title="2009–10 Atlanta Hawks season">Atlanta Hawks</a></td> <td>53</td> <td>29</td> <td>.646</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td style="text-align:left;">y-<a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2009–10 Boston Celtics season">Boston Celtics</a></td> <td>50</td> <td>32</td> <td>.610</td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td style="text-align:left;">x-<a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Miami_Heat_season" title="2009–10 Miami Heat season">Miami Heat</a></td> <td>47</td> <td>35</td> <td>.573</td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td style="text-align:left;">x-<a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="2009–10 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee Bucks</a></td> <td>46</td> <td>36</td> <td>.561</td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td style="text-align:left;">x-<a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Charlotte_Bobcats_season" title="2009–10 Charlotte Bobcats season">Charlotte Bobcats</a></td> <td>44</td> <td>38</td> <td>.537</td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td style="text-align:left;">x-<a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="2009–10 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago Bulls</a></td> <td>41</td> <td>41</td> <td>.500</td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#cccccc"> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Toronto_Raptors_season" title="2009–10 Toronto Raptors season">Toronto Raptors</a></td> <td>40</td> <td>42</td> <td>.488</td> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Indiana_Pacers_season" title="2009–10 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana Pacers</a></td> <td>32</td> <td>50</td> <td>.390</td> <td>29 </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_New_York_Knicks_season" title="2009–10 New York Knicks season">New York Knicks</a></td> <td>29</td> <td>53</td> <td>.354</td> <td>32 </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="2009–10 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit Pistons</a></td> <td>27</td> <td>55</td> <td>.329</td> <td>34 </td></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="2009–10 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia 76ers</a></td> <td>27</td> <td>55</td> <td>.329</td> <td>34 </td></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Washington_Wizards_season" title="2009–10 Washington Wizards season">Washington Wizards</a></td> <td>26</td> <td>56</td> <td>.317</td> <td>35 </td></tr> <tr> <th>15 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_New_Jersey_Nets_season" title="2009–10 New Jersey Nets season">New Jersey Nets</a></td> <td>12</td> <td>70</td> <td>.146</td> <td>49 </td></tr></tbody></table> Tiebreakers <ul><li>Detroit finished ahead of Philadelphia by virtue of winning their regular season series 3–1.</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:30em; font-size:95%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="5%" rowspan="2"># </th> <th colspan="5" style="text-align:center"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1045256916"><div 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won"> W </abbr> </th> <th width="5%"><abbr title="Games lost"> L </abbr> </th> <th width="5%"><abbr title="Winning percentage"> PCT </abbr> </th> <th width="7.5%"><abbr title="Games behind"> GB </abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td style="text-align:left;">c-<a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="2009–10 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a></td> <td>57</td> <td>25</td> <td>.695</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td style="text-align:left;">y-<a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2009–10 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas Mavericks</a></td> <td>55</td> <td>27</td> <td>.671</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td style="text-align:left;">x-<a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Phoenix_Suns_season" title="2009–10 Phoenix Suns season">Phoenix Suns</a></td> <td>54</td> <td>28</td> <td>.659</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td style="text-align:left;">y-<a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Denver_Nuggets_season" title="2009–10 Denver Nuggets season">Denver Nuggets</a></td> <td>53</td> <td>29</td> <td>.646</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td style="text-align:left;">x-<a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Utah_Jazz_season" title="2009–10 Utah Jazz season">Utah Jazz</a></td> <td>53</td> <td>29</td> <td>.646</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td style="text-align:left;">x-<a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="2009–10 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland Trail Blazers</a></td> <td>50</td> <td>32</td> <td>.610</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td style="text-align:left;">x-<a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="2009–10 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio Spurs</a></td> <td>50</td> <td>32</td> <td>.610</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td style="text-align:left;">x-<a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Oklahoma_City_Thunder_season" title="2009–10 Oklahoma City Thunder season">Oklahoma City Thunder</a></td> <td>50</td> <td>32</td> <td>.610</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#cccccc"> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Houston_Rockets_season" title="2009–10 Houston Rockets season">Houston Rockets</a></td> <td>42</td> <td>40</td> <td>.512</td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Memphis_Grizzlies_season" title="2009–10 Memphis Grizzlies season">Memphis Grizzlies</a></td> <td>40</td> <td>42</td> <td>.488</td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_New_Orleans_Hornets_season" title="2009–10 New Orleans Hornets season">New Orleans Hornets</a></td> <td>37</td> <td>45</td> <td>.451</td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Los_Angeles_Clippers_season" title="2009–10 Los Angeles Clippers season">Los Angeles Clippers</a></td> <td>29</td> <td>53</td> <td>.354</td> <td>28 </td></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="2009–10 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State Warriors</a></td> <td>26</td> <td>56</td> <td>.317</td> <td>31 </td></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Sacramento_Kings_season" title="2009–10 Sacramento Kings season">Sacramento Kings</a></td> <td>25</td> <td>57</td> <td>.305</td> <td>32 </td></tr> <tr> <th>15 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Minnesota_Timberwolves_season" title="2009–10 Minnesota Timberwolves season">Minnesota Timberwolves</a></td> <td>15</td> <td>67</td> <td>.183</td> <td>42 </td></tr></tbody></table> Tiebreakers <ul><li>Denver finished ahead of Utah and became the Northwest Division winner by virtue of winning their regular season series 3–1.