2014–15 Sacramento Kings season

The 2014–15 Sacramento Kings season is the platina Jubilee of the franchise, and the 66th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 30th in Sacramento. The Kings finished 29–53, improving by one win with a defeat of the Los Angeles Lakers on the final day of the regular season.

2014–15 Sacramento Kings season
Head coach	Michael Malone until Dec. '14 Tyrone Corbin Dec. '14 - Feb. '15 George Karl
General manager	Pete D'Alessandro
Owner(s)	Vivek Ranadivé
Arena	Sleep Train Arena
Results
Record	29–53 (.354)
Place	Division: 4th (Pacific) Conference: 13th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	Comcast Sports Net California & KXTV
Radio	KHTK Sports 1140
< 2013–14 2015–16 >

Preseason

Draft picks

Main article: 2014 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	8	Nik Stauskas	SG	Canada	Michigan

Regular season

Standings

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
z-Golden State Warriors	67	15	.817	–	39‍–‍2	28‍–‍13	13–3	82
x-Los Angeles Clippers	56	26	.683	11.0	30‍–‍11	26‍–‍15	12–4	82
Phoenix Suns	39	43	.476	28.0	22‍–‍19	17‍–‍24	6–10	82
Sacramento Kings	29	53	.354	38.0	18‍–‍23	11‍–‍30	7–9	82
Los Angeles Lakers	21	61	.256	46.0	12‍–‍29	9‍–‍32	2–14	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: 29–53 (Home: 18–23; Road: 11–30)
October: 1–1 (home: 1–1; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 29 Golden State L 77–95 DeMarcus Cousins (20) DeMarcus Cousins (11) Darren Collison (8) Sleep Train Arena 17,317 0–1 2 October 31 Portland W 103–94 Rudy Gay (40) DeMarcus Cousins (9) Darren Collison (8) Sleep Train Arena 14,648 1–1
November : 8–7 (home: 3–2; road: 5–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 3 November 2 @ L.A. Clippers W 98–92 DeMarcus Cousins (34) DeMarcus Cousins (17) Rudy Gay (6) Staples Center 19,060 2–1 4 November 3 @ Denver W 110–105 Darren Collison (21) Reggie Evans (14) Darren Collison (6) Pepsi Center 12,516 3–1 5 November 5 Denver W 131–109 DeMarcus Cousins (30) DeMarcus Cousins (11) Darren Collison (8) Sleep Train Arena 14,539 4–1 6 November 7 @ Phoenix W 114–112 (OT) DeMarcus Cousins (25) DeMarcus Cousins (18) Ramon Sessions (4) US Airways Center 15,476 5–1 7 November 9 @ Oklahoma City L 93–101 Rudy Gay (23) Rudy Gay (10) Darren Collison (7) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 5–2 8 November 11 @ Dallas L 98–106 Rudy Gay (26) DeMarcus Cousins (11) Rudy Gay (8) American Airlines Center 19,663 5–3 9 November 13 @ Memphis L 110–111 Rudy Gay (25) DeMarcus Cousins (12) Darren Collison (5) FedExForum 15,666 5–4 10 November 15 San Antonio W 94–91 DeMarcus Cousins (25) DeMarcus Cousins (10) Rudy Gay (6) Sleep Train Arena 17,317 6–4 11 November 18 New Orleans L 100–106 DeMarcus Cousins (24) DeMarcus Cousins (17) Darren Collison (11) Sleep Train Arena 16,526 6–5 12 November 20 Chicago W 103–88 DeMarcus Cousins (22) DeMarcus Cousins (14) Darren Collison (12) Sleep Train Arena 17,317 7–5 13 November 22 @ Minnesota W 113–101 DeMarcus Cousins (31) DeMarcus Cousins (18) Darren Collison (7) Target Center 13,191 8–5 14 November 25 @ New Orleans W 99–89 Casspi & Cousins (22) DeMarcus Cousins (12) Ramon Sessions (6) Smoothie King Center 17,037 9–5 15 November 26 @ Houston L 89–102 DeMarcus Cousins (29) DeMarcus Cousins (17) DeMarcus Cousins (6) Toyota Center 18,058 9–6 16 November 28 @ San Antonio L 104–112 Rudy Gay (23) Jason Thompson (9) Rudy Gay (8) AT&T Center 18,581 9–7 17 November 30 Memphis L 85–97 Rudy Gay (20) Reggie Evans (20) Darren Collison (7) Sleep Train Arena 16,240 9–8
