2009–10 Orlando Magic season

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.^[1]
• December 21 – Nelson returned from his injury.^[2]
• January 21 – Dwight Howard was named the starting center for the Eastern Conference in the 2010 NBA All-Star Game.^[3]
• January 31 – Stan Van Gundy was named the coach of the East's all-stars in the 2010 NBA All-Star Game.^[4]
• 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.^[5]
• 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.^[6]
• 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

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.

Roster

Orlando Magic roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From 4.0 !F 33 USA ! Anderson, Ryan 7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) UC Berkeley 4.0 !F 22 USA ! Barnes, Matt 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 226 lb (103 kg) UCLA 4.0 !F 30 USA ! Bass, Brandon 7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 250 lb (113 kg) LSU 2.5 !G/F 15 USA ! Carter, Vince 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) North Carolina 6.0 !C 31 VIN ! Foyle, Adonal (IN) 7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 270 lb (122 kg) Colgate 5.5 !F/C 13 POL ! Gortat, Marcin 7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Poland 6.0 !C 12 USA ! Howard, Dwight (C) 7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy 1.5 !G 8 USA ! Johnson, Anthony 7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) College of Charleston 4.0 !F 9 USA ! Lewis, Rashard 7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Alief Elsik High School 1.5 !G 14 USA ! Nelson, Jameer 7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Saint Joseph's 2.5 !G/F 20 FRA ! Piétrus, Mickaël 7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Guadeloupe 1.5 !G 7 USA ! Redick, J. J. 7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Duke 1.5 !G 44 USA ! Williams, Jason 7000185420000000000♠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

Regular season

Standings

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

Game log

Playoffs

Game log

Player statistics

Regular Season

Source: ESPN.com^[16]

Playoffs

Source: ESPN.com^[17]

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Player of the Week

• October 27–November 1 – Dwight Howard^[18]
• December 14–20 – Dwight Howard^[19]
• February 15–21 – Dwight Howard^[20]
• April 5–11 – Dwight Howard^[21]

Coach of the Month

• October–November – Stan Van Gundy^[22]
• April – Stan Van Gundy^[23]

All-Star

• Dwight Howard – 4th career selection^[24]
• Coach Stan Van Gundy was named coach of the Eastern Conference All-Star team for the 2nd time in his career.^[25]

Season

• NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award – Dwight Howard^[26]
• Dwight Howard was named to the All-NBA First Team ^[27] and the NBA All-Defensive First Team^[28]

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.^[29]

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.^[30]

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.^[31]

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,^[1] but a report later in the week stated his teammates expected him to be gone for only 3 weeks.^[32] Ultimately, Nelson would return to action on December 21, five weeks to the day of his injury.^[2]

Minor League Affiliate

The Magic are affiliated with the Reno Bighorns of the D-League.^[33] They replace the Bakersfield Jam for the 2009–10 season.

References