2009–10 Charlotte Bobcats season

The 2009–10 Charlotte Bobcats season was the 20th season of NBA basketball in Charlotte, and their 6th as the Charlotte Bobcats. Michael Jordan bought controlling interest in the team from founding owner Bob Johnson in March.

The season saw the franchise finish with its first winning record and playoff appearance in its current incarnation. However, their playoff stay was short-lived, as they were swept by the Orlando Magic in four games.

Key dates

June 25 – The 2009 NBA draft took place in New York City.
July 8 – The free agency period started.

Offseason

2009 NBA draft

Main article: 2009 NBA draft

The Charlotte Bobcats made the following selections:

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	Position	School/Club Team
1	12	Gerald Henderson	United States	SG	Duke
2	40	Derrick Brown	United States	PF	Xavier
2	54	Robert Vaden	United States	SG	UAB

Free agency

Charlotte free agents:

Roster

2009–10 Charlotte Bobcats roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	From
C	21	Ajinça, Alexis (IN)	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	France
G	14	Augustin, D. J.	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Texas
F	4	Brown, Derrick	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	Xavier
C	6	Chandler, Tyson	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Dominguez HS (CA)
F	32	Diaw, Boris	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	France
C	7	Diop, DeSagana (IN)	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	280 lb (127 kg)	Oak Hill Academy (Virginia)
G	20	Felton, Raymond	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	North Carolina
F	23	Graham, Stephen	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Oklahoma State
G	15	Henderson, Gerald (IN)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Duke
G	0	Hughes, Larry	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Saint Louis
G/F	1	Jackson, Stephen	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Oak Hill Academy (VA)
C	13	Mohammed, Nazr	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Kentucky
C	42	Ratliff, Theo	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Wyoming
F	12	Thomas, Tyrus	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	LSU
F	3	Wallace, Gerald	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Alabama

Head coach

Larry Brown (North Carolina)

Assistant coach(es)

Herb Brown (Vermont)
Jeff Capel II

Legend

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

Pre-season

2009 pre-season game log

October: 2–6 (home: 2–3; road: 0–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 6	@Cleveland Cavaliers	87–92	20,403	0–1 recap
2	October 8	New Orleans Hornets	101–108	8,623 (Greensboro, North Carolina)	1–1 recap
3	October 10	Cleveland Cavaliers	102–96	11,489 (North Charleston, South Carolina)	1–2 recap
4	October 12	@Atlanta Hawks	90–107	6,960	1–3 recap
5	October 17	@Los Angeles Lakers	87–91	18,422	1–4 recap
6	October 18	Utah Jazz	110–103	– (Los Angeles)	1–5 recap
7	October 20	Milwaukee Bucks	87–94	7,582	2–5 recap
8	October 23	Memphis Grizzlies	95–92	19,077	2–6 recap

2009–10 season schedule

Regular season

Standings

Southeast Division v t e	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 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: 44–38 (home: 31–10; road: 13–28)

October: 1–2 (home: 1–0; road: 0–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 28	@ Boston	L 59–92	Gerald Wallace (10)	Gerald Wallace (12)	D. J. Augustin (4)	TD Garden 18,624	0–1
2	October 30	New York	W 102–100	Raymond Felton (22)	Gerald Wallace (15)	Raymond Felton (9)	Time Warner Cable Arena 18,624	1–1
3	October 31	@ Cleveland	L 79–90	Vladimir Radmanović (12)	Gerald Wallace (9)	Boris Diaw (9)	Quicken Loans Arena 20,562	1–2

