2014–15 Oklahoma City Thunder season

2014–15 Oklahoma City Thunder season
Head coach Scott Brooks
General manager Sam Presti
Arena Chesapeake Energy Arena
Results
Record 45–37 (.549)
Place Division: 2nd (Northwest)
Conference: 9th (Western)
Playoff finish Did Not Qualify

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

Local media
Television Fox Sports Oklahoma
Radio KWPN and WWLS-FM

The 2014–15 Oklahoma City Thunder season is the 7th season of the franchise in Oklahoma City and the 48th in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Thunder would suffer from injuries, mainly to Kevin Durant, who underwent surgery and was shut down for the rest of the season. Despite this, the Thunder remained in playoff contention, but a four-game losing streak at the beginning of April cost them as they finished 45–37 with the New Orleans Pelicans and were eliminated on a tie breaker. The Thunder missed the playoffs for the first time since 2009, resulting in Scott Brooks's firing 1 week after the conclusion of the regular season.

Preseason

Draft picks

Main article: 2014 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 21 Mitch McGary C  United States Michigan
1 29 Josh Huestis PF  United States Stanford

Game log

Preseason

2014 pre-season game log
Total: 2–5 (Home: 1–3; Road: 1–2)
Pre-season: 2–5 (Home: 1–3; Road: 1–2)
2014–15 pre-season schedule

Regular Season

On October 12, 2014, Kevin Durant was diagnosed with a fractured right foot after feeling discomfort the day before and was ruled out for 6 to 8 weeks.[1] He went on to miss the first 17 games of the season, and with Russell Westbrook also out for 14 of those 17 games with a fractured hand, the Thunder dropped to a 4-12 record prior to Westbrook's return on November 28 against the New York Knicks. Following Westbrook's return, Durant returned to action the following game on December 2 as he scored 27 points on 9-of-18 shooting in the 104-112 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans.[2] With the duo back to full health, they went on to lead the Thunder on a seven-game winning streak to bring the Thunder back into playoff contention.[3] On December 18, Durant injured his ankle during the second quarter of the streak-breaking 109-114 loss to the Golden State Warriors. Durant scored 30 points on 10-of-13 shooting in the 18 minutes he was on the court before exiting the game with the injury.[4][5] He subsequently missed the following game the next night against the Los Angeles Lakers.[6]

Standings

Northwest Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div GP
y-Portland Trail Blazers 51 31 .622 0.0 32–9 19–22 11–5 82
Oklahoma City Thunder 45 37 .549 6.0 29–12 16–25 10–6 82
Utah Jazz 38 44 .463 13.0 21–20 17–24 9–7 82
Denver Nuggets 30 52 .366 21.0 19–22 11–30 6–10 82
Minnesota Timberwolves 16 66 .195 35.0 9–32 7–34 4–12 82
Western Conference
# Team W L PCT GB GP
1 z-Golden State Warriors * 67 15 .817 – 82
2 y-Houston Rockets * 56 26 .683 11.0 82
3 x-Los Angeles Clippers 56 26 .683 11.0 82
4 y-Portland Trail Blazers * 51 31 .622 16.0 82
5 x-Memphis Grizzlies 55 27 .671 12.0 82
6 x-San Antonio Spurs 55 27 .671 12.0 82
7 x-Dallas Mavericks 50 32 .610 17.0 82
8 x-New Orleans Pelicans 45 37 .549 22.0 82
9 Oklahoma City Thunder 45 37 .549 22.0 82
10 Phoenix Suns 39 43 .476 28.0 82
11 Utah Jazz 38 44 .463 29.0 82
12 Denver Nuggets 30 52 .366 37.0 82
13 Sacramento Kings 29 53 .354 38.0 82
14 Los Angeles Lakers 21 61 .256 46.0 82
15 Minnesota Timberwolves 16 66 .195 51.0 82

Game log

2014–15 game log
Total: 45–37 (Home: 29–11) Road: 16–26)
October: 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–2)
November : 5–10 (Home: 4–5; Road: 1–5)
December: 11–5 (Home: 5–2; Road: 6–3)
January: 7–7 (Home: 4–0; Road: 3–7)
February : 9–3 (Home: 6–1; Road: 3–2)
March : 10–5 (Home: 8–1; Road: 2–4)
April: 3–5 (Home: 2–3; Road: 1–2)
2014–15 season schedule

