2009–10 Golden State Warriors season

2009–10 Golden State Warriors season
Stephen Curry's rookie season
Head coach	Don Nelson
General manager	Larry Riley
Owner(s)	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Authority (City of Oakland and Alameda County)
Arena	Oracle Arena
Results
Record	26–56 (.317)
Place	Division: 4th (Pacific) Conference: 13th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Comcast SportsNet Bay Area
Radio	KNBR

The 2009–10 Golden State Warriors season was the 64th National Basketball Association (NBA) season for the Golden State Warriors basketball franchise.

Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School / club team
1	7	Stephen Curry[1][2]	PG	United States	Davidson

Pre-season

2009 pre-season game log Total: 4–4 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–4)
Pre-season: 4–4 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–4) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 4 L.A. Clippers W 108–101 Anthony Morrow (21) Kelenna Azubuike (10) Stephen Curry (9) Oracle Arena 11,204 1–0 2 October 7 @ L.A. Lakers L 101–118 Anthony Morrow (25) Anthony Randolph (12) Stephen Jackson (5) Honda Center 13,156 1–1 3 October 9 @ L.A. Lakers W 110–91 Monta Ellis (24) Andris Biedriņš (12) Ellis, Curry (8) The Forum 17,505 2–1 4 October 10 @ Phoenix W 104–101 Anthony Morrow (30) Andris Biedriņš (15) Stephen Curry (7) Indian Wells Tennis Garden 14,979 3–1 5 October 12 @ L.A. Clippers L 117–124 Anthony Morrow (32) Andris Biedriņš (9) Monta Ellis (7) Staples Center 10,238 3–2 6 October 17 @ Sacramento L 94–101 Corey Maggette (28) Andris Biedriņš (8) 3 players tied (4) Sleep Train Arena 11,009 3–3 7 October 20 @ L.A. Lakers L 107–113 Anthony Morrow (24) Ronny Turiaf (12) Stephen Jackson (10) Citizens Business Bank Arena 10,410 3–4 7 October 22 New Orleans W 126–92 Anthony Morrow (34) Ronny Turiaf (11) Stephen Curry (10) Oracle Arena 15,123 4–4
2009–10 season schedule

Standings

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
c-Los Angeles Lakers	57	25	.695	–	34–7	23–18	13–3
x-Phoenix Suns	54	28	.659	3	32–9	22–19	12–4
Los Angeles Clippers	29	53	.354	28	21–20	8–33	5–11
Golden State Warriors	26	56	.317	31	18–23	8–33	5–11
Sacramento Kings	25	57	.305	32	18–23	7–34	5–11

