2014–15 Memphis Grizzlies season
NBA professional basketball team season
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The 2014–15 Memphis Grizzlies season was the 20th season of the franchise in the NBA and their 14th in Memphis.[1]
| 2014–15 Memphis Grizzlies season | |
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| Head coach | Dave Joerger |
| General manager | Chris Wallace |
| Owners | Robert Pera |
| Arena | FedExForum |
| Results | |
| Record | 55–27 (.671) |
| Place | Division: 2nd (Southwest) Conference: 5th (Western) |
| Playoff finish | Conference Semifinals (lost to Warriors 2–4) |
Stats at Basketball Reference | |
| Local media | |
| Television | Fox Sports Tennessee Fox Sports Southeast |
| Radio | WMFS-FM |
The Grizzlies were strong for most of the season, and led the Southwest Division for most of the season, but faltered during the month of April and surrendered the division lead to the Rockets. The Grizzlies finished second in the Southwest Division with the second best record in franchise history at 55–27 and fifth in the Western Conference.
In the first round, they defeated the Portland Trail Blazers in five games. The Grizzlies' season ended with a 2–4 Semifinals loss to eventual NBA champion Golden State Warriors.
Preseason
Draft picks
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School |
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| 1 | 22 | Jordan Adams | SG |  United States |
UCLA |
Regular season
Standings
| Southwest Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
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| y-Houston Rockets | 56 | 26 | .683 | – | 30–11 | 26–15 | 8–8 | 82 |
| x-Memphis Grizzlies | 55 | 27 | .671 | 1.0 | 31–10 | 24–17 | 9–7 | 82 |
| x-San Antonio Spurs | 55 | 27 | .671 | 1.0 | 33–8 | 22–19 | 8–8 | 82 |
| x-Dallas Mavericks | 50 | 32 | .610 | 6.0 | 27–14 | 23–18 | 7–9 | 82 |
| x-New Orleans Pelicans | 45 | 37 | .549 | 11.0 | 28–13 | 17–24 | 8–8 | 82 |
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| # | 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
Preseason
Regular season
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October: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)
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November
: 13–2 (home: 7–0; road: 6–2)
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December
: 8–6 (home: 5–3; road: 3–3)
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January
: 12–4 (home: 8–1; road: 4–3)
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February
: 6–4 (home: 1–1; road: 5–3)
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March
: 9–8 (home: 5–3; road: 4–5)
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April
: 4–3 (home: 3–1; road: 1–2)
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Playoffs
| 2015 playoff game log Total: 6–5 (home: 4–2; road: 2–3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First Round: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1)
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Conference Semifinals: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2)
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Player statistics
Ragular season
| Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| Marc Gasol | C | 81 | 81 | 2,687 | 630 | 307 | 70 | 131 | 1,413 | 33.2 | 7.8 | 3.8 | .9 | 1.6 | 17.4 |
| Kosta Koufos | C | 81 | 3 | 1,348 | 426 | 37 | 29 | 63 | 419 | 16.6 | 5.3 | .5 | .4 | .8 | 5.2 |
| Beno Udrih | PG | 79 | 12 | 1,494 | 143 | 220 | 46 | 8 | 605 | 18.9 | 1.8 | 2.8 | .6 | .1 | 7.7 |
| Courtney Lee | SG | 77 | 74 | 2,354 | 178 | 151 | 75 | 12 | 777 | 30.6 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | .2 | 10.1 |
| Zach Randolph | PF | 71 | 71 | 2,304 | 747 | 153 | 69 | 14 | 1,143 | 32.5 | 10.5 | 2.2 | 1.0 | .2 | 16.1 |
| Mike Conley Jr. | PG | 70 | 70 | 2,225 | 209 | 375 | 89 | 14 | 1,107 | 31.8 | 3.0 | 5.4 | 1.3 | .2 | 15.8 |
