2014–15 San Antonio Spurs season explained

Team:San Antonio Spurs
End Year:2015
Wins:55
Losses:27
Division:Southwest
Division Place:3
Conf Place:6
Coach:Gregg Popovich
Gm:R. C. Buford
President:Gregg Popovich
Owner:Peter Holt
Arena:AT&T Center
Playoffs:First Round
(lost to Clippers 3–4)
Bbr Team:SAS
Television:
Radio:1200 WOAI

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.

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

See main article: 2014 NBA draft.

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalitySchool/club team
130Kyle AndersonPFUCLA
258Jordan McRaeSGTennessee
260Cory JeffersonPFBaylor

Regular season

Standings

Game log

Regular season

|- style="background:#cfc;"| 1 | October 28| Dallas| | Tony Parker (23)| Tim Duncan (13)| Manu Ginóbili (6)| AT&T Center
19,615| 1–0|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2| October 31| @ Phoenix| | Tony Parker (19)| Tim Duncan (9)| Tony Parker (6)| US Airways Center
15,050| 1–1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 3| November 5| Atlanta| | Tim Duncan (17)| Tim Duncan (13)| Tony Parker (7)| AT&T Center
18,581| 2–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 4| November 6| @ Houston| | Cory Joseph (18)| Aron Baynes (12)| Kawhi Leonard (5)| Toyota Center
18,311| 2–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 5| November 8| New Orleans| | Tony Parker (28)| Kawhi Leonard (14)| Tony Parker (4)| AT&T Center
18,581| 2–3|- style="background:#cfc;"| 6| November 10| @ L.A. Clippers| | Kawhi Leonard (26)| Tim Duncan (11)| Tony Parker (5)| Staples Center
19,313| 3–3|- style="background:#cfc;"| 7| November 11| @ Golden State| | Tony Parker (28)| Tim Duncan (13)| Tony Parker (7)| Oracle Arena
19,596| 4–3|- style="background:#cfc;"| 8| November 14| @ L.A. Lakers| | Cory Joseph (14)| Tim Duncan (11)| Tony Parker (9)| STAPLES Center
18,997| 5–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 9| November 15| @ Sacramento| | Manu Ginóbili (21)| Tim Duncan, Boris Diaw (8)| Tony Parker (6)| Sleep Train Arena
17,317| 5–4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 10| November 17| Philadelphia| | Matt Bonner (18)| Kawhi Leonard (11)| Tony Parker (5)| AT&T Center
18,581 | 6–4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 11| November 19| @ Cleveland| | Tim Duncan, Boris Diaw (19)| Tim Duncan, Kawhi Leonard (10)| Boris Diaw (7)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 7–4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 12| November 21| @ Minnesota| | Tony Parker (28)| Austin Daye (11)| Tony Parker (5)| Target Center
12,414| 8–4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 13| November 22| Brooklyn| | Tony Parker (22)| Tim Duncan (10)| Tim Duncan (7)| AT&T Center
18,581| 9–4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 14| November 26| Indiana| | Manu Ginóbili (28)| Kawhi Leonard (13)| Tony Parker (6)| AT&T Center
18,581| 10–4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 15| November 28| Sacramento| | Tony Parker (27)| Tim Duncan (8)| Tony Parker, Manu Ginóbili (16)| AT&T Center
18,581| 11–4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 16| November 30| @ Boston| | Danny Green (18)| Tim Duncan (8)| Tony Parker (9)| TD Garden