#	Western Conference
	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

Regular season

Game log

2009–10 game log Total: 26–56 (Home: 18–23; Road: 8–33)
October: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 28 Houston L 107–108 Monta Ellis (26) Corey Maggette (9) Stephen Curry (5) Oracle Arena 19,596 0–1 2 October 30 @ Phoenix L 101–123 Monta Ellis (19) Andris Biedriņš (10) Curry, Biedriņš (4) US Airways Center 18,422 0–2
November: 6–8 (Home: 4–2; Road: 2–6) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 3 November 4 Memphis W 113–105 Ellis, Morrow (24) Andris Biedriņš (8) Monta Ellis (12) Oracle Arena 17,457 1–2 4 November 6 L.A. Clippers L 90–118 Anthony Morrow (18) Anthony Randolph (14) Monta Ellis (6) Oracle Arena 18,788 1–3 5 November 8 @ Sacramento L 107–120 Stephen Jackson (21) Kelenna Azubuike (7) Stephen Curry (6) ARCO Arena 10,760 1–4 6 November 9 Minnesota W 146–105 Kelenna Azubuike (31) Monta Ellis (10) Stephen Jackson (15) Oracle Arena 15,468 2–4 7 November 11 @ Indiana L 94–108 Corey Maggette (21) Anthony Randolph (13) Monta Ellis (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 10,682 2–5 8 November 13 @ New York W 121–107 Stephen Jackson (23) Stephen Jackson (8) Kelenna Azubuike (5) Madison Square Garden 19,763 3–5 9 November 14 @ Milwaukee L 125–129 Monta Ellis (26) Anthony Randolph (6) Stephen Jackson (5) Bradley Center 14,978 3–6 10 November 17 @ Cleveland L 108–114 Monta Ellis (23) Corey Maggette (11) Monta Ellis (8) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 3–7 11 November 18 @ Boston L 95–109 Corey Maggette (23) Maggette, Randolph (8) Stephen Curry (7) TD Garden 18,624 3–8 12 November 20 Portland W 108–94 Monta Ellis (34) Anthony Randolph (11) Curry, Ellis (8) Oracle Arena 18,630 4–8 13 November 24 @ Dallas W 111–103 Monta Ellis (37) Vladimir Radmanović (12) Monta Ellis (8) American Airlines Center 20,008 5–8 14 November 25 @ San Antonio L 104–118 Monta Ellis (42) Curry, Randolph (7) Stephen Curry (5) AT&T Center 17,606 5–9 15 November 28 L.A. Lakers L 97–130 Monta Ellis (18) Vladimir Radmanović (10) Stephen Curry (8) Oracle Arena 20,001 5–10 16 November 30 Indiana W 126–107 Monta Ellis (45) 3 players tied (6) Watson, Maggette (6) Oracle Arena 16,574 6–10
December : 3–12 (Home: 2–4; Road: 1–8) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 17 December 1 @ Denver L 107–135 Anthony Morrow (27) Corey Maggette (7) Stephen Curry (6) Pepsi Center 14,570 6–11 18 December 3 Houston L 109–111 Monta Ellis (24) Vladimir Radmanović (8) Monta Ellis (8) Oracle Arena 16,432 6–12 19 December 5 Orlando L 118–126 Monta Ellis (33) Anthony Randolph (13) Monta Ellis (7) Oracle Arena 19,054 6–13 20 December 7 @ Oklahoma City L 88–104 Monta Ellis (31) Vladimir Radmanović (8) C. J. Watson (3) Ford Center 17,334 6–14 21 December 9 @ New Jersey W 105–89 Brook Lopez (21) Brook Lopez (10) Monta Ellis (8) Izod Center 10,005 7–14 22 December 11 @ Chicago L 91–96 (OT) Monta Ellis (27) Joakim Noah (14) Luol Deng (6) United Center 18,803 7–15 23 December 12 @ Detroit L 95–104 Monta Ellis (29) Ben Wallace (9) Rodney Stuckey (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 16,952 7–16 24 December 14 @ Philadelphia L 101–117 Thaddeus Young (26) Thaddeus Young (14) Jrue Holiday (6) Wachovia Center 12,795 7–17 25 December 16 San Antonio L 91–103 Monta Ellis (35) Tim Duncan (15) Manu Ginóbili (5) Oracle Arena 17,857 7–18 26 December 18 Washington L 109–118 Gilbert Arenas (45) Brendan Haywood (12) Gilbert Arenas (13) Oracle Arena 17,423 7–19 27 December 22 @ Memphis L 108–121 Zach Randolph (33) Zach Randolph (18) Stephen Curry (8) FedExForum 12,827 7–20 28 December 23 @ New Orleans L 102–108 Monta Ellis (35) Emeka Okafor (14) Chris Paul (7) New Orleans Arena 14,391 7–21 29 December 26 Phoenix W 132–127 Steve Nash (36) Corey Maggette (8) Monta Ellis (10) Oracle Arena 19,550 8–21 30 December 28 Boston W 103–99 Monta Ellis (37) Kendrick Perkins (14) Rajon Rondo (15) Oracle Arena 19,259 9–21 31 December 29 @ L.A. Lakers L 118–124 Kobe Bryant (44) Pau Gasol (12) Kobe Bryant (11) Staples Center 18,997 9–22
January : 4–11 (Home: 3–6; Road: 1–5) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 32 January 2 @ Portland L 89–105 Brandon Roy (37) Martell Webster (11) Andre Miller (6) Rose Garden 20,507 9–23 33 January 5 @ Denver L 122–123 Corey Maggette (35) Kenyon Martin (13) Ty Lawson (8) Pepsi Center 15,129 9–24 34 January 6 @ Minnesota W 107–101 Corey Maggette (28) Kevin Love (15) Monta Ellis (6) Target Center 12,046 10–24 35 January 8 Sacramento W 108–101 Monta Ellis (39) Ime Udoka (14) Monta Ellis (6) Oracle Arena 18,327 11–24 36 January 11 Cleveland L 114–117 LeBron James (37) Zydrunas Ilgauskas (9) LeBron James (11) Oracle Arena 19,596 11–25 37 January 13 Miami L 102–115 Dwyane Wade (35) Udonis Haslem (9) Dwyane Wade (9) Oracle Arena 17,121 11–26 38 January 15 Milwaukee L 104–113 Monta Ellis (33) Andrew Bogut (16) Luke Ridnour (8) Oracle Arena 17,455 11–27 39 January 18 Chicago W 114–97 Monta Ellis (36) Andris Biedriņš (19) Monta Ellis (8) Oracle Arena 19,208 12–27 40 January 20 Denver L 118–123 (OT) Monta Ellis (39) Kenyon Martin (14) Monta Ellis (10) Oracle Arena 17,223 12–28 41 January 22 New Jersey W 111–79 Stephen Curry (32) Yi Jianlian (11) Stephen Curry (7) Oracle Arena 17,308 13–28 42 January 23 @ Phoenix L 103–112 Corey Maggette (28) Anthony Tolliver (11) Steve Nash (6) US Airways Center 17,792 13–29 43 January 26 @ Sacramento L 96–99 Stephen Curry (27) Spencer Hawes (13) Stephen Curry (6) ARCO Arena 14,522 13–30 44 January 27 New Orleans L 110–123 Chris Paul (38) David West (12) Monta Ellis (9) Oracle Arena 16,308 13–31 45 January 29 Charlotte L 110–121 Stephen Jackson (30) Gerald Wallace (13) Stephen Curry (9) Oracle Arena 17,850 13–32 46 January 31 @ Oklahoma City L 104–112 Kevin Durant (45) Kevin Durant (11) Russell Westbrook (8) Ford Center 17,565 13–33
February : 4–8 (Home: 4–5; Road: 0–3) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 47 February 2 @ Houston Rockets L 97–119 Monta Ellis (34) Chuck Hayes (13) Coby Karl (7) Toyota Center 12,845 13–34 48 February 3 @ Dallas L 101–110 Monta Ellis (46) Andris Biedriņš (9) Jason Kidd (16) American Airlines Center 19,679 13–35 49 February 6 Oklahoma City L 95–104 Kevin Durant (29) Andris Biedriņš (18) Russell Westbrook (10) Oracle Arena 17,825 13–36 50 February 8 Dallas L 117–127 Jason Terry (36) Anthony Tolliver (11) Jason Kidd (12) Oracle Arena 17,015 13–37 51 February 10 L.A. Clippers W 132–102 Stephen Curry (36) Anthony Morrow (10) Stephen Curry (13) Oracle Arena 17,230 14–37 52 February 16 @ L.A. Lakers L 94–104 Shannon Brown (27) Lamar Odom (18) Stephen Curry (8) Staples Center 18,997 14–38 53 February 17 Sacramento W 130–98 C. J. Watson (40) Jason Thompson (15) Stephen Curry (15) Oracle Arena 17,023 15–38 54 February 19 Utah L 89–100 Carlos Boozer (30) Carlos Boozer (16) Deron Williams (11) Oracle Arena 18,322 15–39 55 February 21 Atlanta W 108–104 Stephen Curry (32) Josh Smith (17) Josh Smith (7) Oracle Arena 17,822 16–39 56 February 23 Philadelphia L 102–110 Lou Williams (26) Samuel Dalembert (11) Andre Iguodala (7) Oracle Arena 17,115 16–40 57 February 25 Denver L 112–127 Chauncey Billups (37) Chris Andersen (11) Stephen Curry (13) Oracle Arena 18,555 16–41 58 February 27 Detroit W 95–88 Stephen Curry (27) Anthony Tolliver (14) Tayshaun Prince (8) Oracle Arena 17,223 17–41
