2014–15 San Antonio Spurs season

The 2014–15 San Antonio Spurs season was the 48th season of the franchise, 39th in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 42nd in the San Antonio area.[1] The Spurs were the defending NBA Champions, having defeated the Miami Heat in the 2014 NBA Finals 4 games to 1 and winning their fifth NBA championship, and made Tim Duncan the second player in NBA history to win championships in 3 different decades (The first being John Salley). On April 3, 2015 after their victory over the Denver Nuggets they clinched a 50+ win season for the 16th consecutive season. The Spurs started the season slow and exceeded their previous season of 20 losses, but managed an eleven-game winning streak within the last 12 games and finished 55–27, finishing third in the Southwest on a tie breaker to the Memphis Grizzlies.

2014–15 San Antonio Spurs season
Head coachGregg Popovich
General managerR. C. Buford
OwnersPeter Holt
ArenaAT&T Center
Results
Record55–27 (.671)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Southwest)
Conference: 6th (Western)
Playoff finishFirst Round
(Lost to Clippers 3–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionFSSW
KENS HD
KMYS
Radio1200 WOAI

In the playoffs, the Spurs faced the Los Angeles Clippers in the First Round. The Spurs' season would end in a Game 7 loss, after Chris Paul made a layup with 1 second on the clock and Matt Barnes blocking a desperate final inbound pass as time expired, losing 109–111. It was the first time since 2011 where the Spurs were eliminated in the first round, where they were eliminated by the 8th-seeded Memphis Grizzlies in a shocking upset. The team hired former WNBA point guard Becky Hammon as an assistant head coach, making her the first full-time female assistant coach in the NBA.

Preseason

Draft picks
Main article: 2014 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/club team
1 30 Kyle Anderson PF  United States UCLA
2 58 Jordan McRae SG  United States Tennessee
2 60 Cory Jefferson PF  United States Baylor

Roster
Roster listing
2014–15 San Antonio Spurs roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
F 1 Anderson, Kyle 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1993–09–20 UCLA
F/C 11 Ayres, Jeff 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1987–04–29 Arizona State
F/C 16 Baynes, Aron 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1986–12–09 Washington State
G 3 Belinelli, Marco 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1986–03–25 Italy
C 15 Bonner, Matt 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1980–04–05 Florida
F/C 33 Diaw, Boris 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1982–04–16 INSEP (FRA)
F/C 21 Duncan, Tim (C) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1976–04–25 Wake Forest
G 20 Ginóbili, Manu (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1977–07–28 Argentina
G/F 14 Green, Danny 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1987–06–22 North Carolina
G 5 Joseph, Cory 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1991–08–20 Texas
F 2 Leonard, Kawhi 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1991–06–29 San Diego State
G 8 Mills, Patty 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988–08–11 Saint Mary's
G 9 Parker, Tony (C) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1982–05–17 INSEP (FRA)
C 22 Splitter, Tiago 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1985–01–01 Brazil
G/F 55 Williams, Reggie 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1986–09–14 VMI
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
Last transaction: 2015–04–22

Regular season

Standings
Southwest Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div GP
y-Houston Rockets 56 26 .683 0.0 30–11 26–15 8–8 82
x-Memphis Grizzlies 55 27 .671 1.0 31–10 24–17 9–7 82
x-San Antonio Spurs 55 27 .671 1.0 33–8 22–19 8–8 82
x-Dallas Mavericks 50 32 .610 6.0 27–14 23–18 7–9 82
x-New Orleans Pelicans 45 37 .549 11.0 28–13 17–24 8–8 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

Regular season
2014–15 game log
Total: 55–27 (Home: 33–8; Road: 22–19)
October: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
November : 11–3 (Home: 5–1; Road: 6–2)
December : 8–10 (Home: 5–4; Road: 3–6)
January : 10–4 (Home: 7–2; Road: 3–2)
February : 6–5 (Home: 2–0; Road: 4–5)
March : 12–3 (Home: 9–1; Road: 3–2)
April : 7–1 (Home: 4–0; Road: 3–1)
2014–15 season schedule

Playoffs
2015 playoff game log
Total: 3–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 2–2)
First Round: 3–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 2–2)
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  Bold  Career high

