2009–10 New York Knicks season

{{short description|Season of National Basketball Association team the New York Knicks}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NBA season

| team = New York Knicks

| end_year = 2010

| wins = 29

| losses = 53

| division = Atlantic

| division_place = 3rd

| conf_place = 11th

| coach = Mike D'Antoni

| gm = Donnie Walsh

| owners = James Dolan

| arena = Madison Square Garden

| television = MSG Network, MSG Plus

| radio = WEPN

| playoffs = Did not qualify

| bbr_team = NYK

}}

The 2009–10 New York Knicks season was the 64th season of the New York Knicks in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Key dates

Draft picks

{{main|2009 NBA draft}}

class="wikitable sortable sortable"

! style="background:#FF7518; color:white" width="10%"| Round

! style="background:#FF7518; color:white" width="10%"| Pick

! style="background:#FF7518; color:white" width="20%"| Player

! style="background:#FF7518; color:white" width="15%"| Position

! style="background:#FF7518; color:white" width="15%"| Nationality

! style="background:#FF7518; color:white" width="20%"| College/team

style="text-align: center"

| 1

| 8

| Jordan Hill

| PF

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Arizona

style="text-align: center"

| 1

| 29

| Toney Douglas (from L.A. Lakers)

| PG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Florida State

Roster

{{NBA roster header|team=New York Knicks|season=2009–10

|bg1=#0072CE |color1=#FFFFFF |bg2=#FE5000 |color2=#010101

}}

{{player2 | num = 30 | first = Earl | last = Barron | pos = F/C | ft = 7 | in = 0 | lbs = 245 | school = Memphis }}

{{player2 | num = 9 | first = Jonathan | last = Bender | pos = F | ft = 7 | in = 0 | lbs = 230 | school = Picayune Memorial HS (MS) | inj = yes }}

{{player2 | num = 21 | first = Wilson | last = Chandler | pos = G/F | ft = 6 | in = 8 | lbs = 225 | college = DePaul | inj = yes}}

{{player2 | num = 34 | first = Eddy | last = Curry | pos = C | ft = 7 | in = 0 | lbs = 295 | school = Thornwood High School | inj = yes | note = IN}}

{{player2 | num = 23 | first = Toney | last = Douglas | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = 200 | college = Florida State }}

{{player2 | num = 1 | first = Chris | last = Duhon | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = 190 | college = Duke }}

{{player2 | num = 8 | first = Danilo | last = Gallinari | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 10 | lbs = 225 | from = Italy }}

{{player2 | num = 4 | first = J. R. | last = Giddens | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 5 | lbs = 215 | college = New Mexico }}

{{player2 | num = 7 | first = Al | last = Harrington | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 9 | lbs = 250 | school = SPHS (NJ) | inj = yes}}

{{player2 | num = 50 | first = Eddie | last = House | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = 175 | college = Arizona State }}

{{player2 | num = 42 | first = David | last = Lee | dab = basketball | pos = F/C | ft = 6 | in = 9 | lbs = 250 | college = Florida }}

{{player2 | num = 3 | first = Tracy | last = McGrady | pos = G/F | ft = 6 | in = 8 | lbs = 223 | school = Mt. Zion Christian Academy }}

{{player2 | num = 13 | first = Sergio | last = Rodríguez | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 176 | from = Spain }}

{{player2 | num = 5 | first = Bill | last = Walker | dab = basketball | pos = G/F | ft = 6 | in = 6 | lbs = 220 | college = Kansas State }}

{{NBA roster footer

| head_coach =

| asst_coach =

  • Herb Williams ({{college|Ohio State}})
  • Phil Weber ({{college|North Carolina State}})
  • Dan D'Antoni ({{college|Marshall}})
  • Kenny Atkinson ({{college|Richmond}})
  • Greg Brittenham ({{college|Nebraska-Kearney}})

| ath_train =

  • Roger Hinds ({{college|Brooklyn College}})
  • Anthony Goenaga ({{college|Long Island University}})

}}

Pre-season

class="toccolours collapsible" width=90% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center"
colspan=11 style="background:#1560BE; color: #FF7518;" | 2009 Pre-season Game Log: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
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| #

DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordRecap
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| 1

October 18Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)New York Knicks
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| 2

October 22 (in Newark, New Jersey)New York KnicksNew Jersey Nets

Regular season

=Standings=

{{2009–10 NBA Atlantic standings|team=NYK}}

{{2009–10 NBA East standings|team=NYK}}

=Record vs. opponents=

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colspan=31|2009-10 NBA Records
width=100|Team

!style="background:#00004d;color:#C41E3a;width=35"|ATL

!style="background:#006400;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|BOS

