2009–10 New York Knicks season

2009–10 New York Knicks season
2009–10 New York Knicks season
Head coach	Mike D'Antoni
General manager	Donnie Walsh
Owners	James Dolan
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Results
Record	29–53 (.354)
Place	Division: 3rd (Atlantic); Conference: 11th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	MSG Network, MSG Plus
Radio	WEPN
< 2008–09	2010–11 >

The 2009–10 New York Knicks season was the 64th season of the New York Knicks 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.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/team
1	8	Jordan Hill	PF	United States	Arizona
1	29	Toney Douglas (from L.A. Lakers)	PG	United States	Florida State

Roster

2009–10 New York Knicks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	From
F/C	30	Barron, Earl	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Memphis
F	9	Bender, Jonathan	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Picayune Memorial HS (MS)
G/F	21	Chandler, Wilson	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	DePaul
C	34	Curry, Eddy (IN)	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	295 lb (134 kg)	Thornwood High School
G	23	Douglas, Toney	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Florida State
G	1	Duhon, Chris	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Duke
F	8	Gallinari, Danilo	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Italy
G	4	Giddens, J. R.	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	New Mexico
F	7	Harrington, Al	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	SPHS (NJ)
G	50	House, Eddie	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Arizona State
F/C	42	Lee, David	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Florida
G/F	3	McGrady, Tracy	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	223 lb (101 kg)	Mt. Zion Christian Academy
G	13	Rodríguez, Sergio	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	176 lb (80 kg)	Spain
G/F	5	Walker, Bill	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Kansas State

Head coach

Mike D'Antoni (Marshall)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Pre-season

2009 Pre-season Game Log: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	October 18	Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)		New York Knicks
2	October 22 (in Newark, New Jersey)	New York Knicks		New Jersey Nets

Regular season

Standings

Atlantic Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Boston Celtics	50	32	.610	–	24–17	26–15	13–3
Toronto Raptors	40	42	.488	10	25–16	15–26	11–5
New York Knicks	29	53	.354	21	18–23	11–30	6–10
Philadelphia 76ers	27	55	.329	23	12–29	15–26	7–9
New Jersey Nets	12	70	.146	38	8–33	4–37	3–13

#	Eastern Conference v t e
#	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

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: 29–53 (Home: 18–23; Road: 11–30)

October: 0–3 (home: 0–1; road: 0–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 28	@ Miami	L 93–115	Danilo Gallinari, David Lee (22)	David Lee (9)	Chris Duhon (5)	AmericanAirlines Arena 19,600	0–1
2	October 30	@ Charlotte	L 100–102 (2OT)	Al Harrington, David Lee, Nate Robinson (17)	David Lee (18)	Chris Duhon (8)	Time Warner Cable Arena 18,624	0–2
3	October 31	Philadelphia	L 127–141 (OT)	Al Harrington (42)	Wilson Chandler, Al Harrington (6)	Chris Duhon, Larry Hughes (6)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	0–3