</li> <li>Portland finished ahead of San Antonio and Oklahoma City while San Antonio finished ahead of Oklahoma City by virtue of better winning records among the teams tied (Portland had a 6–1 record against the tied teams, San Antonio had a 3–4 record and Oklahoma City had a 2–6 record).</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> Notes <ul><li>z – clinched home court advantage for the entire playoffs</li> <li>c – clinched home court advantage for the conference playoffs</li> <li>y – clinched division title</li> <li>x – clinched playoff spot</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Playoffs">Playoffs</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2009%E2%80%9310_NBA_season&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Playoffs">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2010_NBA_playoffs" title="2010 NBA playoffs">2010 NBA playoffs</a></div> Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding in its conference, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. The division champions are marked by an asterisk. <a href="/wiki/Home_court_advantage" class="mw-redirect" title="Home court advantage">Home court advantage</a> does not necessarily belong to the higher-seeded team, but instead the team with the better regular season record; teams enjoying the home advantage are shown in italics. <div class="excerpt-block"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066933788">.mw-parser-output .excerpt-hat .mw-editsection-like{font-style:normal}</style><div class="excerpt"> <table cellpadding="0" style="border-style:none;font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;margin:1em 2em 1em 1em"><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">First Round </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Conference Semifinals </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Conference Finals </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)"><a href="/wiki/2010_NBA_Finals" title="2010 NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="width:1px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td 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style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="21" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E8 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="2009–10 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Cleveland* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Boston* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2009–10 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E5 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Miami_Heat_season" title="2009–10 Miami Heat season">Miami</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Boston* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NBA)" title="Eastern Conference (NBA)">Eastern Conference</a> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Orlando* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Atlanta_Hawks_season" title="2009–10 Atlanta Hawks season">Atlanta</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E6 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="2009–10 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Atlanta </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Orlando* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Orlando_Magic_season" title="2009–10 Orlando Magic season">Orlando</a>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E7 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Charlotte_Bobcats_season" title="2009–10 Charlotte Bobcats season">Charlotte</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Boston* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="13" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">LA Lakers* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="2009–10 Los Angeles Lakers season">LA Lakers</a>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="20" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W8 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Oklahoma_City_Thunder_season" title="2009–10 Oklahoma City Thunder season">Oklahoma City</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">LA Lakers* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W5 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Utah </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Denver_Nuggets_season" title="2009–10 Denver Nuggets season">Denver</a>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W5 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Utah_Jazz_season" title="2009–10 Utah Jazz season">Utah</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">LA Lakers* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" title="Western Conference (NBA)">Western Conference</a> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Phoenix </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Phoenix_Suns_season" title="2009–10 Phoenix Suns season">Phoenix</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="8" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W6 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="2009–10 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Phoenix </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W7 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">San Antonio </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2009–10 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W7 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="2009–10 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">4 </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr></tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>* Division winner</li><li>Bold Series winner</li><li>Italic Team with home-court advantage</li></ul></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statistics_leaders">Statistics leaders</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2009%E2%80%9310_NBA_season&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Statistics leaders">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Category</th> <th>Player</th> <th>Team</th> <th>Statistics </th></tr> <tr> <td>Points per game</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a></td> <td>30.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rebounds per game</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Howard" title="Dwight Howard">Dwight Howard</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a></td> <td>13.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Assists per game</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Steve Nash</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a></td> <td>11.