2009–10 Orlando Magic season

2009–10 Orlando Magic season
Division champions
Head coach	Stan Van Gundy
General manager	Otis Smith
President	Bob Vander Weide
Owner(s)	Richard DeVos
Arena	Amway Arena
Results
Record	59–23 (.720)
Place	Division: 1st (Southeast) Conference: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Conference Finals (Lost to Celtics 2–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Florida, Sun Sports
Radio	WDBO
< 2008–09 2010–11 >

The 2009–10 Orlando Magic season was the 21st season of the Orlando Magic in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Magic were coming off of an NBA Finals defeat to the Los Angeles Lakers in five games. It was also the Magic's last season having the Amway Arena as their home arena. The Magic would match their record from last season. The Magic had the fourth best team offensive rating in the NBA.^[1]

In the playoffs, the Magic swept the Charlotte Bobcats in four games in the First Round, swept the Atlanta Hawks in four games in the Semifinals, before losing to the Boston Celtics in six games in the Conference Finals in which the Magic were favored to beat.^[2]

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.^[3]
• December 21 – Nelson returned from his injury.^[4]
• January 21 – Dwight Howard was named the starting center for the Eastern Conference in the 2010 NBA All-Star Game.^[5]
• January 31 – Stan Van Gundy was named the coach of the East's all-stars in the 2010 NBA All-Star Game.^[6]
• 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.^[7]
• 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.^[8]
• 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. However, the NBA still had Adidas make a Draft Cap, which would have been given to a potential draft choice. The hat was 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

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Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From F 33 Anderson, Ryan 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) California F 22 Barnes, Matt 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 226 lb (103 kg) UCLA F 30 Bass, Brandon 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 250 lb (113 kg) LSU G/F 15 Carter, Vince 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) North Carolina C 31 Foyle, Adonal (IN) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 270 lb (122 kg) Colgate F/C 13 Gortat, Marcin 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Poland C 12 Howard, Dwight (C) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 265 lb (120 kg) SW Atlanta Christian Academy HS (GA) G 8 Johnson, Anthony 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) College of Charleston F 9 Lewis, Rashard 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Alief Elsik HS (TX) G 14 Nelson, Jameer 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Saint Joseph's G/F 20 Piétrus, Mickaël 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Guadeloupe G 7 Redick, JJ 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Duke G 44 Williams, Jason 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

Preseason[]

show2009 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		Mickaël Piétrus (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 v t	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 v t
	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

Record vs. opponents[]

