NBA season
2008–09 NBA
Los Angeles Lakers won the 2009 NBA title, beating the Orlando Magic in the Finals.
The season in brief
LeBron James won his first MVP award in 2008–09, but his Cleveland Cavaliers fell to the Orlando Magic in the Eastern Conference finals. Orlando, built around Dwight Howard and the playmaking of Hedo Türkoğlu, reached the Finals for the second time in franchise history. There they met the Los Angeles Lakers, who had lost the 2008 Finals. The Lakers won 4–1, and Kobe Bryant was named Finals MVP for the first time.
Finals
- Champion
- Los Angeles Lakers
- Runner-up
- Orlando Magic
Awards
- Most Valuable Player
- LeBron James
- Finals MVP
- Kobe Bryant
- Rookie of the Year
- Derrick Rose
- Defensive Player of the Year
- Dwight Howard
- Sixth Man of the Year
- Jason Terry
- Most Improved Player
- Danny Granger