| 2009–10 Dallas Mavericks season | |||
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Division champions | |||
| Head coach | Rick Carlisle | ||
| President | Donnie Nelson | ||
| General manager | Donnie Nelson | ||
| Owner | Mark Cuban | ||
| Arena | American Airlines Center | ||
| Results | |||
| Record | 55–27 (.671) | ||
| Place | Division: 1st (Southwest) Conference: 2nd (Western) | ||
| Playoff finish | First Round (lost toSpurs 2–4) | ||
Stats atBasketball Reference | |||
| Local media | |||
| Television | |||
| Radio | KESN | ||
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The2009–10Dallas Mavericks season was the 30th season of the franchise in theNational Basketball Association (NBA).
This was the 12th season forDirk Nowitzki. He was selected to represent the Western Conference as an All-Star. He was also a Team Captain.[clarification needed] They finished another best record of 55–27, finishing as the 2nd seed in the West. The Mavericks also got their third division title, and first since 2007.
In theplayoffs, they met theSan Antonio Spurs for the second straight season in a rematch of the previous year's first round series in which Dallas won in five games. This time, Dallas lost to the Spurs in six games.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Team |
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| 1 | 24 | Byron Mullens (traded toOklahoma City) | C |  United States | Ohio State |
| 1 | 25 | Rodrigue Beaubois (traded fromOklahoma City) | PG |  France | Cholet(France) |
| 2 | 45 | Nick Calathes (traded fromMinnesota) | PG | United States Greece[a] | Oregon |
| 2 | 52 | A. J. Price (traded toIndiana) | PG | United States | Connecticut |
| 2 | 56 | Ahmad Nivins | PF | United States | Saint Joseph's |
^ a: Nick Calathes was born in the United States, but also hasGreek citizenship through his parents, and competes internationally forGreece.[1]
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| 2009 Pre-season game log: 5–2 (home: 3–1; road: 2–1) | ||||||||||
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| # | Date | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Record | Recap | ||||
| 1 | October 5 | Orlando | L 105–110 | American Airlines Center 16,596 | 0–1 | [1] | ||||
| 2 | October 9 | @Washington | W 123–115 | Verizon Center 8,102 | 1–1 | [2] | ||||
| 3 | October 11 | Memphis | W 114–107 | American Airlines Center 18,207 | 2–1 | [3] | ||||
| 4 | October 15 | Detroit | W 113–88 | American Airlines Center 17,555 | 3–1 | [4] | ||||
| 5 | October 17 | Cleveland | W 93–82 | American Airlines Center 18,525 | 4–1 | [5] | ||||
| 6 | October 20 | @Cleveland | L 66–96 | Petersen Events Center 10,011 | 4–2 | [6] | ||||
| 7 | October 23 | @Houston | W 98–94 | Toyota Center 16,393 | 5–2 | [7] | ||||
| W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| y-Dallas Mavericks | 55 | 27 | .671 | – | 28–13 | 27–14 | 10–6 |
| x-San Antonio Spurs | 50 | 32 | .610 | 5 | 29–12 | 21–20 | 9–7 |
| Houston Rockets | 42 | 40 | .512 | 13 | 23–18 | 19–22 | 9–7 |
| Memphis Grizzlies | 40 | 42 | .488 | 15 | 23–18 | 17–24 | 5–11 |
| New Orleans Hornets | 37 | 45 | .451 | 18 | 24–17 | 13–28 | 7–9 |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | |
| 1 | c-Los Angeles Lakers | 57 | 25 | .695 | – |
| 2 | y-Dallas Mavericks | 55 | 27 | .671 | 2 |
| 3 | x-Phoenix Suns | 54 | 28 | .659 | 3 |
| 4 | y-Denver Nuggets | 53 | 29 | .646 | 4 |
| 5 | x-Utah Jazz | 53 | 29 | .646 | 4 |
| 6 | x-Portland Trail Blazers | 50 | 32 | .610 | 7 |
| 7 | x-San Antonio Spurs | 50 | 32 | .610 | 7 |
| 8 | x-Oklahoma City Thunder | 50 | 32 | .610 | 7 |
| 9 | Houston Rockets | 42 | 40 | .512 | 15 |
| 10 | Memphis Grizzlies | 40 | 42 | .488 | 17 |
| 11 | New Orleans Hornets | 37 | 45 | .451 | 20 |
| 12 | Los Angeles Clippers | 29 | 53 | .354 | 28 |
| 13 | Golden State Warriors | 26 | 56 | .317 | 31 |
| 14 | Sacramento Kings | 25 | 57 | .305 | 32 |
| 15 | Minnesota Timberwolves | 15 | 67 | .183 | 42 |
| 2010 playoff game log | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First round: 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3)
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| 2010 playoff schedule | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dirk Nowitzki | PF | 81 | 80 | 3,039 | 620 | 218 | 70 | 79 | 2,027 | 37.5 | 7.7 | 2.7 | .9 | 1.0 | 25.0 |
