2009–10 Miami Heat season

2009–10 Miami Heat season
Head coach	Erik Spoelstra
Arena	American Airlines Arena
Results
Record	47–35 (.573)
Place	Division: 3rd (Southeast) Conference: 5th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost in the First Round to the Boston Celtics 4–1
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Florida, Sun Sports
Radio	WIOD

The 2009–10 Miami Heat season was the 22nd season of the Miami Heat 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.
• October 5 - The Heat played their first preseason game on the road against the Detroit Pistons at the Palace of Auburn Hills.
• October 27 - The Heat's regular season began with a home game versus the New York Knicks.
• April 17 - The Heat began the first round of the playoffs against the Boston Celtics at TD Garden.

Offseason

2009 NBA Draft

Main article: 2009 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
2	42	Patrick Beverley	Guard	United States	Arkansas
2	60	Robert Dozier	Forward	United States	Memphis

Transactions

Miami Heat

Players Added Via Draft Via Free Agency Carlos Arroyo Shavlik Randolph Via Trade Quentin Richardson (From Timberwolves)

Players Lost Via Free Agency Jamario Moon (To Cavaliers) Via Trade Mark Blount (To Timberwolves) Waived

Roster

Miami Heat roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From G 11 Alston, Rafer (S) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fresno State C 50 Anthony, Joel 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) UNLV G 8 Arroyo, Carlos 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 202 lb (92 kg) FIU G 15 Chalmers, Mario 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Kansas G 14 Cook, Daequan 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Ohio State G/F 9 Diawara, Yakhouba (IN) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Pepperdine G 4 Hasbrouck, Kenny (IN) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Siena F 40 Haslem, Udonis 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Florida F 22 Jones, James 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Miami (FL) C 21 Magloire, Jamaal 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Kentucky F/C 7 O'Neal, Jermaine 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Eau Claire High School F 42 Randolph, Shavlik (IN) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Duke G/F 5 Richardson, Quentin 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 228 lb (103 kg) DePaul G 3 Wade, Dwyane (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Marquette

Head coach Erik Spoelstra (Portland) Assistant coach(es) Bob McAdoo (North Carolina) Keith Askins (Alabama) Bill Foran (Central Michigan) Ron Rothstein (Rhode Island) Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Jermaine O'Neal	Joel Anthony	Jamaal Magloire
PF	Michael Beasley	Udonis Haslem	Shavlik Randolph
SF	Quentin Richardson	James Jones	Yakhouba Diawara
SG	Dwyane Wade	Daequan Cook
PG	Carlos Arroyo	Mario Chalmers	Rafer Alston

Pre-season

2009 Pre-season Game Log: 2–5–0 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Venue	Record	Recap
1	October 5	Miami Heat	83-87	Detroit Pistons		Loss	The Palace of Auburn Hills	0-1
2	October 7	Miami Heat	86-90	Orlando Magic		Loss	Amway Arena	0-2
3	October 11	San Antonio Spurs	95-93	Miami Heat		Loss	American Airlines Arena	0-3
4	October 14	Miami Heat	91-96	Oklahoma City Thunder		Loss	BOK Center (Tulsa, Oklahoma)	0-4
5	October 15	New Orleans Hornets	81-97	Miami Heat		Win	Sprint Center (Kansas City, Missouri)	1-4
6	October 21	Memphis Grizzlies	93-99	Miami Heat		Win	American Airlines Arena	2-4
7	October 22	Atlanta Hawks	92-87	Miami Heat		Loss	Veterans Memorial Arena (Jacksonville, Florida)	2-5

Regular season

Standings

Southeast Division	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
	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

Player statistics

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Rafer Alston1	25	25	26.2	.355	.370	.556	2.2	2.9	.9	.2	6.6
Joel Anthony	80	16	16.5	.478	.000	.717	3.1	.1	.2	1.4	2.7
Carlos Arroyo	72	35	22.0	.475	.280	.844	1.8	3.1	.5	.1	6.1
Michael Beasley	78	78	29.8	.450	.275	.800	6.4	1.3	1.0	.6	14.8
Mario Chalmers	73	22	24.8	.401	.318	.745	1.8	3.4	1.2	.2	7.1
Daequan Cook	45	3	15.4	.320	.317	.840	1.8	1.0	.3	.2	5.0
Yakhouba Diawara	6	2	7.3	.200	.167	.000	.7	.5	.2	.0	.8
Udonis Haslem	78	0	27.9	.494	.000	.762	8.1	.7	.4	.3	9.9
James Jones	36	6	14.0	.361	.411	.821	1.3	.5	.3	.1	4.1
Jamaal Magloire	36	0	10.0	.500	.000	.356	3.4	.0	.2	.3	2.1
Jermaine O'Neal	70	70	28.4	.529	.000	.720	6.9	1.3	.4	1.4	13.6
Shavlik Randolph1	2	0	2.5	.500	.000	1.000	.5	.5	.0	.0	2.0
Quentin Richardson	76	75	27.4	.431	.397	.732	4.9	1.2	.9	.2	8.9
Dwyane Wade	77	77	36.3	.476	.300	.761	4.8	6.5	1.8	1.1	26.6
Dorell Wright	72	1	20.8	.463	.389	.884	3.3	1.3	.7	.4	7.1

¹Stats with the Heat.

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Rafer Alston	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	.0	.0	.0	0
Joel Anthony	5	0	15.8	.714	.000	.750	1.8	.2	.4	1.0	2.6
Carlos Arroyo	5	5	23.0	.462	.000	1.000	1.8	2.2	.6	.0	5.2
Michael Beasley	5	5	27.0	.449	.500	.778	5.8	.6	.8	0.0	10.4
Mario Chalmers	5	0	26.2	.450	.350	.846	1.8	2.6	.6	.0	10.8
Daequan Cook	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	.0	.0	.0	0
Yakhouba Diawara	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	.0	.0	.0	0
Udonis Haslem	5	0	28.4	.351	.000	.667	7.4	.8	.2	.2	6.0
James Jones	1	0	9.0	.000	.000	1.000	.0	.0	.0	.0	2.0
Jamaal Magloire	1	0	5.0	.000	.000	.000	1.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
Jermaine O'Neal	5	5	23.4	.205	.000	.429	5.6	1.0	.8	2.0	4.2
Shavlik Randolph	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	.0	.0	.0	0
Quentin Richardson	5	5	29.8	.400	.409	.800	3.8	1.6	1.6	.2	9.8
Dwyane Wade	5	5	42.0	.564	.405	.675	5.6	6.8	1.6	1.6	33.2
Dorell Wright	5	0	22.4	.360	.250	1.000	3.8	1.8	.4	.0	5.0

Transactions

Miami Heat

Players Added Via Draft Via Free Agency Carlos Arroyo Shavlik Randolph Rafer Alston Via Trade Quentin Richardson (From Timberwolves)

Players Lost Via Free Agency Jamario Moon (To Cavaliers) Via Trade Mark Blount (To Timberwolves) Waived