2015–16 Golden State Warriors season

2015–16 Golden State Warriors season
2015–16 Golden State Warriors season
Head coach	Luke Walton
General manager	Bob Myers
Owners	Peter Guber; Joe Lacob
Arena	Oracle Arena
Results
Record	15–0 (1.000)
Place	Division: 1st (Pacific); Conference: 1st (Western)
Playoff finish	TBD
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Comcast SportsNet Bay Area
Radio	KNBR
< 2014–15	2016–17 >

The 2015–16 Golden State Warriors season is the ongoing 70th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and their 54th in the San Francisco Bay Area.^[1] The Warriors entered the season as the defending NBA champions.

The Warriors opened the season with four wins and a combined margin-of-victory of 100 points, surpassing the 1961–62 Boston Celtics (99 points) for the largest win-margin over the first four season games. They are the best team in the Western Confrence and the National Basketball Association (NBA), so far. They hold the best record in the NBA, 15-0. They are holding a record with the Houston Rockets and the Washington Bullets of the best start to begin a season, 15-0.

Key dates

June 25: The 2015 NBA Draft took place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
July 1: 2015 NBA free agency begins.
October 27: The Warriors would open the regular season with assistant coach Luke Walton coaching for the team after coach Steve Kerr's back was confirmed that it would not heal up in time for the beginning of the regular season. Before the opener, the Golden State Warriors revealed their first title banner in 40 years and received their championship rings during a ceremony acknowledging the 2014-15 champions. Every player on the roster, with the exception of traded Celtics player David Lee, was in attendance with also the full coaching staff to celebrate the winningest season for the franchise.^[2]

Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	30	Kevon Looney	PF	United States	UCLA

Preseason

Total: 3–4 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–3)

2015 pre-season game log

Pre-season: 3–4 (home: 2–1; road: 1–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 5	Toronto	95–87	Leandro Barbosa (15)	Green, Ezeli (6)	Draymond Green (5)	SAP Center 18,223	1–0
2	October 8	@ Portland	101–118	Stephen Curry (30)	Draymond Green (8)	Stephen Curry (7)	Moda Center 19,303	1–1
3	October 13	Denver	103–114	Leandro Barbosa (16)	Draymond Green (9)	Stephen Curry (7)	ORACLE Arena 19,596	1–2
4	October 15	Houston	123–101	Stephen Curry (19)	Marreese Speights (8)	Stephen Curry (6)	ORACLE Arena 19,596	2–2
5	October 17	@ L.A. Lakers	70–85	Stephen Curry (19)	Jason Thompson (11)	Stephen Curry (4)	Valley View Casino Center 14,100	2–3
6	October 20	@ L.A. Clippers	95–130	Klay Thompson (21)	Draymond Green (7)	Klay Thompson (5)	STAPLES Center 15,889	2–4
7	October 22	@ L.A. Lakers	136–97	Curry, Thompson (24)	Marreese Speights (7)	Stephen Curry (10)	Honda Center 16,222	3–4

2015–16 season schedule

Regular season

Standings

Division

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
z – Golden State Warriors	73	9	.890	–	39‍–‍2	34‍–‍7	15–1	82
x – Los Angeles Clippers	53	29	.646	20.0	29‍–‍12	24‍–‍17	9–7	82
Sacramento Kings	33	49	.402	40.0	18‍–‍23	15‍–‍26	8–8	82
Phoenix Suns	23	59	.280	50.0	14‍–‍27	9‍–‍32	6–10	82
Los Angeles Lakers	17	65	.207	56.0	12‍–‍29	5‍–‍36	2–14	82

Conference

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	z – Golden State Warriors *	73	9	.890	–	82
2	y – San Antonio Spurs *	67	15	.817	6.0	82
3	y – Oklahoma City Thunder *	55	27	.671	18.0	82
4	x – Los Angeles Clippers	53	29	.646	20.0	82
5	x – Portland Trail Blazers	44	38	.537	29.0	82
6	x – Dallas Mavericks	42	40	.512	31.0	82
7	x – Memphis Grizzlies	42	40	.512	31.0	82
8	x – Houston Rockets	41	41	.500	32.0	82