2009-10 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MEM	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NOH	NYK	OKC	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	TOR	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	4–0	2–2	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–3	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	4–0
Boston	0–4	—	3–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	3–1
Charlotte	2–2	0–3	—	1–3	3–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–3	3–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–2	4–0
Chicago	1–3	2–2	3–1	—	2–2	0–2	0–2	4–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–3	2–0	1–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	0–2	2–1
Cleveland	3–1	2–2	1–3	2–2	—	1–1	0–2	4–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	3–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–1
Dallas	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	—	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	3–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–3	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–1
Denver	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	—	1–1	4–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	1–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–1
Detroit	2–2	1–2	1–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	1–1	–	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–3	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–2	4–0
Golden State	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–1	–	0–3	1–1	2–2	0–4	2–2	0–2	0–2	3–0	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–2	2–2	0–3	2–0	0–3	0–2
Houston	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	3–0	—	0–2	2–1	1–3	4–0	0–2	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–3	2–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–0
Indiana	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–2	4–0	1–1	2–0	—	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–4	1–1	4–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	3–1
L.A. Clippers	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–3	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	—	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–4	0–2	1–2	0–2	2–0	0–4	1–3	1–3	0–4	0–2	1–3	2–0
L.A. Lakers	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–3	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	2–2	—	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–2	4–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–0
Memphis	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–3	1–1	2–2	0–4	2–0	2–2	1–2	—	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–2	2–0
Miami	3–1	0–3	1–3	3–1	0–3	0–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	—	1–3	1–1	4–0	1–1	3–0	0–2	2–2	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	3–1
Milwaukee	1–2	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–3	0–2	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–2	4–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–1	—	2–0	4–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–3	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–2
Minnesota	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–3	0–3	1–1	1–3	0–3	1–3	1–1	0–2	—	2–0	0–4	1–1	0–4	0–2	1–1	0–4	0–4	2–2	0–3	0–2	2–2	1–1
New Jersey	0–3	1–3	2–2	2–1	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	—	1–1	2–2	0–2	0–3	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–2	0–4
New Orleans	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–3	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	4–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	—	0–2	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–2	2–1	0–4	0–2	1–3	1–1
New York	3–1	1–3	2–2	1–3	0–3	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–3	0–3	1–1	2–2	2–0	—	0–2	0–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–2	3–1
Oklahoma City	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–3	2–0	3–1	1–3	1–1	2–1	1–3	2–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	–	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–3	3–1	1–3	2–0	3–1	2–0
Orlando	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	–	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–2
Philadelphia	1–2	1–3	1–3	1–3	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–4	2–2	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–3	0–2	0–4	–	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–3
Phoenix	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–2	3–1	2–0	3–1	4–0	1–1	4–0	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	–	1–2	4–0	2–1	2–0	2–2	2–0
Portland	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–1	1–3	2–0	2–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	–	4–0	3–0	2–0	0–4	1–1
Sacramento	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–4	1–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–4	–	0–4	1–1	2–1	1–1
San Antonio	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–1	3–0	2–2	2–0	4–0	2–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–3	4–0	–	1–1	0–4	2–0
Toronto	1–3	0–4	2–1	2–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	4–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–2	2–0	4–0	2–0	4–0	0–2	1–3	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	—	0–2	2–1
Utah	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–3	2–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	2–0	2��2	4–0	1–2	4–0	2–0	—	2–0
Washington	0–4	1–3	0–4	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	2–0	0–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–2	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	2–2	3–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–2	—

Game log[]

