2014–15 Cleveland Cavaliers season

2014–15 Cleveland Cavaliers season
Conference Champions
Division Champions
LeBron James returns
Head coach	David Blatt
General manager	David Griffin
Owner(s)	Dan Gilbert
Arena	Quicken Loans Arena
Results
Record	53–29 (.646)
Place	Division: 1st (Central) Conference: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	NBA Finals (Lost to Warriors 2-4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Ohio · WUAB
Radio	WTAM · WMMS

The 2014–15 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the 45th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The season was marked by the publicity the team received by signing free agent forward LeBron James and trading for forward Kevin Love. These All-Star players, added with All-Star guard Kyrie Irving, were dubbed nationally as the "Big Three".^[1] A sub-.500 team the previous four seasons, the Cavaliers won the Central division with a 53–29 record. Despite losing key players to injuries, their run continued until deep in the NBA Playoffs. The Cavaliers' season ended with a 2–4 series loss to the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals.

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 2014 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Club team
1	1	Andrew Wiggins	SG/SF	Canada	Kansas
2	33	Joe Harris	SG	United States	Virginia

Preseason

2014 pre-season game log
Total: 5–2 (Home: 4–1; Road: 1–1)

Pre-season: 5–2 (Home: 4–1; Road: 1–1)

2014–15 pre-season schedule

Regular season

Standings

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y-Cleveland Cavaliers	53	29	.646	0.0	31–10	22–19	11–5	82
x-Chicago Bulls	50	32	.610	3.0	27–14	23–18	8–8	82
x-Milwaukee Bucks	41	41	.500	12.0	23–18	18–23	7–9	82
Indiana Pacers	38	44	.463	15.0	23–18	15–26	8–8	82
Detroit Pistons	32	50	.390	21.0	18–23	14–27	6–10	82

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

2014–15 game log
Total: 53–29 (Home: 31–10; Road: 22–19)

October: 1–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–0)

November : 7–6 (Home: 5–3; Road: 2–3)

December : 10–7 (Home: 6–3; Road: 4–4)

January: 11–6 (Home: 6–2; Road: 5–4)

February: 8–3 (Home: 5–0; Road: 3–3)

March : 11–4 (Home: 5–0; Road: 6–4)

April : 5–2 (Home: 4–1; Road: 1–1)

2014–15 season schedule

Detailed records

Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Points scored	Points against
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
Boston Celtics
Brooklyn Nets
New York Knicks
Philadelphia 76ers
Toronto Raptors

Central Division
Chicago Bulls
Cleveland Cavaliers	–	–	–	–	–
Detroit Pistons
Indiana Pacers
Milwaukee Bucks

Southeast Division
Atlanta Hawks	1–1	0–2	1–3	423	436
Charlotte Hornets
Miami Heat
Orlando Magic
Washington Wizards

Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Points scored	Points against
Western Conference
Northwest Division
Denver Nuggets
Minnesota Timberwolves
Oklahoma City Thunder
Portland Trail Blazers
Utah Jazz

Pacific Division
Golden State Warriors
Los Angeles Clippers
Los Angeles Lakers
Phoenix Suns
Sacramento Kings

Southwest Division
Dallas Mavericks
Houston Rockets
Memphis Grizzlies
New Orleans Pelicans
San Antonio Spurs

Playoffs

2015 playoff game log
Total: 14–6 (Home: 7–3; Road: 7–3)

First Round: 4–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–0)

Conference Semifinals: 4–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–1)

Eastern Conference Finals: 4–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–0)

NBA Finals: 2–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–2)

2015 playoff 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

Sabremetrics
TS%	True shooting percentage	eFG%	Effective field goal percentage	ORB%	Offensive rebound percentage
DRB%	Defensive rebound percentage	TRB%	Total rebound percentage	AST%	Assist percentage
STL%	Steal percentage	BLK%	Block percentage	TOV%	Turnover percentage
USG%	Usage percentage	ORtg	Offensive rating	DRtg	Defensive rating
PER	Player efficiency rating

