The 2008–09 NBA season was the 63rd season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 1,230-game regular season (82 games for each of the 30 teams) began on Tuesday, October 28, 2008, and ended on Wednesday, April 15, 2009. The 2009 NBA Playoffs started on Saturday, April 18, 2009 and ran until Sunday, June 14 when the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic 99–86 to win the 2009 NBA Finals, four games to one.
The 2008 NBA Draft was held on June 28, 2008, and Derrick Rose was selected first overall by the Chicago Bulls and eventually awarded the 2009 NBA Rookie of the Year Award. The 2009 NBA All-Star Game was hosted at the US Airways Center in Phoenix. The Western Conference All-Stars defeated the Eastern Conference All-Stars 146–119. The All-Star Game co-MVPs were Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant.^[1]
This was the first NBA season since 1966–67 without a Seattle franchise, as the SuperSonics moved to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in July 2008 and became the Oklahoma City Thunder. Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_NBA_season.

Final Stats:

Rank	Team	Coach	Most Points	Most Rebounds	Most Assists
Champion 65 17	Los Angeles Lakers	Phil Jackson	Kobe Bryant	Pau Gasol	Kobe Bryant
Runner-Up 59 23	Orlando Magic	Stan Van Gundy	Dwight Howard	Dwight Howard	Hedo Turkoglu
Conference Finals 66 16	Cleveland Cavaliers	Mike Brown	LeBron James	LeBron James	LeBron James
Conference Finals 54 28	Denver Nuggets	George Karl	Carmelo Anthony	Nene Hilario	Chauncey Billups
Conference Semifinals 62 20	Boston Celtics	Doc Rivers	Paul Pierce	Kendrick Perkins	Rajon Rondo
Conference Semifinals 53 29	Houston Rockets	Rick Adelman	Yao Ming	Yao Ming	Rafer Alston
Conference Semifinals 50 32	Dallas Mavericks	Rick Carlisle	Dirk Nowitzki	Dirk Nowitzki	Jason Kidd
Conference Semifinals 47 35	Atlanta Hawks	Mike Woodson	Joe Johnson	Al Horford	Joe Johnson
Conference First Round 54 28	Portland Trail Blazers	Nate McMillan	Brandon Roy	Joel Przybilla	Brandon Roy
Conference First Round 54 28	San Antonio Spurs	Gregg Popovich	Tony Parker	Tim Duncan	Tony Parker
Conference First Round 49 33	New Orleans Hornets	Byron Scott	Chris Paul	David West	Chris Paul
Conference First Round 48 34	Utah Jazz	Jerry Sloan	Deron Williams	Paul Millsap	Deron Williams
Conference First Round 43 39	Miami Heat	Erik Spoelstra	Dwyane Wade	Udonis Haslem	Dwyane Wade
Conference First Round 41 41	Chicago Bulls	Vinny Del Negro	Ben Gordon	Joakim Noah	Derrick Rose
Conference First Round 41 41	Philadelphia 76ers	Tony DiLeo	Andre Iguodala	Samuel Dalembert	Andre Miller
Conference First Round 39 43	Detroit Pistons	Michael Curry	Richard Hamilton	Antonio McDyess	Rodney Stuckey
46 36	Phoenix Suns
36 46	Indiana Pacers
35 47	Charlotte Bobcats
34 48	Milwaukee Bucks
34 48	New Jersey Nets
33 49	Toronto Raptors
32 50	New York Knicks
29 53	Golden State Warriors
24 58	Minnesota Timberwolves
24 58	Memphis Grizzlies
23 59	Oklahoma City Thunder
19 63	Washington Wizards
19 63	Los Angeles Clippers
17 65	Sacramento Kings