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2014–15 NBA season

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The 2014–15 NBA season was the 69th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The NBA draft took place on June 26, 2014, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, where Andrew Wiggins was selected first overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers. The regular season began on October 28, 2014, when the defending NBA champion San Antonio Spurs hosted the first game against the Dallas Mavericks at AT&T Center in San Antonio. The 2015 NBA All-Star Game was played on February 15, 2015, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, with the West defeating the East 163–158. Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook won the NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award. The regular season ended on April 15, 2015, and the playoffs began on April 18, 2015, and ended with the 2015 NBA Finals on June 16, 2015, after the Golden State Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in six games to win their fourth NBA title and first since 1975. The Charlotte Bobcats played their first official game as the Charlotte Hornets since 2002.

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Retirement

  • On June 10, 2014, Derek Fisher signed a five-year, $25 million deal as the head coach of the New York Knicks, instead of playing one more season with the Oklahoma City Thunder. During his eighteen seasons in the league as a player, he won five NBA championships, all with the Los Angeles Lakers (2000–2002 and 2009–2010).[1]
  • On June 15, 2014, Shane Battier announced his retirement immediately following the Miami Heat's loss in Game 5 of the 2014 NBA Finals. He was 35, and had played for thirteen seasons. He won back-to-back NBA championships with the Heat (2012–2013)[2]
  • On September 9, 2014, Chauncey Billups announced his retirement after 17 years of playing; the last team he played for was the Detroit Pistons, and he won a championship with them in 2004 as well as a Finals MVP that same year.
  • On February 26, 2015, Richard Hamilton officially announced his retirement after 14 seasons from NBA with one championship ring with the Detroit Pistons in 2004.[3]
  • On March 21, 2015, Steve Nash officially announced his retirement after 18 seasons with the Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Lakers. Nash was contracted by the Lakers, but was sidelined by season-ending injuries during pre-season.[4]

Free agency

Free agency negotiations began on July 1, 2014, when players began to sign starting on July 10, after the July moratorium ended. Some notable moments from free agency are:

Coaching changes

Off-season

In-season

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Preseason

The preseason began on October 4, 2014, and ended on October 24, 2014.

Regular season

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The regular season began on October 28, 2014, with the defending NBA champions San Antonio Spurs hosting the first game against the Dallas Mavericks.[35] The regular season ended on April 15, 2015. Christmas Day games were played on December 25, 2014. The NBA is mulling a week-long All-Star break in February 2015,[36] and the full schedule was released during a one-hour schedule release special on August 13, 2014, at 6:00 p.m. EDT on NBA TV.[37]

Standings

By division

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Notes

  • z – Clinched home court advantage for the entire playoffs
  • c – Clinched home court advantage for the conference playoffs
  • y – Clinched division title
  • x – Clinched playoff spot
  • * – Division champion

Tiebreakers

Eastern Conference
  • Brooklyn clinched #8 seed over Indiana based on head-to-head record (2–1).
Western Conference
  • Houston clinched the #2 seed over the Los Angeles Clippers as Houston won the Southwest Division while the L.A. Clippers finished 2nd in the Pacific Division.
  • Memphis clinched the #5 seed over San Antonio based on a better divisional record (9–7 to 8–8).
  • New Orleans clinched the #8 seed over Oklahoma City based on head-to-head record (3–1).
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Playoffs

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The 2015 NBA playoffs began on April 18, 2015, and concluded with the 2015 NBA Finals which began on June 4, 2015, on ABC. ESPN broadcast the Western Conference Finals and TNT televised the Eastern Conference Finals. ABC broadcast the NBA Finals.

Bracket

Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding in its conference, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. The division champions are marked by an asterisk. Teams with home court advantage are shown in Italics.
First Round Conference Semifinals Conference Finals NBA Finals
            
E1 Atlanta* 4
E8 Brooklyn 2
E1 Atlanta* 4
E5 Washington 2
E4 Toronto* 0
E5 Washington 4
E1 Atlanta* 0
Eastern Conference
E2 Cleveland* 4
E3 Chicago 4
E6 Milwaukee 2
E3 Chicago 2
E2 Cleveland* 4
E2 Cleveland* 4
E7 Boston 0
E2 Cleveland* 2
W1 Golden State* 4
W1 Golden State* 4
W8 New Orleans 0
W1 Golden State* 4
W5 Memphis 2
W4 Portland* 1
W5 Memphis 4
W1 Golden State* 4
Western Conference
W2 Houston* 1
W3 LA Clippers 4
W6 San Antonio 3
W3 LA Clippers 3
W2 Houston* 4
W2 Houston* 4
W7 Dallas 1
  • * Division winner
  • Bold Series winner
  • Italics Team with home-court advantage
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Statistics leaders

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Individual statistic leaders

Listed below are the stat leaders in the league:

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Individual game highs

Team statistic leaders

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Awards

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Yearly Awards

Players of the week

The following players were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week.

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Players of the Month

The following players were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month.

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Rookies of the Month

The following players were named the Eastern and Western Conference Rookies of the Month.

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Coaches of the Month

The following coaches were named the Eastern and Western Conference Coaches of the month.

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Notable occurrences

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Notes

  1. The Hawks' starting lineup consisted of DeMarre Carroll, Al Horford, Kyle Korver, Paul Millsap, and Jeff Teague.

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