!style="background:#253E6A;color:#DF5106;width=35"|CHA

!style="background:#FF0000;color:#000000;width=35"|CHI

!style="background:#9F1F32;color:#001D43;width=35"|CLE

!style="background:#0055BA;color:#898D8F;width=35"|DAL

!style="background:#4C92CC;color:#FDB827;width=35"|DEN

!style="background:#006BB7;color:#ED164B;width=35"|DET

!style="background:#072E63;color:#DC5A34;width=35"|GSW

!style="background:#D31145;color:#CBD4D8;width=35"|HOU

!style="background:#000080;color:#FFD700;width=35"|IND

!style="background:#F9160D;color:#1A2E8B;width=35"|LAC

!style="background:#800080;color:#FFD700;width=35"|LAL

!style="background:#00265B;color:#BAD1EB;width=35"|MEM

!style="background:#000000;color:#8B0000;width=35"|MIA

!style="background:#00471B;color:#AC1A2F;width=35"|MIL

!style="background:#044D80;color:#000000;width=35"|MIN

!style="background:#12305B;color:#C4CED4;width=35"|NJN

!style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;width=35"|NOH

!style="background:#0000FF;color:#FF8C00;width=35"|NYK

!style="background:#007DC3;color:#F05033;width=35"|OKC

!style="background:#0000FF;color:#000000;width=35"|ORL

!style="background:#FF0000;color:#0000FF;width=35"|PHI

!style="background:#800080;color:#FF4500;width=35"|PHO

!style="background:#000000;color:#FF0000;width=35"|POR

!style="background:#6846A8;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|SAC

!style="background:#000000;color:#C0C0C0;width=35"|SAS

!style="background:#FF0000;color:#000000;width=35"|TOR

!style="background:#042A5C;color:#4C8ECC;width=35"|UTA

!style="background:#044D7D;color:#BC7A44;width=35"|WAS

style="text-align:left;" | Atlanta4–02–23–11–31–11–12–21–12–03–02–01–12–01–32–12–03–01–11–30–21–32–11–12–02–01–13–12–04–0
style="text-align:left;" | Boston0–43–02–22–21–11–12–11–11–12–11–11–11–13–02–22–03–11–13–11–11–33–10–22–02–01–14–01–13–1
style="text-align:left;" | Charlotte2–20–31–33–10–21–12–12–01–11–21–11–12–03–12–22–02–21–12–21–11–33–12–00–22–01–11–20–24–0
style="text-align:left;" | Chicago1–32–23–12–20–20–24–01–12–03–10–20–20–21–31–32–01–22–03–11–11–23–11–11–11–12–01–20–22–1
style="text-align:left;" | Cleveland3–12–21–32–21–10–24–02–01–13–12–02–01–13–03–12–04–02–03–02–02–23–02–02–02–01–13–11–12–1
style="text-align:left;" | Dallas1–11–12–02–01–12–12–03–12–22–03–02–23–12–02–03–12–02–21–12–21–11–12–11–34–03–11–11–21–1
style="text-align:left;" | Denver1–11–11–12–02–01–21–14–02–12–02–13–13–11–10–23–12–03–11–13–11–11–11–33–11–22–22–03–11–1
style="text-align:left;" | Detroit2–21–21–20–40–40–21–11–11–10–40–20–21–11–22–22–02–11–11–30–21–33–10–20–21–11–10–40–24–0
style="text-align:left;" | Golden State1–11–10–21–10–21–30–41–10–31–12–20–42–20–20–23–02–01–32–01–30–20–21–32–22–20–32–00–30–2
style="text-align:left;" | Houston0–21–11–10–21–12–21–21–13–00–22–11–34–00–22–03–02–01–32–03–10–21–10–42–22–22–21–12–22–0
style="text-align:left;" | Indiana0–31–22–11–31–30–20–24–01–12–01–10–20–20–40–41–14–00–22–21–11–32–11–10–21–10–22–21–13–1
style="text-align:left;" | L.A. Clippers0–21–11–12–00–20–31–22–02–21–21–12–22–21–11–13–11–10–40–21–20–22–00–41–31–30–40–21–32–0
style="text-align:left;" | L.A. Lakers1–11–11–12–00–22–21–32–04–03–12–02–22–11–12–03–02–02–12–03–11–12–03–11–24–02–21–13–12–0
style="text-align:left;" | Memphis0–21–10–22–01–11–31–31–12–20–42–02–21–21–10–23–12–02–22–01–21–11–12–22–22–12–22–01–22–0
style="text-align:left;" | Miami3–10–31–33–10–30–21–12–12–02–04–01–11–11–11–31–14–01–13–00–22–24–01–11–12–00–22–21–13–1
style="text-align:left;" | Milwaukee1–22–22–23–11–30–22–02–22–00–24–02–00–22–03–12–04–01–13–01–10–32–11–11–11–10–22–11–12–2
style="text-align:left;" | Minnesota0–20–20–20–20–21–31–30–20–30–31–11–30–31–31–10–22–00–41–10–40–21–10–40–42–20–30–22–21–1
style="text-align:left;" | New Jersey0–31–32–22–10–40–20–21–20–20–20–41–10–20–20–40–40–21–12–20–20–30–40–20–21–11–10–40–20–4
style="text-align:left;" | New Orleans1–11–11–10–20–22–21–31–13–13–12–04–01–22–21–11–14–01–10–21–21–10–21–31–22–10–40–21–31–1
style="text-align:left;" | New York3–11–32–21–30–31–11–13–10–20–22–22–00–20–20–30–31–12–22–00–20–33–11–11–10–20–20–40–23–1
style="text-align:left;" | Oklahoma City2–01–11–11–10–22–21–32–03–11–31–12–11–32–12–01–14–02–02–12–01–12–02–11–33–11–32–03–12–0
style="text-align:left;" | Orlando3–13–13–12–12–21–11–13–12–02–03–12–01–11–12–23–02–03–01–13–01–14–01–11–12–01–13–11–12–2
style="text-align:left;" | Philadelphia1–21–31–31–30–31–11–11–32–01–11–20–20–21–10–42–21–14–02–01–30–20–40–21–12–01–11–30–20–3
style="text-align:left;" | Phoenix1–12–00–21–10–21–23–12–03–14–01–14–01–32–21–11–14–02–03–11–11–21–12–01–24–02–12–02–22–0
style="text-align:left;" | Portland0–20–22–01–10–23–11–32–02–22–22–03–12–12–21–11–14–02–02–11–13–11–11–12–14–03–02–00–41–1
style="text-align:left;" | Sacramento0–20–20–21–10–20–42–11–12–22–21–13–10–41–20–21–12–21–11–22–01–30–20–20–40–40–41–12–11–1
style="text-align:left;" | San Antonio1–11–11–10–21–11–32–21–13–02–22–04–02–22–22–02–03–01–14–02–03–11–11–11–20–34–01–10–42–0
style="text-align:left;" | Toronto1–30–42–12–11–31–10–24–00–21–12–22–01–10–22–21–22–04–02–04–00–21–33–10–20–21–11–10–22–1
style="text-align:left;" | Utah0–21–12–02–01–12–11–32–03–02–21–13–11–32–11–11–12–22–03–12–01–31–12–02–24–01–24–02–02–0
style="text-align:left;" | Washington0–41–30–41–21–21–11–10–42–00–21–30–20–20–21–32–21–14–01–11–30–22–23–00–21–11–10–21–20–2