2009–10 game log Total: 59–23 (Home: 34–7; Road: 25–16)
show October: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 28 Philadelphia W 120–106 Dwight Howard (26) Dwight Howard (15) Jameer Nelson (6) Amway Arena 17,461 1–0 2 October 30 @ New Jersey W 95–85 Dwight Howard (20) Dwight Howard (22) Jason Williams (8) Izod Center 17,525 2–0
show November: 12–4 (Home: 5–2; Road: 7–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 3 November 1 @ Toronto W 125–116 Jameer Nelson (30) Dwight Howard (11) Jameer Nelson, JJ Redick (5) Air Canada Centre 18,147 3–0 4 November 3 @ Detroit L 80–85 Vince Carter (15) Matt Barnes, Marcin Gortat (7) Jameer Nelson (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 15,487 3-1 5 November 4 Phoenix W 122–100 Dwight Howard (25) Matt Barnes (11) Jameer Nelson (10) Amway Arena 17,461 4–1 6 November 6 Detroit W 110–103 Dwight Howard (22) Dwight Howard (12) Jameer Nelson (8) Amway Arena 17,461 5–1 7 November 8 @ Oklahoma City L 74–102 Dwight Howard (20) Dwight Howard (7) Jason Williams (5) Ford Center 18,203 5–2 8 November 10 @ Charlotte W 93–81 Vince Carter, Dwight Howard (15) Dwight Howard (10) Dwight Howard (6) Time Warner Cable Arena 13,415 6–2 9 November 11 Cleveland L 93–102 Vince Carter (29) Marcin Gortat (8) Jameer Nelson (5) Amway Arena 17,461 6–3 10 November 13 New Jersey W 88–72 Dwight Howard (26) Matt Barnes (13) Matt Barnes (5) Amway Arena 17,461 7–3 11 November 16 Charlotte W 97–91 Jameer Nelson (16) Dwight Howard (11) Jameer Nelson (5) Amway Arena 17,461 8–3 12 November 18 Oklahoma City W 108–94 Vince Carter (18) Dwight Howard, Rashard Lewis (10) Rashard Lewis (9) Amway Arena 17,461 9–3 13 November 20 @ Boston W 83–78 Vince Carter (26) Dwight Howard (15) Vince Carter, Jason Williams (6) TD Garden 18,624 10–3 14 November 22 @ Toronto W 104–96 Vince Carter (24) Dwight Howard (12) JJ Redick (5) Air Canada Centre 17,233 11–3 15 November 25 Miami L 98–99 Jason Williams (25) Dwight Howard (16) Jason Williams (8) Amway Arena 17,461 11–4 16 November 26 @ Atlanta W 93–76 Dwight Howard (22) Dwight Howard (17) Matt Barnes, Dwight Howard, Anthony Johnson, Jason Williams (3) Philips Arena 19,193 12–4 17 November 28 @ Milwaukee W 100–98 Dwight Howard, Vince Carter (25) Dwight Howard (20) Jason Williams (10) Bradley Center 16,128 13–4 18 November 29 @ New York W 114–102 Dwight Howard, Rashard Lewis (18) Dwight Howard (12) Jason Williams (7) Madison Square Garden 18,861 14–4
show December: 9–4 (Home: 7–1; Road: 2–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 19 December 2 New York W 118–104 Rashard Lewis (20) Rashard Lewis (11) Vince Carter, Jason Williams (5) Amway Arena 17,461 15–4 20 December 5 @ Golden State W 126–118 Vince Carter (27) Dwight Howard (8) Jason Williams (8) Oracle Arena 19,054 16–4 21 December 8 @ L.A. Clippers W 97–86 Dwight Howard (25) Dwight Howard (11) Dwight Howard (5) Staples Center 16,750 17–4 22 December 10 @ Utah L 111–120 Vince Carter (34) Dwight Howard (10) Jason Williams (5) EnergySolutions Arena 18,735 17–5 23 December 11 @ Phoenix L 103–106 Rashard Lewis (24) Dwight Howard (18) Vince Carter, Jason Williams (6) US Airways Center 18,216 17–6 24 December 14 Indiana W 106–98 Vince Carter (28) Dwight Howard (23) Anthony Johnson (7) Amway Arena 17,461 18–6 25 December 16 Toronto W 118–99 Rashard Lewis (21) Dwight Howard (14) Vince Carter, Jason Williams (7) Amway Arena 17,461 19–6 26 December 17 @ Miami L 86–104 Dwight Howard (17) Dwight Howard (14) Anthony Johnson (5) American Airlines Arena 18,303 19–7 27 December 19 Portland W 92–83 Rashard