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Steals per game</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajon_Rondo" title="Rajon Rondo">Rajon Rondo</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></td> <td>2.33 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Blocks per game</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Howard" title="Dwight Howard">Dwight Howard</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a></td> <td>2.78 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Field goal percentage</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Howard" title="Dwight Howard">Dwight Howard</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a></td> <td>.612 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3-point field goal percentage</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Korver" title="Kyle Korver">Kyle Korver</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a></td> <td>.536 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Free throw percentage</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Steve Nash</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a></td> <td>.938 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2009%E2%80%9310_NBA_season&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Awards">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Yearly_awards">Yearly awards</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2009%E2%80%9310_NBA_season&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Yearly awards">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Valuable Player Award">Most Valuable Player</a>: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a><a href="#cite_note-mvp-96">[96]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_Defensive_Player_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award">Defensive Player of the Year</a>: <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Howard" title="Dwight Howard">Dwight Howard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a><a href="#cite_note-defensive-82">[82]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Rookie of the Year Award">Rookie of the Year</a>: <a href="/wiki/Tyreke_Evans" title="Tyreke Evans">Tyreke Evans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a><a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_Sixth_Man_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award">Sixth Man of the Year</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jamal_Crawford" title="Jamal Crawford">Jamal Crawford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a><a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Improved_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Improved Player Award">Most Improved Player</a>: <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Brooks_(basketball)" title="Aaron Brooks (basketball)">Aaron Brooks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a><a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_Coach_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Coach of the Year Award">Coach of the Year</a>: <a href="/wiki/Scott_Brooks" title="Scott Brooks">Scott Brooks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a><a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_Executive_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Executive of the Year Award">Executive of the Year</a>: <a href="/wiki/John_Hammond_(basketball)" title="John Hammond (basketball)">John Hammond</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a><a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_Sportsmanship_Award" title="NBA Sportsmanship Award">Sportsmanship Award</a>: <a href="/wiki/Grant_Hill" title="Grant Hill">Grant Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a><a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Walter_Kennedy_Citizenship_Award" title="J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award">J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award</a>: <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Dalembert" title="Samuel Dalembert">Samuel Dalembert</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a><a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a></li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All-NBA_First_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="All-NBA First Team">All-NBA First Team</a>:<a href="#cite_note-allnbateam-104">[104]</a> <ul><li>F <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a></li> <li>F <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a></li> <li>C <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Howard" title="Dwight Howard">Dwight Howard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a></li> <li>G <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></li> <li>G <a href="/wiki/Dwyane_Wade" title="Dwyane Wade">Dwyane Wade</a>, <a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Defensive_First_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Defensive First Team">NBA All-Defensive First Team</a>:<a href="#cite_note-nbadefensiveteam-105">[105]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Howard" title="Dwight Howard">Dwight Howard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajon_Rondo" title="Rajon Rondo">Rajon Rondo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Wallace" title="Gerald Wallace">Gerald Wallace</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Bobcats" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlotte Bobcats">Charlotte Bobcats</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Rookie_First_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Rookie First Team">NBA All-Rookie First Team</a>:<a href="#cite_note-rookie-106">[106]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tyreke_Evans" title="Tyreke Evans">Tyreke Evans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Jennings" title="Brandon Jennings">Brandon Jennings</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darren_Collison" title="Darren Collison">Darren Collison</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Hornets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans Hornets">New Orleans Hornets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taj_Gibson" title="Taj Gibson">Taj Gibson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a></li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <ul><li>All-NBA Second Team:<a href="#cite_note-allnbateam-104">[104]</a> <ul><li>F <a href="/wiki/Carmelo_Anthony" title="Carmelo Anthony">Carmelo Anthony</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a></li> <li>F <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Dirk Nowitzki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a></li> <li>C <a href="/wiki/Amar%27e_Stoudemire" title="Amar'e Stoudemire">Amar'e Stoudemire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a></li> <li>G <a href="/wiki/Deron_Williams" title="Deron Williams">Deron Williams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a></li> <li>G <a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Steve Nash</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a></li></ul></li> <li>NBA All-Defensive Second Team:<a href="#cite_note-nbadefensiveteam-105">[105]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwyane_Wade" title="Dwyane Wade">Dwyane Wade</a>, <a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josh_Smith" title="Josh Smith">Josh Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anderson_Varej%C3%A3o" title="Anderson Varejão">Anderson Varejão</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thabo_Sefolosha" title="Thabo Sefolosha">Thabo