Summer League

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Bennett, AnthonyAnthony Bennett	4	4	29.8	.426	.250	.600	7.8	0.8	0.8	0.0	13.3
Cherry, WillWill Cherry	5	2	25.2	.251	.235	.714	4.0	3.0	0.2	0.0	12.8
Cooley, JackJack Cooley	5	4	16.0	.615	.000	.500	4.4	0.2	0.4	0.2	7.4
Dellavedova, MatthewMatthew Dellavedova	3	3	32.0	.435	.273	.800	4.7	4.7	1.0	0.0	11.7
Edwards, ShaneShane Edwards	5	0	14.8	.647	.000	.824	3.6	0.4	0.6	1.2	7.2
Felix, CarrickCarrick Felix	5	1	14.2	.471	.444	.667	3.0	0.6	0.8	0.2	4.4
Granger, JaysonJayson Granger	4	0	9.3	.364	.200	.000	1.3	1.0	0.2	0.0	2.3
Gray, StevenSteven Gray	4	0	13.3	.375	.313	.600	1.3	1.5	0.2	0.0	6.5
Harris, JoeJoe Harris	4	4	24.8	.391	.400	.818	1.5	1.5	0.5	0.2	7.8
Hopson, ScottyScotty Hopson	1	1	14.0	.500	.500	1.000	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	7.0
Karasev, SergeySergey Karasev	1	1	34.0	.444	.500	.500	4.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	11.0
Kirk, AlexAlex Kirk	5	1	15.4	.524	.000	.667	3.4	0.4	0.6	0.4	5.2
Powell, DwightDwight Powell	3	1	11.3	.500	.000	1.000	3.7	0.7	0.3	0.3	5.0
Wiggins, AndrewAndrew Wiggins	4	4	30.0	.405	.154	.703	3.5	0.3	1.2	1.5	15.5
Totals	—	—	200	.469	.272	.725	35.8	12.0	5.8	3.6	84.6

Preseason

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Amundson, LouLou Amundson	5	0	6.7	.300	.000	.000	2.6	0.0	0.2	0.2	1.2
Dellavedova, MatthewMatthew Dellavedova	6	3	27.2	.433	.294	.000	3.0	4.33	0 67	0.0	5.17
Edwards, ShaneShane Edwards	5	0	6.5	.200	.000	1.000	1.4	0.2	0.2	0.0	1.0
Harris, JoeJoe Harris	5	0	17.5	.364	.381	1.000	2.2	2.0	0.4	0.0	7.4
Haywood, BrendanBrendan Haywood	3	1	10.2	.400	.000	1.000	2.33	0.33	0.33	1.00	3.67
Irving, KyrieKyrie Irving	3	2	27.3	.538	.455	1.000	2.0	5.0	1.5	1.5	19.5
James, LeBronLeBron James	5	4	22.6	.486	.462	.750	3.25	4.75	0.5	0.25	14.25
Jones, JamesJames Jones	3	0	9.5	.500	.600	1.000	0.33	0.33	0.0	0.0	4.00
Kirk, AlexAlex Kirk	4	0	15.4	.412	.000	1.000	3.0	0.25	0.0	1.0	5.5
Love, KevinKevin Love	5	4	21.8	.571	.588	.772	6.5	2.25	0.25	0.0	15.75
Marion, ShawnShawn Marion	5	1	20.1	.333	.000	.750	4.75	0.75	0.75	0.5	5.00
Miller, MikeMike Miller	6	0	14.2	.263	.188	1.000	1.8	1.4	0.2	0.2	3.4
Price, A. J.A. J. Price	5	0	13.5	.517	.421	.750	1.4	1.0	0.0	0.0	8.2
Thompson, TristanTristan Thompson	5	2	25.1	.588	.000	.789	10.5	1.0	1.0	0.5	13.75
Varejao, AndersonAnderson Varejao	5	3	20.9	.542	.000	.700	7.25	1.25	1.5	0.25	8.25
Waiters, DionDion Waiters	6	5	27.1	.426	.385	.800	2.8	2.6	0.2	0.6	15.2

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
James, LeBronLeBron James	69	69	36.1	.488	.354	.710	6.0	7.4	1.6	0.7	25.3
Irving, KyrieKyrie Irving	75	75	36.4	.468	.415	.863	3.2	5.2	1.5	0.3	21.7
Love, KevinKevin Love	75	75	33.8	.434	.367	.804	9.7	2.2	0.7	0.5	16.4
Smith, J. R.J. R. Smith	46	45	31.8	.425	.390	.818	3.5	2.5	1.4	0.4	12.7
Mozgov, TimofeyTimofey Mozgov	46	45	25.0	.590	.000	.787	6.9	0.8	0.4	1.2	10.6
Waiters, DionDion Waiters	33	3	23.8	.404	.256	.783	1.7	2.2	1.3	0.3	10.5
Varejao, AndersonAnderson Varejao	26	26	24.5	.555	.000	.733	6.5	1.3	1.1	0.6	9.8
Thompson, TristanTristan Thompson	82	15	26.8	.547	.000	.641	8.0	0.5	0.4	0.7	8.5
Shumpert, ImanIman Shumpert	38	1	24.2	.410	.338	.667	3.8	1.5	1.3	0.3	7.2
Dellavedova, MatthewMatthew Dellavedova	67	13	20.6	.362	.407	.763	1.9	3.0	0.4	0	4.8
Marion, ShawnShawn Marion	57	24	19.3	.446	.261	.765	3.5	0.9	0.5	0.5	4.8
Jones, JamesJames Jones	57	2	11.7	.368	.360	.848	1.1	0.4	0.2	0.1	4.4
Harris, JoeJoe Harris	51	1	9.7	.400	.369	.600	0.8	0.5	0.1	0	2.7
Perkins, KendrickKendrick Perkins	17	0	9.8	.488	.000	.500	2.4	0.5	0.1	0.2	2.6
Miller, MikeMike Miller	52	15	13.5	.325	.327	.750	1.8	0.9	0.3	0.1	2.1
Price, A.J.A.J. Price	11	0	7.9	.265	.000	.667	1.4	1.2	0.3	0	2.0
Cherry, WillWill Cherry	8	0	8.6	.263	.222	.500	0.6	1.0	0.8	0.1	1.9
Haywood, BrendanBrendan Haywood	22	1	5.4	.467	.000	.538	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.5	1.6
Amundson, LouLou Amundson	12	0	6.6	.333	.000	.600	1.7	0.4	0.1	0	0.9
Kirk, AlexAlex Kirk	5	0	2.8	.250	.000	1.000	0.2	0.2	0	0	0.8

