2014–15 Miami Heat season

2014–15 Miami Heat season
Head coach	Erik Spoelstra
General manager	Andy Elisburg
President	Pat Riley
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 at Basketball-Reference.com

The 2014–15 Miami Heat season was the 27th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). For the first time since 2010, LeBron James was not on the roster as he returned to the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Heat entered the 2014–15 season as the defending Eastern Conference champion without LeBron, and were coming off of an NBA Finals loss in five games to the San Antonio Spurs. Although they remained in playoff contention until early April, the Heat were eliminated from playoff contention after their game 80 loss to the Toronto Raptors. The Heat failed to make 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 NBA Finals from the previous season since the 2004–05 Los Angeles Lakers and the first since then to miss the playoffs after losing in the Finals.

For the first time since 1995-96, Ray Allen was not in the NBA as he sat out this season as a free agent and retired in 2016. Allen played with the Heat for 2 seasons where he helped them win a championship in 2013, his second ring after winning one in 2008 with the Boston Celtics.

Preseason

Draft picks

Main article: 2014 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Team
1	26	P. J. Hairston	SG	United States	Texas Legends (D-League)
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

Preseason

2014 pre-season game log Total: 4–4 (Home: 2–4; Road: 2–0)
Pre-season: 4–4 (home: 2–4; road: 2–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 4 New Orleans L 86–98 James Ennis (17) Bosh, Jones, Ennis (6) Danny Granger (4) KFC Yum! Center 20,074 0-1 2 October 7 Orlando L 101–108 (OT) Bosh, Deng (18) James Ennis (10) Norris Cole (6) American Airlines Arena 19,600 0-2 3 October 11 Cleveland L 119–122 (OT) Chris Bosh (19) Chris Bosh (8) Wade, Napier (7) HSBC Arena 15,411 0-3 4 October 14 Atlanta L 103–109 Chris Bosh (22) Chris Bosh (9) Dwyane Wade (5) American Airlines Arena 19,600 0-4 5 October 17 Golden State W 115–108 Chris Bosh (21) Bosh, Williams (7) Wade, Deng (3) Sprint Center 12,783 1-4 6 October 18 @ San Antonio W 111–108 (OT) Shabazz Napier (25) Khem Birch (13) Shabazz Napier (4) AT&T Center 18,581 2-4 7 October 21 Houston W 90–85 Dwyane Wade (26) Chris Andersen (7) Dwyane Wade (6) American Airlines Arena 19,600 3-4 8 October 24 @ Memphis W 104–98 Chris Bosh (21) Bosh, Birch (6) Norris Cole (7) FedEx Forum 10,843 4-4
2014–15 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2014–15 game log Total:37–45 (Home: 20–21; Road: 17–24)
October: 1–0 (home: 1–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 29 Washington W 107–95 Chris Bosh (26) Chris Bosh (15) Bosh & Chalmers (4) American Airlines Arena 19,744 1–0
November : 8–7 (home: 3–5; road: 5–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 2 November 1 @ Philadelphia W 114–96 Chris Bosh (30) Chris Bosh (8) Dwyane Wade (10) Wells Fargo Center 19,753 2–0 3 November 2 Toronto W 107–102 Chris Bosh (21) Bosh & Wade (11) Dwyane Wade (7) American Airlines Arena 19,666 3–0 4 November 4 Houston L 91–108 Chris Bosh (21) Chris Bosh (8) Shabazz Napier (4) American Airlines Arena 19,666 3–1 5 November 5 @ Charlotte L 89–96 Dwyane Wade (25) Chris Bosh (13) Dwyane Wade (7) Time Warner Cable Arena 15,874 3–2 6 November 8 Minnesota W 102–92 Dwyane Wade (25) Bosh & Williams (7) Dwyane Wade (8) American Airlines Arena 19,735 4–2 7 November 9 @ Dallas W 105–96 Luol Deng (30) Chris Bosh (10) Dwyane Wade (10) American Airlines Center 20,195 5–2 8 November 12 Indiana L 75–81 Dwyane Wade (20) Luol Deng (7) Norris Cole (7) American Airlines Arena 19,658 5–3 9 November 14 @ Atlanta L 103–114 Mario Chalmers (23) Chris Bosh (8) Mario Chalmers (11) Philips Arena 17,090 5–4 10 November 16 Milwaukee L 84–91 Mario Chalmers (18) Shawne Williams (11) Bosh & Chalmers (5) American Airlines Arena 19,680 5–5 11 November 17 @ Brooklyn W 95–83 Mario Chalmers (22) Chris Bosh (9) Mario Chalmers (5) Barclays Center 17,732 6–5 12 November 20 L.A. Clippers L 93–110 Chris Bosh (28) Chris Bosh (7) Chalmers & Napier (3) American Airlines Arena 19,685 6–6 13 November 22 @ Orlando W 99–92 Chris Bosh (32) Chris Bosh (10) Mario Chalmers (8) Amway Center 18,846 7–6 14 November 23 Charlotte W 94–93 Luol Deng (26) Chris Bosh (10) Mario Chalmers (10) American Airlines Arena 19,639 8–6 15 November 25 Golden State L 97–114 Chris Bosh (26) Chris Bosh (9) Chalmers & Ennis (4) American Airlines Arena 19,647 8–7 16 November 30 @ New York W 86–79 Dwyane Wade (27) Luol Deng (10) Dwyane Wade (5) Madison Square Garden 19,812 9–7
