2009–10 Dallas Mavericks season

The 2009–10 Dallas Mavericks season was the 30th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

2009–10 Dallas Mavericks season
Division champions
Head coach	Rick Carlisle
President	Donnie Nelson
General manager	Donnie Nelson
Owner(s)	Mark Cuban
Arena	American Airlines Center
Results
Record	55–27 (.671)
Place	Division: 1st (Southwest) Conference: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finish	First Round (lost to Spurs 2–4)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Southwest KTXA
Radio	KESN
< 2008–09 2010–11 >

This was the 12th season for Dirk 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 the playoffs, they met the San 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.

Key dates

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

Draft picks

Main article: 2009 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Team
1	24	Byron Mullens (traded to Oklahoma City)	C	United States	Ohio State
1	25	Rodrigue Beaubois (traded from Oklahoma City)	PG	France	Cholet (France)
2	45	Nick Calathes (traded from Minnesota)	PG	United States  Greece[a]	Oregon
2	52	A. J. Price (traded to Indiana)	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 has Greek citizenship through his parents, and competes internationally for Greece.^[1]

Roster

2009–10 Dallas Mavericks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From G 11 José Juan Barea 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1984–06–26 Northeastern G 3 Rodrigue Beaubois 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988–02–24 France G/F 4 Caron Butler 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 217 lb (98 kg) 1980–03–13 Connecticut G 13 Matt Carroll 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 212 lb (96 kg) 1980–08–28 Notre Dame C 25 Erick Dampier 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1975–07–14 Mississippi State C 33 Brendan Haywood 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 263 lb (119 kg) 1979–11–27 North Carolina G 2 Jason Kidd 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1973–03–23 California F 0 Shawn Marion 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1978–05–07 UNLV F 14 Eduardo Nájera 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1976–07–11 Oklahoma F 41 Dirk Nowitzki 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1978–06–19 Germany G 92 DeShawn Stevenson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1981–04–03 Washington Union High School (CA) G 31 Jason Terry 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1977–09–15 Arizona F 7 Tim Thomas 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1977–02–26 Villanova

Head coach Rick Carlisle Assistant(s) Darrell Armstrong Terry Stotts Dwane Casey Tom Sterner Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Pre-season

2009 Pre-season Game Log: 5–2 (home: 3–1; road: 2–1)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	October 5	Orlando	L 105–110	American Airlines Center 16,596	0–1
2	October 9	@ Washington	W 123–115	Verizon Center 8,102	1–1
3	October 11	Memphis	W 114–107	American Airlines Center 18,207	2–1
4	October 15	Detroit	W 113–88	American Airlines Center 17,555	3–1
5	October 17	Cleveland	W 93–82	American Airlines Center 18,525	4–1
6	October 20	@ Cleveland	L 66–96	Petersen Events Center 10,011	4–2
7	October 23	@ Houston	W 98–94	Toyota Center 16,393	5–2

