# 2009–10 Orlando Magic season

The 2009–10 Orlando Magic season was the 21st season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Magic were coming off of an NBA Finals defeat to the Los Angeles Lakers in five games. The season was significant as it signaled the conclusion of the Magic's tenure at the Amway Arena as their designated home venue. The Magic would replicate their previous season's performance and boasted the NBA's fourth highest offensive rating among all teams.
During the 2009 off-season, the Magic relinquished Hedo Türkoğlu and traded away Rafer Alston, Tony Battie, and Courtney Lee to acquire 8-time NBA All-Star and 1999 NBA Rookie of the Year Vince Carter and Ryan Anderson from the New Jersey Nets. The inclusion of Carter, in conjunction with the emergence of rising star Dwight Howard not only provided the Magic with a seasoned NBA superstar to complement Howard's abilities and augment team synergy, but the concomitant indispensability of Carter's experienced skillset also helped grace the team with a veteran presence. By enlisting Carter's services in assisting Howard's performance with a skilled perimeter scorer who was capable of creating his own shot, Carter's assistive reinforcements compensated for a deficiency that had been present within the Magic's overall gameplay and team dynamics when they were defeated in the 2009 NBA Finals at the hands of the Kobe Bryant-led Los Angeles Lakers.
During the playoffs, the Magic swept the Charlotte Bobcats in four games in the First Round and swept the Atlanta Hawks in four games in the semi-finals. In the conference finals, it was anticipated for the Magic to prevail as they faced the team they had previously defeated in last season's Conference semifinals after a grueling seven-game series, before losing to the Boston Celtics in six games. The Celtics would go on to lose to the Lakers in the Finals in seven games in a rematch from 2008 in which the Celtics won in six games. As of 2024, this was the last season the Magic won a playoff series.

## 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 semi-finals.
* 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.

## Regular season
### Standings

| Southeast Divisionvte | 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 Conferencevte | Eastern Conferencevte | Eastern Conferencevte | Eastern Conferencevte | Eastern Conferencevte |
| # | 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) :
October: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 28
Philadelphia
W 120–106
Dwight Howard (21)
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 :
November: 12–4 (home: 5–2; road: 7–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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
Rashard Lewis (26)
Dwight Howard (16)
Jason Williams (8)
Madison Square Garden 18,861
14–4 :
December: 9–4 (home: 7–1; road: 2–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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 :
January: 9–8 (home: 5–1; road: 4–7)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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 :
February: 8–4 (home: 5–2; road: 3–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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 :
March: 12–2 (home: 7–1; road: 5–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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 :
April: 7–1 (home: 4–0; road: 3–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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 :
First Round: 4–0 (home: 2–0; road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
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 :
Conference Semifinals: 4–0 (home: 2–0; road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
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 :
Conference Finals: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
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

| Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Dwight Howard | C | 82 | 82 | 2,843 | 1,082 | 144 | 75 | 228 | 1,503 | 34.7 | 13.2 | 1.8 | .9 | 2.8 | 18.3 |
| Jason Williams | PG | 82 | 18 | 1,703 | 126 | 298 | 53 | 3 | 493 | 20.8 | 1.5 | 3.6 | .6 | .0 | 6.0 |
| JJ Redick | SG | 82 | 9 | 1,808 | 155 | 158 | 28 | 4 | 788 | 22.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 | .3 | .0 | 9.6 |
| Matt Barnes | SF | 81 | 58 | 2,097 | 445 | 134 | 59 | 30 | 716 | 25.9 | 5.5 | 1.7 | .7 | .4 | 8.8 |
| Marcin Gortat | C | 81 | 0 | 1,088 | 341 | 17 | 17 | 70 | 293 | 13.4 | 4.2 | .2 | .2 | .9 | 3.6 |
| Vince Carter | SG | 75 | 74 | 2,310 | 293 | 236 | 53 | 18 | 1,244 | 30.8 | 3.9 | 3.1 | .7 | .2 | 16.6 |
| Mickaël Piétrus | SF | 75 | 24 | 1,687 | 215 | 49 | 53 | 31 | 651 | 22.5 | 2.9 | .7 | .7 | .4 | 8.7 |
| Rashard Lewis | PF | 72 | 72 | 2,369 | 318 | 107 | 78 | 28 | 1,013 | 32.9 | 4.4 | 1.5 | 1.1 | .4 | 14.1 |
| Jameer Nelson | PG | 65 | 64 | 1,860 | 194 | 353 | 48 | 2 | 818 | 28.6 | 3.0 | 5.4 | .7 | .0 | 12.6 |
| Ryan Anderson | PF | 63 | 6 | 911 | 202 | 37 | 25 | 14 | 487 | 14.5 | 3.2 | .6 | .4 | .2 | 7.7 |
| Brandon Bass | PF | 50 | 3 | 648 | 127 | 19 | 12 | 27 | 290 | 13.0 | 2.5 | .4 | .2 | .5 | 5.8 |
| Anthony Johnson | PG | 31 | 0 | 406 | 48 | 63 | 11 | 1 | 130 | 13.1 | 1.5 | 2.0 | .4 | .0 | 4.2 |

### Playoffs

| Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Rashard Lewis | PF | 14 | 14 | 512 | 79 | 32 | 15 | 10 | 180 | 36.6 | 5.6 | 2.3 | 1.1 | .7 | 12.9 |
| Dwight Howard | C | 14 | 14 | 497 | 155 | 19 | 11 | 49 | 254 | 35.5 | 11.1 | 1.4 | .8 | 3.5 | 18.1 |
| Vince Carter | SG | 14 | 14 | 480 | 59 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 217 | 34.3 | 4.2 | 2.3 | .9 | .2 | 15.5 |
| Jameer Nelson | PG | 14 | 14 | 479 | 50 | 67 | 14 | 0 | 266 | 34.2 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 1.0 | .0 | 19.0 |
| Matt Barnes | SF | 14 | 14 | 326 | 66 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 89 | 23.3 | 4.7 | 1.4 | .7 | .2 | 6.4 |
| Mickaël Piétrus | SF | 14 | 0 | 282 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 118 | 20.1 | 1.4 | .7 | .6 | .4 | 8.4 |
| JJ Redick | SG | 14 | 0 | 269 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 105 | 19.2 | 1.7 | 1.4 | .7 | .0 | 7.5 |
| Marcin Gortat | C | 14 | 0 | 212 | 62 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 15.1 | 4.4 | .6 | .2 | .3 | 3.0 |
| Jason Williams | PG | 14 | 0 | 192 | 11 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 13.7 | .8 | 1.6 | .3 | .0 | 2.6 |
| Ryan Anderson | PF | 9 | 0 | 89 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9.9 | 3.4 | .3 | .2 | .2 | 2.6 |
| Brandon Bass | PF | 7 | 0 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6.0 | 1.1 | .1 | .0 | .0 | 2.7 |
| Anthony Johnson | PG | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5.0 | .0 | 2.0 | .0 | .0 | 2.0 |

## Awards, records and milestones
### Awards and honors

* Dwight Howard – Defensive Player of the Year, All-NBA 1st Team, All-Defensive 1st Team, Rebounding Champion, Blocks Champion, Field goal percentage leader, All-Star
* Stan Van Gundy – All-Star East Head Coach

#### 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

## 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.