Player statistics

Injuries

Roster

2014–15 Oklahoma City Thunder roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
C 12 Adams, Steven 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1993–07–28 Pittsburgh
PG 14 Augustin, D. J. 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 183 lb (83 kg) 1987–11–10 Texas
PF 4 Collison, Nick 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1980–10–26 Kansas
SF 35 Durant, Kevin (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1988–09–29 Texas
PF 9 Ibaka, Serge (C) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1989–09–18 Spain
C 34 Kanter, Enes 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1992–05–20 Stoneridge PS (CA)
PF 3 Jones III, Perry 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1991–09–24 Baylor
SG 11 Lamb, Jeremy 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1992–05–30 Connecticut
C 33 McGary, Mitch 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1992–06–06 Michigan
SG 2 Morrow, Anthony 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1985–09–27 Georgia Tech
SF 6 Novak, Steve 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1983–06–13 Marquette
SG 21 Roberson, André 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1991–12–04 Colorado
SF 5 Singler, Kyle 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 228 lb (103 kg) 1988–05–04 Duke
SG 3 Waiters, Dion 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1991–12–01 Syracuse
PG 0 Westbrook, Russell (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1988–11–12 UCLA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate
  • Injured

Roster • Transactions
Last transaction: 2015–02–19

Transactions

Trades

June 26, 2014

(Draft-day trades)

 To Oklahoma City Thunder
Draft rights to 55th pick Semaj Christon		 To Charlotte Hornets
Cash considerations
July 15, 2014 To Oklahoma City Thunder
Rights to Sofoklis Schortsanitis
Trade exception		 To Atlanta Hawks
Thabo Sefolosha (sign and trade)
Rights to Georgios Printezis
Cash considerations
August 26, 2014 To Oklahoma City Thunder
2015 second-round pick
Trade exception		 To Philadelphia 76ers
Hasheem Thabeet
Cash considerations
February 5, 2015 To Oklahoma City Thunder
Dion Waiters (from Cleveland)		 To New York Knicks
Lou Amundson (from Cleveland)
Alex Kirk (from Cleveland)
Lance Thomas (from Oklahoma City)
2019 second-round pick (from Cleveland)		 To Cleveland Cavaliers
Iman Shumpert (from New York)
J. R. Smith (from New York)
2015 first-round pick (from Oklahoma City)
February 19, 2015 To Oklahoma City Thunder
2016 second-round pick		 To New Orleans Pelicans
Ish Smith
Rights to Latavious Williams
2015 second-round pick
Cash considerations
February 19, 2015 To Oklahoma City Thunder
Enes Kanter (from Utah)
Steve Novak (from Utah)
D. J. Augustin (from Detroit)
Kyle Singler (from Detroit)
2019 second-round pick (from Detroit)		 To Utah Jazz
Kendrick Perkins (from Oklahoma City)
Grant Jerrett (from Oklahoma City)
Rights to Tibor Pleiß (from Oklahoma City)
2017 first-round pick (from Oklahoma City)
2017 second-round pick (from Detroit)		 To Detroit Pistons
Reggie Jackson (from Oklahoma City)

Free agents

Re-signed

Player Signed Contract Ref.
Grant Jerrett (RFA) July 16, 2014 multi-year deal [7]

Additions

Player Signed Former team Ref.
Sebastian Telfair July 15, 2014 Tianjin Ronggang (China)
Anthony Morrow July 16, 2014 New Orleans Pelicans
Michael Jenkins September 29, 2014 Pallacanestro Cantù (Italy)
Richard Solomon September 29, 2014 California (went undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft)
Lance Thomas September 29, 2014 Foshan Dralions (China))
Talib Zanna September 29, 2014 Pittsburgh (went undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft)
Ish Smith November 7, 2014 Houston Rockets (waived on October 27)

Subtractions

Player Reason left Date New team Ref.
Caron Butler Free Agent July 15, 2014 Detroit Pistons
Thabo Sefolosha (via sign and trade) July 15, 2014 Atlanta Hawks

Awards

Player Award Date awarded Ref.
Russell Westbrook All-NBA Second Team May 21, 2015 [8]
NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award February 15, 2015 [9]
Season scoring leader April 16, 2015 [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Thunder's Durant to miss 6-8 weeks with foot fracture". NBA.com. October 12, 2014. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
  2. ↑ Durant returns, but Pelicans down Thunder 112-104
  3. ↑ Kevin Durant 2014-15 Game Log
  4. ↑ Warriors beat Thunder 114-109 after Durant injury
  5. ↑ Kevin Durant (ankle) day to day
  6. ↑ Kevin Durant will miss Lakers game with ankle injury
  7. ↑ "Thunder re-sign Grant Jerrett". InsideHoops.com. July 16, 2014. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Warriors' Curry and Cavaliers' James unanimous picks for 2014-15 All-NBA First Team". NBA.com. May 21, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  9. ↑ Bresnahan, Mike (February 15, 2015). "NBA All-Star game updates: West beats the East, 163–158". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 16, 2015.
  10. ↑ Russell Westbrook edges James Harden for NBA scoring crown

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