December : 4–11 (home: 4–7; road: 0–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 18 December 2 Toronto L 109–117 Ben McLemore (21) Reggie Evans (7) Rudy Gay (10) Sleep Train Arena 15,522 9–9 19 December 5 Indiana W 102–101 (OT) Rudy Gay (27) Jason Thompson (10) Darren Collison (6) Sleep Train Arena 15,512 10–9 20 December 6 Orlando L 96–105 Darren Collison (22) Jason Thompson (9) Ramon Sessions (7) Sleep Train Arena 16,021 10–10 21 December 8 Utah W 101–92 Rudy Gay (29) Reggie Evans (13) Darren Collison (6) Sleep Train Arena 16,511 11–10 22 December 9 @ L. A. Lakers L 95–98 Darren Collison (29) Reggie Evans (13) Darren Collison (6) Staples Center 18,267 11–11 23 December 11 Houston L 109–113 (OT) Darren Collison (24) Jason Thompson (15) Rudy Gay (8) Sleep Train Arena 16,676 11–12 24 December 13 Detroit L 90–95 Rudy Gay (20) Carl Landry (11) Rudy Gay (8) Sleep Train Arena 16,242 11–13 25 December 16 Oklahoma City L 92–104 Rudy Gay (22) Thompson & Hollins (9) Ramon Sessions (4) Sleep Train Arena 17,317 11–14 26 December 18 Milwaukee L 107–108 DeMarcus Cousins (27) DeMarcus Cousins (11) Rudy Gay (6) Sleep Train Arena 17,317 11–15 27 December 21 L.A. Lakers W 108–101 DeMarcus Cousins (29) DeMarcus Cousins (14) Rudy Gay (6) Sleep Train Arena 17,317 12–15 28 December 22 @ Golden State L 108–128 DeMarcus Cousins (22) Rudy Gay (9) Ray McCallum, Jr. (7) Oracle Arena 19,596 12–16 29 December 26 Phoenix L 106–115 Darren Collison (19) Reggie Evans (16) Gay & McCallum, Jr. (5) Sleep Train Arena 17,317 12–17 30 December 27 New York W 135–129 (OT) DeMarcus Cousins (39) DeMarcus Cousins (11) Darren Collison (10) Sleep Train Arena 17,317 13–17 31 December 29 @ Brooklyn L 99–107 Rudy Gay (25) DeMarcus Cousins (13) Darren Collison (8) Barclays Center 17,732 13–18 32 December 31 @ Boston L 84–106 Rudy Gay (25) DeMarcus Cousins (13) Darren Collison (8) TD Garden 18,624 13–19
January : 4–9 (home: 2–3; road: 2–6) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 33 January 1 @ Minnesota W 110–107 Gay & Collison (21) Carl Landry (9) Darren Collison (6) Target Center 12,254 14–19 34 January 4 @ Detroit L 95–114 DeMarcus Cousins (18) DeMarcus Cousins (15) Cousins & McLemore (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 13,337 14–20 35 January 7 Oklahoma City W 104–83 Rudy Gay (28) DeMarcus Cousins (15) Darren Collison (7) Sleep Train Arena 16,037 15–20 36 January 9 Denver L 108–118 DeMarcus Cousins (32) DeMarcus Cousins (13) Darren Collison (7) Sleep Train Arena 16,029 15–21 37 January 11 Cleveland W 103–84 DeMarcus Cousins (32) DeMarcus Cousins (13) Darren Collison (7) Sleep Train Arena 16,143 16–21 38 January 13 Dallas L 104–108 (OT) DeMarcus Cousins (32) DeMarcus Cousins (16) DeMarcus Cousins (9) Sleep Train Arena 15,747 16–22 39 January 16 Miami L 83–95 DeMarcus Cousins (17) DeMarcus Cousins (11) Darren Collison (6) Sleep Train Arena 16,350 16–23 40 January 17 L.A. Clippers L 108–117 Jason Thompson (23) Jason Thompson (22) Darren Collison (4) Sleep Train Arena 16,601 16–24 41 January 19 @ Portland L 94–98 DeMarcus Cousins (22) DeMarcus Cousins (19) Darren Collison (8) Moda Center 19,441 16–25 42 January 21 Brooklyn L 100–103 DeMarcus Cousins (22) DeMarcus Cousins (19) Darren Collison (8) Sleep Train Arena 16,427 16–26 43 January 23 @ Golden State L 101–126 DeMarcus Cousins (28) DeMarcus Cousins (11) Collison & Gay (8) Oracle Arena 19,596 16–27 44 January 28 @ Toronto L 102–119 Rudy Gay (28) Carl Landry (7) DeMarcus Cousins (4) Air Canada Centre 19,800 16–28 45 January 30 @ Cleveland L 90–101 DeMarcus Cousins (21) DeMarcus Cousins (13) Cousins & Collison (4) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 16–29 46 January 31 @ Indiana W 99–94 Rudy Gay (31) DeMarcus Cousins (19) Darren Collison (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165 17–29
February : 3–7 (home: 3–3; road: 0–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 47 February 3 Golden State L 96–121 DeMarcus Cousins (26) DeMarcus Cousins (11) Darren Collison (7) Sleep Train Arena 17,317 17–30 48 February 5 Dallas L 78–101 DeMarcus Cousins (23) DeMarcus Cousins (11) Rudy Gay (4) Sleep Train Arena 16,993 17–31 49 February 7 @ Utah L 90–102 DeMarcus Cousins (27) Reggie Evans (11) Ramon Sessions (5) EnergySolutions Arena 19,128 17–32 50 February 8 Phoenix W 85–83 DeMarcus Cousins (28) DeMarcus Cousins (12) Ramon Sessions (6) Sleep Train Arena 17,013 18–32 51 February 10 @ Chicago L 86–104 Rudy Gay (24) DeMarcus Cousins (8) DeMarcus Cousins (8) United Center 21,560 18–33 52 February 