December : 5–12 (home: 2–7; road: 3–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 17 December 1 @ Washington L 86–107 Chris Bosh (21) Chris Bosh (8) Josh McRoberts (4) Verizon Center 15,150 9–8 18 December 3 Atlanta L 102–112 Dwyane Wade (28) Chris Bosh (11) Mario Chalmers (11) American Airlines Arena 19,600 9–9 19 December 5 @ Milwaukee L 85–109 Dwyane Wade (28) Chris Bosh (6) Dwyane Wade (8) BMO Harris Bradley Center 16,325 9–10 20 December 7 @ Memphis L 87–103 Dwyane Wade (25) Udonis Haslem (8) Dwyane Wade (6) FedExForum 16,572 9–11 21 December 9 @ Phoenix W 103–97 Chris Bosh (34) Chris Bosh (9) Josh McRoberts (7) US Airways Center 14,963 10–11 22 December 10 @ Denver L 82–102 Chris Bosh (14) Norris Cole (8) Norris Cole (8) Pepsi Center 13,433 10–12 23 December 12 @ Utah W 100–95 Dwyane Wade (29) Chris Bosh (9) Dwyane Wade (7) EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 11–12 24 December 14 Chicago L 75–93 Deng & Wade (17) Luol Deng (10) Norris Cole (6) American Airlines Arena 19,600 11–13 25 December 16 @ Brooklyn W 95–91 Dwyane Wade (28) Chris Andersen (9) Mario Chalmers (5) Barclays Center 16,827 12–13 26 December 17 Utah L 87–105 Dwyane Wade (42) Chris Andersen (9) Dwyane Wade (3) American Airlines Arena 19,633 12–14 27 December 19 Washington L 103–105 Dwyane Wade (28) Hassan Whiteside (7) Dwyane Wade (8) American Airlines Arena 19,600 12–15 28 December 21 Boston W 100–84 Luol Deng (23) James Ennis (8) Mario Chalmers (10) American Airlines Arena 19,720 13–15 29 December 23 Philadelphia L 87–91 Dwyane Wade (23) Udonis Haslem (8) Dwyane Wade (6) American Airlines Arena 19,600 13–16 30 December 25 Cleveland W 101–91 Dwyane Wade (31) Deng & Andersen (8) Luol Deng (8) American Airlines Arena 19,817 14–16 31 December 27 Memphis L 95–103 Dwyane Wade (25) Hassan Whiteside (7) Dwyane Wade (7) American Airlines Arena 19,744 14–17 32 December 29 Orlando L 101–102 Dwyane Wade (25) Chris Bosh (8) Dwyane Wade (6) American Airlines Arena 19,887 14–18 33 December 31 @ Indiana L 95–106 Dwyane Wade (20) Chris Bosh (8) Dwyane Wade (7) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165 14–19
January : 6–7 (home: 2–3; road: 4–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 34 January 3 @ Houston L 79–115 Bosh & Wade (15) Deng & Whiteside (6) Mario Chalmers (5) Toyota Center 18,338 14–20 35 January 4 Brooklyn W 88–84 Chris Bosh (26) Hassan Whiteside (10) Dwyane Wade (7) American Airlines Arena 20,181 15–20 36 January 8 @ Portland L 83–99 Dwyane Wade (23) Hassan Whiteside (8) Chris Bosh (5) Moda Center 19,441 15–21 37 January 11 @ L.A. Clippers W 104–90 Chris Bosh (34) Hassan Whiteside (16) Dwyane Wade (10) Staples Center 19,060 16–21 38 January 13 @ L.A. Lakers W 78–75 Mario Chalmers (19) Hassan Whiteside (9) Mario Chalmers (8) Staples Center 18,997 17–21 39 January 14 @ Golden State L 89–104 Chris Bosh (26) Hassan Whiteside (12) Shabazz Napier (6) Oracle Arena 19,596 17–22 40 January 16 @ Sacramento W 95–83 Chris Bosh (30) Chris Bosh (7) Shabazz Napier (5) Sleep Train Arena 16,350 18–22 41 January 20 Oklahoma City L 86–94 Dwyane Wade (18) Chris Bosh (7) Dwyane Wade (6) American Airlines Arena 19,735 18–23 42 January 21 @ Charlotte L 76–78 Bosh & Wade (17) Bosh & Wade & Napier (5) Wade & Napier (4) Time Warner Cable Arena 16,914 18–24 43 January 23 Indiana W 89–87 Luol Deng (23) Chris Andersen (13) Dwyane Wade (4) American Airlines Arena 19,693 19–24 44 January 25 @ Chicago W 96–84 Dwyane Wade (26) Hassan Whiteside (13) Mario Chalmers (5) United Center 21,918 20–24 45 January 27 Milwaukee L 102–109 Chris Bosh (26) Hassan Whiteside (16) Mario Chalmers (8) American Airlines Arena 21,918 20–25 46 January 30 Dallas L 72–93 Hassan Whiteside (16) Hassan Whiteside (24) Mario Chalmers (6) American Airlines Arena 19,823 20–26