Sefolosha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a></li></ul></li> <li>NBA All-Rookie Second Team:<a href="#cite_note-rookie-106">[106]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Thornton_(basketball,_born_1987)" title="Marcus Thornton (basketball, born 1987)">Marcus Thornton</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Hornets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans Hornets">New Orleans Hornets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeJuan_Blair" title="DeJuan Blair">DeJuan Blair</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Harden" title="James Harden">James Harden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonny_Flynn" title="Jonny Flynn">Jonny Flynn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonas_Jerebko" title="Jonas Jerebko">Jonas Jerebko</a>, <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a></li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <ul><li>All-NBA Third Team:<a href="#cite_note-allnbateam-104">[104]</a> <ul><li>F <a href="/wiki/Pau_Gasol" title="Pau Gasol">Pau Gasol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></li> <li>F <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></li> <li>C <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Bogut" title="Andrew Bogut">Andrew Bogut</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a></li> <li>G <a href="/wiki/Joe_Johnson_(basketball)" title="Joe Johnson (basketball)">Joe Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a></li> <li>G <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Roy" title="Brandon Roy">Brandon Roy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a></li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Players_of_the_week">Players of the week</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2009%E2%80%9310_NBA_season&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Players of the week">edit</a>]</div> The following players were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week. <table class="wikitable sortable" border="1"> <tbody><tr> <th>Week </th> <th>Eastern Conference </th> <th>Western Conference </th> <th class="unsortable">Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Oct. 27 – Nov. 1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Howard" title="Dwight Howard">Dwight Howard</a> (<a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a>) (1/4) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carmelo_Anthony" title="Carmelo Anthony">Carmelo Anthony</a> (<a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a>) (1/2) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Nov. 2 – Nov. 8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Johnson_(basketball)" title="Joe Johnson (basketball)">Joe Johnson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Kaman" title="Chris Kaman">Chris Kaman</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a>) (1/2) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Nov. 9 – Nov. 15 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Jennings" title="Brandon Jennings">Brandon Jennings</a> (<a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Dirk Nowitzki</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a>) (1/4) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Nov. 16 – Nov. 22 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>) (1/6) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>) (2/4) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Nov. 23 – Nov. 29 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Wallace" title="Gerald Wallace">Gerald Wallace</a> (<a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Bobcats" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlotte Bobcats">Charlotte Bobcats</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> (<a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a>) (1/1) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Nov. 30 – Dec. 6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Kevin Garnett</a> (<a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Boozer" title="Carlos Boozer">Carlos Boozer</a> (<a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a>) (1/2) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Dec. 7 – Dec. 13 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rodney_Stuckey" title="Rodney Stuckey">Rodney Stuckey</a> (<a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Deron_Williams" title="Deron Williams">Deron Williams</a> (<a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a>) (1/1) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Dec. 14 – Dec. 20 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Howard" title="Dwight Howard">Dwight Howard</a> (<a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a>) (2/4) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>) (3/4) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Dec. 21 – Dec. 27 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>) (2/6) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>) (4/4) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Dec. 28 – Jan. 3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Derrick_Rose" title="Derrick Rose">Derrick Rose</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a> (<a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a>) (1/3) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Jan. 4 – Jan. 10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>) (3/6) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Kaman" title="Chris Kaman">Chris Kaman</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a>) (2/2) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Jan. 11 – Jan. 17 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Jackson" title="Stephen Jackson">Stephen Jackson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Bobcats" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlotte Bobcats">Charlotte Bobcats</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carmelo_Anthony" title="Carmelo Anthony">Carmelo Anthony</a> (<a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a>) (2/2) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Jan. 18 – Jan. 24 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>) (4/6) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Billups" title="Chauncey Billups">Chauncey Billups</a> (<a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a>) (1/1) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Jan. 25 – Jan. 31 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Bosh" title="Chris Bosh">Chris Bosh</a> (<a href="/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" title="Toronto Raptors">Toronto Raptors</a>) (1/2) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a> (<a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a>) (2/3) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Feb. 1 – Feb. 7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>) (5/6) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Russell_Westbrook" title="Russell Westbrook">Russell Westbrook</a> (<a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a>) (1/1) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Feb. 