17,121| 12–4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 17| December 1| @ Philadelphia| | Kawhi Leonard (26)| Kawhi Leonard (10)| Cory Joseph (6)| Wells Fargo Center
12,843| 13–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 18| December 3| @ Brooklyn| | Danny Green (20)| Tim Duncan (17)| Tony Parker (6)| Barclays Center
15,989| 13–5|- style="background:#cfc;"| 19| December 5| @ Memphis| | Manu Ginóbili (17)| Tim Duncan (10)| Tim Duncan (10)| FedExForum
18,119| 14–5|- style="background:#cfc;"| 20| December 6| Minnesota| | Marco Belinelli (20)| Tim Duncan (10)| Marco Belinelli (6)| AT&T Center
18,581| 15–5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 21| December 9| @ Utah| | Tim Duncan (23)| Tim Duncan (14)| Manu Ginóbili (8)| EnergySolutions Arena
18,382| 15–6|- style="background:#cfc;"| 22| December 10| New York| | Marco Belinelli (22)| Jeff Ayres (6)| Cory Joseph (6)| AT&T Center
18,581| 16–6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 23| December 12| L. A. Lakers| | Tim Duncan, Danny Green (19)| Tim Duncan (18)| Cory Joseph (5)| AT&T Center
18,581| 16–7|- style="background:#cfc;"| 24| December 14| @ Denver| | Kawhi Leonard (18)| Tim Duncan (9)| Manu Ginóbili (6)| Pepsi Center
16,544| 17–7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 25| December 15| @ Portland| | Kawhi Leonard (21)| Aron Baynes, Kawhi Leonard (9)| Boris Diaw (9)| Moda Center
19,441| 17–8|- style="background:#fcc;"| 26| December 17| Memphis| | Danny Green (25)| Tim Duncan (16)| Manu Ginóbili (8)| AT&T Center
18,581| 17–9|- style="background:#fcc;"| 27| December 19| Portland| | Tim Duncan (32)| Tim Duncan, Danny Green (10)| Cory Joseph (7)| AT&T Center
18,581| 17–10|- style="background:#fcc;"| 28| December 20| @ Dallas| | Marco Belinelli (21)| Aron Baynes (10)| Boris Diaw (4)| American Airlines Center
20,504| 17–11|- style="background:#cfc;"| 29| December 22| L.A. Clippers| | Tony Parker (26)| Tim Duncan (12)| Manu Ginóbili (10)| AT&T Center
18,581| 18–11|- style="background:#fcc;"| 30| December 25| Oklahoma City| | Matt Bonner (17)| Tiago Splitter, Manu Ginóbili (7)| Manu Ginóbili (13)| AT&T Center
18,581| 18–12|- style="background:#fcc;"| 31| December 26| @ New Orleans| | Tim Duncan, Cory Joseph (20)| Tim Duncan (11)| Cory Joseph, Manu Ginóbili (5)| Smoothie King Center
18,376| 18–13|- style="background:#cfc;"| 32| December 28| Houston| | Danny Green (24)| Tim Duncan (8)| Cory Joseph, Manu Ginóbili (4)| AT&T Center
18,581| 19–13|- style="background:#fcc;"| 33| December 30| @ Memphis| | Marco Belinelli, Cory Joseph (18)| Tim Duncan (10)| Cory Joseph, Manu Ginóbili, Patty Mills (3)| FedExForum
18,119| 19–14|- style="background:#cfc;"| 34| December 31| New Orleans| | Manu Ginóbili (26)| Tim Duncan (10)| Tim Duncan (5)| AT&T Center
18,581| 20–14|- style="background:#cfc;"| 35| January 3| Washington| | Cory Joseph (19)| Tim Duncan (9)| Manu Ginóbili (5)| AT&T Center
18,581| 21–14|- style="background:#fcc;"| 36| January 6| Detroit| | Jeff Ayres (16)| Tim Duncan, Tiago Splitter (9)| Manu Ginóbili (8)| AT&T Center
18,581| 21–15|- style="background:#cfc;"| 37| January 9| Phoenix| | Danny Green (20)| Tiago Splitter (14)| Tim Duncan, Boris Diaw, Cory Joseph (5)| AT&T Center
18,581| 22–15|- style="background:#cfc;"| 38| January 10| @ Minnesota| | Austin Daye (22)| Austin Daye (10)| Cory Joseph (5)| Target Center