November: 6–7 (home: 5–2; road: 1–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
4	November 2	New Jersey	W 79–68	Gerald Wallace (24)	Gerald Wallace (20)	Boris Diaw, Raymond Felton (3)	Time Warner Cable Arena 9,380	2–2
5	November 6	Atlanta	W 103–83	Raja Bell (24)	Tyson Chandler (10)	Raymond Felton (7)	Time Warner Cable Arena 15,874	3–2
6	November 7	@ Chicago	L 90–93	Boris Diaw (20)	Gerald Wallace (9)	Raymond Felton (10)	United Center 21,108	3-3
7	November 10	Orlando	L 81–93	Raymond Felton (18)	Gerald Wallace (9)	Boris Diaw (8)	Time Warner Cable Arena 13,415	3–4
8	November 11	@ Detroit	L 75–98	Nazr Mohammed (13)	Nazr Mohammed (8)	Raymond Felton, Boris Diaw (4)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 15,417	3–5
9	November 14	Portland	L 74–80	Boris Diaw (21)	Gerald Wallace, Tyson Chandler (8)	Raymond Felton, Boris Diaw (4)	Time Warner Cable Arena 15,872	3–6
10	November 16	@ Orlando	L 91–97	Ronald Murray (31)	Gerald Wallace, Stephen Jackson (9)	Raymond Felton (5)	Amway Arena 17,461	3–7
11	November 18	@ Philadelphia	L 84–86	Stephen Jackson (26)	Gerald Wallace (12)	Raymond Felton, Stephen Jackson (5)	Wachovia Center 11,585	3–8
12	November 20	@ Milwaukee	L 88–95	Stephen Jackson, Gerald Wallace (22)	Gerald Wallace (10)	Ronald Murray (6)	Bradley Center 15,578	3–9
13	November 22	Indiana	W 104–88	Boris Diaw (17)	Gerald Wallace (11)	Raymond Felton (6)	Time Warner Cable Arena 14,730	4–9
14	November 25	Toronto	W 116–81	Gerald Wallace (31)	Gerald Wallace (13)	Stephen Jackson (6)	Time Warner Cable Arena 13,689	5–9
15	November 27	Cleveland	W 94–87	Gerald Wallace (31)	Gerald Wallace (14)	Raymond Felton (7)	Time Warner Cable Arena 19,168	6–9
16	November 28	@ Washington	W 92–76	Gerald Wallace (14)	Gerald Wallace (14)	Boris Diaw (6)	Verizon Center 17,311	7–9

December: 5–9 (home: 5–2; road: 0–7)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
17	December 1	Boston	L 90–108	Nazr Mohammed (16)	Gerald Wallace (8)	Raymond Felton (5)	Time Warner Cable Arena 15,129	7–10
18	December 4	@ New Jersey	L 91–97	Stephen Jackson, Raymond Felton (28)	Gerald Wallace (20)	Boris Diaw (6)	Izod Center 12,131	7–11
19	December 5	Philadelphia	W 106–105	Boris Diaw (28)	Gerald Wallace (14)	Raymond Felton (8)	Time Warner Cable Arena 13,352	8–11
20	December 8	Denver	W 107–95	Stephen Jackson, Gerald Wallace (25)	Gerald Wallace (16)	Stephen Jackson (6)	Time Warner Cable Arena 14,127	9–11
21	December 11	@ San Antonio	L 85–104	Stephen Jackson (23)	Gerald Wallace (6)	Raymond Felton (5)	AT&T Center 17,508	9–12
22	December 12	@ Dallas	L 97–98 (OT)	Stephen Jackson (28)	Gerald Wallace (16)	Raymond Felton (8)	American Airlines Center 20,151	9–13
23	December 15	New York	W 94–87	Stephen Jackson (24)	Tyson Chandler (12)	Raymond Felton (6)	Time Warner Cable Arena 13,606	10–13
24	December 16	@ Indiana	L 98–101	Gerald Wallace (29)	Tyson Chandler (13)	D. J. Augustin (6)	Conseco Fieldhouse 11,888	10–14
25	December 19	Utah	L 102–110	Gerald Wallace (30)	Gerald Wallace (13)	Gerald Wallace, Boris Diaw (5)	Time Warner Cable Arena 14,963	10–15
26	December 20	@ New York	L 94–98	Raymond Felton (27)	Tyson Chandler (14)	Raymond Felton (7)	Madison Square Garden 18,767	10–16
27	December 22	Detroit	W 88–76	Gerald Wallace (29)	Gerald Wallace (12)	Raymond Felton (8)	Time Warner Cable Arena 16,864	11–16
28	December 26	@ Oklahoma City	L 91–98	Stephen Jackson (24)	Stephen Jackson, Nazr Mohammed (8)	Stephen Jackson, Raymond Felton (5)	Ford Center 17,961	11–17
29	December 28	Milwaukee	W 94–84	Gerald Wallace (21)	Gerald Wallace (14)	Boris Diaw (5)	Time Warner Cable Arena 15,473	12–17
30	December 30	@ Toronto	L 103–107	Stephen Jackson (30)	Gerald Wallace (16)	Stephen Jackson (5)	Air Canada Centre 18,979	12–18