=Game log=

{{NBA game log start|New York Knicks|end_year=2010|record=Total: 29–53 (Home: 18–23; Road: 11–30)}}

{{NBA game log section|New York Knicks|October|first=yes|show=

| home_wins = 0

| home_losses = 1

| road_wins = 0

| road_losses = 2

}}

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 1

| October 28

| @ Miami

| {{NBA game|date=20091028|id=NYKMIA|pf=93|pa=115}}

| Danilo Gallinari, David Lee (22)

| David Lee (9)

| Chris Duhon (5)

| AmericanAirlines Arena
19,600

| 0–1

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 2

| October 30

| @ Charlotte

| {{NBA game|date=20091030|id=NYKCHA|pf=100|pa=102|ot=2}}

| Al Harrington, David Lee, Nate Robinson (17)

| David Lee (18)

| Chris Duhon (8)

| Time Warner Cable Arena
18,624

| 0–2

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 3

| October 31

| Philadelphia

| {{NBA game|date=20091031|id=PHINYK|pf=127|pa=141|ot=1}}

| Al Harrington (42)

| Wilson Chandler, Al Harrington (6)

| Chris Duhon, Larry Hughes (6)

| Madison Square Garden
19,763

| 0–3

{{NBA game log section|New York Knicks|November|show=

| home_wins = 1

| home_losses = 7

| road_wins = 2

| road_losses = 4

}}

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 4

| November 2

| New Orleans

| {{NBA game|date=20091102|id=NOHNYK|pf=117|pa=111}}

| David Lee (28)

| Al Harrington, David Lee (8)

| Chris Duhon (9)

| Madison Square Garden
19,763

| 1–3

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 5

| November 4

| Indiana

| {{NBA game|date=20091104|id=INDNYK|pf=89|pa=101}}

| Al Harrington (22)

| David Lee (19)

| Chris Duhon (6)

| Madison Square Garden
19,273

| 1–4

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 6

| November 6

| Cleveland

| {{NBA game|date=20091106|id=CLENYK|pf=91|pa=100}}

| David Lee (21)

| David Lee, Wilson Chandler (6)

| Chris Duhon (8)

| Madison Square Garden
15,874

| 1–5

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 7

| November 7

| @ Milwaukee

| {{NBA game|date=20091107|id=NYKMIL|pf=87|pa=102}}

| David Lee (18)

| David Lee (7)

| David Lee, Larry Hughes, Chris Duhon (4)

| Bradley Center
15,486

| 1–6

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 8

| November 9

| Utah

| {{NBA game|date=20091109|id=UTANYK|pf=93|pa=95}}

| Toney Douglas (21)

| Wilson Chandler (10)

| Larry Hughes (5)

| Madison Square Garden
19,355

| 1–7

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 9

| November 11

| Atlanta

| {{NBA game|date=20091111|id=ATLNYK|pf=101|pa=114}}

| Toney Douglas, Al Harrington (23)

| Al Harrington (12)

| Larry Hughes (8)

| Madison Square Garden
19,699

| 1–8

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 10

| November 13

| Golden State

| {{NBA game|date=20091113|id=GSWNYK|pf=107|pa=121}}

| Danilo Gallinari (19)

| Danilo Gallinari (10)

| Chris Duhon (7)

| Madison Square Garden
19,763

| 1–9

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 11

| November 18

| @ Indiana

| {{NBA game|date=20091118|id=NYKIND|pf=110|pa=103}}

| Al Harrington (26)

| Larry Hughes (10)

| Chris Duhon (8)

| Conseco Fieldhouse
12,258

| 2–9

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 12

| November 21

| @ New Jersey

| {{NBA game|date=20091121|id=NYKNJN|pf=98|pa=91}}

| Al Harrington, Danilo Gallinari (17)

| David Lee (12)

| Chris Duhon (8)

| Izod Center
14,050

| 3–9

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 13

| November 22

| Boston

| {{NBA game|date=20091122|id=BOSNYK|pf=105|pa=107|ot=1}}

| Al Harrington (30)