17,871| 23–15|- style="background:#fcc;"| 39| January 13| @ Washington| | Tony Parker (14)| Tim Duncan (12)| Cory Joseph, Manu Ginóbili (5)| Verizon Center
18,116| 23–16|- style="background:#cfc;"| 40| January 14| @ Charlotte| | Manu Ginóbili (27)| Tim Duncan (10)| Cory Joseph, Tony Parker (5)| Time Warner Cable Arena
17,309| 24–16|- style="background:#cfc;"| 41| January 16| Portland| | Kawhi Leonard (20)| Tim Duncan (12)| Manu Ginóbili, Tony Parker (7)| AT&T Center
18,581| 25–16|- style="background:#cfc;"| 42| January 18| Utah| | Tiago Splitter (14)| Aron Baynes (11)| Manu Ginóbili, Tim Duncan, Boris Diaw, Cory Joseph (4)| AT&T Center
18,581| 26–16|- style="background:#cfc;"| 43| January 20| @ Denver| | Tony Parker (18)| Kawhi Leonard (15)| Manu Ginóbili (8)| Pepsi Center
14,434| 27–16|- style="background:#fcc;"| 44| January 22| @ Chicago| | Kawhi Leonard (16)| Tim Duncan, Tiago Splitter (7)| Patty Mills (4)| United Center
21,648| 27–17|- style="background:#cfc;"| 45| January 23| L. A. Lakers| | Tony Parker (17)| Kawhi Leonard (14)| Tony Parker (4)| AT&T Center
18,581| 28–17|- style="background:#cfc;"| 46| January 25| Milwaukee| | Tim Duncan (20)| Kawhi Leonard (14)| Tony Parker (4) | AT&T Center
18,581| 29–17|- style="background:#cfc;"| 47| January 28| Charlotte| | Tony Parker (17)| Tim Duncan (14)| Tony Parker (5)| AT&T Center
18,581| 30–17|- style="background:#fcc;"| 48| January 31| L.A. Clippers| | Kawhi Leonard (24)| Tim Duncan (8)| Tony Parker (8) | AT&T Center
18,581| 30–18|- style="background:#cfc;"| 49| February 4| Orlando| | Tim Duncan (26)| Tim Duncan (10)| Manu Ginóbili (10)| AT&T Center
18,581| 31–18|- style="background:#cfc;"| 50| February 6| Miami| | Kawhi Leonard (24)| Tim Duncan (12)| Manu Ginóbili (9)| AT&T Center
18,581| 32–18|- style="background:#fcc;"| 51| February 8| @ Toronto| | Tim Duncan, Marco Belinelli (12)| Tim Duncan (12)| Tim Duncan (5)| Air Canada Centre
19,800| 32–19|- style="background:#cfc;"| 52| February 9| @ Indiana| | Tony Parker (19) | Danny Green (12)| Tony Parker (6) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse
16,691| 33–19|- style="background:#cfc;"| 53| February 11| @ Detroit| | Danny Green (19)| Danny Green (8)| Tony Parker (6) | The Palace of Auburn Hills
14,617| 34–19|- align="center"|colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break|- style="background:#fff;"|- style="background:#fcc;"| 54| February 19| @ L.A. Clippers| | Tim Duncan (30)| Tim Duncan (11)| Tony Parker (13) | STAPLES Center
19,358| 34–20|- style="background:#fcc;"| 55| February 20| @ Golden State| | Kawhi Leonard, Aron Baynes (12)| Aron Baynes (10)| Tony Parker (6)| Oracle Arena
19,596| 34–21|- style="background:#fcc;"| 56| February 23| @ Utah| | Tim Duncan (14)| Tim Duncan (10)| Tony Parker (4)| EnergySolutions Arena
18,782| 34–22|- style="background:#fcc;"| 57| February 25| @ Portland| | Tim Duncan (20)| Tim Duncan, Kawhi Leonard (8)| Tony Parker (4)| Moda Center
19,650| 34–23|- style="background:#cfc;"| 58| February 27| @ Sacramento| | Tony Parker (19)| Tiago Splitter (9)| Kawhi Leonard (5)| Sleep Train Arena
17,317| 35–23|- style="background:#cfc;"| 59| February 28| @ Phoenix| | Kawhi Leonard (22)| Kawhi Leonard, Tim Duncan, Aron Baynes (10)| Manu Ginóbili (7)| US Airways Center
18,055| 36–23|- style="background:#cfc;"| 60| March 4| Sacramento| | Kawhi Leonard (21)| Aron Baynes (7)| Tim Duncan (4)| AT&T Center