9	Utah Jazz	40	42	.488	33.0	82
10	Sacramento Kings	33	49	.402	40.0	82
11	Denver Nuggets	33	49	.402	40.0	82
12	New Orleans Pelicans	30	52	.366	43.0	82
13	Minnesota Timberwolves	29	53	.354	44.0	82
14	Phoenix Suns	23	59	.280	50.0	82
15	Los Angeles Lakers	17	65	.207	56.0	82

Game log

Total: 15–0 (Home: 8–0; Road: 7–0)

2015–16 game log

October: 3–0 (home: 1–0; road: 2–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 27	New Orleans	W 111–95	Stephen Curry (40)	Harrison Barnes (9)	Stephen Curry (7)	ORACLE Arena 19,596	1–0
2	October 30	@ Houston	W 112–92	Stephen Curry (25)	Curry, Ezeli, Green (7)	Draymond Green (7)	Toyota Center 18,142	2–0
3	October 31	@ New Orleans	W 134–120	Stephen Curry (53)	Barnes, Iguodala (7)	Stephen Curry (9)	Smoothie King Center 18,406	3–0

November: 12–0 (home: 7–0; road: 5–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
4	November 2	Memphis	W 119–69	Stephen Curry (30)	Festus Ezeli (10)	Draymond Green (8)	ORACLE Arena 19,596	4–0
5	November 4	L.A. Clippers	W 112–108	Stephen Curry (31)	Harrison Barnes (9)	Green, Iguodala, Thompson (5)	ORACLE Arena 19,596	5–0
6	November 6	Denver	W 119–104	Stephen Curry (34)	Draymond Green (9)	Stephen Curry (10)	ORACLE Arena 19,596	6–0
7	November 7	@ Sacramento	W 103–94	Stephen Curry (24)	Festus Ezeli (12)	Draymond Green (7)	Sleep Train Arena 17,317	7–0
8	November 9	Detroit	W 109–95	Klay Thompson (24)	Draymond Green (10)	Draymond Green (9)	ORACLE Arena 19,596	8–0
9	November 11	@ Memphis	W 100–84	Stephen Curry (28)	Bogut, Thompson (7)	Stephen Curry (5)	FedEx Forum 18,119	9–0
10	November 12	@ Minnesota	W 129–116	Stephen Curry (46)	Draymond Green (8)	Draymond Green (12)	Target Center 16,130	10–0
11	November 14	Brooklyn	W 107–99 (OT)	Stephen Curry (34)	Andrew Bogut (18)	Draymond Green (12)	ORACLE Arena 19,596	11–0
12	November 17	Toronto	W 115–110	Stephen Curry (37)	Draymond Green (9)	Stephen Curry (9)	ORACLE Arena 19,596	12–0
13	November 19	@ L.A. Clippers	W 124–117	Stephen Curry (40)	Stephen Curry (11)	Draymond Green (9)	STAPLES Center 19,528	13–0
14	November 20	Chicago	W 106–94	Stephen Curry (27)	Barnes, Ezeli, Green (9)	Draymond Green (5)	ORACLE Arena 19,596	14–0
15	November 22	@ Denver	W 118–105	Klay Thompson (21)	Draymond Green (7)	Curry, Thompson (7)	Pepsi Center 17,689	15–0
16	November 24	L.A. Lakers					ORACLE Arena
17	November 27	@ Phoenix					Talking Stick Resort Arena
18	November 28	Sacramento					ORACLE Arena
19	November 30	@ Utah					Vivint Smart Home Arena

December : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
20	December 2	@ Charlotte	Time Warner Cable Arena
21	December 5	@ Toronto	Air Canada Centre
22	December 6	@ Brooklyn	Barclays Center
23	December 8	@ Indiana	Bankers Life Fieldhouse
24	December 11	@ Boston	TD Garden
25	December 12	@ Milwaukee	BMO Harris Bradley Center
26	December 16	Phoenix	ORACLE Arena
27	December 18	Milwaukee	ORACLE Arena
28	December 23	Utah	ORACLE Arena
29	December 25	Cleveland	ORACLE Arena
30	December 28	Sacramento	ORACLE Arena
31	December 30	@ Dallas	American Airlines Center
32	December 31	@ Houston	Toyota Center

January : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
33	January 2	Denver	ORACLE Arena
34	January 4	Charlotte	ORACLE Arena
35	January 5	@ L.A. Lakers	STAPLES Center
36	January 8	@ Portland	Moda Center
37	January 9	@ Sacramento	Sleep Train Arena
38	January 11	Miami	ORACLE Arena
39	January 13	@ Denver	Pepsi Center
40	January 14	L.A. Lakers	ORACLE Arena
41	January 16	@ Detroit	The Palace of Auburn Hills
42	January 18	@ Cleveland	Quicken Loans Arena
43	January 20	@ Chicago	United Center
44	January 22	Indiana	ORACLE Arena
45	January 25	San Antonio	ORACLE Arena
46	January 27	Dallas	ORACLE Arena
47	January 30	@ Philadelphia	Wells Fargo Center
48	January 31	@ New York	Madison Square Garden

February : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
49	February 3	@ Washington	Verizon Center
50	February 6	Oklahoma City	ORACLE Arena
51	February 9	Houston	ORACLE Arena
52	February 10	@ Phoenix	Talking Stick Resort Arena
All-Star Break
53	February 19	@ Portland	Moda Center
54	February 20	@ L.A. Clippers	STAPLES Center
55	February 22	@ Atlanta	Philips Arena
56	February 24	@ Miami	American Airlines Arena
57	February 25	@ Orlando	Amway Center
58	February 27	@ Oklahoma City	Chesapeake Energy Arena

March : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
59	March 1	Atlanta	ORACLE Arena
60	March 3	Oklahoma City	ORACLE Arena
61	March 6	@ L.A. Lakers	STAPLES Center
62	March 7	Orlando	ORACLE Arena
63	March 9	Utah	ORACLE Arena
64	March 11	Portland	ORACLE Arena
65	March 12	Phoenix	ORACLE Arena
66	March 14	New Orleans	ORACLE Arena
67	March 16	New York	ORACLE Arena
68	March 18	@ Dallas	American Airlines Center
69	March 19	@ San Antonio	AT&T Center
70	March 21	@ Minnesota	Target Center
71	March 23	L.A. Clippers	ORACLE Arena
72	March 25	Dallas	ORACLE Arena
73	March 27	Philadelphia	ORACLE Arena
74	March 29	Washington	ORACLE Arena
75	March 30	@ Utah	Vivint Smart Home Arena

April : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
76	April 1	Boston	ORACLE Arena
77	April 3	Portland	ORACLE Arena
78	April 5	Minnesota	ORACLE Arena
79	April 7	San Antonio	ORACLE Arena
80	April 9	@ Memphis	FedEx Forum
81	April 10	@ San Antonio	AT&T Center
82	April 13	Memphis	ORACLE Arena

2015–16 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

Golden State Warriors statistics
Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Stephen Curry	15	15	35.6	51.4	43.8	93.8	5.2	5.7	2.6	0.2	32.7
Klay Thompson	14	14	32.0	44.8	40.2	84.4	3.7	2.8	0.6	0.8	16.6
Draymond Green	15	15	33.8	47.2	43.9	78.8	7.9	6.7	1.2	1.3	12.3
Harrison Barnes	15	15	31.1	50.0	38.8	87.8	5.1	2.1	0.9	0.2	14.2
Andre Iguodala	15	0	28.7	52.9	46.5	55.6	4.3	4.2	1.5	0.2	9.3
Andrew Bogut	9	5	20.3	69.0	0.0	50.0	6.9	2.4	0.7	1.7	7.0
Festus Ezeli	15	10	20.3	55.3	0.0	55.3	5.9	1.2	0.4	1.7	8.0
Shaun Livingston	13	0	19.5	48.2	0.0	88.9	2.0	2.2	0.5	0.2	4.8
Jason Thompson	6	0	5.3	54.5	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.3	0.3	0.2	2.0
Marreese Speights	12	0	10.5	33.3	33.3	76.2	3.8	0.5	0.3	0.5	4.9
Leandro Barbosa	12	0	14.2	38.0	36.4	57.1	1.5	1.9	0.9	0.2	5.5
Ian Clark	11	0	5.4	44.0	36.4	87.5	0.8	1.1	0.1	0.2	3.0
James Michael McAdoo	12	0	5.0	56.3	0.0	42.1	1.2	0.4	0.3	0.0	2.2
Brandon Rush	6	1	9.7	33.3	30.0	50.0	2.8	0.7	0.3	0.2	2.8
Kevon Looney	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
F	1	Anderson, Kyle	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1993-09-20	UCLA
G	30	Curry, Stephen	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1988-03-14	Davidson
F	23	Green, Draymond	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1990-03-04	Michigan State
G	7	Hield, Buddy	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1992-12-17	Oklahoma
F/C	32	Jackson-Davis, Trayce	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	2000-02-22	Indiana
F	00	Kuminga, Jonathan	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	2002-10-06	The Patrick School (NJ)
F/C	5	Looney, Kevon	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	222 lb (101 kg)	1996-02-06	UCLA
G	4	Moody, Moses	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	211 lb (96 kg)	2002-05-31	Arkansas
G	0	Payton, Gary II	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1992-12-01	Oregon State
G	2	Podziemski, Brandin	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2003-02-25	Santa Clara
F/C	21	Post, Quinten (TW)	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	238 lb (108 kg)	2000-03-21	Boston College
G/F	15	Santos, Gui	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2002-06-22	Brazil
G	71	Schröder, Dennis	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1993-09-15	Germany
G	61	Spencer, Pat (TW)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1996-07-04	Northwestern
G/F	43	Waters, Lindy III	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1997-07-28	Oklahoma State
F	22	Wiggins, Andrew	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	197 lb (89 kg)	1995-02-23	Kansas