November: 3–11 (home: 1–7; road: 2–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
4	November 2	New Orleans	W 117–111	David Lee (28)	Al Harrington, David Lee (8)	Chris Duhon (9)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	1–3
5	November 4	Indiana	L 89–101	Al Harrington (22)	David Lee (19)	Chris Duhon (6)	Madison Square Garden 19,273	1–4
6	November 6	Cleveland	L 91–100	David Lee (21)	David Lee, Wilson Chandler (6)	Chris Duhon (8)	Madison Square Garden 15,874	1–5
7	November 7	@ Milwaukee	L 87–102	David Lee (18)	David Lee (7)	David Lee, Larry Hughes, Chris Duhon (4)	Bradley Center 15,486	1–6
8	November 9	Utah	L 93–95	Toney Douglas (21)	Wilson Chandler (10)	Larry Hughes (5)	Madison Square Garden 19,355	1–7
9	November 11	Atlanta	L 101–114	Toney Douglas, Al Harrington (23)	Al Harrington (12)	Larry Hughes (8)	Madison Square Garden 19,699	1–8
10	November 13	Golden State	L 107–121	Danilo Gallinari (19)	Danilo Gallinari (10)	Chris Duhon (7)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	1–9
11	November 18	@ Indiana	W 110–103	Al Harrington (26)	Larry Hughes (10)	Chris Duhon (8)	Conseco Fieldhouse 12,258	2–9
12	November 21	@ New Jersey	W 98–91	Al Harrington, Danilo Gallinari (17)	David Lee (12)	Chris Duhon (8)	Izod Center 14,050	3–9
13	November 22	Boston	L 105–107 (OT)	Al Harrington (30)	David Lee (16)	Chris Duhon (6)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	3–10
14	November 24	@ Los Angeles Lakers	L 90–100	Nate Robinson, Wilson Chandler (15)	Wilson Chandler, David Lee (7)	Chris Duhon (6)	Staples Center 18,997	3–11
15	November 25	@ Sacramento	L 97–111	David Lee, Nate Robinson (25)	David Lee (12)	Nate Robinson, Al Harrington (5)	ARCO Arena 11,375	3–12
16	November 27	@ Denver	L 125–128	Al Harrington (41)	Al Harrington, David Lee (10)	Larry Hughes (9)	Pepsi Center 19,155	3–13
17	November 29	Orlando	L 102–114	Nate Robinson (24)	David Lee (12)	Chris Duhon (9)	Madison Square Garden 18,861	3–14

December: 9–6 (home: 6–2; road: 3–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
18	December 1	Phoenix	W 126–99	Danilo Gallinari (27)	Danilo Gallinari (10)	Larry Hughes (12)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	4–14
19	December 2	@ Orlando	L 104–118	Wilson Chandler (24)	Danilo Gallinari (7)	Danilo Gallinari, Larry Hughes (3)	Amway Arena 17,461	4–15
20	December 4	@ Atlanta	W 114–107	Al Harrington (27)	David Lee (17)	Chris Duhon (10)	Philips Arena 17,165	5–15
21	December 6	New Jersey	W 106–97	Al Harrington (26)	Al Harrington (14)	Al Harrington, Chris Duhon (5)	Madison Square Garden 19,602	6–15
22	December 7	Portland	W 93–84	Larry Hughes (21)	David Lee (10)	Chris Duhon (9)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	7–15
23	December 11	@ New Orleans	W 113–96	Al Harrington (28)	David Lee (14)	Chris Duhon (9)	New Orleans Arena 15,569	8–15
24	December 15	@ Charlotte	L 87–94	Chris Duhon (18)	David Lee (8)	Chris Duhon (6)	Time Warner Cable Arena 13,606	8–16
25	December 17	@ Chicago	L 89–98	Chris Duhon, Danilo Gallinari, Al Harrington (18)	Jared Jeffries (9)	Chris Duhon (7)	United Center 19,791	8–17
26	December 18	Los Angeles Clippers	W 95–91	David Lee (25)	David Lee (11)	Chris Duhon (10)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	9–17
27	December 20	Charlotte	W 98–94	Wilson Chandler (26)	David Lee (15)	David Lee (7)	Madison Square Garden 18,767	10–17
28	December 22	Chicago	W 88–81	Al Harrington (20)	David Lee (21)	David Lee (5)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	11–17
29	December 25	Miami	L 87–93	Danilo Gallinari (26)	David Lee (16)	Danilo Gallinari, Chris Duhon (3)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	11–18
30	December 27	San Antonio	L 88–95	David Lee (28)	David Lee (10)	Chris Duhon (13)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	11–19
31	December 29	@ Detroit	W 104–87	David Lee (30)	David Lee (12)	Chris Duhon (7)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	12–19
32	December 30	@ New Jersey	L 95–104	Al Harrington (25)	David Lee (15)	David Lee (8)	Izod Center 17,575	12–20