January: 12–4 (home: 7–1; road: 5–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
31	January 2	@ Miami	W 107–97	Stephen Jackson (35)	Stephen Jackson, Gerald Wallace (8)	Raymond Felton (6)	American Airlines Arena 17,856	13–18
32	January 3	@ Cleveland	W 91–88	Stephen Jackson (22)	Gerald Wallace (12)	Raymond Felton, Boris Diaw (6)	Quicken Loans Arena 20,562	14–18
33	January 5	Chicago	W 113–108	Gerald Wallace (32)	Gerald Wallace (9)	Raymond Felton, Boris Diaw (6)	Time Warner Cable Arena 13,749	15–18
34	January 7	@ New York	L 93–97	Stephen Jackson (26)	Gerald Wallace (9)	Raymond Felton (9)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	15–19
35	January 9	Memphis	W 89–87	Raymond Felton (19)	Boris Diaw (10)	Boris Diaw (6)	Time Warner Cable Arena 15,438	16–19
36	January 12	Houston	W 102–94	Stephen Jackson (43)	Stephen Jackson, Gerald Wallace (8)	Boris Diaw (6)	Time Warner Cable Arena 11,463	17–19
37	January 15	San Antonio	W 92–76	Boris Diaw(26)	Boris Diaw (11)	D. J. Augustin (7)	Time Warner Cable Arena 15,742	18–19
38	January 16	Phoenix	W 125–99	Gerald Wallace, Stephen Jackson (29)	Gerald Wallace (13)	Stephen Jackson (8)	Time Warner Cable Arena 17,574	19-19
39	January 18	Sacramento	W 105–103	Gerald Wallace (28)	Raymond Felton (9)	Raymond Felton (10)	Time Warner Cable Arena 13,678	20–19
40	January 20	Miami	W 104–65	Stephen Jackson (24)	Gerald Wallace, Nazr Mohammed (10)	Raymond Felton (5)	Time Warner Cable Arena 14,212	21–19
41	January 22	@ Atlanta	L 89–103	Gerald Wallace (25)	Nazr Mohammed, Gerald Wallace, Stephen Jackson (6)	Ronald Murray (9)	Philips Arena 14,701	21–20
42	January 23	Orlando	L 95–106 (OT)	D. J. Augustin (22)	Gerald Wallace, Boris Diaw (10)	Boris Diaw (5)	Time Warner Cable Arena 19,277	21-21
43	January 25	@ Denver	L 93–104	Stephen Jackson (22)	Gerald Wallace (7)	Raymond Felton (9)	Pepsi Center 16,909	21–22
44	January 26	@ Phoenix	W 114–109 (OT)	Stephen Jackson (30)	Boris Diaw (11)	Stephen Jackson, Boris Diaw (5)	US Airways Center 15,722	22-22
45	January 29	@ Golden State	W 121–110	Gerald Wallace, Stephen Jackson (30)	Gerald Wallace (13)	D. J. Augustin, Raymond Felton (6)	Oracle Arena 17,850	23–22
46	January 30	@ Sacramento	W 103–96	Gerald Wallace (38)	Gerald Wallace (11)	Stephen Jackson (8)	ARCO Arena 14,186	24–22

