2014–15 Miami Heat season

2014–15 Miami Heat season
Head coach Erik Spoelstra
Owner(s) Micky Arison
Arena American Airlines Arena
Results
Record 37–45 (.451)
Place Division: 3rd (Southeast)
Conference: 10th (Eastern)
Playoff finish Did Not Qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
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The 2014–15 Miami Heat season is the 27th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).[1] The Heat entered the 2014-15 season as the defending Eastern Conference champions. Although they were remained in playoff contention in earlier April, The Heat were eliminated from playoff contention after their game 80 loss to the Toronto Raptors. The Heat failed to the playoffs for the first time since 2008 after a four-year trip to the Finals, winning two in 2012 and 2013, and first team to fail to make the playoffs after making it to the Finals from the previous season since the 2004-05 Los Angeles Lakers. Since LeBron James' departure on July 11, the Heat were 2-0 at home since he returned to Miami.

Preseason

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College/Team
1 26 P.J. Hairston SG  United States Texas Legends (NBDL)
2 55 Semaj Christon PG  United States Xavier

Regular season

Standings

Eastern Conference
# Team W L PCT GB GP
1 c-Atlanta Hawks * 60 22 .732 – 82
2 y-Cleveland Cavaliers * 53 29 .646 7.0 82
3 x-Chicago Bulls 50 32 .610 10.0 82
4 y-Toronto Raptors * 49 33 .598 11.0 82
5 x-Washington Wizards 46 36 .561 14.0 82
6 x-Milwaukee Bucks 41 41 .500 19.0 82
7 x-Boston Celtics 40 42 .488 20.0 82
8 x-Brooklyn Nets 38 44 .463 22.0 82
9 Indiana Pacers 38 44 .463 22.0 82
10 Miami Heat 37 45 .451 23.0 82
11 Charlotte Hornets 33 49 .402 27.0 82
12 Detroit Pistons 32 50 .390 28.0 82
13 Orlando Magic 25 57 .305 35.0 82
14 Philadelphia 76ers 18 64 .220 42.0 82
15 New York Knicks 17 65 .207 43.0 82

Game log

Summer League

2014 Summer League game log
Total: 3–8 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–6)
2014–15 season schedule

Preseason

2014 pre-season game log
Total: 4–4 (Home: 2–4; Road: 2–0)
2014–15 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2014–15 game log
Total: 37–45 (Home: 20–21; Road: 17–24)
2014–15 season schedule

Player statistics

Injuries

Josh McRoberts
Chris Bosh
Shabazz Napier

Roster

2014–15 Miami Heat roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
F/C 11 Andersen, Chris style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1978–07–07 Blinn College
F 30 Beasley, Michael style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1989–01–09 Kansas State
F/C 1 Bosh, Chris (C) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1984–03–24 Georgia Tech
G 15 Chalmers, Mario style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1986–05–19 Kansas
F 9 Deng, Luol style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1985–04–16 Duke
G 7 Dragić, Goran style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1986–05–06 Slovenia
G/F 12 Dragić, Zoran style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1989–06–22 Slovenia
F 32 Ennis, James style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 208 lb (94 kg) 1990–07–01 Long Beach State
F/C 40 Haslem, Udonis style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1980–06–09 Florida
G 8 Johnson, Tyler style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 186 lb (84 kg) 1992–05–07 Fresno State
F 4 McRoberts, Josh style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1987–02–28 Duke
G 13 Napier, Shabazz style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1991–07–14 Connecticut
G 3 Wade, Dwyane (C) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1982–01–17 Marquette
F 5 Walker, Henry style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1987–10–09 Kansas State
C 21 Whiteside, Hassan style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1989–06–13 Marshall
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Athletic trainer(s)
  • Jay Sabol
Strength and conditioning 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: 2015–03–18

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Re-signed

Signed Contract Ref.

Additions

Signed Miami Heat Ref.

Awards

James Ennis Award 1/31/15 Ref.

References

  1. ↑ "2014 NBA Draft Order". NBA. Retrieved 8 June 2014.

External links

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