Lewis (15) Dwight Howard (20) Vince Carter, Anthony Johnson (3) Amway Arena 17,461 20–7 28 December 21 Utah W 104–99 Dwight Howard (21) Vince Carter, Dwight Howard (9) Jason Williams (4) Amway Arena 17,461 21–7 29 December 23 Houston W 102–87 Vince Carter (18) Dwight Howard (20) Jason Williams (6) Amway Arena 17,461 22–7 30 December 25 Boston L 77–86 Vince Carter (27) Dwight Howard (20) Jameer Nelson (3) Amway Arena 17,461 22–8 31 December 30 Milwaukee W 117–92 Vince Carter (25) Dwight Howard (10) Jason Williams (7) Amway Arena 17,461 23–8
show January: 9–8 (Home: 5–1; Road: 4–7) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 32 January 1 @ Minnesota W 106–94 Rashard Lewis (21) Dwight Howard (15) Vince Carter, Jameer Nelson (6) Target Center 17,065 24–8 33 January 2 @ Chicago L 93–101 Matt Barnes (23) Dwight Howard (12) Jameer Nelson (10) United Center 21,162 24–9 34 January 5 @ Indiana L 90–97 Jameer Nelson, Mickaël Piétrus (16) Dwight Howard (15) Jameer Nelson (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 11,119 24–10 35 January 6 Toronto L 103–108 Rashard Lewis (24) Dwight Howard (12) Jameer Nelson (8) Amway Arena 17,461 24–11 36 January 8 @ Washington L 97–104 Dwight Howard (23) Dwight Howard (11) Jameer Nelson (5) Verizon Center 20,173 24–12 37 January 9 Atlanta W 113–81 Matt Barnes (18) Marcin Gortat (12) Jason Williams (6) Amway Arena 17,461 25–12 38 January 12 @ Sacramento W 109–88 Dwight Howard (30) Dwight Howard (16) Jason Williams (6) ARCO Arena 14,426 26–12 39 January 13 @ Denver L 97–115 Matt Barnes (28) Dwight Howard (13) Jason Williams (4) Pepsi Center 18,475 26–13 40 January 15 @ Portland L 87–102 Rashard Lewis, Jameer Nelson (15) Dwight Howard (11) Jason Williams (4) Rose Garden 20,650 26–14 41 January 18 @ L.A. Lakers L 92–98 Dwight Howard (24) Dwight Howard (12) Jameer Nelson (8) Staples Center 18,997 26–15 42 January 20 Indiana W 109–98 Dwight Howard (32) Matt Barnes (16) Jason Williams (9) Amway Arena 17,461 27–15 43 January 22 Sacramento W 100–84 Dwight Howard (19) Dwight Howard (15) Jameer Nelson (7) Amway Arena 17,461 28–15 44 January 23 @ Charlotte W 106–95 (OT) Vince Carter, Jameer Nelson (21) Dwight Howard (20) Jameer Nelson (7) Time Warner Cable Arena 19,277 29–15 45 January 25 @ Memphis L 94–99 Dwight Howard (27) Dwight Howard (15) Jason Williams (4) FedExForum 12,273 29–16 46 January 28 Boston W 96–94 Rashard Lewis (23) Dwight Howard (10) Vince Carter, Jameer Nelson, Jason Williams (2) Amway Arena 17,461 30–16 47 January 30 Atlanta W 104–86 Dwight Howard (31) Dwight Howard (19) JJ Redick (7) Amway Arena 17,461 31–16 48 January 31 @ Detroit W 91–86 JJ Redick (17) Dwight Howard (15) Rashard Lewis, Jason Williams (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 19,107 32–16
show February: 8–4 (Home: 5–2; Road: 3–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 49 February 2 Milwaukee W 99–82 Dwight Howard (22) Dwight Howard (11) Vince Carter (7) Amway Arena 17,461 33–16 50 February 5 Washington L 91–92 Vince Carter (21) Dwight Howard (18) Jameer Nelson (5) Amway Arena 17,461 33–17 51 February 7 @ Boston W 96–89 Vince Carter (20) Dwight Howard (13) Jameer Nelson (4) TD Garden 18,264 34–17 52 February 8 New Orleans W 123–117 Vince Carter (48) Dwight Howard (12) Jameer Nelson (10) Amway Arena 17,461 35–17 53 February 10 @ Chicago W 107–87 Dwight Howard (18) Dwight Howard (14) Jameer Nelson (6) United Center 21,566 36–17 54 February 11 @ Cleveland L 106–115 Dwight Howard, Rashard Lewis (19) Dwight Howard (11) Jameer Nelson (5) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 