2014–15 Miami Heat season
NBA professional basketball team season
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The 2014–15 Miami Heat season was the 27th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).[1] 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 four-time defending Eastern Conference champions 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 the first team since the 2004–05 Los Angeles Lakers and last until the 2018–19 Cleveland Cavaliers to fail to make the playoffs after making it to the NBA Finals from the previous season as well as the first since the 2004–05 Lakers and last until the 2018–19 Cavaliers to miss the playoffs after losing the previous year's Finals.
| 2014–15 Miami Heat season | |
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| Head coach | Erik Spoelstra |
| President | Pat Riley |
| General manager | Andy Elisburg |
| Owner | 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 | |
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
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Team |
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| 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 | ||||||
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| # | 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
Regular season
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October: 1–0 (home: 1–0; road: 0–0)
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November
: 8–7 (home: 3–5; road: 5–2)
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December
: 5–12 (home: 2–7; road: 3–5)
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January
: 6–7 (home: 2–3; road: 4–4)
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February
: 5–7 (home: 2–2; road: 3–5)
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March
: 9–7 (home: 8–2; road: 1–5)
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April
: 3–5 (home: 2–2; road: 1–3)
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Player statistics
Regular season
| Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| Mario Chalmers | PG | 80 | 37 | 2,368 | 206 | 307 | 122 | 10 | 813 | 29.6 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 1.5 | .1 | 10.2 |
| Luol Deng | SF | 72 | 72 | 2,421 | 376 | 139 | 65 | 22 | 1,007 | 33.6 | 5.2 | 1.9 | .9 | .3 | 14.0 |
| Dwyane Wade | SG | 62 | 62 | 1,971 | 219 | 299 | 73 | 21 | 1,331 | 31.8 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 1.2 | .3 | 21.5 |
| Udonis Haslem | PF | 62 | 25 | 995 | 258 | 46 | 21 | 13 | 261 | 16.0 | 4.2 | .7 | .3 | .2 | 4.2 |
| James Ennis III | SF | 62 | 3 | 1,051 | 176 | 48 | 25 | 17 | 312 | 17.0 | 2.8 | .8 | .4 | .3 | 5.0 |
| Chris Andersen | C | 60 | 20 | 1,132 | 299 | 43 | 26 | 61 | 320 | 18.9 | 5.0 | .7 | .4 | 1.0 | 5.3 |
| Shabazz Napier | PG | 51 | 10 | 1,012 | 113 | 130 | 40 | 4 | 261 | 19.8 | 2.2 | 2.5 | .8 | .1 | 5.1 |
| Hassan Whiteside | C | 48 | 32 | 1,142 | 482 | 6 | 27 | 123 | 564 | 23.8 | 10.0 | .1 | .6 | 2.6 | 11.8 |
| Norris Cole† | PG | 47 | 23 | 1,148 | 108 | 165 | 42 | 8 | 295 | 24.4 | 2.3 | 3.5 | .9 | .2 | 6.3 |
| Chris Bosh | C | 44 | 44 | 1,556 | 310 | 95 | 41 | 25 | 928 | 35.4 | 7.0 | 2.2 | .9 | .6 | 21.1 |
| Shawne Williams† | SF | 44 | 22 | 924 | 139 | 36 | 21 | 17 | 292 | 21.0 | 3.2 | .8 | .5 | .4 | 6.6 |
| Tyler Johnson | SG | 32 | 2 | 603 | 81 | 42 | 33 | 9 | 190 | 18.8 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.0 | .3 | 5.9 |
| Danny Granger | SF | 30 | 6 | 613 | 80 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 188 | 20.4 | 2.7 | .6 | .4 | .2 | 6.3 |
| Goran Dragić† | PG | 26 | 26 | 905 | 89 | 139 | 28 | 6 | 432 | 34.8 | 3.4 | 5.3 | 1.1 | .2 | 16.6 |
| Henry Walker | SF | 24 | 13 | 628 | 82 | 29 | 24 | 9 | 175 | 26.2 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 1.0 | .4 | 7.3 |
| Justin Hamilton† | C | 24 | 5 | 289 | 48 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 66 | 12.0 | 2.0 | .5 | .3 | .2 | 2.8 |
| Michael Beasley | PF | 24 | 1 | 505 | 89 | 32 | 15 | 13 | 212 | 21.0 | 3.7 | 1.3 | .6 | .5 | 8.8 |
| Josh McRoberts | PF | 17 | 4 | 296 | 45 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 72 | 17.4 | 2.6 | 1.9 | .7 | .2 | 4.2 |
| Zoran Dragić† | SG | 10 | 1 | 62 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6.2 | .5 | .4 | .2 | .0 | 2.2 |
| Shannon Brown | SG | 5 | 2 | 89 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 17.8 | .2 | .6 | .8 | .0 | 4.0 |
| Andre Dawkins | SG | 4 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5.5 | .5 | .3 | .0 | .0 | .8 |
- † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Heat only.
Injuries
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Roster
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Head coach
Assistant(s)
Legend
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Transactions
Trades
Free agents
Re-signed
| Signed | Contract | Ref. |
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Additions
| Signed | Miami Heat | Ref. |
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Subtractions
LeBron James Cleveland Cavaliers
Awards
| James Ennis | Award | 1/31/15 | Ref. |
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