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

Statistics (Summer League, preseason, and regular season)

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

Summer League

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Marcus Lewis	5	0	12.2	.750	.	.	1.2	1.6	1.2	0.0	3.8
Semaj Christon	4	4	26.3	.485	.	.	2.3	2.8	1.3	0.0	11.3
Ron Anderson	5	5	9.6	.000	.	.	2.8	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.8
Mario Little	4	0	19.0	.357	.	.	2.3	3.0	1.3	0.0	10.0
Steven Adams	3	0	9.7	.600	.	.	4.7	0.7	0.3	1.0	9.7
Andre Roberson	4	3	29.0	.483	.	.	8.3	2.0	2.3	0.8	9.5
Josh Huestis	4	0	19.8	.429	.	.	2.3	1.0	0.3	0.5	8.0
Fuquan Edwin	3	0	7.3	.250	.	.	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.3
Mitch McGary	4	4	26.0	.500	.	.	5.8	1.3	0.8	1.8	14.8
Perry Jones	4	4	27.3	.447	.	.	5.3	0.5	0.8	1.0	12.3
Jeremy Lamb	3	3	31.3	.320	.	.	5.3	2.7	1.3	0.7	17.3
Maurice Sutton	3	0	3.7	.333	.	.	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7
Michael Stockton	3	0	10.0	.600	.	.	0.7	2.7	1.0	0.0	3.0

Preseason

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Russell Westbrook	6	5	22.3	.369	.100	.920	6.2	4.2	1.8	0.0	12.0
Kevin Durant	2	2	15.0	.500	.333	1.000	2.5	2.5	1.5	0.0	11.5
Serge Ibaka	3	3	23.9	.469	.500	.500	5.7	0.7	0.0	1.7	11.3
Reggie Jackson	2	0	20.1	.412	.429	1.000	2.5	4.5	0.5	0.0	11.0
Steven Adams	7	7	25.7	.684	.000	.500	6.9	1.0	1.1	1.3	12.7
Anthony Morrow	6	3	24.9	.475	.448	.950	2.0	1.3	0.3	0.2	15.0
Lance Thomas	6	2	22.2	.333	.000	.917	4.5	0.2	0.3	0.3	4.8
Sebastian Telfair	5	1	22.9	.261	.222	.100	2.0	3.0	0.3	0.7	4.
Andre Roberson	7	3	28.0	.441	.400	.467	6.1	2.3	1.1	0.9	5.6
Richard Soloman	3	0	11.9	.667	.000	.500	3.3	0.3	1.3	0.7	4.7
Nick Collison	1	0	11.1	1.000	1.000	.000	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	5.0
Mitch McGary	1	1	36.0	.500	.000	.000	2.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	14.0
Perry Jones	6	1	23.7	.410	.286	.483	3.5	0.5	0.2	0.5	11.7
Jeremy Lamb	5	1	32.4	.304	.143	.771	5.6	2.6	1.2	0.8	15.8
Talib Zanna	7	0	17.4	.400	.000	.682	5.0	0.3	0.4	0.4	4.4
Michael Jenkins	7	0	17.5	.400	.320	.600	1.7	2.0	0.4	0.0	6.0