February: 4–7 (home: 2–2; road: 2–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
47	February 1	@ Portland	L 79–98	Raymond Felton (23)	Gerald Wallace (10)	Stephen Jackson (4)	Rose Garden 20,106	24–23
48	February 3	@ L.A. Lakers	L 97–99	Stephen Jackson (30)	Nazr Mohammed (17)	Boris Diaw (5)	Staples Center 18,997	24-24
49	February 6	New Orleans	L 99–104	Stephen Jackson (26)	Boris Diaw (8)	Raymond Felton (7)	Time Warner Cable Arena 19,164	24–25
50	February 9	Washington	W 94–92	Stephen Jackson (22)	Nazr Mohammed (10)	Raymond Felton (5)	Time Warner Cable Arena 12,376	25-25
51	February 10	@ Minnesota	W 93–92	Stephen Jackson (33)	Nazr Mohammed (20)	D. J. Augustin (7)	Target Center 13,352	26–25
52	February 16	New Jersey	L 94–103	Gerald Wallace (21)	Gerald Wallace, Boris Diaw (10)	Stephen Jackson (5)	Time Warner Cable Arena 13,712	26-26
53	February 19	Cleveland	W 110–93	Stephen Jackson (29)	Tyrus Thomas (12)	Boris Diaw (9)	Time Warner Cable Arena 19,568	27–26
54	February 20	@ Milwaukee	L 88–93	Stephen Jackson (35)	Tyrus Thomas (11)	Stephen Jackson (5)	Bradley Center 17,174	27-27
55	February 22	@ L.A. Clippers	L 94–98	Gerald Wallace (32)	Gerald Wallace (12)	Boris Diaw, Raymond Felton (9)	Staples Center 15,892	27–28
56	February 24	@ Utah	L 93–102	Gerald Wallace (27)	Gerald Wallace (8)	Raymond Felton (5)	EnergySolutions Arena 19,911	27–29
57	February 26	@ Memphis	W 93–89	Stephen Jackson (32)	Stephen Jackson (11)	Raymond Felton (7)	FedExForum 14,713	28–29

March: 11–6 (home: 8–2; road: 3–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
58	March 1	Dallas	L 84–89	Stephen Jackson (20)	Tyrus Thomas (12)	Raymond Felton (5)	Time Warner Cable Arena 15,691	28–30
59	March 3	@ Boston	L 80–104	Tyrus Thomas (15)	Tyrus Thomas (10)	Raymond Felton (6)	TD Garden 18,624	28–31
60	March 5	L.A. Lakers	W 98–93	Stephen Jackson (21)	Gerald Wallace (10)	D. J. Augustin, Boris Diaw (5)	Time Warner Cable Arena 19,568	29–31
61	March 6	Golden State	W 101–90	D. J. Augustin (19)	Boris Diaw (12)	Boris Diaw (9)	Time Warner Cable Arena 19,392	30–31
62	March 9	Miami	W 83–78	Stephen Jackson (17)	Gerald Wallace (17)	Raymond Felton (11)	Time Warner Cable Arena 18,646	31-31
63	March 10	@ Philadelphia	W 102–87	Gerald Wallace (28)	Stephen Jackson (10)	Raymond Felton (6)	Wachovia Center 11,358	32–31
64	March 12	L.A. Clippers	W 106–98	Stephen Jackson (24)	Tyson Chandler (9)	Raymond Felton (11)	Time Warner Cable Arena 15,835	33–31
65	March 14	@ Orlando	W 96–89	Stephen Jackson (28)	Theo Ratliff, Tyrus Thomas (9)	Raymond Felton (7)	Amway Arena 17,461	34–31
66	March 16	@ Indiana	L 94–99	Boris Diaw, Stephen Jackson (20)	Stephen Jackson (9)	Raymond Felton, Stephen Jackson (6)	Conseco Fieldhouse 10,850	34–32
67	March 17	Oklahoma City	W 100–92	Stephen Jackson (20)	Tyrus Thomas (9)	Raymond Felton (7)	Time Warner Cable Arena 16,179	35–32
68	March 19	@ Atlanta	L 92–93 (OT)	Raymond Felton (25)	Gerald Wallace (16)	Boris Diaw (6)	Philips Arena 17,697	35–33
69	March 20	@ Miami	L 71–77	Stephen Jackson (18)	Tyson Chandler (11)	Raymond Felton (5)	American Airlines Arena 18,766	35–34
70	March 23	@ Washington	W 95–86 (OT)	Gerald Wallace, Boris Diaw (17)	Gerald Wallace (19)	Raymond Felton (5)	Verizon Center 12,742	36–34
71	March 24	Minnesota	W 108–95	Stephen Jackson (37)	Tyson Chandler (9)	Raymond Felton (8)	Time Warner Cable Arena 14,457	37–34
72	March 26	Washington	W 107–96	Gerald Wallace (23)	Gerald Wallace (6)	Raymond Felton (11)	Time Warner Cable Arena 16,365	38–34
73	March 29	Toronto	L 101–103	Stephen Jackson, Raymond Felton (18)	Gerald Wallace (8)	Boris Diaw, Raymond Felton (7)	Time Warner Cable Arena 14,534	38–35
74	March 31	Philadelphia	W 103–84	Gerald Wallace (24)	Gerald Wallace (12)	Raymond Felton (6)	Time Warner Cable Arena 14,139	39–35