Roster

2014–15 Cleveland Cavaliers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
1.5 !G	8	Dellavedova, Matthew	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1990–09–08	Saint Mary's
1.5 !G	12	Harris, Joe	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1991–09–07	Virginia
6.0 !C	33	Haywood, Brendan	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	263 lb (119 kg)	1979–11–27	North Carolina
1.5 !G	2	Irving, Kyrie (C)	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	193 lb (88 kg)	1992–03–23	Duke
4.0 !F	23	James, LeBron (C)	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1984–12–30	St. Vincent–St. Mary HS (OH)
2.5 !G/F	1	Jones, James	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1980–10–04	Miami (FL)
5.5 !F/C	0	Love, Kevin (C)	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	243 lb (110 kg)	1988–09–07	UCLA
4.0 !F	31	Marion, Shawn	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	228 lb (103 kg)	1978–05–07	UNLV
2.5 !G/F	18	Miller, Mike	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	1980–02–19	Florida
6.0 !C	20	Mozgov, Timofey	7000215899999999999♠7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1986–07–16	Russia
6.0 !C	3	Perkins, Kendrick	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	270 lb (122 kg)	1984–11–10	Clifton J. Ozen (TX)
1.5 !G	4	Shumpert, Iman	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1990–06–26	Georgia Tech
2.5 !G/F	5	Smith, J. R.	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1985–09–09	St. Benedict's Prep (NJ)
5.5 !F/C	13	Thompson, Tristan	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	238 lb (108 kg)	1991–03–13	Texas
5.5 !F/C	17	Varejão, Anderson	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	267 lb (121 kg)	1982–09–28	Brazil

Head coach

David Blatt

Assistant coach(es)

Jim Boylan
Bret Brielmaier
Larry Drew
James Posey
Tyronn Lue (associate head coach)
Phil Handy (player development)
Vitaly Potapenko (player development)
Damon Jones (shooting consultant)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
(DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate
Injured

Roster • Transactions

Records

On March 12, Kyrie Irving set a Cavaliers franchise record with 57 points in an overtime victory against the San Antonio Spurs. It was also the first time in Gregg Popovich's coaching career that an opposing player has scored 50 points against his team.
On May 24, LeBron James became the first player in NBA history to put up 37+ points, 18+ rebounds, and 13+ assists in a playoff game. He achieved the feat in an overtime win against the Atlanta Hawks in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
On May 26, LeBron James and James Jones became the first players to reach five consecutive NBA Finals since several Boston Celtics accomplished the feat in 1966. James and Jones are the first to do so with two different teams (also with the Miami Heat).

References

↑ Big Three even bigger - Fox Sports.com

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2014–15 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston Brooklyn New York Philadelphia Toronto

Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

Southeast	Atlanta Charlotte Miami Orlando Washington

Western

Northwest	Denver Minnesota Oklahoma City Portland Utah

Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Sacramento

Southwest	Dallas Houston Memphis New Orleans San Antonio

Cleveland Cavaliers

Founded in 1970 Based in Cleveland, Ohio

Franchise	History 1970 Expansion Draft All-time roster Draft history Seasons Head coaches Current season

Arenas	Cleveland Arena Richfield Coliseum Quicken Loans Arena

Key personnel	Owner: Dan Gilbert General manager: David Griffin Head coach: Tyronn Lue

Culture and lore	"Cleveland Rocks" Cleveland sports curse Joe Tait Ted Stepien rule King James The Block The Decision The Miracle of Richfield The Shot The Big Three

Playoff appearances (20)	1976 1977 1978 1985 1988 1989 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1998 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2015 2016

Central Division titles (5)	1976 2009 2010 2015 2016

Eastern Conference titles (3)	2007 2015 2016

NBA Championships (1)	2016

Retired numbers	7 11 22 25 34 42 43

Hall of Fame inductees	Wayne Embry Shaquille O'Neal Nate Thurmond Lenny Wilkens

D-League affiliate	Canton Charge

Media	Broadcasters Radio network Flagships: WTAM WMMS Spanish: WLFM-LP Television: Fox Sports Ohio

Cleveland Cavaliers seasons

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2015–16

Bold indicates NBA Finals victory

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