2009–10 Orlando Magic season

2009–10 Orlando Magic season
Head coach	Stan Van Gundy
Arena	Amway Arena
Results
Record	59–23 (.720)
Place	Division: 1st (Southeast) Conference: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost in Eastern Conference Finals to Boston 4-2
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Florida, Sun Sports
Radio	WDBO
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The 2009–10 Orlando Magic season was the 21st season of the Orlando Magic in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Key dates

• June 25 - The 2009 NBA Draft took place in New York City.
• July 8 - The free agency period started.
• October 28 - The Magic began the season with a game against the Philadelphia 76ers.
• November 16 - Rashard Lewis made his season debut after serving a 10-game suspension for testing positive for DHEA, a banned substance.
• November 17 - It was announced that Jameer Nelson needed surgery after injuring his knee in the previous night's game.
• December 21 - Nelson returned from his injury.
• January 21 - Dwight Howard was named the starting center for the Eastern Conference in the 2010 NBA All-Star Game.
• January 31 - Stan Van Gundy was named the coach of the East's all-stars in the 2010 NBA All-Star Game.
• March 3 - The Magic clinched their third consecutive winning season with a win over the Golden State Warriors.
• March 16 - By virtue of the Charlotte Bobcats losing that night, the Magic clinched a playoff berth.
• April 6 - By virtue of the Atlanta Hawks losing that night, the Magic clinched their third consecutive Southeast Division title.
• April 14 - The regular season ended. The Magic finished with the same win-loss record as the previous season.
• April 20 - Dwight Howard was awarded the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award for the second consecutive season.
• April 26 - The Magic won their first round series in the playoffs by sweeping the Charlotte Bobcats. It was the first sweep of a 7-game series for the Magic in franchise history.
• May 10 - The Magic completed a sweep of the Atlanta Hawks in the conference semifinals.
• May 28 - After losing the first three games of the series, the Magic won the next two before losing Game 6 on the road against the Boston Celtics.

Summary

NBA Draft 2009

Main article: 2009 NBA Draft

As a result of previous trades made by the Orlando Magic, they did not have any draft choices in this year's draft. Ironically, the NBA still had Adidas make a Draft Cap, which would have been given to a potential draft choice. The hat was still available for public purchase on the NBA's official webstore.

Transactions

The Magic have been involved in the following transactions during the 2009–10 season.

Orlando Magic

Players Added Via Trade Vince Carter (From Nets) Ryan Anderson (From Nets) Via Free Agency Matt Barnes (To Suns) Brandon Bass (To Mavericks) Marcin Gortat (From Re-signed)

Players Lost Via Sign & Trade Hedo Türkoğlu (To Raptors) Trade Tony Battie (To Nets) Rafer Alston (To Nets) Courtney Lee (To Nets)

Trades

Date	Details
June 25, 2009	To New Jersey Nets Rafer Alston Tony Battie Courtney Lee	To Orlando Magic Vince Carter Ryan Anderson
July 9, 2009	To Toronto Raptors Hedo Turkoglu Devean George Antoine Wright	To Dallas Mavericks Shawn Marion Kris Humphries Nathan Jawai Greg Buckner Cash Considerations	To Memphis Grizzlies Future Second Round NBA Draft Choice Cash Considerations	To Orlando Magic Cash Considerations

Free agents acquired

Player	Former team	Contract terms
Brandon Bass	Dallas Mavericks	Four Years, $16,000,000
Matt Barnes	Phoenix Suns	Two Years
Jason Williams	Miami Heat	One Year, $1,300,000
Morris Almond	Utah Jazz	Waived
Linton Johnson III	Chicago Bulls	Waived pre-season

Players re-signed

Player	Contract terms
Marcin Gortat	Five Years, $34,000,000
Adonal Foyle	One Year

Miscellaneous

Player	Date	Transaction
Rashard Lewis	August 6, 2009	Suspended by NBA for 10 games.