| David Lee (16)

| Chris Duhon (6)

| Madison Square Garden
19,763

| 3–10

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 14

| November 24

| @ Los Angeles Lakers

| {{NBA game|date=20091124|id=NYKLAL|pf=90|pa=100}}

| Nate Robinson, Wilson Chandler (15)

| Wilson Chandler, David Lee (7)

| Chris Duhon (6)

| Staples Center
18,997

| 3–11

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 15

| November 25

| @ Sacramento

| {{NBA game|date=20091125|id=NYKSAC|pf=97|pa=111}}

| David Lee, Nate Robinson (25)

| David Lee (12)

| Nate Robinson, Al Harrington (5)

| ARCO Arena
11,375

| 3–12

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 16

| November 27

| @ Denver

| {{NBA game|date=20091127|id=NYKDEN|pf=125|pa=128}}

| Al Harrington (41)

| Al Harrington, David Lee (10)

| Larry Hughes (9)

| Pepsi Center
19,155

| 3–13

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 17

| November 29

| Orlando

| {{NBA game|date=20091129|id=ORLNYK|pf=102|pa=114}}

| Nate Robinson (24)

| David Lee (12)

| Chris Duhon (9)

| Madison Square Garden
18,861

| 3–14

{{NBA game log section|New York Knicks|December|show=

| home_wins = 6

| home_losses = 2

| road_wins = 3

| road_losses = 4

}}

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 18

| December 1

| Phoenix

| {{NBA game|date=20091201|id=PHXNYK|pf=126|pa=99}}

| Danilo Gallinari (27)

| Danilo Gallinari (10)

| Larry Hughes (12)

| Madison Square Garden
19,763

| 4–14

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 19

| December 2

| @ Orlando

| {{NBA game|date=20091202|id=NYKORL|pf=104|pa=118}}

| Wilson Chandler (24)

| Danilo Gallinari (7)

| Danilo Gallinari, Larry Hughes (3)

| Amway Arena
17,461

| 4–15

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 20

| December 4

| @ Atlanta

| {{NBA game|date=20091204|id=NYKATL|pf=114|pa=107}}

| Al Harrington (27)

| David Lee (17)

| Chris Duhon (10)

| Philips Arena
17,165

| 5–15

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 21

| December 6

| New Jersey

| {{NBA game|date=20091206|id=NJNNYK|pf=106|pa=97}}

| Al Harrington (26)

| Al Harrington (14)

| Al Harrington, Chris Duhon (5)

| Madison Square Garden
19,602

| 6–15

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 22

| December 7

| Portland

| {{NBA game|date=20091207|id=PORNYK|pf=93|pa=84}}

| Larry Hughes (21)

| David Lee (10)

| Chris Duhon (9)

| Madison Square Garden
19,763

| 7–15

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 23

| December 11

| @ New Orleans

| {{NBA game|date=20091211|id=NYKNOH|pf=113|pa=96}}

| Al Harrington (28)

| David Lee (14)

| Chris Duhon (9)

| New Orleans Arena
15,569

| 8–15

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 24

| December 15

| @ Charlotte

| {{NBA game|date=20091215|id=NYKCHA|pf=87|pa=94}}

| Chris Duhon (18)

| David Lee (8)

| Chris Duhon (6)

| Time Warner Cable Arena
13,606

| 8–16

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 25

| December 17

| @ Chicago

| {{NBA game|date=20091217|id=NYKCHI|pf=89|pa=98}}

| Chris Duhon, Danilo Gallinari, Al Harrington (18)

| Jared Jeffries (9)

| Chris Duhon (7)

| United Center
19,791

| 8–17

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 26

| December 18

| Los Angeles Clippers

| {{NBA game|date=20091218|id=LACNYK|pf=95|pa=91}}

| David Lee (25)

| David Lee (11)

| Chris Duhon (10)

| Madison Square Garden
19,763

| 9–17

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 27

| December 20

| Charlotte

| {{NBA game|date=20091220|id=CHANYK|pf=98|pa=94}}

| Wilson Chandler (26)

| David Lee (15)

| David Lee (7)

| Madison Square Garden
18,767

| 10–17

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 28

| December 22

| Chicago

| {{NBA game|date=20091222|id=CHINYK|pf=88|pa=81}}

| Al Harrington (20)

| David Lee (21)

| David Lee (5)

| Madison Square Garden
19,763

| 11–17

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 29

| December 25

| Miami

| {{NBA game|date=20091225|id=MIANYK|pf=87|pa=93}}

| Danilo Gallinari (26)

| David Lee (16)

| Danilo Gallinari, Chris Duhon (3)

| Madison Square Garden
19,763

| 11–18

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 30

| December 27

| San Antonio

| {{NBA game|date=20091227|id=SASNYK|pf=88|pa=95}}

| David Lee (28)

| David Lee (10)

| Chris Duhon (13)

| Madison Square Garden
19,763

| 11–19

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 31

| December 29

| @ Detroit

| {{NBA game|date=20091229|id=NYKDET|pf=104|pa=87}}

| David Lee (30)

| David Lee (12)

| Chris Duhon (7)

| The Palace of Auburn Hills
22,076

| 12–19

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 32

| December 30

| @ New Jersey

| {{NBA game|date=20091230|id=NYKNJN|pf=95|pa=104}}

| Al Harrington (25)