36–18 All-Star Break 55 February 17 Detroit W 116–91 Dwight Howard (33) Dwight Howard (17) Jameer Nelson (9) Amway Arena 17,461 37–18 56 February 19 Dallas L 85–95 Dwight Howard (29) Dwight Howard (16) Jameer Nelson (6) Amway Arena 17,461 37–19 57 February 21 Cleveland W 101–95 Dwight Howard (22) Dwight Howard (16) Jameer Nelson (5) Amway Arena 17,461 38–19 58 February 24 @ Houston W 110–92 Dwight Howard (30) Dwight Howard (16) Jameer Nelson (9) Toyota Center 15,749 39–19 59 February 26 @ New Orleans L 93–100 Dwight Howard (26) Dwight Howard (10) Jameer Nelson (11) New Orleans Arena 16,954 39–20 60 February 28 Miami W 96–80 Rashard Lewis (22) Matt Barnes (8) Jameer Nelson (4) Amway Arena 17,461 40–20
show March: 12–2 (Home: 7–1; Road: 5–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 61 March 1 @ Philadelphia W 126–105 Jameer Nelson (22) Vince Carter (7) Jameer Nelson (10) Wachovia Center 15,817 41–20 62 March 3 Golden State W 117–90 Dwight Howard (28) Dwight Howard (12) Jameer Nelson (4) Amway Arena 17,461 42–20 63 March 5 @ New Jersey W 97–87 Matt Barnes (16) Dwight Howard (16) Jameer Nelson (8) Izod Center 15,320 43–20 64 March 7 L.A. Lakers W 96–94 Vince Carter (25) Dwight Howard (16) Jameer Nelson (7) Amway Arena 17,461 44–20 65 March 9 L.A. Clippers W 113–87 Dwight Howard (22) Dwight Howard (15) Jameer Nelson (8) Amway Arena 17,461 45–20 66 March 11 Chicago W 111–82 Vince Carter (23) Marcin Gortat (11) JJ Redick, Jason Williams (4) Amway Arena 17,461 46–20 67 March 13 @ Washington W 109–95 Dwight Howard (28) Dwight Howard (15) Jameer Nelson (8) Verizon Center 20,173 47–20 68 March 14 Charlotte L 89–96 Dwight Howard (27) Dwight Howard (16) Vince Carter (6) Amway Arena 17,461 47–21 69 March 17 San Antonio W 110–84 Vince Carter (24) Marcin Gortat (10) Vince Carter (8) Amway Arena 17,461 48–21 70 March 18 @ Miami W 108–102 (OT) Vince Carter (27) Dwight Howard, Rashard Lewis (11) Vince Carter (6) American Airlines Arena 18,874 49–21 71 March 22 @ Philadelphia W 109–93 Rashard Lewis (24) Dwight Howard (15) Jameer Nelson (6) Wachovia Center 13,995 50–21 72 March 24 @ Atlanta L 84–86 Jameer Nelson (20) Dwight Howard (24) Jameer Nelson (8) Philips Arena 16,887 50–22 73 March 26 Minnesota W 106–97 Dwight Howard (24) Dwight Howard (19) Jameer Nelson (7) Amway Arena 17,461 51–22 74 March 28 Denver W 103–97 JJ Redick (23) Dwight Howard (11) JJ Redick (8) Amway Arena 17,461 52–22
show April: 7–1 (Home: 4–0; Road: 3–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 75 April 1 @ Dallas W 97–82 Mickaël Piétrus (24) Dwight Howard (20) Jameer Nelson (7) American Airlines Center 19,965 53–22 76 April 2 @ San Antonio L 100–112 Rashard Lewis, Mickaël Piétrus (18) Marcin Gortat (7) Jameer Nelson (6) AT&T Center 18,581 53–23 77 April 4 Memphis W 107–92 Vince Carter (26) Dwight Howard (11) Vince Carter (6) Amway Arena 17,461 54–23 78 April 7 Washington W 121–94 Dwight Howard (17) Dwight Howard (10) Jameer Nelson (6) Amway Arena 17,461 55–23 79 April 9 New York W 118–103 Vince Carter, Dwight Howard (25) Dwight Howard (13) Vince Carter, Jameer Nelson, Jason Williams (5) Amway Arena 17,461 56–23 80 April 11 @ Cleveland W 98–92 Dwight Howard (22) Dwight Howard (13) Jameer Nelson (8) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 57–23 81 April 12 @ Indiana W 118–98 Vince Carter (21) Matt Barnes, Dwight Howard (11) Jameer Nelson (8) Conseco Fieldhouse 18,165 58–23 82 April 14 Philadelphia W 125–111 Jameer Nelson (21) Dwight Howard (12) Vince Carter (6) Amway Arena 17,461 59–23
2009–10 season schedule