Regular season

Standings

Southwest Division v t e	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

#	Western Conference v t e
	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

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
October: 2–1 (home: 0–1; road: 2–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 27 Washington L 91–102 Dirk Nowitzki (34) Dirk Nowitzki (9) Jason Kidd (6) American Airlines Center 19,871 0–1 2 October 30 @ LA Lakers W 94–80 Dirk Nowitzki (21) Erick Dampier, Dirk Nowitzki (10) Jason Kidd (11) Staples Center 18,997 1-1 3 October 31 @ LA Clippers W 93–84 Dirk Nowitzki (24) Shawn Marion (11) Jason Kidd (10) Staples Center 13,626 2–1
November: 11–4 (home: 6–1; road: 5–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 4 November 3 Utah W 96–85 Dirk Nowitzki (40) Erick Dampier (12) Jason Kidd (6) American Airlines Center 19,725 3–1 5 November 4 @ New Orleans L 107–114 Jason Terry (35) Erick Dampier (14) Jason Kidd (10) New Orleans Arena 13,566 3–2 6 November 7 Toronto W 94–80 Dirk Nowitzki (29) Dirk Nowitzki (9) José Juan Barea (12) American Airlines Center 19,977 4–2 7 November 10 Houston W 121–103 Jason Terry (24) Erick Dampier(20) Jason Kidd (11) American Airlines Center 19,720 5–2 8 November 11 @ San Antonio L 83–92 Dirk Nowitzki (29) Dirk Nowitzki (12) Jason Kidd (9) AT&T Center 18,581 5–3 9 November 13 @ Minnesota W 89–77 Dirk Nowitzki (20) Dirk Nowitzki (11) Jason Kidd (6) Target Center 12,372 6–3 10 November 15 @ Detroit W 95–90 Dirk Nowitzki (25) Drew Gooden (11) Jason Kidd (7) Palace of Auburn Hills 18,215 7–3 11 November 16 @ Milwaukee W 115–113 Dirk Nowitzki (32) Drew Gooden (14) Jason Kidd (17) Bradley Center 13,683 8–3 12 November 18 San Antonio W 99–94 Dirk Nowitzki (41) Dirk Nowitzki (12) Jason Kidd (8) American Airlines Center 20,110 9–3 13 November 20 Sacramento W 104–102 Dirk Nowitzki, Jason Terry (20) Drew Gooden (16) Jason Kidd (11) American Airlines Center 19,871 10–3 14 November 24 Golden State L 103–111 Dirk Nowitzki (28) Drew Gooden (12) Jason Kidd (13) American Airlines 20,008 10–4 15 November 25 @ Houston W 130–99 Jason Terry (27) Dirk Nowitzki (8) Jason Terry (10) Toyota Center 18,157 11–4 16 November 27 @ Indiana W 113–92 Dirk Nowitzki (31) Kris Humphries (11) José Juan Barea, Jason Kidd (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 16,631 12–4 17 November 28 @ Cleveland L 95–111 Dirk Nowitzki (27) Dirk Nowitzki (9) Jason Kidd (9) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 12–5 18 November 30 Philadelphia W 104–102 Dirk Nowitzki (28) Drew Gooden (10) Jason Kidd (11) American Airlines Center 19,783 13–5
December: 9–5 (home: 5–3; road: 4–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 19 December 2 @ New Jersey W 117–101 Dirk Nowitzki (24) Erick Dampier (11) Jason Kidd (10) IZOD Center 11,689 14–5 20 December 4 @ Memphis L 82–98 Jason Terry (18) Shawn Marion (11) Jason Kidd (7) FedExForum 13,020 14–6 21 December 5 Atlanta L 75–80 Dirk Nowitzki (32) Erick Dampier (12) Jason Kidd (6) American Airlines Center 19,550 14–7 22 December 8 Phoenix W 102–101 Dirk Nowitzki (33) Dirk Nowitzki (8) Jason Kidd (11) American Airlines Center 19,857 15–7 23 December 11 @ Miami W 106–93 Dirk Nowitzki (25) Erick Dampier (17) Jason Kidd (11) American Airlines Arena 18,703 16–7 24 December 12 Charlotte W 98–97 Dirk Nowitzki (36) Erick Dampier (18) Jason Kidd (9) American Airlines Center 20,151 17–7 25 December 14 New Orleans W 94–90 José Juan Barea (23) Erick Dampier, Josh Howard (8) Jason Kidd (13) American Airlines Center 19,737 18–7 26 