Regular season
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Kyle Anderson 33 8 10.8 .348 .273 .643 2.2 .8 .5 .2 2.2
Jeff Ayres 51 0 7.5 .579 . .750 2.3 .3 .2 .2 2.7
Aron Baynes 70 17 16.0 .566 .250 .865 4.5 .5 .2 .3 6.6
Marco Belinelli 62 9 22.4 .423 .374 .848 2.5 1.5 .5 .0 9.2
Matt Bonner 72 19 13.0 .409 .365 .811 1.6 .7 .1 .2 3.7
Austin Daye 26 4 10.3 .348 .333 1.000 2.3 .3 .3 .1 4.0
Boris Diaw 81 15 24.5 .460 .320 .774 4.3 2.9 .4 .3 8.7
Tim Duncan 77 77 28.9 .512 .286 .740 9.1 3.0 .8 2.0 13.9
Manu Ginóbili 70 0 22.7 .426 .345 .721 3.0 4.2 1.0 .3 10.5
Danny Green 81 80 28.5 .436 .418 .874 4.2 2.0 1.2 1.1 11.7
Cory Joseph 79 14 18.3 .504 .364 .734 2.4 2.4 .6 .2 6.8
Kawhi Leonard 64 64 31.8 .479 .349 .802 7.2 2.5 2.3 .8 16.5
Patty Mills 51 0 15.7 .381 .341 .825 1.5 1.7 .5 .0 6.9
Tony Parker 68 68 28.7 .486 .427 .783 1.9 4.9 .6 .0 14.4
Tiago Splitter 52 35 19.8 .558 . .750 4.8 1.5 .7 .7 8.2
Reggie Williams 20 0 5.3 .385 .158 1.000 .9 .5 .1 .0 1.9

Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Jeff Ayres 3 0 4.0 .000 . . 1.0 .7 .0 .0 .0
Aron Baynes 4 0 10.0 .300 . 1.000 2.5 .3 .0 .0 2.3
Marco Belinelli 7 0 16.6 .513 .467 .846 1.9 1.4 .3 .0 9.3
Matt Bonner 7 0 5.1 .200 .222 . .9 .1 .0 .1 .9
Boris Diaw 7 0 28.3 .479 .222 .692 6.1 3.6 .7 .4 11.6
Tim Duncan 7 7 35.7 .589 .000 .559 11.1 3.3 1.3 1.4 17.9
Manu Ginóbili 7 0 18.7 .349 .364 .783 3.4 4.6 .6 .9 8.0
Danny Green 7 7 29.1 .344 .300 .667 3.1 2.1 1.0 1.0 8.3
Cory Joseph 4 0 5.5 .833 . .500 .3 .0 .0 .3 2.8
Kawhi Leonard 7 7 35.7 .477 .423 .771 7.4 2.6 1.1 .6 20.3
Patty Mills 7 0 16.0 .500 .571 1.000 2.7 1.1 .3 .0 10.1
Tony Parker 7 7 30.0 .363 .000 .588 3.3 3.6 .3 .0 10.9
Tiago Splitter 7 7 17.6 .375 . .316 4.4 1.3 .6 .1 3.4

Transactions
Main article: List of 2014–15 NBA season transactions

Re-signed
Player Signed
Patty Mills[2] 3-year contract worth $12 million
Boris Diaw[3] 3-year contract worth $22 million
Matt Bonner[4] 1-year contract worth $1.4 million
Aron Baynes[5] 1-year contract worth $2.1 million

Additions
Player Signed Former team
JaMychal Green[6] Chorale Roanne
Reggie Williams[7][8][9] Oklahoma City Blue

Subtractions
Player Signed New team
Damion James Texas Legends
Austin Daye[10] Waived Erie BayHawks

Awards
Player

Kawhi Leonard

 Award

Defensive Player of the Year

Date awarded April 23, 2015 Ref.

References

  1. "2014 NBA Draft Order". NBA. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  2. "Spurs re-sign Patty Mills". NBA.com/spurs. July 12, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
  3. "Spurs re-sign Boris Diaw". NBA.com/spurs. July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  4. "Spurs re-sign Matt Bonner". NBA.com/spurs. July 21, 2014. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
  5. "Spurs re-sign Aron Baynes". NBA.com/spurs. September 21, 2014. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  6. "Spurs sign JaMychal Green to 10 Day Contract". NBA.com/spurs. January 15, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  7. "Spurs sign Reggie Williams to 10-Day contract". NBA.com/spurs. January 28, 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  8. "Reggie Williams to a second 10-day contract". NBA.com/spurs. February 8, 2015. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
  9. "Spurs sign forward Reggie Williams". NBA.com/spurs. February 20, 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
  10. "Spurs waive Austin Daye". NBA.com/spurs. January 17, 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
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