| David Lee (15)

| David Lee (8)

| Izod Center
17,575

| 12–20

{{NBA game log section|New York Knicks|January|show=

| home_wins = 4

| home_losses = 4

| road_wins = 2

| road_losses = 5

}}

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 33

| January 1

| @Atlanta

| {{NBA game|date=20100101|id=NYKATL|pf=112|pa=108|ot=1}}

| Nate Robinson (41)

| Wilson Chandler (17)

| Nate Robinson (8)

| Philips Arena
17,366

| 13–20

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 34

| January 3

| Indiana

| {{NBA game|date=20100103|id=INDNYK|pf=132|pa=89}}

| Wilson Chandler (23)

| David Lee (16)

| Chris Duhon (7)

| Madison Square Garden
19,763

| 14–20

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 35

| January 7

| Charlotte

| {{NBA game|date=20100107|id=CHANYK|pf=97|pa=93}}

| Wilson Chandler (27)

| Jared Jeffries (10)

| Wilson Chandler, Chris Duhon (6)

| Madison Square Garden
19,763

| 15–20

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 36

| January 9

| @ Houston

| {{NBA game|date=20100109|id=NYKHOU|pf=96|pa=105}}

| David Lee (26)

| David Lee (12)

| David Lee (6)

| Toyota Center
15,693

| 15–21

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 37

| January 11

| @ Oklahoma City

| {{NBA game|date=20100111|id=NYKOKC|pf=88|pa=106}}

| Nate Robinson (19)

| David Lee (13)

| David Lee (4)

| Ford Center
17,152

| 15–22

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 38

| January 13

| @ Philadelphia

| {{NBA game|date=20100113|id=NYKPHI|pf=93|pa=92}}

| David Lee (24)

| David Lee, Jared Jeffries (9)

| Chris Duhon (7)

| Wachovia Center
12,444

| 16–22

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 39

| January 15

| Toronto

| {{NBA game|date=20100115|id=TORNYK|pf=104|pa=112}}

| Al Harrington (31)

| David Lee (14)

| David Lee (9)

| Madison Square Garden
19,763

| 16–23

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 40

| January 16

| @Detroit

| {{NBA game|date=20100116|id=NYKDET|pf=90|pa=94}}

| Danilo Gallinari (27)

| David Lee (17)

| David Lee (9)

| The Palace of Auburn Hills
19,185

| 16–24

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 41

| January 18

| Detroit

| {{NBA game|date=20100118|id=DETNYK|pf=99|pa=91}}

| Nate Robinson (27)

| David Lee (15)

| David Lee, Chris Duhon (5)

| Madison Square Garden
19,302

| 17–24

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 42

| January 22

| Los Angeles

| {{NBA game|date=20100122|id=LALNYK|pf=105|pa=115}}

| David Lee (31)

| David Lee (17)

| Chris Duhon (8)

| Madison Square Garden
19,673

| 17–25

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 43

| January 24

| Dallas

| {{NBA game|date=20100124|id=DALNYK|pf=78|pa=128}}

| Jared Jeffries (14)

| David Lee (14)

| Chris Duhon (4)

| Madison Square Garden
19,418

| 17–26

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 44

| January 26

| Minnesota

| {{NBA game|date=20100126|id=MINNYK|pf=132|pa=105}}

| David Lee (28)

| David Lee (10)

| Chris Duhon (13)

| Madison Square Garden
18,111

| 18–26

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 45

| January 28

| Toronto

| {{NBA game|date=20100128|id=TORNYK|pf=104|pa=106}}

| David Lee (29)

| David Lee (18)

| Chris Duhon (9)

| Madison Square Garden
18,828

| 18–27

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 46

| January 30

| @ Washington

| {{NBA game|date=20100130|id=NYKWAS|pf=96|pa=106}}

| David Lee (24)

| Danilo Gallinari (10)

| David Lee (6)

| Verizon Center
16,233

| 18–28

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 47

| January 31

| @ Minnesota

| {{NBA game|date=20100131|id=NYKMIN|pf=91|pa=112}}

| Wilson Chandler (27)

| David Lee (11)

| Jared Jeffries (5)

| Target Center
13,711

| 18–29

{{NBA game log section|New York Knicks|February|show=

| home_wins = 1

| home_losses = 6

| road_wins = 1

| road_losses = 3

}}

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 48

| February 3

| Washington

| {{NBA game|date=20100203|id=WASNYK|pf=107|pa=85}}

| Nate Robinson (23)

| David Lee (10)

| Nate Robinson (8)

| Madison Square Garden
19,225

| 19–29

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 49

| February 5

| Milwaukee

| {{NBA game|date=20100205|id=MILNYK|pf=107|pa=114}}

| David Lee (32)

| David Lee (15)

| Nate Robinson (7)

| Madison Square Garden
19,247

| 19–30

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 50

| February 6

| @Cleveland

| {{NBA game|date=20100206|id=NYKCLE|pf=106|pa=113}}

| Nate Robinson (26)

| David Lee (8)

| Chris Duhon (8)

| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562

| 19–31

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 51

| February 9

| Sacramento

| {{NBA game|date=20100209|id=SACNYK|pf=114|pa=118|ot=1}}

| Wilson Chandler (35)

| David Lee, Jared Jeffries (10)

| Chris Duhon (9)