December 16 @ Oklahoma City W 100–86 Dirk Nowitzki (35) Dirk Nowitzki (11) Jason Kidd (9) Ford Center 18,203 19–7 27 December 18 Houston L 108–116 José Juan Barea (23) Erick Dampier (14) Jason Kidd (10) American Airlines Center 19,890 19–8 28 December 20 Cleveland W 102–95 Tim Thomas (22) Erick Dampier (10) Jason Kidd (11) American Airlines Center 20,346 20–8 29 December 22 Portland L 81–85 Dirk Nowitzki (27) Erick Dampier (15) Jason Kidd (6) American Airlines Center 19,863 20–9 30 December 26 Memphis W 106–101 Jason Terry (23) Erick Dampier (10) Jason Kidd (10) American Airlines Center 20,195 21–9 31 December 27 @ Denver W 104–96 Drew Gooden (19) Dirk Nowitzki (11) Jason Kidd (9) Pepsi Center 19,756 22–9 32 December 31 @ Houston L 94–97 Jason Terry (28) Shawn Marion (9) Jason Kidd (5) Toyota Center 18,306 22–10
January: 8–7 (home: 3–3; road: 5–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 33 January 2 @ Sacramento W 99–91 Dirk Nowitzki (25) Drew Gooden (10) Jason Kidd (7) ARCO Center 14,294 23–10 34 January 3 @ LA Lakers L 96–131 Dirk Nowitzki (22) Dirk Nowitzki (8) Jason Kidd (5) Staples Center 18,997 23–11 35 January 5 Detroit W 98–93 Jason Terry (26) Drew Gooden (18) Jason Kidd (8) American Airlines Center 19,799 24–11 36 January 8 @ San Antonio W 112–103 Dirk Nowitzki (26) Drew Gooden (8) Jason Kidd, Jason Terry (8) AT&T Center 18,581 25–11 37 January 9 Utah L 93–111 Dirk Nowitzki (29) Erick Dampier (13) Jason Kidd (8) American Airlines Center 19,922 25–12 38 January 13 LA Lakers L 95–100 Dirk Nowitzki (30) Dirk Nowitzki (16) Jason Kidd (11) American Airlines Center 20,461 25–13 39 January 15 Oklahoma City W 99–98 Dirk Nowitzki (32) Erick Dampier (9) Jason Kidd (11) American Airlines Center 20,064 26–13 40 January 17 @ Toronto L 88–110 Dirk Nowitzki (19) Drew Gooden (10) Jason Kidd (9) Air Canada Centre 19,004 26–14 41 January 18 @ Boston W 99–90 Dirk Nowitzki (37) Shawn Marion (10) Jason Kidd (17) TD Garden 18,624 27–14 42 January 20 @ Washington W 94–93 Dirk Nowitzki (28) Shawn Marion (12) Jason Kidd (15) Verizon Center 13,974 28–14 43 January 22 @ Philadelphia L 82–91 Dirk Nowitzki (15) Jason Kidd (9) Jason Kidd (7) Wachovia Center 17,647 28–15 44 January 24 @ NY Knicks W 128–78 Dirk Nowitzki, Jason Terry (20) Drew Gooden (18) Rodrigue Beaubois (5) Madison Square Garden 19,418 29–15 45 January 26 Milwaukee W 108–107 Dirk Nowitzki (28) Erick Dampier (11) Jason Kidd (12) American Airlines Center 19,799 30–15 46 January 28 @ Phoenix L 106–112 Jason Terry (21) Shawn Marion (8) Jason Kidd (6) US Airways Center 17,855 30–16 47 January 30 Portland L 112–114 Dirk Nowitzki (28) Dirk Nowitzki (9) Jason Kidd (10) American Airlines Center 20,078 30–17
February: 9–4 (home: 6–1; road: 3–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 48 February 1 @ Utah L 92–104 Dirk Nowitzki (28) Dirk Nowitzki (8) Jason Kidd (9) EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 30–18 49 February 3 Golden State W 110–101 Jason Terry (21) Shawn Marion (9) Jason Kidd (16) American Airlines Center 19,679 31–18 50 February 5 Minnesota L 108–117 Dirk Nowitzki (21) Erick Dampier (10) Jason Kidd (7) American Airlines Center 20,034 31–19 51 February 8 @ Golden State W 127–117 Jason Terry (36) Drew Gooden (10) Jason Kidd (12) Oracle Arena 17,015 32–19 52 February 9 @ Denver L 91–127 Dirk Nowitzki (17) Drew Gooden (6) Jason Kidd (5) Pepsi Center 17,485 32–20 53 February 16 @ Oklahoma City L 86–99 Dirk Nowitzki (24) Erick Dampier (13) Dirk Nowitzki (6) Ford Center 18,203 32–21 54 February 17 Phoenix W 107–97 Dirk Nowitzki (28) Shawn