15 – Feb. 21 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Howard" title="Dwight Howard">Dwight Howard</a> (<a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a>) (3/4) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Boozer" title="Carlos Boozer">Carlos Boozer</a> (<a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a>) (2/2) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Feb. 22 – Feb. 28 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>) (6/6) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Dirk Nowitzki</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a>) (1/3) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Mar. 1 – Mar. 7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dwyane_Wade" title="Dwyane Wade">Dwyane Wade</a> (<a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a>) (1/2) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Dirk Nowitzki</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a>) (2/3) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Mar. 8 – Mar. 14 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Bogut" title="Andrew Bogut">Andrew Bogut</a> (<a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Roy" title="Brandon Roy">Brandon Roy</a> (<a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a>) (1/1) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-125">[125]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Mar. 15 – Mar. 21 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Paul Pierce</a> (<a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pau_Gasol" title="Pau Gasol">Pau Gasol</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>) (1/1) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Mar. 22 – Mar. 28 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dwyane_Wade" title="Dwyane Wade">Dwyane Wade</a> (<a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a>) (2/2) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Manu_Gin%C3%B3bili" title="Manu Ginóbili">Manu Ginóbili</a> (<a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a>) (1/1) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Mar. 29 – Apr. 4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Bosh" title="Chris Bosh">Chris Bosh</a> (<a href="/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" title="Toronto Raptors">Toronto Raptors</a>) (2/2) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a> (<a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a>) (3/3) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-128">[128]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Apr. 5 – Apr. 11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Howard" title="Dwight Howard">Dwight Howard</a> (<a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a>) (4/4) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Dirk Nowitzki</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a>) (3/3) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-129">[129]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Players_of_the_month">Players of the month</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2009%E2%80%9310_NBA_season&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Players of the month">edit</a>]</div> The following players were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month. <table class="wikitable sortable" border="1"> <tbody><tr> <th>Month </th> <th>Eastern Conference </th> <th>Western Conference </th> <th class="unsortable">Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">October – November </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>) (1/4) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carmelo_Anthony" title="Carmelo Anthony">Carmelo Anthony</a> (<a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a>) (1/1) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-130">[130]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">December </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>) (2/4) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>) (1/1) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">January </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>) (3/4) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Paul" title="Chris Paul">Chris Paul</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Hornets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans Hornets">New Orleans Hornets</a>) (1/1) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-132">[132]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">February </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>) (4/4) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Boozer" title="Carlos Boozer">Carlos Boozer</a> (<a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a>) (1/1) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-133">[133]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">March </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dwyane_Wade" title="Dwyane Wade">Dwyane Wade</a> (<a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amar%27e_Stoudemire" title="Amar'e Stoudemire">Amar'e Stoudemire</a> (<a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a>) (1/1) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-134">[134]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">April </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Derrick_Rose" title="Derrick Rose">Derrick Rose</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a> (<a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a>) (1/1) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-135">[135]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rookies_of_the_month">Rookies of the month</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2009%E2%80%9310_NBA_season&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Rookies of the month">edit</a>]</div> The following players were named the Eastern and Western Conference Rookies of the Month. <table class="wikitable sortable" border="1"> <tbody><tr> <th>Month </th> <th>Eastern Conference </th> <th>Western Conference </th> <th class="unsortable">Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">October – November </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Jennings" title="Brandon Jennings">Brandon Jennings</a> (<a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a>) (1/4) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tyreke_Evans" title="Tyreke Evans">Tyreke Evans</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a>) (1/2) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-136">[136]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">December </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Jennings" title="Brandon Jennings">Brandon Jennings</a> (<a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a>) (2/4) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tyreke_Evans" title="Tyreke Evans">Tyreke Evans</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a>) (2/2) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-137">[137]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">January </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Jennings" title="Brandon