| Madison Square Garden
19,531

| 19–32

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 52

| February 16

| @ Chicago

| {{NBA game|date=20100216|id=NYKCHI|pf=85|pa=118}}

| David Lee (24)

| David Lee (12)

| David Lee (4)

| United Center
20,989

| 19–33

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 53

| February 17

| Chicago

| {{NBA game|date=20100217|id=CHINYK|pf=109|pa=115}}

| Al Harrington (27)

| David Lee (12)

| Chris Duhon (8)

| Madison Square Garden
19,763

| 19–34

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 54

| February 20

| Oklahoma City

| {{NBA game|date=20100220|id=OKCNYK|pf=118|pa=121|ot=1}}

| David Lee (30)

| David Lee (10)

| David Lee, Sergio Rodríguez (6)

| Madison Square Garden
19,763

| 19–35

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 55

| February 22

| Milwaukee

| {{NBA game|date=20100222|id=MILNYK|pf=67|pa=83}}

| Tracy McGrady (15)

| David Lee (13)

| Eddie House (3)

| Madison Square Garden
19,763

| 19–36

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 56

| February 23

| @Boston

| {{NBA game|date=20100223|id=NYKBOS|pf=106|pa=110}}

| David Lee (28)

| David Lee (15)

| Tracy McGrady (8)

| TD Garden
18,624

| 19–37

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 57

| February 26

| @Washington

| {{NBA game|date=20100226|id=NYKWAS|pf=118|pa=116|ot=1}}

| Al Harrington (37)

| David Lee (16)

| Sergio Rodríguez (7)

| Verizon Center
17,408

| 20–37

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 58

| February 27

| Memphis

| {{NBA game|date=20100227|id=MEMNYK|pf=109|pa=120}}

| Al Harrington (31)

| Wilson Chandler (8)

| Wilson Chandler (5)

| Madison Square Garden
19,763

| 20–38

{{NBA game log section|New York Knicks|March|show=

| home_wins = 4

| home_losses = 2

| road_wins = 2

| road_losses = 8

}}

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 59

| March 1

| @ Cleveland

| {{NBA game|date=20100301|id=NYKCLE|pf=93|pa=124}}

| Bill Walker (21)

| David Lee (10)

| Toney Douglas (6)

| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562

| 20–39

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 60

| March 3

| Detroit

| {{NBA game|date=20100303|id=DETNYK|pf=128|pa=104}}

| Al Harrington (26)

| David Lee (18)

| David Lee (6)

| Madison Square Garden
19,341

| 21–39

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 61

| March 5

| @Toronto

| {{NBA game|date=20100305|id=NYKTOR|pf=96|pa=102}}

| David Lee (23)

| David Lee (18)

| Sergio Rodríguez (7)

| Air Canada Centre
18,889

| 21–40

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 62

| March 6

| New Jersey

| {{NBA game|date=20100306|id=NJNNYK|pf=93|pa=113}}

| David Lee (23)

| Wilson Chandler (10)

| Tracy McGrady (7)

| Madison Square Garden
19,763

| 21–41

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 63

| March 8

| Atlanta

| {{NBA game|date=20100308|id=ATLNYK|pf=99|pa=98}}

| Danilo Gallinari (27)

| David Lee (13)

| Sergio Rodríguez (4)

| Madison Square Garden
19,763

| 22–41

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 64

| March 10

| @ San Antonio

| {{NBA game|date=20100310|id=NYKSAS|pf=87|pa=97}}

| David Lee (21)

| David Lee (10)

| David Lee (4)

| AT&T Center
18,278

| 22–42

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 65

| March 12

| @ Memphis

| {{NBA game|date=20100312|id=NYKMEM|pf=112|pa=119}}

| Bill Walker (21)

| David Lee (14)

| Wilson Chandler (4)

| FedExForum
12,236

| 22–43

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 66

| March 13

| @ Dallas

| {{NBA game|date=20100313|id=NYKDAL|pf=128|pa=94}}

| Bill Walker (23)

| David Lee (14)

| Toney Douglas (8)

| American Airlines Center
20,224

| 23–43

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 67

| March 15

| @ Philadelphia

| {{NBA game|date=20100315|id=NYKPHI|pf=94|pa=84}}

| Danilo Gallinari (21)

| David Lee (16)

| Toney Douglas (7)

| Wachovia Center
13,563

| 24–43

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 68

| March 17

| @Boston

| {{NBA game|date=20100317|id=NYKBOS|pf=97|pa=109}}

| David Lee (29)

| David Lee (9)

| David Lee (7)

| TD Garden
18,624

| 24–44

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 69

| March 19

| Philadelphia

| {{NBA game|date=20100319|id=PHINYK|pf=92|pa=88}}

| Danilo Gallinari (25)

| Al Harrington (13)

| Tracy McGrady (3)

| Madison Square Garden
19,763

| 25–44

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 70

| March 21

| Houston

| {{NBA game|date=20100321|id=HOUNYK|pf=112|pa=116}}

| David Lee (27)

| David Lee (20)

| David Lee (6)

| Madison Square Garden
17,242

| 25–45

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 71

| March 23

| Denver

| {{NBA game|date=20100323|id=DENNYK|pf=109|pa=104}}

| Danilo Gallinari (28)

| David Lee (16)

| Toney Douglas (7)