March : 4–12 (Home: 3–4; Road: 1–8) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 59 March 2 @ Miami L 106–110 Dwyane Wade (35) Jermaine O'Neal (12) Dwyane Wade (12) American Airlines Arena 15,213 17–42 60 March 3 @ Orlando L 90–117 Dwight Howard (28) Dwight Howard (12) Stephen Curry (7) Amway Arena 17,461 17–43 61 March 5 @ Atlanta L 122–127 Stephen Curry (31) Al Horford (15) Stephen Curry (11) Philips Arena 14,066 17–44 62 March 6 @ Charlotte L 90–101 Stephen Curry (25) Chris Hunter (13) Boris Diaw (9) Time Warner Cable Arena 19,392 17–45 63 March 8 @ New Orleans L 131–135 David West (28) David West (13) Darren Collison (20) New Orleans Arena 13,889 17–46 64 March 11 Portland L 105–110 Brandon Roy (41) Marcus Camby (17) Andre Miller (7) Oracle Arena 17,308 17–47 65 March 13 Toronto W 124–112 Stephen Curry (35) Chris Bosh (11) José Calderón (12) Oracle Arena 17,655 18–47 66 March 15 L.A. Lakers L 121–124 Kobe Bryant (29) Andrew Bynum (14) Monta Ellis (11) Oracle Arena 20,038 18–48 67 March 17 New Orleans W 131–121 David West (36) David West (15) Darren Collison (14) Oracle Arena 17,155 19–48 68 March 19 @ San Antonio L 116–147 Monta Ellis (39) DeJuan Blair (9) Manu Ginóbili (11) AT&T Center 18,581 19–49 69 March 20 @ Memphis L 107–123 Monta Ellis (28) Zach Randolph (13) Stephen Curry (6) FedExForum 14,897 19–50 70 March 22 Phoenix L 131–133 Amar'e Stoudemire (37) Anthony Tolliver (12) Steve Nash (12) Oracle Arena 18,722 19–51 71 March 24 Memphis W 128–110 Stephen Curry (30) Rudy Gay (10) Stephen Curry (11) Oracle Arena 17,123 20–51 72 March 27 Dallas L 90–111 Rodrigue Beaubois (40) Anthony Tolliver (21) Jason Kidd (11) Oracle Arena 19,104 21–52 73 March 28 @ L.A. Clippers W 121–103 Reggie Williams (25) Chris Kaman (13) Baron Davis (7) Staples Center 17,868 21–52 74 March 31 @ Utah L 104–128 Carlos Boozer (25) Carlos Boozer (13) Deron Williams (19) EnergySolutions Arena 19,617 21–53
April : 5–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 3–2) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 75 April 2 New York W 128–117 David Lee (37) David Lee (20) David Lee (10) Oracle Arena 19,230 22–53 76 April 4 @ Toronto W 113–112 Chris Bosh (42) Chris Bosh (13) Stephen Curry (12) Air Canada Centre 17,509 23–53 77 April 6 @ Washington L 94–112 Nick Young (29) JaVale McGee (15) Mike Miller (8) Verizon Center 14,721 23–54 78 April 7 @ Minnesota W 116–107 Anthony Tolliver (34) Kevin Love (18) Stephen Curry (14) Target Center 15,863 24–54 79 April 10 @ L.A. Clippers L 104–107 Stephen Curry (29) DeAndre Jordan (15) Steve Blake (9) Staples Center 17,476 24–55 80 April 11 Oklahoma City W 120–117 Kevin Durant (40) Anthony Tolliver (13) Russell Westbrook (9) Oracle Arena 18,940 25–55 81 April 13 Utah L 94–103 Mehmet Okur (23) Paul Millsap (24) Ronnie Price (9) Oracle Arena 19,230 25–56 82 April 14 @ Portland W 122–116 Stephen Curry (42) Anthony Tolliver (15) Rudy Fernández (9) Rose Garden 20,482 26–56
2009–10 season schedule