January: 6–9 (home: 4–4; road: 2–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
33	January 1	@Atlanta	W 112–108 (OT)	Nate Robinson (41)	Wilson Chandler (17)	Nate Robinson (8)	Philips Arena 17,366	13–20
34	January 3	Indiana	W 132–89	Wilson Chandler (23)	David Lee (16)	Chris Duhon (7)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	14–20
35	January 7	Charlotte	W 97–93	Wilson Chandler (27)	Jared Jeffries (10)	Wilson Chandler, Chris Duhon (6)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	15–20
36	January 9	@ Houston	L 96–105	David Lee (26)	David Lee (12)	David Lee (6)	Toyota Center 15,693	15–21
37	January 11	@ Oklahoma City	L 88–106	Nate Robinson (19)	David Lee (13)	David Lee (4)	Ford Center 17,152	15–22
38	January 13	@ Philadelphia	W 93–92	David Lee (24)	David Lee, Jared Jeffries (9)	Chris Duhon (7)	Wachovia Center 12,444	16–22
39	January 15	Toronto	L 104–112	Al Harrington (31)	David Lee (14)	David Lee (9)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	16–23
40	January 16	@Detroit	L 90–94	Danilo Gallinari (27)	David Lee (17)	David Lee (9)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 19,185	16–24
41	January 18	Detroit	W 99–91	Nate Robinson (27)	David Lee (15)	David Lee, Chris Duhon (5)	Madison Square Garden 19,302	17–24
42	January 22	Los Angeles	L 105–115	David Lee (31)	David Lee (17)	Chris Duhon (8)	Madison Square Garden 19,673	17–25
43	January 24	Dallas	L 78–128	Jared Jeffries (14)	David Lee (14)	Chris Duhon (4)	Madison Square Garden 19,418	17–26
44	January 26	Minnesota	W 132–105	David Lee (28)	David Lee (10)	Chris Duhon (13)	Madison Square Garden 18,111	18–26
45	January 28	Toronto	L 104–106	David Lee (29)	David Lee (18)	Chris Duhon (9)	Madison Square Garden 18,828	18–27
46	January 30	@ Washington	L 96–106	David Lee (24)	Danilo Gallinari (10)	David Lee (6)	Verizon Center 16,233	18–28
47	January 31	@ Minnesota	L 91–112	Wilson Chandler (27)	David Lee (11)	Jared Jeffries (5)	Target Center 13,711	18–29

February: 2–9 (home: 1–6; road: 1–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
48	February 3	Washington	W 107–85	Nate Robinson (23)	David Lee (10)	Nate Robinson (8)	Madison Square Garden 19,225	19–29
49	February 5	Milwaukee	L 107–114	David Lee (32)	David Lee (15)	Nate Robinson (7)	Madison Square Garden 19,247	19–30
50	February 6	@Cleveland	L 106–113	Nate Robinson (26)	David Lee (8)	Chris Duhon (8)	Quicken Loans Arena 20,562	19–31
51	February 9	Sacramento	L 114–118 (OT)	Wilson Chandler (35)	David Lee, Jared Jeffries (10)	Chris Duhon (9)	Madison Square Garden 19,531	19–32
52	February 16	@ Chicago	L 85–118	David Lee (24)	David Lee (12)	David Lee (4)	United Center 20,989	19–33
53	February 17	Chicago	L 109–115	Al Harrington (27)	David Lee (12)	Chris Duhon (8)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	19–34
54	February 20	Oklahoma City	L 118–121 (OT)	David Lee (30)	David Lee (10)	David Lee, Sergio Rodríguez (6)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	19–35
55	February 22	Milwaukee	L 67–83	Tracy McGrady (15)	David Lee (13)	Eddie House (3)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	19–36
56	February 23	@Boston	L 106–110	David Lee (28)	David Lee (15)	Tracy McGrady (8)	TD Garden 18,624	19–37
57	February 26	@Washington	W 118–116 (OT)	Al Harrington (37)	David Lee (16)	Sergio Rodríguez (7)	Verizon Center 17,408	20–37
58	February 27	Memphis	L 109–120	Al Harrington (31)	Wilson Chandler (8)	Wilson Chandler (5)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	20–38