April: 5–3 (home: 3–1; road: 2–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
75	April 2	Milwaukee	W 87–86 (OT)	Stephen Jackson (32)	Gerald Wallace (11)	Raymond Felton (6)	Time Warner Cable Arena 18,118	40–35
76	April 3	@ Chicago	L 88–96	Boris Diaw (18)	Boris Diaw (7)	Boris Diaw (6)	United Center 20,996	40–36
77	April 6	Atlanta	W 109–100	Gerald Wallace (28)	Boris Diaw (9)	Boris Diaw (9)	Time Warner Cable Arena 18,610	41–36
78	April 7	@ New Orleans	W 104–103	Stephen Jackson (29)	Tyson Chandler (10)	Raymond Felton (7)	New Orleans Arena 13,333	42–36
79	April 9	@ Houston	L 90–97	Gerald Wallace, Boris Diaw (18)	Tyson Chandler (12)	Boris Diaw, Raymond Felton (5)	Toyota Center 16,488	42–37
80	April 10	Detroit	W 99–95	Larry Hughes (18)	Stephen Jackson, Theo Ratliff (6)	D. J. Augustin (9)	Time Warner Cable Arena 19,328	43–37
81	April 12	@ New Jersey	W 105–95	Stephen Jackson (17)	Stephen Jackson (9)	Raymond Felton (8)	Izod Center 14,118	44–37
82	April 14	Chicago	L 89–98	Tyrus Thomas (16)	Tyrus Thomas (9)	Raymond Felton (5)	Time Warner Cable Arena 17,439	44–38

2009–10 season schedule

Playoffs

Game log

2010 playoff game log
Total: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)

First Round: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 18	@Orlando	L 89–98	Gerald Wallace (25)	Gerald Wallace (17)	Raymond Felton (4)	Amway Arena 17,461	0–1
2	April 21	@Orlando	L 77–92	Stephen Jackson (27)	Boris Diaw (7)	Boris Diaw (4) Raymond Felton (4)	Amway Arena 17,461	0–2
3	April 24	Orlando	L 86–90	Stephen Jackson (19)	Gerald Wallace (8)	Boris Diaw (6) Raymond Felton (6)	Time Warner Cable Arena 19,596	0–3
4	April 26	Orlando	L 90–99	Tyrus Thomas (21)	Tyrus Thomas (9)	Stephen Jackson (8)	Time Warner Cable Arena 19,086	0–4