11 @ Milwaukee L 103–111 DeMarcus Cousins (28) DeMarcus Cousins (19) Ramon Sessions (6) BMO Harris Bradley Center 13,046 18–34 All-Star Break 53 February 20 Boston W 109–101 DeMarcus Cousins (32) DeMarcus Cousins (15) Omri Casspi (6) Sleep Train Arena 17,317 19–34 54 February 21 @ L.A. Clippers L 99–126 DeMarcus Cousins (21) Omri Casspi (17) Ray McCallum, Jr. (5) Staples Center 19,133 19–35 55 February 25 Memphis W 102–90 Rudy Gay (28) Thompson & Evans (11) Andre Miller (7) Sleep Train Arena 16,794 20–35 56 February 27 San Antonio L 96–107 Ben McLemore (21) Thompson & Evans (11) Rudy Gay (4) Sleep Train Arena 17,317 20–36
March : 6–11 (home: 3–2; road: 3–9) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 57 March 1 Portland L 99–110 Rudy Gay (24) Rudy Gay (8) Andre Miller (10) Sleep Train Arena 16,776 20–37 58 March 3 @ New York W 124–86 Rudy Gay (25) DeMarcus Cousins (10) Gay & McCallum, Jr. & McLemore (4) Madison Square Garden 19,812 21–37 59 March 4 @ San Antonio L 85–112 DeMarcus Cousins (10) McCallum, Jr. & Thompson (7) McCallum, Jr. & Miller (4) AT&T Center 18,581 21–38 60 March 6 @ Orlando L 114–119 Rudy Gay (39) DeMarcus Cousins (12) Andre Miller (8) Amway Center 15,112 21–39 61 March 7 @ Miami L 109–114 (OT) Gay & Cousins (27) DeMarcus Cousins (12) Andre Miller (8) AmericanAirlines Arena 19,600 21–40 62 March 9 @ Atlanta L 105–130 Rudy Gay (23) DeMarcus Cousins (14) DeMarcus Cousins (6) Philips Arena 18,418 21–41 63 March 11 @ Charlotte W 113–106 Ben McLemore (27) DeMarcus Cousins (14) Ray McCallum, Jr. (9) Time Warner Cable Arena 15,885 22–41 64 March 13 @ Philadelphia L 107–114 DeMarcus Cousins (39) DeMarcus Cousins (24) Ray McCallum, Jr. (9) Wells Fargo Center 12,331 22–42 65 March 14 @ Washington L 97–113 DeMarcus Cousins (30) Cousins & McCallum, Jr. & Evans (6) Andre Miller (7) Verizon Center 20,356 22–43 66 March 16 Atlanta L 103–110 DeMarcus Cousins (20) DeMarcus Cousins (13) Andre Miller (7) Sleep Train Arena 16,835 22–44 67 March 18 L.A. Clippers L 105–116 Rudy Gay (23) Reggie Evans (11) Gay & Miller (4) Sleep Train Arena 16,785 22–45 68 March 20 Charlotte W 101–91 Rudy Gay (33) Reggie Evans (16) Andre Miller (7) Sleep Train Arena 16,799 23–45 69 March 22 Washington W 109–86 Rudy Gay (26) DeMarcus Cousins (7) McCallum, Jr. (6) Sleep Train Arena 17,008 24–45 70 March 24 Philadelphia W 107–106 DeMarcus Cousins (33) DeMarcus Cousins (17) Andre Miller (6) Sleep Train Arena 16,636 25–45 71 March 25 @ Phoenix W 108–99 DeMarcus Cousins (24) DeMarcus Cousins (11) Andre Miller (7) US Airways Center 17,589 26–45 72 March 27 @ New Orleans L 88–102 DeMarcus Cousins (39) DeMarcus Cousins (20) McCallum, Jr. (5) Smoothie King Center 17,669 26–46 73 March 30 @ Memphis L 83–97 Rudy Gay (24) Reggie Evans (7) McCallum, Jr. & Stauskas (3) FedExForum 17,218 26–47
April : 3–6 (home: 2–2; road: 1–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 74 April 1 @ Houston L 111–115 DeMarcus Cousins (24) DeMarcus Cousins (21) DeMarcus Cousins (10) Toyota Center 18,312 26–48 75 April 3 New Orleans L 95–101 DeMarcus Cousins (24) DeMarcus Cousins (20) DeMarcus Cousins (13) Sleep Train Arena 17,021 26–49 76 April 5 Utah L 95–101 DeMarcus Cousins (26) DeMarcus Cousins (12) Ray McCallum, Jr. (7) Sleep Train Arena 16,716 26–50 77 April 7 Minnesota W 116–111 Rudy Gay (32) Ray McCallum, Jr. (9) Andre Miller (8) Sleep Train Arena 16,770 27–50 78 April 8 @ Utah L 91–103 Casspi & Landry & McLemore (16) Jason Thompson (11) Omri Casspi (5) EnergySolutions Arena 18,351 27–51 79 April 10 @ Oklahoma City L 103–116 Ben McLemore (20) Jason Thompson (14) Andre Miller (8) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 27–52 80 April 12 @ Denver L 111–122 Omri Casspi (22) Omri Casspi (7) Casspi & McLemore (7) Pepsi Center 14,004 27–53 81 April 13 L.A. Lakers W 102–92 Omri Casspi (26) Jason Thompson (10) Casspi & Miller (6) Sleep Train Arena 17,317 28–53 82 April 15 @ L.A. Lakers W 122–99 Ben McLemore (24) Carl Landry (9) McLemore & Stockton (7) Staples Center 18,997 29–53
2014–15 season schedule