Head coach

Steve Kerr

Assistant coach(es)

Ron Adams
Chris DeMarco
Bruce Fraser
Khalid Robinson
Jacob Rubin
Jerry Stackhouse
Terry Stotts
Anthony Vereen
Kris Weems

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
(GL) On assignment to G League affiliate
(TW) Two-way affiliate player
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: December 16, 2024

Transactions

Trades

July 27, 2015	To Golden State Warriors Gerald Wallace Chris Babb	To Boston Celtics David Lee
July 31, 2015	To Golden State Warriors Jason Thompson	To Philadelphia 76ers Gerald Wallace Cash and draft consideration

Free agency

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team	Ref.

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	New team
Justin Holiday^[3]	Signed 2-year contract worth $1.9 million	Atlanta Hawks
Ognjen Kuzmić^[4]	—	Panathinaikos B.C.

Awards

Player	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Stephen Curry	Western Conference Player of the Week	November 2, 2015	^[5]

References

^ "NBA.com Warriors History". Golden State Warriors. National Basketball Association. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
^ http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/golden-state-warriors-receive-2015-title-rings--raise-1st-banner-in-40-years-033135510.html
^ "Hawks Sign Justin Holiday To Multi-Year Contract". NBA.com. July 9, 2015. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
^ Deal with Kuzmic
^ Drummond, Curry named Players of the Week

External links

Golden State Warriors official site

[1] "NBA.com Warriors History". Golden State Warriors. National Basketball Association. Retrieved June 24, 2015.

[2] ttp://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/golden-state-warriors-receive-2015-title-rings--raise-1st-banner-in-40-years-033135510.html

[3] "Hawks Sign Justin Holiday To Multi-Year Contract". NBA.com. July 9, 2015. Retrieved July 9, 2015.

[4] Deal with Kuzmic

[5] Drummond, Curry named Players of the Week

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Founded in 1946 Played in Philadelphia (1946–1962) and Oakland (1971–2019) Based in San Francisco, California
Franchise	History All-time roster Draft history Head coaches Seasons Current season
Arenas	Philadelphia Arena Philadelphia Convention Hall Cow Palace San Francisco Civic Auditorium USF War Memorial Gymnasium San Diego Sports Arena San Jose Arena Oracle Arena Chase Center
Personnel	Owner(s) Joe Lacob (majority) Peter Guber President Brandon Schneider General manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. Head coach Steve Kerr
G League affiliate	Santa Cruz Warriors
Retired numbers	6 (Bill Russell) 13 (Wilt Chamberlain) 14 (Tom Meschery) 16 (Al Attles) 17 (Chris Mullin) 24 (Rick Barry) 42 (Nate Thurmond)
NBA championships	1947 1956 1975 2015 2017 2018 2022
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