Jennings">Brandon Jennings</a> (<a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a>) (3/4) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> (<a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>) (1/3) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-138">[138]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">February </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jonas_Jerebko" title="Jonas Jerebko">Jonas Jerebko</a> (<a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Darren_Collison" title="Darren Collison">Darren Collison</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Hornets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans Hornets">New Orleans Hornets</a>) (1/1) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-139">[139]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">March </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Jennings" title="Brandon Jennings">Brandon Jennings</a> (<a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a>) (4/4) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> (<a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>) (2/3) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-140">[140]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">April </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Terrence_Williams" title="Terrence Williams">Terrence Williams</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> (<a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>) (3/3) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-141">[141]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coaches_of_the_month">Coaches of the month</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2009%E2%80%9310_NBA_season&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Coaches of the month">edit</a>]</div> The following coaches were named the Eastern and Western Conference Coaches of the Month. <table class="wikitable sortable" border="1"> <tbody><tr> <th>Month </th> <th>Eastern Conference </th> <th>Western Conference </th> <th class="unsortable">Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">October – November </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stan_Van_Gundy" title="Stan Van Gundy">Stan Van Gundy</a> (<a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a>) (1/2) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alvin_Gentry" title="Alvin Gentry">Alvin Gentry</a> (<a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a>) (1/2) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-142">[142]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">December </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Brown_(basketball,_born_1970)" title="Mike Brown (basketball, born 1970)">Mike Brown</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Hollins" title="Lionel Hollins">Lionel Hollins</a> (<a href="/wiki/Memphis_Grizzlies" title="Memphis Grizzlies">Memphis Grizzlies</a>) (1/1) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-143">[143]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">January </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Larry_Brown_(basketball)" title="Larry Brown (basketball)">Larry Brown</a> (<a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Bobcats" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlotte Bobcats">Charlotte Bobcats</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Karl" title="George Karl">George Karl</a> (<a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a>) (1/1) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-144">[144]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">February </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_Skiles" title="Scott Skiles">Scott Skiles</a> (<a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_Brooks" title="Scott Brooks">Scott Brooks</a> (<a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a>) (1/1) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-145">[145]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">March </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Erik_Spoelstra" title="Erik Spoelstra">Erik Spoelstra</a> (<a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alvin_Gentry" title="Alvin Gentry">Alvin Gentry</a> (<a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a>) (2/2) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-146">[146]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">April </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stan_Van_Gundy" title="Stan Van Gundy">Stan Van Gundy</a> (<a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a>) (2/2) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rick_Carlisle" title="Rick Carlisle">Rick Carlisle</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a>) (1/1) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-147">[147]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Salary_cap">Salary cap</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2009%E2%80%9310_NBA_season&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Salary cap">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/NBA_Salary_Cap" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Salary Cap">NBA Salary Cap</a></div> On July 7, 2009, the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a> announced that the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Salary_Cap" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Salary Cap">salary cap</a> for the 2009–10 season would be $57.70 million and would go into effect on July 8 as the league's "moratorium period" had ended and teams could begin signing <a href="/wiki/Free_agent" title="Free agent">free agents</a> and making trades. The <a href="/wiki/Tax" title="Tax">tax</a> level for the season was set at $69.92 million, with each team paying a $1 tax for each $1 by which it exceeds $69.92 million. The <a href="/wiki/NBA_Salary_Cap#Mid-level_exception" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Salary Cap">mid-level exception</a> was $5.854 million for the season and the minimum team salary, which was set at 75% of the salary cap, was $43.275 million.<a href="#cite_note-SalaryCap-18">[18]</a> For the <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_NBA_season" title="2008–09 NBA season">2008–09 season</a>, the salary cap was set at $58.68 million (<img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" />$0.98 million), while the tax level was $71.15 million (<img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" />$1.23 million). Although the league-wide revenue increased by 2.5% in the previous season, the decrease in the salary cap and tax level was the result of the formula used to set the cap and tax under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement.<a href="#cite_note-SalaryCap-18">[18]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Broadcast">Broadcast</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2009%E2%80%9310_NBA_season&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Broadcast">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_current_National_Basketball_Association_broadcasters" class="mw-redirect" title="List of current National Basketball Association broadcasters">List of current National Basketball Association broadcasters</a></div> The 2009–10 NBA season was broadcast in the United States by <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ABC" title="NBA on ABC">ABC</a>, <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ESPN" title="NBA on ESPN">ESPN</a>, <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a> and <a href="/wiki/NBA_TV" title="NBA TV">NBA TV</a>. A number of games were nationally televised by ABC, ESPN and TNT, while some games were televised by NBA TV. Four teams, the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a>, <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Bobcats" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlotte Bobcats">Charlotte Bobcats</a> had not have any national TV appearances on ABC, ESPN and TNT. ABC had air several Sunday games and a double-header on <a href="/wiki/Christmas" title="Christmas">Christmas</a> day. ESPN has mainly televised the regular season games on Wednesdays and Fridays, while TNT has mainly televised the Thursday games. TNT has also broadcast the <a href="/wiki/2010_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2010 NBA All-Star Game">2010 NBA All-Star Game</a> and the NBA All-Star Saturday Night Events in February.<a href="#cite_note-148">[148]</a><a href="#cite_note-149">[149]</a><a href="#cite_note-150">[150]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2009%E2%80%9310_NBA_season&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_regular_season_records" title="List of NBA regular season records">List of NBA regular season records</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2009%E2%80%9310_NBA_season&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Draft-1">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Draft_1-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Draft_1-1">b</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.espn.com/nba/draft2009/news/story?id=4287558">"Griffin top pick in NBA draft"</a>. 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Retrieved January 28, 2010.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=TSN.ca&rft.atitle=James%2C+Billups+earn+NBA+weekly+honours&rft.date=2010-01-25&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tsn.ca%2Fnba%2Fstory%2F%3Fid%3D307634&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2009%E2%80%9310+NBA+season" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-120"><a href="#cite_ref-120">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100204202657/http://www.nba.com/2010/news/02/01/players.ofthe.week/index.html">"Chris Bosh, Kevin Durant named Players of the Week"</a>. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. February 1, 2010. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/2010/news/02/01/players.ofthe.week/index.html">the original</a> on February 4, 2010. Retrieved February 1, 2010.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=NBA.com&rft.atitle=Chris+Bosh%2C+Kevin+Durant+named+Players+of+the+Week&rft.date=2010-02-01&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nba.com%2F2010%2Fnews%2F02%2F01%2Fplayers.ofthe.week%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2009%E2%80%9310+NBA+season" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-121"><a href="#cite_ref-121">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100210035804/http://www.nba.com/2010/news/02/08/players.of.week/index.html">"James, Westbrook named Players of the Week"</a>. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. February 8, 2010. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/2010/news/02/08/players.of.week/index.html">the original</a> on February 10, 2010. Retrieved February 8, 2010.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=NBA.com&rft.atitle=James%2C+Westbrook+named+Players+of+the+Week&rft.date=2010-02-08&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nba.com%2F2010%2Fnews%2F02%2F08%2Fplayers.of.week%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2009%E2%80%9310+NBA+season" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-122"><a href="#cite_ref-122">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/2010/news/02/22/players.of.week/index.html">"Orlando's Howard, Utah's Boozer named Players of the Week"</a>. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. February 22, 2010. Retrieved February 22, 2010.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=NBA.com&rft.atitle=Orlando%27s+Howard%2C+Utah%27s+Boozer+named+Players+of+the+Week&rft.date=2010-02-22&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nba.com%2F2010%2Fnews%2F02%2F22%2Fplayers.of.week%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2009%E2%80%9310+NBA+season" class="Z3988"> [<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot">dead link</a>‍] </li> <li id="cite_note-123"><a href="#cite_ref-123">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100306093154/http://www.nba.com/2010/news/03/01/players.week/index.html">"James, Nowitzki named Players of the Week"</a>. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. March 1, 2010. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/2010/news/03/01/players.week/index.html">the original</a> on March 6, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2010.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=NBA.com&rft.atitle=James%2C+Nowitzki+named+Players+of+the+Week&rft.date=2010-03-01&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nba.com%2F2010%2Fnews%2F03%2F01%2Fplayers.week%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2009%E2%80%9310+NBA+season" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-124"><a href="#cite_ref-124">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100321040826/http://www.nba.com/2010/news/03/08/players.ofthe.week/index.html">"Heat's Wade, Mavericks' Nowitzki named Players of the Week"</a>. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. March 8, 2010. 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Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. March 15, 2010. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/2010/news/03/15/players.week/index.html">the original</a> on March 16, 2010. Retrieved March 17, 2010.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=NBA.com&rft.atitle=Bucks%27+Bogut%2C+Trail+Blazers%27+Roy+named+Players+of+the+Week&rft.date=2010-03-15&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nba.com%2F2010%2Fnews%2F03%2F15%2Fplayers.week%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2009%E2%80%9310+NBA+season" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-126"><a href="#cite_ref-126">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100325094859/http://www.nba.com/2010/news/03/22/playersofweek/index.html">"Lakers' Gasol, Celtics' Pierce named Players of the Week"</a>. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. March 22, 2010. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/2010/news/03/22/playersofweek/index.html">the original</a> on March 25, 2010. Retrieved March 22, 2010.