Player statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Ben McLemore	82	82	32.6	.437	.358	.813	2.9	1.7	.9	.2	12.1
Jason Thompson	81	63	24.6	.470	.000	.622	6.5	1.0	.4	.7	6.1
Derrick Williams	74	6	19.8	.447	.314	.684	2.7	.7	.5	.1	8.3
Nik Stauskas	73	1	15.4	.365	.322	.859	1.2	.9	.3	.2	4.4
Carl Landry	70	15	17.0	.515		.820	3.8	.4	.2	.2	7.2
Rudy Gay	68	67	35.4	.455	.359	.858	5.9	3.7	1.0	.6	21.1
Ray McCallum Jr.	68	30	21.1	.438	.306	.679	2.6	2.8	.7	.2	7.4
Omri Casspi	67	19	21.1	.489	.402	.733	3.9	1.5	.5	.1	8.9
DeMarcus Cousins	59	59	34.1	.467	.250	.782	12.7	3.6	1.5	1.7	24.1
Reggie Evans	47	7	16.3	.423	.000	.619	6.4	.7	.5	.1	3.7
Ryan Hollins	46	9	9.6	.646		.574	2.2	.3	.1	.4	3.0
Darren Collison	45	45	34.8	.473	.373	.788	3.2	5.6	1.5	.3	16.1
Ramon Sessions†	36	7	17.8	.344	.214	.727	1.9	2.7	.4	.0	5.4
Andre Miller†	30	0	20.7	.459	.231	.789	2.5	4.7	.6	.1	5.7
Quincy Miller†	6	0	10.2	.222	.143	.727	2.0	.5	1.0	.5	2.8
David Stockton	3	0	11.0	.333	.500	.500	.7	3.0	.7	.0	2.7
Sim Bhullar	3	0	1.0	.500			.3	.3	.0	.3	.7
Eric Moreland	3	0	0.7	1.000			.3	.0	.0	.0	.7
David Wear	2	0	3.5	.000	.000		1.0	.5	.0	.0	.0