Playoffs[]

Game log[]

2010 playoff game log
show First Round: 4–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 18 Charlotte W 98–89 Jameer Nelson (32) Dwight Howard (7) Jameer Nelson (6) Amway Arena 17,461 1–0 2 April 21 Charlotte W 92–77 Vince Carter (19) Dwight Howard (9) Jameer Nelson (5) Amway Arena 17,461 2–0 3 April 24 @ Charlotte W 90–86 Jameer Nelson (32) Marcin Gortat, Dwight Howard (8) Matt Barnes, Dwight Howard, Rashard Lewis, Jameer Nelson (3) Time Warner Cable Arena 19,596 3–0 4 April 26 @ Charlotte W 99–90 Vince Carter (21) Dwight Howard (13) Vince Carter, Jameer Nelson (4) Time Warner Cable Arena 19,086 4–0
show Conference Semifinals: 4–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 4 Atlanta W 114–71 Dwight Howard (21) Dwight Howard (12) Jameer Nelson (5) Amway Arena 17,461 1–0 2 May 6 Atlanta W 112–98 Dwight Howard (29) Dwight Howard (17) Rashard Lewis, Jameer Nelson (6) Amway Arena 17,461 2–0 3 May 8 @ Atlanta W 105–75 Rashard Lewis (22) Dwight Howard (16) Jameer Nelson (4) Philips Arena 18,729 3–0 4 May 10 @ Atlanta W 98–84 Vince Carter (22) Ryan Anderson, Dwight Howard (8) Jameer Nelson (9) Philips Arena 18,729 4–0
show Conference Finals: 2–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 16 Boston L 88–92 Vince Carter (23) Dwight Howard (12) Vince Carter, Dwight Howard, Rashard Lewis, Jameer Nelson (2) Amway Arena 17,461 0–1 2 May 18 Boston L 92–95 Dwight Howard (30) Dwight Howard (8) Rashard Lewis, Jameer Nelson, JJ Redick (4) Amway Arena 17,461 0–2 3 May 22 @ Boston L 71–94 Vince Carter, Jameer Nelson (15) Dwight Howard (7) Matt Barnes, Vince Carter, JJ Redick (2) TD Garden 18,624 0–3 4 May 24 @ Boston W 96–92 (OT) Dwight Howard (32) Dwight Howard (16) Jameer Nelson (9) TD Garden 18,624 1–3 5 May 26 Boston W 113–92 Jameer Nelson (24) Dwight Howard (10) Jameer Nelson, Jason Williams (5) Amway Arena 17,461 2–3 6 May 28 @ Boston L 84–96 Dwight Howard (28) Dwight Howard (12) Jameer Nelson (6) TD Garden 18,624 2–4
2010 playoff schedule

Player statistics[]

Regular season[]

Orlando Magic statistics

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

Source: ESPN.com^[18]

Playoffs[]

Orlando Magic statistics

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

Source: ESPN.com^[19]

Awards, records and milestones[]

Awards and honors[]

• Dwight Howard – Defensive Player of the Year,^[20] All-NBA 1st Team,^[21] All-Defensive 1st Team,^[22] Rebounding Champion, Blocks Champion, Field goal percentage leader, All-Star^[23]
• Stan Van Gundy – All-Star East Head Coach^[24]

Player of the Week[]

• October 27–November 1 – Dwight Howard^[25]
• December 14–20 – Dwight Howard^[26]
• February 15–21 – Dwight Howard^[27]
• April 5–11 – Dwight Howard^[28]

Coach of the Month[]

• October–November – Stan Van Gundy^[29]
• April – Stan Van Gundy^[30]

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.^[31]

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.^[32]

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.^[33]

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,^[3] but a report later in the week stated his teammates expected him to be gone for only 3 weeks.^[34] Ultimately, Nelson would return to action on December 21, five weeks to the day of his injury.^[4]

Minor League Affiliate[]

The Magic are affiliated with the Reno Bighorns of the D-League.^[35] They replace the Bakersfield Jam for the 2009–10 season.

References[]