| Jason Kidd | PG | 80 | 80 | 2,881 | 445 | 724 | 145 | 35 | 824 | 36.0 | 5.6 | 9.1 | 1.8 | .4 | 10.3 |
| J. J. Barea | PG | 78 | 18 | 1,546 | 146 | 258 | 35 | 6 | 596 | 19.8 | 1.9 | 3.3 | .4 | .1 | 7.6 |
| Jason Terry | SG | 77 | 12 | 2,540 | 140 | 292 | 94 | 17 | 1,280 | 33.0 | 1.8 | 3.8 | 1.2 | .2 | 16.6 |
| Shawn Marion | SF | 75 | 75 | 2,385 | 477 | 107 | 69 | 61 | 898 | 31.8 | 6.4 | 1.4 | .9 | .8 | 12.0 |
| Rodrigue Beaubois | PG | 56 | 16 | 700 | 78 | 74 | 29 | 12 | 397 | 12.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | .5 | .2 | 7.1 |
| Erick Dampier | C | 55 | 47 | 1,280 | 400 | 31 | 15 | 77 | 328 | 23.3 | 7.3 | .6 | .3 | 1.4 | 6.0 |
| Drew Gooden† | C | 46 | 11 | 1,030 | 316 | 26 | 26 | 50 | 408 | 22.4 | 6.9 | .6 | .6 | 1.1 | 8.9 |
| Eduardo Nájera† | PF | 33 | 3 | 481 | 77 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 108 | 14.6 | 2.3 | .4 | .5 | .4 | 3.3 |
| Josh Howard† | SF | 31 | 9 | 827 | 112 | 44 | 23 | 9 | 388 | 26.7 | 3.6 | 1.4 | .7 | .3 | 12.5 |
| Brendan Haywood† | C | 28 | 19 | 741 | 208 | 25 | 8 | 57 | 226 | 26.5 | 7.4 | .9 | .3 | 2.0 | 8.1 |
| Caron Butler† | SG | 27 | 27 | 930 | 145 | 49 | 48 | 9 | 410 | 34.4 | 5.4 | 1.8 | 1.8 | .3 | 15.2 |
| Quinton Ross† | SF | 27 | 7 | 301 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 54 | 11.1 | 1.0 | .3 | .3 | .1 | 2.0 |
| Kris Humphries† | PF | 25 | 0 | 315 | 95 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 131 | 12.6 | 3.8 | .3 | .3 | .4 | 5.2 |
| James Singleton† | SF | 25 | 0 | 211 | 55 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 59 | 8.4 | 2.2 | .4 | .4 | .3 | 2.4 |
| Matt Carroll | SG | 25 | 0 | 121 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 46 | 4.8 | .5 | .2 | .2 | .0 | 1.8 |
| DeShawn Stevenson† | SG | 24 | 5 | 267 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 49 | 11.1 | 1.1 | .5 | .2 | .0 | 2.0 |
| Tim Thomas | SF | 18 | 1 | 285 | 41 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 135 | 15.8 | 2.3 | .8 | .6 | .1 | 7.5 |
| Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Kidd | PG | 6 | 6 | 243 | 41 | 42 | 14 | 1 | 48 | 40.5 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 2.3 | .2 | 8.0 |
| Dirk Nowitzki | PF | 6 | 6 | 233 | 49 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 160 | 38.8 | 8.2 | 3.0 | .8 | .7 | 26.7 |
| Caron Butler | SG | 6 | 6 | 202 | 35 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 118 | 33.7 | 5.8 | 1.3 | 1.5 | .8 | 19.7 |
| Shawn Marion | SF | 6 | 6 | 148 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 52 | 24.7 | 4.2 | 1.0 | .2 | .5 | 8.7 |
| Brendan Haywood | C | 6 | 2 | 139 | 37 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 36 | 23.2 | 6.2 | .5 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 6.0 |
| Jason Terry | SG | 6 | 0 | 174 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 76 | 29.0 | 2.5 | 2.0 | .7 | .2 | 12.7 |
| J. J. Barea | PG | 6 | 0 | 105 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 17.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | .3 | .2 | 5.8 |
| Erick Dampier | C | 5 | 4 | 118 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 23.6 | 6.6 | .6 | .2 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Eduardo Nájera | PF | 5 | 0 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7.2 | 1.8 | .0 | .4 | .0 | .8 |
| Rodrigue Beaubois | PG | 4 | 0 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7.8 | 1.5 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | 5.3 |
| DeShawn Stevenson | SG | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
| Matt Carroll | SG | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5.0 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 2.0 |
| July 9, 2009 | ToDallas Mavericks Greg Buckner | ToWashington Wizards Jerry Stackhouse Cash considerations |
| July 9, 2009 | ToDallas Mavericks Shawn Marion Kris Humphries Nathan Jawai Cash considerations | ToToronto Raptors Devean George Antoine Wright |
| January 11, 2010 | ToDallas Mavericks Eduardo Nájera | ToNew Jersey Nets Kris Humphries Shawne Williams |
| February 13, 2010 | ToDallas Mavericks Caron Butler Brendan Haywood DeShawn Stevenson | ToWashington Wizards Josh Howard Drew Gooden James Singleton Quinton Ross |
On Tuesday, July 28 Dallas signed free agent forward Tim Thomas
On Thursday July 30 Dallas signed forward Drew Gooden.
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9-15-09: Released,Greg Buckner (G)
10-23-09: Waived,Jake Voskuhl (C)