Roster

Golden State Warriors roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G/F 7 Azubuike, Kelenna  (IN) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Kentucky F/C 15 Biedriņš, Andris  (IN) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Latvia G 30 Curry, Stephen 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Davidson G 8 Ellis, Monta  (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) LHS (MS) G/F 19 George, Devean 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Augsburg F/C 31 Hunter, Chris 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Michigan G/F 50 Maggette, Corey 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Duke G/F 22 Morrow, Anthony 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Georgia Tech F 77 Radmanović, Vladimir  6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Serbia F 4 Randolph, Anthony  6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) LSU F/C 44 Tolliver, Anthony 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Creighton F/C 21 Turiaf, Ronny (C) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Gonzaga G 23 Watson, C. J.  6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Tennessee G/F 55 Williams, Reggie 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Virginia Military Institute F/C 32 Wright, Brandan  (IN) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) North Carolina	Head coach Don Nelson (Iowa) Assistant coach(es) Larry Harris (Eastern New Mexico) Keith Smart (Indiana) Stephen Silas (Brown) Russell Turner (Hampden–Sydney) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Transactions

Trades

June 25, 2009	To Golden State Warriors Acie Law[3] Speedy Claxton	To Atlanta Hawks Jamal Crawford
July 30, 2009	To Golden State Warriors Devean George[4] Cash considerations	To Toronto Raptors Marco Belinelli

Free agency

Re-signed

Player	Signed
C. J. Watson	1-year contract worth $1 million

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Mikki Moore	1-year contract worth $1.3 million	Boston Celtics
Anthony Tolliver		Portland Trail Blazers
Chris Hunter[5]		Fort Wayne Mad Ants
Coby Karl[6]	10-day contract	Idaho Stampede
Reggie Williams[7]		Sioux Falls Skyforce

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	New team
Raja Bell[8]	Waived	Utah Jazz

Awards

Recipient	Award	Month
Stephen Curry[9]	Western Conference Rookie of the Month	January
Stephen Curry[10]	Western Conference Rookie of the Month	March
Stephen Curry[11]	Western Conference Rookie of the Month	April

References

1. "Warriors select Stephen Curry in 2009 NBA draft". nba.com/warriors. June 25, 2009. Retrieved June 25, 2009.
2. "Warriors sign Stephen Curry to contract". nba.com/warriors. July 8, 2009. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
3. "Warriors acquire Acie Law and Speedy Claxton from Atlanta Hawks". nba.com/warriors. July 25, 2009. Retrieved June 25, 2009.
4. "Warriors acquire Devean George from Toronto". nba.com/warriors. July 30, 2009. Retrieved July 30, 2009.
5. "Warriors sign Chris Hunter of NBA D-League's Fort Wayne Mad Ants". nba.com/warriors. November 20, 2009. Retrieved November 20, 2009.
6. "Warriors sign Coby Karl to gatorade call-pp". nba.com/dleague/idaho. January 31, 2010. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
7. "Warriors sign Reggie Williams for remainder of season". nba.com/warriors. March 22, 2010. Retrieved March 22, 2010.
8. "Raja Bell waived". nba.com/warriors. March 22, 2010. Retrieved March 22, 2010.
9. "Bucks' Jennings, Warriors' Curry named Rookies of the Month". nba.com. February 1, 2010. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
10. "Bucks' Jennings, Warriors' Curry named Rookies of the Month". nba.com. April 1, 2010. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
11. "Nets' Williams, Warriors' Curry garner April rookie awards". nba.com. April 15, 2010. Retrieved April 16, 2010.

External links

• 2009–10 Golden State Warriors season at Basketball Reference