Marion (10) Jason Kidd (10) American Airlines Center 19,974 33–21 55 February 19 @ Orlando W 95–85 Dirk Nowitzki (23) Brendan Haywood (9) Jason Kidd (8) Amway Arena 17,461 34–21 56 February 20 Miami W 97–91 Dirk Nowitzki (28) Brendan Haywood (11) Jason Kidd (11) American Airlines Center 20,328 35–21 57 February 22 Indiana W 91–82 Dirk Nowitzki (23) Brendan Haywood (20) Jason Kidd (7) American Airlines Center 19,585 36–21 58 February 24 LA Lakers W 101–96 Dirk Nowitzki (31) Dirk Nowitzki (9) Jason Kidd (13) American Airlines Center 20,505 37–21 59 February 26 @ Atlanta W 111–103 Dirk Nowitzki (37) Jason Kidd (16) Jason Kidd (17) Philips Arena 18,923 38–21 60 February 28 New Orleans W 108–100 Dirk Nowitzki (36) Jason Kidd (9) José Juan Barea (9) American Airlines Center 19,911 39–21
March: 11–4 (home: 6–2; road: 5–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 61 March 1 @ Charlotte W 89–84 Dirk Nowitzki (27) Dirk Nowitzki (13) Jason Kidd (7) Time Warner Cable Arena 15,691 40–21 62 March 3 Minnesota W 112–109 Jason Terry (26) Shawn Marion (7) Jason Terry (5) American Airlines Center 19,511 41–21 63 March 5 Sacramento W 108–100 Dirk Nowitzki (31) Dirk Nowitzki (12) Jason Kidd (12) American Airlines Center 19,954 42–21 64 March 6 @ Chicago W 122–116 Dirk Nowitzki (27) Jason Kidd (11) Jason Kidd (15) United Center 21,737 43–21 65 March 8 @ Minnesota W 125–112 Shawn Marion (29) Shawn Marion (14) Jason Kidd (9) Target Center 14,007 44–21 66 March 10 New Jersey W 96–87 Jason Kidd (20) Shawn Marion (13) Jason Kidd (9) American Airlines Center 19,770 45–21 67 March 13 NY Knicks L 94–128 Dirk Nowitzki (20) Dirk Nowitzki (12) Jason Kidd (6) American Airlines Center 20,224 45–22 68 March 17 Chicago W 113–106 Caron Butler (27) Dirk Nowitzki (7) Dirk Nowitzki (5) American Airlines Center 20,406 46–22 69 March 20 Boston L 93–102 Dirk Nowitzki (28) Jason Kidd (6) Jason Kidd (9) American Airlines Center 20,488 46–23 70 March 22 @ New Orleans L 99–115 Jason Terry (24) Brendan Haywood (9) Jason Kidd (6) New Orleans Arena 14,047 46–24 71 March 23 LA Clippers W 106–96 Jason Kidd (26) Brendan Haywood (10) Jason Kidd (12) American Airlines Center 19,705 47–24 72 March 25 @ Portland L 89–101 Caron Butler (25) Caron Butler (9) Jason Kidd (7) Rose Garden Arena 20,611 47–25 73 March 27 @ Golden State W 111–90 Rodrigue Beaubois (40) Dirk Nowitzki (10) Jason Kidd (11) Oracle Arena 19,104 48–25 74 March 29 Denver W 109–93 Dirk Nowitzki (34) Dirk Nowitzki (10) Jason Kidd (10) American Airlines Center 20,085 49–25 75 March 31 @ Memphis W 106–102 Jason Terry (29) Caron Butler (13) Jason Kidd (7) FedExForum 11,616 50–25
April: 5–2 (home: 2–2; road: 3–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 76 April 1 Orlando L 82–97 Dirk Nowitzki (24) Erick Dampier (11) Jason Kidd (2) American Airlines Center 19,965 50–26 77 April 3 Oklahoma City L 116–121 Dirk Nowitzki (30) Dirk Nowitzki (13) Jason Kidd (6) American Airlines Center 20,329 50–27 78 April 7 Memphis W 110–84 Caron Butler (23) Dirk Nowitzki (9) Jason Kidd (10) American Airlines Center 20,105 51–27 79 April 9 @ Portland W 83–77 Dirk Nowitzki (40) Jason Kidd (12) Jason Kidd (6) Rose Garden Arena 20,693 52–27 80 April 10 @ Sacramento W 126–108 Dirk Nowitzki (39) Jason Kidd (10) Jason Kidd (13) ARCO Arena 15,247 53–27 81 April 12 @ LA Clippers W 117–94 Dirk Nowitzki (25) Dirk Nowitzki (8) Jason Kidd (12) Staples Center 17,838 54–27 82 April 14 San Antonio W 96–89 Caron Butler (20) Brendan Haywood (15) Dirk Nowitzki (5) American Airlines Center 20,405 55–27
2009–10 season schedule