| Madison Square Garden
19,763

| 26–45

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 72

| March 26

| @ Phoenix

| {{NBA game|date=20100326|id=NYKPHX|pf=96|pa=132}}

| Al Harrington (24)

| David Lee (13)

| Tracy McGrady (5)

| US Airways Center
18,422

| 26–46

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 73

| March 29

| @Utah

| {{NBA game|date=20100329|id=NYKUTA|pf=98|pa=103}}

| Al Harrington (26)

| Al Harrington (17)

| Tracy McGrady (6)

| EnergySolutions Arena
19,911

| 26–47

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 74

| March 31

| @ Portland

| {{NBA game|date=20100331|id=NYKPOR|pf=90|pa=118}}

| David Lee (20)

| David Lee (10)

| David Lee (5)

| Rose Garden Arena
20,636

| 26–48

{{NBA game log section|New York Knicks|April|show=

| home_wins = 2

| home_losses = 1

| road_wins = 1

| road_losses = 4

}}

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 75

| April 2

| @ Golden State

| {{NBA game|date=20100402|id=NYKGSW|pf=117|pa=128}}

| David Lee (37)

| David Lee (20)

| David Lee (10)

| Oracle Arena
19,230

| 26–49

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 76

| April 4

| @ Los Angeles Clippers

| {{NBA game|date=20100404|id=NYKLAC|pf=113|pa=107}}

| David Lee (29)

| David Lee (10)

| Sergio Rodríguez (10)

| Staples Center
16,083

| 27–49

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 77

| April 6

| Boston

| {{NBA game|date=20100406|id=BOSNYK|pf=104|pa=101}}

| Danilo Gallinari (31)

| Earl Barron (18)

| Chris Duhon (8)

| Madison Square Garden
19,763

| 28–49

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 78

| April 7

| @Indiana

| {{NBA game|date=20100407|id=NYKIND|pf=105|pa=113}}

| Toney Douglas (20)

| David Lee (16)

| Tracy McGrady (6)

| Conseco Fieldhouse
15,330

| 28–50

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 79

| April 9

| @ Orlando

| {{NBA game|date=20100409|id=NYKORL|pf=103|pa=118}}

| Danilo Gallinari (28)

| Earl Barron (12)

| Chris Duhon (5)

| Amway Arena
17,461

| 28–51

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 80

| April 11

| Miami

| {{NBA game|date=20100411|id=MIANYK|pf=98|pa=111}}

| David Lee (26)

| Earl Barron (12)

| David Lee (5)

| Madison Square Garden
19,763

| 28–52

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 81

| April 12

| Washington

| {{NBA game|date=20100412|id=WASNYK|pf=114|pa=103}}

| David Lee (26)

| Earl Barron (13)

| Toney Douglas (5)

| Madison Square Garden
19,763

| 29–52

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 82

| April 14

| @Toronto

| {{NBA game|date=20100414|id=NYKTOR|pf=113|pa=131}}

| Bill Walker (28)

| David Lee (11)

| Toney Douglas, Chris Duhon, David Lee (5)

| Air Canada Centre
18,333

| 29–53

{{NBA game log end|nyk|end_year=2010}}

Player statistics

=Regular season=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;"
style="background:#0072CE; color:#FE5000; border-top:#010101 3px solid; border-bottom:#010101 3px solid;"|Player

! style="background:#0072CE; color:#FE5000; border-top:#010101 3px solid; border-bottom:#010101 3px solid;"|GP

! style="background:#0072CE; color:#FE5000; border-top:#010101 3px solid; border-bottom:#010101 3px solid;"|GS

! style="background:#0072CE; color:#FE5000; border-top:#010101 3px solid; border-bottom:#010101 3px solid;"|MPG

! style="background:#0072CE; color:#FE5000; border-top:#010101 3px solid; border-bottom:#010101 3px solid;"|FG%

! style="background:#0072CE; color:#FE5000; border-top:#010101 3px solid; border-bottom:#010101 3px solid;"|3P%

! style="background:#0072CE; color:#FE5000; border-top:#010101 3px solid; border-bottom:#010101 3px solid;"|FT%

! style="background:#0072CE; color:#FE5000; border-top:#010101 3px solid; border-bottom:#010101 3px solid;"|RPG

! style="background:#0072CE; color:#FE5000; border-top:#010101 3px solid; border-bottom:#010101 3px solid;"|APG

! style="background:#0072CE; color:#FE5000; border-top:#010101 3px solid; border-bottom:#010101 3px solid;"|SPG

! style="background:#0072CE; color:#FE5000; border-top:#010101 3px solid; border-bottom:#010101 3px solid;"|BPG