18,581| 37–23|- style="background:#cfc;"| 61| March 6| Denver| | Kawhi Leonard (25)| Kawhi Leonard (8)| Tony Parker (7)| AT&T Center
18,581| 38–23|- style="background:#cfc;"| 62| March 8| Chicago| | Kawhi Leonard (25)| Kawhi Leonard, Tim Duncan (8) | Manu Ginóbili (4)| AT&T Center
18,581| 39–23|- style="background:#cfc;"| 63| March 10| Toronto| | Kawhi Leonard (24)| Tim Duncan (13) | Tony Parker (9)| AT&T Center
18,581| 40–23|- style="background:#fcc;"| 64| March 12| Cleveland| | Tony Parker (31)| Tim Duncan (11)| Tim Duncan (8)| AT&T Center
18,581| 40–24|- style="background:#cfc;"| 65| March 15| Minnesota| | Kawhi Leonard (15)| Boris Diaw (8)| Tony Parker (8)| AT&T Center
18,581| 41–24|- style="background:#fcc;"| 66| March 17| @ New York| | Tony Parker (21)| Tiago Splitter (13)| Tony Parker (6)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 41–25|- style="background:#cfc;"| 67| March 18| @ Milwaukee| | Danny Green (20)| Danny Green (8)| Tim Duncan (7)| BMO Harris Bradley Center
14,831| 42–25|- style="background:#cfc;"| 68| March 20| Boston| | Kawhi Leonard (22)| Danny Green (7)| Tony Parker (7)| AT&T Center
18,581| 43–25|- style="background:#cfc;"| 69| March 22| @ Atlanta| | Tiago Splitter (23)| Kawhi Leonard (10)| Kawhi Leonard, Tim Duncan (7) | Philips Arena
19,193| 44–25|- style="background:#fcc;"| 70| March 24| @ Dallas| | Kawhi Leonard (19)| Kawhi Leonard (9)| Manu Ginóbili, Kawhi Leonard, Patty Mills, Tony Parker (3)| American Airlines Center
20,328| 44–26|- style="background:#cfc;"| 71| March 25| Oklahoma City| | Tony Parker (21)| Jeff Ayres (8)| Tony Parker (6)| AT&T Center
18,581| 45–26|- style="background:#cfc;"| 72| March 27| Dallas| | Boris Diaw (19)| Tim Duncan (13)| Manu Ginóbili (6)| AT&T Center
18,581| 46–26|- style="background:#cfc;"| 73| March 29| Memphis| | Kawhi Leonard (25)| Kawhi Leonard (10)| Tony Parker (6)| AT&T Center
18,581| 47–26|- style="background:#cfc;"| 74| March 31| @ Miami| | Kawhi Leonard (22)| Tim Duncan (11)| Tony Parker (5)| American Airlines Arena
20,047| 48–26|- style="background:#cfc;"| 75| April 1| @ Orlando| | Aron Baynes (18)| Cory Joseph, Kawhi Leonard, Tiago Splitter (7)| Boris Diaw, Tony Parker (4)| Amway Center
17,229| 49–26|- style="background:#cfc;"| 76| April 3| Denver| | Danny Green (21)| Tim Duncan (7)| Tony Parker (9) | AT&T Center
18,581| 50–26|- style="background:#cfc;"| 77| April 5| Golden State| | Kawhi Leonard (26)| Tim Duncan (7)| Manu Ginóbili, Tony Parker (5)| AT&T Center
18,581| 51–26|- style="background:#cfc;"| 78| April 7| @ Oklahoma City| | Kawhi Leonard (26)| Tim Duncan (9) | Boris Diaw, Cory Joseph (6)| Chesapeake Energy Arena
18,203| 52–26|- style="background:#cfc;"| 79| April 8| Houston| | Tony Parker (27)| Aron Baynes (12)| Cory Joseph (5)| AT&T Center
18,581| 53–26|- style="background:#cfc;"| 80| April 10| @ Houston| | Tim Duncan (29) | Tim Duncan (10)| Manu Ginóbili, Danny Green, Boris Diaw (4)| Toyota Center
18,457| 54–26|- style="background:#cfc;"| 81| April 12| Phoenix| | Tim Duncan (22) | Tim Duncan (10) | Tony Parker (5)| AT&T Center
18,581| 55–26|- style="background:#fcc;"| 82| April 15| @ New Orleans| | Tony Parker (23)| Kawhi Leonard, Tim Duncan (10)| Tim Duncan, Tony Parker (6)| Smoothie King Center
18,524| 55–27