February : 5–7 (home: 2–2; road: 3–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 47 February 1 @ Boston W 83–75 Hassan Whiteside (20) Whiteside & Johnson (9) Cole & Johnson (4) TD Garden 19,823 21–26 48 February 3 @ Detroit L 91–108 Chris Bosh (34) Hassan Whiteside (10) Norris Cole (8) Palace of Auburn Hills 12,768 21–27 49 February 4 @ Minnesota L 101–102 Hassan Whiteside (24) Hassan Whiteside (20) Shabazz Napier (7) Target Center 12,768 21–28 50 February 6 @ San Antonio L 85–98 Tyler Johnson (18) James Ennis (8) Cole & Napier (5) AT&T Center 18,581 21–29 51 February 9 New York W 109–95 Chris Bosh (32) Hassan Whiteside (9) Norris Cole (8) American Airlines Arena 19,851 22–29 52 February 11 @ Cleveland L 93–113 Mario Chalmers (18) Hassan Whiteside (14) Shabazz Napier (8) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 22–30 All-Star Break 53 February 20 @ New York W 111–87 Shabazz Napier (18) Hassan Whiteside (14) Luol Deng (8) Madison Square Garden 19,812 23–30 54 February 21 New Orleans L 91–105 Mario Chalmers (20) Hassan Whiteside (16) Wade & Andersen (4) American Airlines Arena 19,982 23–31 55 February 23 Philadelphia W 119–108 Luol Deng (29) Hassan Whiteside (14) Goran Dragić (10) American Airlines Arena 19,802 24–31 56 February 25 @ Orlando W 93–90 (OT) Luol Deng (21) Hassan Whiteside (13) Dwyane Wade (6) Amway Center 18,309 25–31 57 February 27 @ New Orleans L 102–104 Luol Deng (22) Hassan Whiteside (7) Dwyane Wade (8) Smoothie King Center 17,797 25–32 58 February 28 Atlanta L 91–93 Dwyane Wade (22) Hassan Whiteside (24) Goran Dragić (6) American Airlines Arena 19,733 25–33
March : 9–7 (home: 8–2; road: 1–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 59 March 2 Phoenix W 115–98 Tyler Johnson (26) Hassan Whiteside (10) Dwyane Wade (9) American Airlines Arena 19,600 26–33 60 March 4 L.A. Lakers W 100–94 Dwyane Wade (25) Hassan Whiteside (25) Dragić & Wade (6) American Airlines Arena 19,600 27–33 61 March 6 @ Washington L 97–99 Goran Dragić (18) Chris Andersen (6) Goran Dragić (7) Verizon Center 20,356 27–34 62 March 7 Sacramento W 114–109 (OT) Dwyane Wade (28) Michael Beasley (7) Mario Chalmers (7) American Airlines Arena 19,600 28-34 63 March 9 Boston L 90–100 Dwyane Wade (34) Hassan Whiteside (9) Chalmers & Deng (4) American Airlines Arena 19,600 28–35 64 March 11 Brooklyn W 104–98 Dwyane Wade (28) Chris Andersen (14) Dwyane Wade (9) American Airlines Arena 19,600 29–35 65 March 13 @ Toronto L 92–102 Dwyane Wade (25) Hassan Whiteside (5) Goran Dragić (5) Air Canada Centre 19,800 29–36 66 March 16 Cleveland W 106–92 Dwyane Wade (32) Hassan Whiteside (11) Goran Dragić (9) American Airlines Arena 19,626 30–36 67 March 18 Portland W 108–104 Dwyane Wade (32) Hassan Whiteside (10) Goran Dragić (11) American Airlines Arena 19,621 31–36 68 March 20 Denver W 108–91 Dwyane Wade (22) Hassan Whiteside (10) Michael Beasley (7) American Airlines Arena 19,710 32–36 69 March 22 @ Oklahoma City L 75–93 Hassan Whiteside (13) Udonis Haslem (7) Dwyane Wade (4) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 32–37 70 March 24 @ Milwaukee L 88–89 Dwyane Wade (21) Hassan Whiteside (8) Goran Dragić (6) BMO Harris Bradley Center 12,313 32–38 71 March 25 @ Boston W 93–86 Goran Dragić (22) Udonis Haslem (12) Chalmers & Dragić (7) TD Garden 18,624 33–38 72 March 27 @ Atlanta L 86–99 Luol Deng (17) Luol Deng (10) Chalmers & Walker (5) Philips Arena 19,233 33–39 73 March 29 Detroit W 109–102 Dwyane Wade (40) Udonis Haslem (13) Goran Dragić (5) American Airlines Arena 19,685 34–39 74 March 31 San Antonio L 81–95 Goran Dragić (19) Chris Andersen (10) Chalmers & Dragić (3) American Airlines Arena 20,047 34–40
April : 3–5 (home: 2–2; road: 1–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 75 April 2 @ Cleveland L 88–114 Deng & Whiteside (17) Deng & Whiteside (8) Goran Dragić (7) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 34–41 76 April 4 @ Detroit L 98–99 Dwyane Wade (24) Hassan Whiteside (12) Goran Dragić (7) Palace of Auburn Hills 16,133 34–42 77 April 5 @ Indiana L 89–112 Dwyane Wade (27) Udonis Haslem (10) Goran Dragić (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165 34–43 78 April 7 Charlotte W 105–100 Goran Dragić (28) Haslem & Whiteside (8) Dragić & Wade (5) American Airlines Arena 19,694 35–43 79 April 9 Chicago L 78–89 Dwyane Wade (19) Hassan Whiteside (16) Luol Deng (4) American Airlines Arena 19,641 35–44 80 April 11 Toronto L 104–107 Dwyane Wade (30) Hassan Whiteside (18) Wade & Dragić (5) American Airlines Arena 19,689 35–45 81 April 13 Orlando W 100–93 Hassan Whiteside (24) Hassan Whiteside (13) Goran Dragic (8) American Airlines Arena 19,600 36–45 82 April 15 @ Philadelphia W 105–101 Michael Beasley (34) James Ennis (12) James Ennis (6) Wells Fargo Center 14,476 37–45
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