Roster

Orlando Magic roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight DOB (Y–M–D) From 4.0 !F 33 USA ! Anderson, Ryan 82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) California 4.0 !F 22 USA ! Barnes, Matt 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 226 lb (103 kg) UCLA 4.5 !PF 30 USA ! Bass, Brandon 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 250 lb (113 kg) LSU 2.5 !G/F 15 USA ! Carter, Vince 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) North Carolina 6.0 !C 31 VIN ! Foyle, Adonal (IN) 82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 270 lb (122 kg) Colgate 5.5 !F/C 13 POL ! Gortat, Marcin 83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Poland 6.0 !C 12 USA ! Howard, Dwight (C) 83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy 1.0 !PG 8 USA ! Johnson, Anthony 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) College of Charleston 4.0 !F 9 USA ! Lewis, Rashard 82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Alief Elsik High School 1.0 !PG 14 USA ! Nelson, Jameer 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Saint Joseph's 2.5 !G/F 20 FRA ! Piétrus, Mickaël 78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Guadeloupe 2.0 !SG 7 USA ! Redick, J. J. 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Duke 1.0 !PG 44 USA ! Williams, Jason 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Florida	Head coach Stan Van Gundy (SUNY-Brockport) Assistant coach(es) Brendan Malone (Iona) Steve Clifford (Maine) Patrick Ewing (Georgetown) Bob Beyer (Alfred) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Pre-Season

2009 Pre-season Game Log: 8–0 (Home: 4–0 ; Road: 3–0 ; Neutral: 1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	High Scorer	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	October 5	Orlando Magic	110–105	Dallas Mavericks		Vince Carter (21)	16,596	1–0	[1]
2	October 7	Miami Heat	90–86	Orlando Magic		Ryan Anderson (16)	16,101	2–0	[2]
3	October 9	Houston Rockets	113–104	Orlando Magic		Rashard Lewis (22)	16,344	3–0	[3]
4	October 12	Orlando Magic	102–83	Memphis Grizzlies		Mickael Pietrus (19)	7,681	4–0	[4]
5	October 13 (in Wichita, Kansas)	Orlando Magic	121–86	New Orleans Hornets		Ryan Anderson (22)		5–0	[5]
6	October 19	Orlando Magic	101–98	Chicago Bulls		Ryan Anderson, Dwight Howard (18)	20,688	6–0	[6]
7	October 21	Indiana Pacers	117–87	Orlando Magic		Vince Carter (21)	16,218	7–0	[7]
8	October 23	Atlanta Hawks	123–86	Orlando Magic		Vince Carter (26)	17,343	8–0	[8]

Regular season

Standings

Southeast Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Orlando Magic	59	23	.720	–	34–7	25–16	10–6
x-Atlanta Hawks	53	29	.646	6	34–7	19–22	8–8
x-Miami Heat	47	35	.573	12	24–17	23–18	9–7
x-Charlotte Bobcats	44	38	.537	15	31–10	13–28	10–6
Washington Wizards	26	56	.317	33	15–26	11–30	3–13

#	Eastern Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Cleveland Cavaliers	61	21	.744	–
2	y-Orlando Magic	59	23	.720	2
3	x-Atlanta Hawks	53	29	.646	8
4	y-Boston Celtics	50	32	.610	11
5	x-Miami Heat	47	35	.573	14
6	x-Milwaukee Bucks	46	36	.561	15
7	x-Charlotte Bobcats	44	38	.537	17
8	x-Chicago Bulls	41	41	.500	20
9	Toronto Raptors	40	42	.488	21
10	Indiana Pacers	32	50	.390	29
11	New York Knicks	29	53	.354	32
12	Detroit Pistons	27	55	.329	34
13	Philadelphia 76ers	27	55	.329	34
14	Washington Wizards	26	56	.317	35
15	New Jersey Nets	12	70	.146	49

z - clinched home court advantage through NBA Finals
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Player statistics