2010 playoff schedule

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Boris Diaw	PF	82	82	2,906	424	325	60	57	925	35.4	5.2	4.0	.7	.7	11.3
Raymond Felton	PG	80	80	2,643	288	446	123	22	968	33.0	3.6	5.6	1.5	.3	12.1
D. J. Augustin	PG	80	2	1,472	97	193	45	5	508	18.4	1.2	2.4	.6	.1	6.4
Gerald Wallace	SF	76	76	3,119	762	161	117	83	1,386	41.0	10.0	2.1	1.5	1.1	18.2
Stephen Jackson	SG	72	72	2,829	366	258	118	37	1,518	39.3	5.1	3.6	1.6	.5	21.1
Stephen Graham	SG	70	8	804	135	23	20	10	296	11.5	1.9	.3	.3	.1	4.2
Nazr Mohammed	C	58	29	984	304	28	15	43	459	17.0	5.2	.5	.3	.7	7.9
Derrick Brown	SF	57	0	535	78	19	21	10	186	9.4	1.4	.3	.4	.2	3.3
Tyson Chandler	C	51	27	1,163	320	16	17	55	333	22.8	6.3	.3	.3	1.1	6.5
Ronald Murray	SG	46	1	993	98	84	28	12	454	21.6	2.1	1.8	.6	.3	9.9
Gerald Henderson Jr.	SG	43	0	355	55	13	10	9	113	8.3	1.3	.3	.2	.2	2.6
Theo Ratliff	C	28	26	624	117	16	9	43	144	22.3	4.2	.6	.3	1.5	5.1
DeSagana Diop	C	27	0	262	65	5	5	14	32	9.7	2.4	.2	.2	.5	1.2
Tyrus Thomas	C	25	0	542	152	23	23	37	252	21.7	6.1	.9	.9	1.5	10.1
Larry Hughes	SG	14	2	295	32	28	12	4	114	21.1	2.3	2.0	.9	.3	8.1
Acie Law	PG	9	0	33	1	3	1	1	16	3.7	.1	.3	.1	.1	1.8
Vladimir Radmanović	PF	8	0	133	29	7	3	1	39	16.6	3.6	.9	.4	.1	4.9
Alexis Ajinça	C	6	0	30	4	0	1	1	10	5.0	.7	.0	.2	.2	1.7
Raja Bell	SG	5	5	157	21	10	4	2	60	31.4	4.2	2.0	.8	.4	12.0

Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Bobcats only.

Playoffs

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Gerald Wallace	SF	4	4	164	36	9	5	6	70	41.0	9.0	2.3	1.3	1.5	17.5
Stephen Jackson	SG	4	4	156	20	15	5	1	72	39.0	5.0	3.8	1.3	.3	18.0
Boris Diaw	PF	4	4	152	20	16	1	3	30	38.0	5.0	4.0	.3	.8	7.5
Raymond Felton	PG	4	4	130	10	20	2	0	47	32.5	2.5	5.0	.5	.0	11.8
Theo Ratliff	C	4	4	47	3	1	2	0	7	11.8	.8	.3	.5	.0	1.8
D. J. Augustin	PG	4	0	73	4	7	1	1	17	18.3	1.0	1.8	.3	.3	4.3
Tyrus Thomas	C	4	0	68	22	2	2	2	35	17.0	5.5	.5	.5	.5	8.8
Tyson Chandler	C	4	0	60	10	2	2	3	14	15.0	2.5	.5	.5	.8	3.5
Larry Hughes	SG	4	0	58	13	6	0	0	24	14.5	3.3	1.5	.0	.0	6.0
Nazr Mohammed	C	4	0	48	8	2	1	2	24	12.0	2.0	.5	.3	.5	6.0
Stephen Graham	SG	2	0	5	0	1	1	0	0	2.5	.0	.5	.5	.0	.0
Derrick Brown	SF	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	.5	.0	.0	.0	.0	1.0

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

All-Star

Gerald Wallace was selected to his first All-Star game and the first selection for a Bobcat player in team history. He also competed in the Slam Dunk contest.

Records

First Bobcats team to make it to the postseason.

Milestones

The Bobcats made the playoffs for the first time ever, had a winning record for the first time ever, and had an NBA All-Star (Wallace) for the first time ever. They broke (and as of April 10 continue to set) a franchise record for wins in a season with 42, setting them for an above-.500 season. They clinched their first ever playoff berth April 8.

Transactions

Charlotte Bobcats

Players Added

Via Draft

Via Trade

Via Free Agency

Larry Hughes

Players Lost

Via Trade

Via Free Agency

Sean May (To Kings)
Cartier Martin (To Italy)

References

Matt Rochinski; Brian Verdi (June 29, 2009). "Bobcats Draft Gerald Henderson and Derrick Brown in 2009 NBA Draft". Charlotte Bobcats. Archived from the original on December 3, 2009. Retrieved July 3, 2009.

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