! style="background:#0072CE; color:#FE5000; border-top:#010101 3px solid; border-bottom:#010101 3px solid;"|PPG

align="center"

| {{sort|Barron, Earl|Earl Barron}}

| 7

633.1.441N/A.75911.01.1.6.611.7
align="center"

| {{sort|Bender, Jonathan|Jonathan Bender}}

| 25

111.7.400.359.9232.1.6.1.74.7
align="center"

| {{sort|Chandler, Wilson|Wilson Chandler}}

| 65

6435.7.479.267.8065.42.1.7.815.3
align="center"

| {{sort|Curry, Eddy|Eddy Curry}}

| 7

08.9.381N/A.5881.9.0.0.13.7
align="center"

| {{sort|Douglas, Toney|Toney Douglas}}

| 56

1219.4.458.389.8091.92.0.8.08.6
align="center"

| {{sort|Duhon, Chris|Chris Duhon}}

| 67

5930.9.373.349.7162.7style="background:#ff8c00;"| 5.6.9.07.4
align="center"

| {{sort|Gallinari, Danilo|Danilo Gallinari}}

| style="background:#ff8c00;"| 81

7433.9.423.381.8184.91.7.9.715.1
align="center"

| {{sort|Giddens, J. R.|J. R. Giddens}}*

| 11

012.7.487.000.6362.8.6.5.14.1
align="center"

| {{sort|Harrington, Al|Al Harrington}}

| 72

1530.5.435.342.7575.61.5.9.417.7
align="center"

| {{sort|House, Eddie|Eddie House}}*

| 18

020.6.331.250style="background:#ff8c00;"| 1.0002.22.1.7.06.4
align="center"

| {{sort|Lee, David|David Lee}}

| style="background:#ff8c00;"| 81

style="background:#ff8c00;"| 81style="background:#ff8c00;"| 37.3style="background:#ff8c00;"| .545.000.812style="background:#ff8c00;"| 11.73.61.0.5style="background:#ff8c00;"| 20.2
align="center"

| {{sort|McGrady, Tracy|Tracy McGrady}}*

| 24

2426.1.389.242.7543.73.9.6.59.4
align="center"

| {{sort|Rodríguez, Sergio|Sergio Rodríguez}}*

| 27

819.7.491.347.8061.43.4.8.17.4
align="center"

| {{sort|Walker, Bill|Bill Walker}}*

| 27

1327.4.518style="background:#ff8c00;"| .431.7873.11.4.8.111.9
align="center"

| {{sort|Jeffries, Jared|Jared Jeffries}}*

| 52

3728.1.443.323.6454.31.61.0style="background:#ff8c00;"| 1.15.5
align="center"

| {{sort|Hughes, Larry|Larry Hughes}}*

| 31

1426.5.366.289.8233.53.5style="background:#ff8c00;"| 1.3.49.6
align="center"

| {{sort|Robinson, Nate|Nate Robinson}}*

| 30

224.4.452.375.7782.43.7.9.213.2
align="center"

| {{sort|Hill, Jordan|Jordan Hill}}*

| 24

010.5.446.000.7142.5.3.4.44.0
align="center"

| {{sort|Milicic, Darko|Darko Milicic}}*

| 8

08.9.471N/AN/A2.3.5.5.12.0
align="center"

| {{sort|Landry, Marcus|Marcus Landry}}*

| 17

06.4.390.346.6001.1.0.1.12.6

* – Stats with the Knicks.

Awards, records and milestones

=Awards=

==All-Star==

  • David Lee was named to the Eastern Conference All-Star Team{{cite web|title=Kidd replaces injured Kobe; Lee steps in for Iverson|url=http://www.nba.com/2010/allstar/2010/02/11/kidd.lee.replacements/index.html|work=NBA.com|access-date=23 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100220050710/http://www.nba.com/2010/allstar/2010/02/11/kidd.lee.replacements/index.html|archive-date=2010-02-20|url-status=dead}}
  • Nate Robinson won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest.{{cite web|last=Steve|first=Aschburner|title=High-flying Nate becomes first three-time Slam Dunk champ|url=http://www.nba.com/allstar/2010/dunk/index.html|work=NBA.com|access-date=23 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100219052924/http://www.nba.com/allstar/2010/dunk/index.html|archive-date=19 February 2010|url-status=dead}}
  • Danilo Gallinari participated in the Three-Point Contest.{{cite web|title=Billups, Pierce try to dethrone Cook in Three-Point Contest|url=http://www.nba.com/2010/allstar/2010/02/05/participants/index.html|work=NBA.com|access-date=23 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108045856/http://www.nba.com/2010/allstar/2010/02/05/participants/index.html|archive-date=8 November 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

Transactions

=Trades=

border=1 style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align: center; width: 100%" bordercolor="#DFDFDF" cellpadding="5"
bgcolor="eeeeee"

| style="width:12%" | June 24, 2009

| style="width:44%" valign="top"| To New York Knicks


Darko Miličić

| style="width:44%" valign="top"| To Memphis Grizzlies


Quentin Richardson, Cash considerations

=Free agents=

==Additions==

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"

| style="width:140px"|Player

style="width:70px"|Signedstyle="width:210px"|Former team
style="height:40px"

| Warren Carter

style="font-size: 80%"|September 11BK Ventspils (Latvia)
style="height:40px"

| Gabe Pruitt

style="font-size: 80%"|September 11Boston Celtics
style="height:40px"

| Sun Yue

style="font-size: 80%"|September 17Los Angeles Lakers

==Subtractions==

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"

| style="width:140px"|Player

style="width:70px"|Waived
style="height:40px"

| Warren Carter

style="font-size: 80%"|October 7
style="height:40px"

| Gabe Pruitt

style="font-size: 80%"|October 7
style="height:40px"

| Sun Yue

style="font-size: 80%"|October 7
style="height:40px"

| Ron Howard

style="font-size: 80%"|October 7
style="height:40px"

| Joe Crawford

style="font-size: 80%"|October 22
style="height:40px"

| Chris Hunter

style="font-size: 80%"|October 22

References

{{reflist}}