Playoffs

|- style="background:#fbb;"| 1| April 19| @ L. A. Clippers| | Kawhi Leonard (18)| Tim Duncan (11)| Manu Ginóbili (6)| STAPLES Center
19,309| 0–1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 2| April 22| @ L. A. Clippers| | Tim Duncan (28)| Tim Duncan (11)| Boris Diaw (6)| STAPLES Center
19,482| 1–1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 3| April 24| L. A. Clippers| | Kawhi Leonard (32)| Tim Duncan (7)| Manu Ginóbili (6)| AT&T Center
18,581| 2–1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 4| April 26| L.A. Clippers| | Kawhi Leonard (26)| Tim Duncan (14) | Kawhi Leonard (6)| AT&T Center
18,581| 2–2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 5| April 28| @ L.A. Clippers| | Tim Duncan (21) | Tim Duncan (14) | Manu Ginóbili (6)| STAPLES Center
19,571| 3–2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 6| April 30| L.A. Clippers| | Marco Belinelli (23)| Tim Duncan (13)| Tony Parker (7)| AT&T Center
18,581| 3–3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 7| May 2| @ L.A. Clippers| | Tim Duncan (27)| Tim Duncan (11)| Manu Ginóbili (7)| STAPLES Center
19,588| 3–4

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player
SG81 80 2,312 343 158 101 87 946 28.5 4.2 2.0 1.2 1.1 11.7
PF81 15 1,984 348 233 36 23 708 24.5 4.3 2.9 .4 .3 8.7
PG79 14 1,444 192 188 46 17 535 18.3 2.4 2.4 .6 .2 6.8
C77 77 2,227 704 230 63 151 1,070 28.9 9.1 3.0 .8 2.0 13.9
PF72 19 935 115 47 10 12 264 13.0 1.6 .7 .1 .2 3.7
C70 17 1,122 318 35 16 22 461 16.0 4.5 .5 .2 .3 6.6
SG70 0 1,587 211 293 67 20 738 22.7 3.0 4.2 1.0 .3 10.5
PG68 68 1,953 129 335 44 2 976 28.7 1.9 4.9 .6 .0 14.4
SF64 64 2,033 461 161 148 48 1,057 31.8 7.2 2.5 2.3 .8 16.5
SG62 9 1,388 157 94 31 3 568 22.4 2.5 1.5 .5 .0 9.2
C52 35 1,030 252 78 35 37 428 19.8 4.8 1.5 .7 .7 8.2
PG51 0 801 75 87 28 2 351 15.7 1.5 1.7 .5 .0 6.9
PF51 0 383 117 14 8 8 137 7.5 2.3 .3 .2 .2 2.7
SF33 8 358 72 28 15 7 74 10.8 2.2 .8 .5 .2 2.2
†SF26 4 268 61 9 8 3 103 10.3 2.3 .3 .3 .1 4.0
SF20 0 105 17 10 1 0 37 5.3 .9 .5 .1 .0 1.9
†PF4 0 25 6 0 0 2 8 6.3 1.5 .0 .0 .5 2.0

Playoffs

Player
SF7 7 250 52 18 8 4 142 35.7 7.4 2.6 1.1 .6 20.3
C7 7 250 78 23 9 10 125 35.7 11.1 3.3 1.3 1.4 17.9
PG7 7 210 23 25 2 0 76 30.0 3.3 3.6 .3 .0 10.9
SG7 7 204 22 15 7 7 58 29.1 3.1 2.1 1.0 1.0 8.3
C7 7 123 31 9 4 1 24 17.6 4.4 1.3 .6 .1 3.4
PF7 0 198 43 25 5 3 81 28.3 6.1 3.6 .7 .4 11.6
SG7 0 131 24 32 4 6 56 18.7 3.4 4.6 .6 .9 8.0
SG7 0 116 13 10 2 0 65 16.6 1.9 1.4 .3 .0 9.3
PG7 0 112 19 8 2 0 71 16.0 2.7 1.1 .3 .0 10.1
PF7 0 36 6 1 0 1 6 5.1 .9 .1 .0 .1 .9
C4 0 40 10 1 0 0 9 10.0 2.5 .3 .0 .0 2.3
PG4 0 22 1 0 0 1 11 5.5 .3 .0 .0 .3 2.8
PF3 0 12 3 2 0 0 0 4.0 1.0 .7 .0 .0 .0

Transactions

See main article: List of 2014–15 NBA season transactions.

Free agency

Re-signed

PlayerSigned
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

PlayerSignedFormer team
JaMychal Green[6] Chorale Roanne
Reggie Williams[7] [8] [9] Oklahoma City Blue

Subtractions

PlayerSignedNew team
Damion JamesTexas Legends
Austin Daye[10] WaivedErie BayHawks

Awards

Player Kawhi LeonardAward Defensive Player of the Year Date awarded April 23, 2015Ref.

External links

Notes and References

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

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