Playoffs

Game log

2010 playoff game log
First round: 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 18 San Antonio W 100–94 Dirk Nowitzki (36) Erick Dampier (12) Jason Kidd (11) American Airlines Center 20,372 1–0 2 April 21 San Antonio L 88–102 Jason Terry (27) Dirk Nowitzki (10) Jason Kidd (8) American Airlines Center 20,728 1–1 3 April 23 @ San Antonio L 90–94 Dirk Nowitzki (35) Dirk Nowitzki, Jason Kidd (7) Jason Kidd (5) AT&T Center 18,581 1–2 4 April 25 @ San Antonio L 89–92 Dirk Nowitzki, Caron Butler (17) Dirk Nowitzki (11) Jason Kidd (5) AT&T Center 18,581 1–3 5 April 27 San Antonio W 103–81 Caron Butler (35) Caron Butler (11) Jason Kidd (7) American Airlines Center 20,557 2–3 6 April 29 @ San Antonio L 87–97 Dirk Nowitzki (33) Jason Kidd (8) Jason Kidd (6) AT&T Center 18,581 2–4
2010 playoff schedule

Player statistics

Ragular season

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

• ^† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Mavericks only.

Playoffs

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

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

All-Star

• Dirk Nowitzki was voted to his 9th NBA All-Star Game and started in place of Kobe Bryant due to injury.
• Jason Kidd was selected to his 10th NBA All-Star Game as a replacement for Kobe Bryant due to injury.

Weekly/Monthly

• Dirk Nowitzki was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played from November 9 through November 15.
• Dirk Nowitzki was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played from February 22 through February 28.
• Dirk Nowitzki was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played from March 1 through March 7.
• Dirk Nowitzki was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played from April 5 through April 11.

Records

• On January 24, the Mavericks recorded their largest margin of victory in franchise history after defeating the New York Knicks 128–78, a 50-point margin. This was the third largest margin of victory in NBA history and the worst loss in Knicks history.

Milestones

• On January 13, Dirk Nowitzki became the 4th foreign-born and 1st European-born player in NBA history to score 20,000 points in his career.

Injuries

Injuries

Transactions

Trades

July 9, 2009	To Dallas Mavericks Greg Buckner	To Washington Wizards Jerry Stackhouse Cash considerations

July 9, 2009	To Dallas Mavericks Shawn Marion Kris Humphries Nathan Jawai Cash considerations	To Toronto Raptors Devean George Antoine Wright

January 11, 2010	To Dallas Mavericks Eduardo Nájera	To New Jersey Nets Kris Humphries Shawne Williams

February 13, 2010	To Dallas Mavericks Caron Butler Brendan Haywood DeShawn Stevenson	To Washington Wizards Josh Howard Drew Gooden James Singleton Quinton Ross

Free agents

On Tuesday, July 28 Dallas signed free agent forward Tim Thomas

On Thursday July 30 Dallas signed forward Drew Gooden.

Additions

Subtractions

9-15-09: Released, Greg Buckner (G)

10-23-09: Waived, Jake Voskuhl (C)