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Russell Westbrook	67	27	34.4	.426	.299	.835	7.3	8.6	2.1	0.2	28.1
Kevin Durant	27	27	33.8	.510	.403	.854	6.6	4.1	0.9	0.9	25.4
Serge Ibaka	64	64	33.1	.476	.376	.836	7.8	0.9	0.5	2.4	14.3
Enes Kanter	26	26	31.1	.566	.750	.776	11.0	1.1	0.5	0.5	18.7
Dion Waiters	47	20	30.3	.392	.319	.625	2.9	1.9	1.0	0.2	12.7
Reggie Jackson	50	13	28.0	.432	.278	.861	4.0	4.3	0.8	0.1	12.8
Steven Adams	70	67	25.3	.544	.000	.502	7.5	0.9	0.5	1.2	7.7
Anthony Morrow	74	0	24.4	.463	.434	.888	2.6	0.8	0.7	0.1	10.7
D.J. Augustin	28	1	24.2	.371	.354	.861	2.2	3.1	0.6	0.0	7.3
Lance Thomas	22	13	20.5	.357	.000	.697	3.4	0.9	0.5	0.0	5.1
Sebastian Telfair	16	1	20.4	.368	.300	.706	1.9	2.8	0.6	0.0	8.4
Kendrick Perkins	51	3	19.2	.441	.000	.507	5.5	0.8	0.3	0.7	4.0
Andre Roberson	67	65	19.2	.458	.247	.479	3.8	1.0	0.8	0.4	3.4
Kyle Singler	26	18	17.5	.333	.370	.688	2.1	0.7	0.5	0.3	3.7
Nick Collison	66	2	16.7	.419	.267	.692	3.8	1.4	0.5	0.4	4.1
Mitch McGary	32	2	15.2	.533	.000	.625	5.2	0.4	0.5	0.5	6.3
Perry Jones	43	13	4.3	.397	.233	.649	1.8	0.4	0.4	0.2	4.3
Jeremy Lamb	47	8	13.5	.416	.342	.891	2.3	0.9	0.4	0.1	6.3
Steve Novak	13	0	6.8	.286	.200	0.0	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.1	1.2
Ish Smith	30	0	5.2	.333	.200	.667	0.9	0.9	0.1	0.0	1.2
Grant Jerrett	5	0	5.0	.176	.077	0.0	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.4	1.4

Injuries

Player	Duration		Injury type	Games missed
Player	Start	End	Injury type	Games missed
Durant, KevinKevin Durant	October 28, 2014	December 7, 2014	Jones fracture	19
Westbrook, RussellRussell Westbrook	October 31, 2014	November 28, 2014	Broken right hand	14
Durant, KevinKevin Durant	December 19, 2014	December 31, 2014	Sprained right ankle	6
Adams, StevenSteven Adams	January 24, 2015	January 26, 2015	Migraine	1
Durant, KevinKevin Durant	January 26, 2015	February 6, 2015	Sprained toe	6
Adams, StevenSteven Adams	February 9, 2015	March 8, 2015	Broken right hand	8
Durant, KevinKevin Durant	February 21, 2015	April 26, 2015	Sore right foot	24

Roster

2014–15 Oklahoma City Thunder roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
6.0 !C	12	Adams, Steven	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1993–07–28	Pittsburgh
1.0 !PG	14	Augustin, D. J.	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	1987–11–10	Texas
4.5 !PF	4	Collison, Nick	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	1980–10–26	Kansas
3.0 !SF	35	Durant, Kevin (C)	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1988–09–29	Texas
4.5 !PF	9	Ibaka, Serge (C)	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1989–09–18	Spain
6.0 !C	34	Kanter, Enes	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1992–05–20	Stoneridge PS (CA)
4.5 !PF	3	Jones III, Perry	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1991–09–24	Baylor
2.0 !SG	11	Lamb, Jeremy	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1992–05–30	Connecticut
6.0 !C	33	McGary, Mitch	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	1992–06–06	Michigan
2.0 !SG	2	Morrow, Anthony	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1985–09–27	Georgia Tech
3.0 !SF	6	Novak, Steve	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1983–06–13	Marquette
2.0 !SG	21	Roberson, André	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1991–12–04	Colorado
3.0 !SF	5	Singler, Kyle	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	228 lb (103 kg)	1988–05–04	Duke
2.0 !SG	3	Waiters, Dion	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1991–12–01	Syracuse
1.0 !PG	0	Westbrook, Russell (C)	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1988–11–12	UCLA

Head coach

Scott Brooks

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

Main article: List of 2014–15 NBA season 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
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

↑ "Thunder's Durant to miss 6-8 weeks with foot fracture". NBA.com. October 12, 2014. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
↑ Durant returns, but Pelicans down Thunder 112-104
↑ Kevin Durant 2014-15 Game Log
↑ Warriors beat Thunder 114-109 after Durant injury
↑ Kevin Durant (ankle) day to day
↑ Kevin Durant will miss Lakers game with ankle injury
↑ "Thunder re-sign Grant Jerrett". InsideHoops.com. July 16, 2014. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
↑ "Warriors' Curry and Cavaliers' James unanimous picks for 2014-15 All-NBA First Team". NBA.com. May 21, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
↑ 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.
↑ Russell Westbrook edges James Harden for NBA scoring crown

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