March: 6–10 (home: 4–2; road: 2–8)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
59	March 1	@ Cleveland	L 93–124	Bill Walker (21)	David Lee (10)	Toney Douglas (6)	Quicken Loans Arena 20,562	20–39
60	March 3	Detroit	W 128–104	Al Harrington (26)	David Lee (18)	David Lee (6)	Madison Square Garden 19,341	21–39
61	March 5	@Toronto	L 96–102	David Lee (23)	David Lee (18)	Sergio Rodríguez (7)	Air Canada Centre 18,889	21–40
62	March 6	New Jersey	L 93–113	David Lee (23)	Wilson Chandler (10)	Tracy McGrady (7)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	21–41
63	March 8	Atlanta	W 99–98	Danilo Gallinari (27)	David Lee (13)	Sergio Rodríguez (4)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	22–41
64	March 10	@ San Antonio	L 87–97	David Lee (21)	David Lee (10)	David Lee (4)	AT&T Center 18,278	22–42
65	March 12	@ Memphis	L 112–119	Bill Walker (21)	David Lee (14)	Wilson Chandler (4)	FedExForum 12,236	22–43
66	March 13	@ Dallas	W 128–94	Bill Walker (23)	David Lee (14)	Toney Douglas (8)	American Airlines Center 20,224	23–43
67	March 15	@ Philadelphia	W 94–84	Danilo Gallinari (21)	David Lee (16)	Toney Douglas (7)	Wachovia Center 13,563	24–43
68	March 17	@Boston	L 97–109	David Lee (29)	David Lee (9)	David Lee (7)	TD Garden 18,624	24–44
69	March 19	Philadelphia	W 92–88	Danilo Gallinari (25)	Al Harrington (13)	Tracy McGrady (3)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	25–44
70	March 21	Houston	L 112–116	David Lee (27)	David Lee (20)	David Lee (6)	Madison Square Garden 17,242	25–45
71	March 23	Denver	W 109–104	Danilo Gallinari (28)	David Lee (16)	Toney Douglas (7)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	26–45
72	March 26	@ Phoenix	L 96–132	Al Harrington (24)	David Lee (13)	Tracy McGrady (5)	US Airways Center 18,422	26–46
73	March 29	@Utah	L 98–103	Al Harrington (26)	Al Harrington (17)	Tracy McGrady (6)	EnergySolutions Arena 19,911	26–47
74	March 31	@ Portland	L 90–118	David Lee (20)	David Lee (10)	David Lee (5)	Rose Garden Arena 20,636	26–48

April: 3–5 (home: 2–1; road: 1–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
75	April 2	@ Golden State	L 117–128	David Lee (37)	David Lee (20)	David Lee (10)	Oracle Arena 19,230	26–49
76	April 4	@ Los Angeles Clippers	W 113–107	David Lee (29)	David Lee (10)	Sergio Rodríguez (10)	Staples Center 16,083	27–49
77	April 6	Boston	W 104–101	Danilo Gallinari (31)	Earl Barron (18)	Chris Duhon (8)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	28–49
78	April 7	@Indiana	L 105–113	Toney Douglas (20)	David Lee (16)	Tracy McGrady (6)	Conseco Fieldhouse 15,330	28–50
79	April 9	@ Orlando	L 103–118	Danilo Gallinari (28)	Earl Barron (12)	Chris Duhon (5)	Amway Arena 17,461	28–51
80	April 11	Miami	L 98–111	David Lee (26)	Earl Barron (12)	David Lee (5)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	28–52
81	April 12	Washington	W 114–103	David Lee (26)	Earl Barron (13)	Toney Douglas (5)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	29–52
82	April 14	@Toronto	L 113–131	Bill Walker (28)	David Lee (11)	Toney Douglas, Chris Duhon, David Lee (5)	Air Canada Centre 18,333	29–53