Miami Heat statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG

Preseason

Miami Heat statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG

Regular season

Miami Heat statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG

Injuries

Player	Duration		Injury type	Games missed
	Start	End

Josh McRoberts
Chris Bosh
Shabazz Napier

Roster

2014–15 Miami Heat roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From C 11 Andersen, Chris 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1978-07-07 Blinn F 30 Beasley, Michael 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1989-01-09 Kansas State F/C 1 Bosh, Chris  (C) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1984-03-24 Georgia Tech G 15 Chalmers, Mario 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1986-05-19 Kansas F 9 Deng, Luol 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1985-04-16 Duke G 7 Dragić, Goran 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1986-05-06 Slovenia G 12 Dragić, Zoran 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1989-06-22 Slovenia F 32 Ennis, James 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 208 lb (94 kg) 1990-07-01 Long Beach State F 40 Haslem, Udonis 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1980-06-09 Florida G 8 Johnson, Tyler 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 186 lb (84 kg) 1992-05-07 Fresno State F 4 McRoberts, Josh  6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1987-02-28 Duke G 13 Napier, Shabazz  6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1991-07-14 Connecticut G 3 Wade, Dwyane (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1982-01-17 Marquette F 5 Walker, Henry 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1987-10-09 Kansas State C 21 Whiteside, Hassan 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1989-06-13 Marshall

Head coach Erik Spoelstra Assistant coach(es) Dan Craig Keith Smart Juwan Howard David Fizdale (associate head coach) Chris Quinn (player development) Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured Roster Last transaction: 2015–03–18

Transactions

Main article: List of 2014–15 NBA season transactions

Free agents

Re-signed

Signed	Contract	Ref.

Additions

	Signed	Miami Heat	Ref.

Subtractions

LeBron James Cleveland Cavaliers

Awards

James Ennis	Award	1/31/15	Ref.

External links

• 2014–15 Miami Heat preseason at ESPN
• 2014–15 Miami Heat regular season at ESPN