• ^† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only.

Roster

2014–15 Sacramento Kings roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From SF 18 Omri Casspi 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1988-06-22 Israel PG 7 Darren Collison 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1987-08-23 UCLA C 15 DeMarcus Cousins 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 270 lb (122 kg) 1990-08-13 Kentucky PF 30 Reggie Evans 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1980-05-18 Iowa SF 8 Rudy Gay 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1986-08-17 Connecticut C 5 Ryan Hollins 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1984-10-10 UCLA PF 24 Carl Landry 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 248 lb (112 kg) 1983-09-19 Purdue PG 3 Ray McCallum 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1991-06-12 Detroit Mercy SG 23 Ben McLemore 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1993-02-11 Kansas PG 22 Andre Miller 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1976-03-19 Utah PF 25 Eric Moreland 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1991-12-24 Oregon State SG 10 Nik Stauskas 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 207 lb (94 kg) 1993-10-07 Michigan PG 9 David Stockton 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1991-06-24 Gonzaga PF 34 Jason Thompson 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1986-07-21 Rider PF 13 Derrick Williams 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1991-05-25 Arizona

Head coach Michael Malone (fired) Tyrone Corbin (interim) George Karl Assistant(s) Dee Brown (player development) Chris Jent Corliss Williamson Micah Nori Ryan Bowen Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (GL) On assignment to G League affiliate Injured Roster Updated: April 12, 2015

Transactions

Main article: List of 2014–15 NBA season transactions

Trades

Free agents

Re-signed

Player	Signed	Contract	Ref.

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team	Ref.

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	Date	New team	Ref.

Awards

Player	Award	Date awarded	Ref.