2009–10 season schedule

Player statistics

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Earl Barron	7	6	33.1	.441	N/A	.759	11.0	1.1	.6	.6	11.7
Jonathan Bender	25	1	11.7	.400	.359	.923	2.1	.6	.1	.7	4.7
Wilson Chandler	65	64	35.7	.479	.267	.806	5.4	2.1	.7	.8	15.3
Eddy Curry	7	0	8.9	.381	N/A	.588	1.9	.0	.0	.1	3.7
Toney Douglas	56	12	19.4	.458	.389	.809	1.9	2.0	.8	.0	8.6
Chris Duhon	67	59	30.9	.373	.349	.716	2.7	5.6	.9	.0	7.4
Danilo Gallinari	81	74	33.9	.423	.381	.818	4.9	1.7	.9	.7	15.1
J. R. Giddens*	11	0	12.7	.487	.000	.636	2.8	.6	.5	.1	4.1
Al Harrington	72	15	30.5	.435	.342	.757	5.6	1.5	.9	.4	17.7
Eddie House*	18	0	20.6	.331	.250	1.000	2.2	2.1	.7	.0	6.4
David Lee	81	81	37.3	.545	.000	.812	11.7	3.6	1.0	.5	20.2
Tracy McGrady*	24	24	26.1	.389	.242	.754	3.7	3.9	.6	.5	9.4
Sergio Rodríguez*	27	8	19.7	.491	.347	.806	1.4	3.4	.8	.1	7.4
Bill Walker*	27	13	27.4	.518	.431	.787	3.1	1.4	.8	.1	11.9
Jared Jeffries*	52	37	28.1	.443	.323	.645	4.3	1.6	1.0	1.1	5.5
Larry Hughes*	31	14	26.5	.366	.289	.823	3.5	3.5	1.3	.4	9.6
Nate Robinson*	30	2	24.4	.452	.375	.778	2.4	3.7	.9	.2	13.2
Jordan Hill*	24	0	10.5	.446	.000	.714	2.5	.3	.4	.4	4.0
Darko Milicic*	8	0	8.9	.471	N/A	N/A	2.3	.5	.5	.1	2.0
Marcus Landry*	17	0	6.4	.390	.346	.600	1.1	.0	.1	.1	2.6

* – Stats with the Knicks.

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

All-Star

David Lee was named to the Eastern Conference All-Star Team^[1]
Nate Robinson won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest.^[2]
Danilo Gallinari participated in the Three-Point Contest.^[3]

Transactions

Trades

June 24, 2009

To New York Knicks

Darko Miličić

To Memphis Grizzlies

Quentin Richardson, Cash considerations

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Warren Carter	September 11	BK Ventspils (Latvia)
Gabe Pruitt	September 11	Boston Celtics
Sun Yue	September 17	Los Angeles Lakers

Subtractions

Player	Waived
Warren Carter	October 7
Gabe Pruitt	October 7
Sun Yue	October 7
Ron Howard	October 7
Joe Crawford	October 22
Chris Hunter	October 22

References

^ "Kidd replaces injured Kobe; Lee steps in for Iverson". NBA.com. Archived from the original on February 20, 2010. Retrieved June 23, 2012.
^ Steve, Aschburner. "High-flying Nate becomes first three-time Slam Dunk champ". NBA.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2010. Retrieved June 23, 2012.
^ "Billups, Pierce try to dethrone Cook in Three-Point Contest". NBA.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2012.

External links

[1] "Kidd replaces injured Kobe; Lee steps in for Iverson". NBA.com. Archived from the original on February 20, 2010. Retrieved June 23, 2012.

[2] Steve, Aschburner. "High-flying Nate becomes first three-time Slam Dunk champ". NBA.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2010. Retrieved June 23, 2012.

[3] "Billups, Pierce try to dethrone Cook in Three-Point Contest". NBA.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2012.

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