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Anderson, Ryan !Ryan Anderson	63	6	14.5	.436	.370	.866	3.2	0.6	0.40	0.22	7.7
Barnes, Matt !Matt Barnes	81	58	25.9	.487	.319	.740	5.5	1.7	0.70	0.37	8.8
Bass, Brandon !Brandon Bass	50	3	13.0	.511	.000	.825	2.5	0.4	0.24	0.54	5.8
Carter, Vince !Vince Carter	75	74	30.8	.428	.367	.840	3.9	3.1	0.71	0.24	16.6
Gortat, Marcin !Marcin Gortat	81	0	13.4	.533	.000	.680	4.2	0.2	0.21	0.86	3.6
Howard, Dwight !Dwight Howard	82	82	34.7	.612	.000	.592	13.2	1.8	0.91	2.78	18.3
Johnson, Anthony !Anthony Johnson	31	0	13.1	.441	.333	.950	1.5	2.0	0.35	0.03	4.2
Lewis, Rashard !Rashard Lewis	72	72	32.9	.435	.397	.806	4.4	1.5	1.08	0.39	14.1
Nelson, Jameer !Jameer Nelson	65	64	28.6	.449	.381	.845	3.0	5.4	0.74	0.03	12.6
Piétrus, Mickaël !Mickaël Piétrus	75	24	22.5	.432	.379	.633	2.9	0.7	0.71	0.41	8.7
Redick, J. J. !J. J. Redick	82	9	22.0	.439	.405	.860	1.9	1.9	0.34	0.05	9.6
Williams, Jason !Jason Williams	82	18	20.8	.444	.380	.756	1.5	3.6	0.65	0.04	6.0

Source: ESPN.com

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Anderson, Ryan !Ryan Anderson	9	0	9.9	.310	.286	1.000	3.4	.3	.2	.2	2.6
Barnes, Matt !Matt Barnes	14	14	23.3	.400	.375	.850	4.7	1.4	.7	.2	6.4
Bass, Brandon !Brandon Bass	7	0	6.0	.538	.000	.833	1.1	.1	.0	.0	2.7
Carter, Vince !Vince Carter	14	14	34.4	.402	.235	.826	4.2	2.3	.9	.2	15.5
Gortat, Marcin !Marcin Gortat	14	0	15.1	.654	.000	.727	4.4	.6	.2	.3	3.0
Howard, Dwight !Dwight Howard	14	14	35.5	.614	.000	.519	11.1	1.4	.8	3.5	18.1
Johnson, Anthony !Anthony Johnson	1	0	5.0	.500	.000	.000	.0	2.0	.0	.0	2.0
Lewis, Rashard !Rashard Lewis	14	14	36.6	.462	.373	.800	5.6	2.3	1.1	.7	12.9
Nelson, Jameer !Jameer Nelson	14	14	34.2	.479	.393	.823	3.6	4.8	1.0	.0	19.0
Piétrus, Mickaël !Mickaël Piétrus	14	0	20.1	.438	.459	.667	1.4	.7	.6	.4	8.4
Redick, J. J. !J. J. Redick	14	0	19.2	.423	.429	.857	1.7	1.4	.7	.0	7.5
Williams, Jason !Jason Williams	14	0	13.7	.342	.250	1.000	.8	1.6	.3	.0	2.6

Source: ESPN.com

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Player of the Week

• October 27–November 1 - Dwight Howard
• December 14–20 - Dwight Howard
• February 15–21 - Dwight Howard
• April 5–11 - Dwight Howard

Coach of the Month

• October–November - Stan Van Gundy
• April - Stan Van Gundy

All-Star

• Dwight Howard - 4th career selection
• Coach Stan Van Gundy was named coach of the Eastern Conference All-Star team for the 2nd time in his career.

Season

• NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award - Dwight Howard
• Dwight Howard was named to the All-NBA First Team and the NBA All-Defensive First Team

Injuries and surgeries

Though he was not expected to get much playing time, Adonal Foyle underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee on October 21, a little more than a week before the start of the season. His return depends on how well his knee recovers with treatment.

Vince Carter was injured on October 30 during the second game of the season, suffering a sprained left ankle. The injury was reported as not too serious, but caused Carter to miss four of the Magic's next five games.

Ryan Anderson injured his ankle in the game against Detroit on November 3. He missed the following 4 games before returning to play against the Bobcats.

Jameer Nelson suffered a torn meniscus in his left knee during the 4th quarter of a game on November 16. The next day it was revealed that arthroscopic surgery would be required to repair the injury. He was expected to be out 4–6 weeks, but a report later in the week stated his teammates expected him to be gone for only 3 weeks. Ultimately, Nelson would return to action on December 21, five weeks to the day of his injury.

Minor League Affiliate

The Magic are affiliated with the Reno Bighorns of the D-League. They replace the Bakersfield Jam for the 2009-10 season.