NBA.com - Season Preview 2009

As part of NBA.com's 2009-10 Season Preview, our friends at EA SPORTS simulated the upcoming season using NBA LIVE 10, and some of the results may surprise you ... including a clash of two of the leagues biggest stars in the finals. Here's how the 2009-10 season broke down according to the simulation

EAST STANDINGS					WEST STANDINGS
		W	L	PCT			W	L	PCT
1.	Cleveland	61	21	0.74	1.	Lakers	63	19	0.77
2.	Orlando	60	22	0.73	2.	San Antonio	60	22	0.73
3.	Boston	54	28	0.66	3.	Portland	55	27	0.67
4.	Atlanta	52	30	0.63	4.	Denver	53	29	0.65
5.	Chicago	51	31	0.62	5.	Dallas	51	31	0.62
6.	Toronto	50	32	0.61	6.	Suns	50	32	0.61
7.	Washington	48	34	0.59	7.	New Orleans	48	34	0.59
8.	Miami	41	41	0.5	8.	Utah	43	39	0.52
	Philadelphia	40	42	0.49		Clippers	41	41	0.5
	Detroit	40	42	0.49		OKC	32	50	0.39
	Charlotte	39	43	0.48		Houston	30	52	0.37
	Indian	38	42	0.48		Golden State	28	54	0.34
	New Jersey	33	47	0.41		Minnasota	27	55	0.33
	New York	30	52	0.37		Memphis	25	57	0.3
	Milwaukee	25	57	0.3		Sacramento	24	56	0.3
STATISTICAL LEADERS
PPG		Dwayne Wade (MIA)	32.5		RPG		Dwight Howard (ORL)	15.0
APG		Chris Paul (NOH)	11.0		FG%		Shaquille O'Neal (ORL)	56.6
FT%		Jose Calderon (TOR)	98.4		3P%		Brian Cook (HOU)	48.3
BPG		Dwight Howard (ORL)	3.3		SPG		Chris Paul (NOH)	3.0

TOP AWARDS

MVP

LEBRON JAMES

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

BLAKE GRIFFIN

COACH OF THE YEAR

GREG POPOVICH

SIXTH MAN AWARD

BEN GORDON

MOST IMPROVED PLAYER

JOAKIM NOAH

DEF. PLAYER OF THE YEAR

DWIGHT HOWARD

ALL-NBA
FIRST TEAM	Dwight Howard	ORL
	Paul Gasol	LAL
	LeBron James	CLE
	Dwayne Wade	MIA
	Kobe Bryant	LAL
SECOND TEAM	Tim Duncan	SAS
	Dirk Nowitzki	DAL
	Paul Peirce	BOS
	Brandon Roy	POR
	Chris Paul	NOH

ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM
FIRST TEAM	Dwight Howard	ORL
	LeBron James	CLE
	Kobe Bryant	LAL
	Dwayne Wade	MIA
	Chris Paul	NOH
SECOND TEAM	Tim Duncan	SAS
	Chris Andersen	DEN
	Ron Artest	LAL
	Shane Battier	HOU
	Rajon Rondo	BOS

ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
FIRST TEAM	Stephen Curry	GSW
	Jrue Holiday	PHI
	Primoz Brezec	TOR
	Blake Griffin	LAC
	Brandon Jennings	MIL
SECOND TEAM	Hasheem Thabeet	MEM
	James Harden	OKC
	Jonny Flynn	MIN
	Derrick Byars	CHI
	Sergio Llull	HOU