| Vince Carter | SG | 66 | 1 | 1,091 | 133 | 79 | 43 | 14 | 384 | 16.5 | 2.0 | 1.2 | .7 | .2 | 5.8 |
| Tony Allen | SG | 63 | 41 | 1,648 | 280 | 86 | 129 | 30 | 539 | 26.2 | 4.4 | 1.4 | 2.0 | .5 | 8.6 |
| Jon Leuer | PF | 63 | 6 | 824 | 207 | 46 | 17 | 9 | 286 | 13.1 | 3.3 | .7 | .3 | .1 | 4.5 |
| Nick Calathes | SG | 58 | 0 | 838 | 106 | 146 | 63 | 5 | 243 | 14.4 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 1.1 | .1 | 4.2 |
| Jeff Green† | SF | 45 | 37 | 1,361 | 187 | 81 | 26 | 21 | 588 | 30.2 | 4.2 | 1.8 | .6 | .5 | 13.1 |
| Quincy Pondexter† | SG | 30 | 2 | 540 | 57 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 134 | 18.0 | 1.9 | .9 | .2 | .2 | 4.5 |
| Jordan Adams | SG | 30 | 0 | 248 | 28 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 94 | 8.3 | .9 | .5 | .5 | .2 | 3.1 |
| Tayshaun Prince† | SF | 26 | 9 | 628 | 83 | 37 | 9 | 6 | 190 | 24.2 | 3.2 | 1.4 | .3 | .2 | 7.3 |
| JaMychal Green† | PF | 20 | 1 | 139 | 39 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 54 | 7.0 | 2.0 | .2 | .3 | .2 | 2.7 |
| Jarnell Stokes | PF | 19 | 2 | 126 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 6.6 | 1.8 | .2 | .3 | .3 | 3.0 |
| Russ Smith† | PG | 6 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 6.0 | .5 | 1.0 | .5 | .0 | 4.2 |
| Tyrus Thomas | PF | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.5 | .0 | .5 | .0 | .0 | 2.0 |
| Kalin Lucas | PG | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | .0 | .0 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 |
- † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Grizzlies only.
Playoffs
| Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| Marc Gasol | C | 11 | 11 | 416 | 113 | 49 | 10 | 19 | 217 | 37.8 | 10.3 | 4.5 | .9 | 1.7 | 19.7 |
| Zach Randolph | PF | 11 | 11 | 382 | 93 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 172 | 34.7 | 8.5 | 2.1 | .5 | .0 | 15.6 |
| Courtney Lee | SG | 11 | 11 | 367 | 28 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 146 | 33.4 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.1 | .0 | 13.3 |
| Jeff Green | SF | 11 | 2 | 298 | 52 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 98 | 27.1 | 4.7 | 1.7 | .5 | .5 | 8.9 |
| Vince Carter | SG | 11 | 0 | 196 | 47 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 69 | 17.8 | 4.3 | 1.0 | .6 | .2 | 6.3 |
| Kosta Koufos | C | 11 | 0 | 127 | 39 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 11.5 | 3.5 | .4 | .4 | .5 | 3.4 |
| Tony Allen | SG | 10 | 9 | 279 | 52 | 15 | 24 | 11 | 66 | 27.9 | 5.2 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 6.6 |
| Beno Udrih | PG | 10 | 0 | 175 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 76 | 17.5 | 2.0 | 2.1 | .5 | .0 | 7.6 |
| Nick Calathes | SG | 9 | 3 | 126 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 33 | 14.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.0 | .1 | 3.7 |
| Mike Conley Jr. | PG | 8 | 8 | 243 | 9 | 40 | 11 | 0 | 115 | 30.4 | 1.1 | 5.0 | 1.4 | .0 | 14.4 |
| JaMychal Green | PF | 5 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.6 | .6 | .0 | .2 | .2 | .4 |
| Jordan Adams | SG | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2.5 | .3 | .0 | .3 | .0 | 1.8 |
| Jon Leuer | PF | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.3 | 1.3 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 1.0 |
| Russ Smith | PG | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | .0 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
Injuries
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Transactions
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Free agents
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Additions
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Subtractions
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Awards
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