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2009–2010 NBA season

2009–10 NBA Season
League National Basketball Association
Sport Basketball
Duration October 27, 2009 – April 14, 2010
April 17 – May 29, 2010 (Playoffs)
June 3 – 17, 2010 (Finals)
Number of games 82
Number of teams 30
TV partner(s) ABC, TNT, ESPN, NBA TV
Draft
Top draft pick Blake Griffin (did not play regular season games until the 2010–11 season)
Picked by Los Angeles Clippers
Regular season
Top seed Cleveland Cavaliers
Season MVP LeBron James (Cleveland)
Top scorer Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City)
Playoffs
Eastern champions Boston Celtics
  Eastern runners-up Orlando Magic
Western champions Los Angeles Lakers
  Western runners-up Phoenix Suns
Finals
Champions Los Angeles Lakers
  Runners-up Boston Celtics
Finals MVP Kobe Bryant (L.A. Lakers)
NBA seasons

The 2009–10 NBA season was the 64th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 1,230-game regular season (82 games for each of the 30 teams) began on Tuesday, October 27, 2009, and ended on Wednesday, April 14, 2010.

The 2009 NBA draft was held on June 25, 2009, and Blake Griffin was selected first overall by the Los Angeles Clippers. The Dallas Mavericks hosted the 59th Annual All-Star Game at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas on February 14, 2010.

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 #1 seed from #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 Indiana Pacers won 61 games in 2003–04.

The New Jersey Nets became the fifth team in NBA history to lose 70 games in a season.

June

July

September

October

November

December

January

February

NBA All-Star Break

The 2010 NBA All-Star Game was played at Cowboys Stadium, in Texas, on February 14, 2010, with the East winning in a closely contested game, 141–139, and the Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade being named the MVP. The game had record-breaking attendance, with 108,713. In the Rookie Challenge game, the Rookies defeated the Sophomores. Tyreke Evans 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, Nate Robinson of the New York Knicks won the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest for the third time in his career; Kevin Durant, who also won the inaugural event, won this year's H.O.R.S.E Competition and Boston's Paul Pierce beat rookie Stephen Curry to win the Three-Point Shootout. Steve Nash won the Skills Challenge for the second time in his career. Team Texas, which represented Dallas, Houston and San Antonio, won the Shooting Stars Competition. In a miscellaneous note, Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic set a Guinness World Record for the longest basketball shot while sitting down, at 52 ft 6 in, during Jam Session.


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