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=NBA.com&rft.atitle=Lakers%27+Gasol%2C+Celtics%27+Pierce+named+Players+of+the+Week&rft.date=2010-03-22&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nba.com%2F2010%2Fnews%2F03%2F22%2Fplayersofweek%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2009%E2%80%9310+NBA+season" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-127"><a href="#cite_ref-127">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100331223527/http://www.nba.com/2010/news/03/29/players.of.week/index.html">"Wade, Ginobili garner Player of the Week honors"</a>. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. March 29, 2010. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/2010/news/03/29/players.of.week/index.html">the original</a> on March 31, 2010. Retrieved March 30, 2010.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=NBA.com&rft.atitle=Wade%2C+Ginobili+garner+Player+of+the+Week+honors&rft.date=2010-03-29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nba.com%2F2010%2Fnews%2F03%2F29%2Fplayers.of.week%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2009%E2%80%9310+NBA+season" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-128"><a href="#cite_ref-128">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100408151500/http://www.nba.com/2010/news/04/05/players.ofthe.week/index.html">"Raptors' Bosh, Thunder's Durant named Players of the Week"</a>. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. April 4, 2010. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/2010/news/04/05/players.ofthe.week/index.html">the original</a> on April 8, 2010. Retrieved April 4, 2010.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=NBA.com&rft.atitle=Raptors%27+Bosh%2C+Thunder%27s+Durant+named+Players+of+the+Week&rft.date=2010-04-04&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nba.com%2F2010%2Fnews%2F04%2F05%2Fplayers.ofthe.week%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2009%E2%80%9310+NBA+season" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-129"><a href="#cite_ref-129">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100415045053/http://www.nba.com/2010/news/04/12/players.of.week/index.html">"Howard, Nowitzki named Players of the Week"</a>. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. April 12, 2010. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/2010/news/04/12/players.of.week/index.html">the original</a> on April 15, 2010. Retrieved April 13, 2010.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=NBA.com&rft.atitle=Howard%2C+Nowitzki+named+Players+of+the+Week&rft.date=2010-04-12&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nba.com%2F2010%2Fnews%2F04%2F12%2Fplayers.of.week%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2009%E2%80%9310+NBA+season" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-130"><a href="#cite_ref-130">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091222160620/http://www.nba.com/2009/news/12/04/players.of.week/index.html">"LeBron, Carmelo named Players of the Month"</a>. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. December 4, 2009. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/2009/news/12/04/players.of.week/index.html">the original</a> on December 22, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=NBA.com&rft.atitle=LeBron%2C+Carmelo+named+Players+of+the+Month&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nba.com%2F2009%2Fnews%2F12%2F04%2Fplayers.of.week%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2009%E2%80%9310+NBA+season" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-131"><a href="#cite_ref-131">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/2010/news/01/06/players.of.month/index.html/index.html">"Kobe, LeBron named Players of the Month for December"</a>. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. January 6, 2010. Retrieved January 7, 2010.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=NBA.com&rft.atitle=Kobe%2C+LeBron+named+Players+of+the+Month+for+December&rft.date=2010-01-06&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nba.com%2F2010%2Fnews%2F01%2F06%2Fplayers.of.month%2Findex.html%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2009%E2%80%9310+NBA+season" class="Z3988">[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot">dead link</a>‍] </li> <li id="cite_note-132"><a href="#cite_ref-132">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100206010544/http://www.nba.com/2010/news/02/03/players.of.the.month/index.html">"Cavs' James, Hornets' Paul named Players of the Month"</a>. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. February 3, 2010. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/2010/news/02/03/players.of.the.month/index.html">the original</a> on February 6, 2010. Retrieved February 3, 2010.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=NBA.com&rft.atitle=Cavs%27+James%2C+Hornets%27+Paul+named+Players+of+the+Month&rft.date=2010-02-03&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nba.com%2F2010%2Fnews%2F02%2F03%2Fplayers.of.the.month%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2009%E2%80%9310+NBA+season" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-133"><a href="#cite_ref-133">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100308032303/http://www.nba.com/2010/news/03/01/players.month/index.html">"James, Boozer earn Player of the Month honors"</a>. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. March 1, 2010. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/2010/news/03/01/players.month/index.html">the original</a> on March 8, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2010.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=NBA.com&rft.atitle=James%2C+Boozer+earn+Player+of+the+Month+honors&rft.date=2010-03-01&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nba.com%2F2010%2Fnews%2F03%2F01%2Fplayers.month%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2009%E2%80%9310+NBA+season" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-134"><a href="#cite_ref-134">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100405013448/http://www.nba.com/2010/news/04/02/player.of.the.month/index.html">"Wade, Stoudemire earn Player of the Month honors"</a>. NBA.com. 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Retrieved April 2, 2010.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=NBA.com&rft.atitle=Wade%2C+Stoudemire+earn+Player+of+the+Month+honors&rft.date=2010-04-02&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nba.com%2F2010%2Fnews%2F04%2F02%2Fplayer.of.the.month%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2009%E2%80%9310+NBA+season" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-135"><a href="#cite_ref-135">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100421002938/http://www.nba.com/2010/news/04/16/players.month.april/index.html">"Bulls' Rose, OKC's Durant named Players of Month for April"</a>. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. April 16, 2010. 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