# 2014–15 Orlando Magic season

The 2014–15 Orlando Magic season was the 26th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Magic looked to improve on their 23–59 record the previous season where they had finished 5th in the Southeastern division and 13th in the Eastern Conference. While they did improve their record by two games, they still finished 5th and 13th in the division and conference, respectively.

## Preseason
### Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
| 1 | 4 | Aaron Gordon | PF | United States | Arizona |
| 1 | 12 | Dario Šarić | SF | Croatia | Anadolu Efes (Turkey) |
| 2 | 56 | Roy Devyn Marble | SG | United States | Iowa |

## Regular season

| Southeast Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
| c-Atlanta Hawks | 60 | 22 | .732 | – | 35‍–‍6 | 25‍–‍16 | 12–4 | 82 |
| x-Washington Wizards | 46 | 36 | .561 | 14.0 | 29‍–‍12 | 17‍–‍24 | 10–6 | 82 |
| Miami Heat | 37 | 45 | .451 | 23.0 | 20‍–‍21 | 17‍–‍24 | 6–10 | 82 |
| Charlotte Hornets | 33 | 49 | .402 | 27.0 | 19‍–‍22 | 14‍–‍27 | 8–8 | 82 |
| Orlando Magic | 25 | 57 | .305 | 35.0 | 13‍–‍28 | 12‍–‍29 | 4–12 | 82 |

### Standings

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
### Regular season

2014–15 game log -Total: 25–57 (Home: 13–28; Road: 12–29) :
October: 0–2 (home: 0–1; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 28
@ New Orleans
L 84–101
Tobias Harris (25)
Nikola Vučević (23)
Elfrid Payton (7)
Smoothie King Center 17,907
0–1
2
October 30
Washington
L 98–105
Nikola Vučević (23)
Nikola Vučević (12)
Elfrid Payton (7)
Amway Center 18,846
0–2 :
November
: 7–10 (home: 2–4; road: 5–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
3
November 1
Toronto
L 95–108
Evan Fournier (18)
Nikola Vučević (12)
Elfrid Payton (9)
Amway Center 16,141
0–3
4
November 4
@ Chicago
L 90–98
Tobias Harris (21)
Nikola Vučević (13)
Elfrid Payton (7)
United Center 21,809
0–4
5
November 5
@ Philadelphia
W 91–89
Tobias Harris (18)
Channing Frye (11)
Elfrid Payton (5)
Wells Fargo Center 12,111
1–4
6
November 7
Minnesota
W 112–103 (OT)
Evan Fournier (20)
Tobias Harris (16)
Elfrid Payton (4)
Amway Center 16,379
2–4
7
November 9
@ Brooklyn
L 96–104
Nikola Vučević (27)
Nikola Vučević (12)
Elfrid Payton (6)
Barclays Center 16,127
2–5
8
November 11
@ Toronto
L 100–104
Evan Fournier (24)
Tobias Harris (13)
Ridnour, Vučević (6)
Air Canada Centre 19,800
2–6
9
November 12
@ New York
W 97–95
Evan Fournier (28)
Nikola Vučević (13)
Elfrid Payton (8)
Madison Square Garden 19,812
3–6
10
November 14
Milwaukee
W 101–85
Tobias Harris (26)
Tobias Harris (10)
Nikola Vučević (4)
Amway Center 15,957
4–6
11
November 15
@ Washington
L 93–98
Tobias Harris (19)
Nikola Vučević (11)
Victor Oladipo (7)
Verizon Center 19,110
4–7
12
November 17
@ Detroit
W 107–93
Nikola Vučević (25)
Nikola Vučević (14)
Evan Fournier (8)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 11,619
5–7
13
November 19
L.A. Clippers
L 90–114
Tobias Harris (25)
Nikola Vučević (14)
Elfrid Payton (5)
Amway Center 16,034
5–8
14
November 21
@ Charlotte
W 105–100
Evan Fournier (21)
Tobias Harris (16)
Elfrid Payton (5)
Time Warner Cable Arena 18,126
6–8
15
November 22
Miami
L 92–99
Nikola Vučević (33)
Nikola Vučević (17)
Evan Fournier (6)
Amway Center 18,846
6–9
16
November 24
@ Cleveland
L 74–106
Victor Oladipo (22)
Nikola Vučević (13)
Maurice Harkless (4)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
6–10
17
November 26
Golden State
L 96–111
Tobias Harris (16)
Nikola Vučević (13)
Elfrid Payton (5)
Amway Center 17,202
6–11
18
November 28
@ Indiana
L 83–98
Nikola Vučević (16)
Nikola Vučević (7)
Elfrid Payton (6)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165
6–12
19
November 30
@ Phoenix
W 93–90
Tobias Harris (21)
Elfrid Payton (9)
Oladipo, Payton (4)
US Airways Center 15,558
7–12 :
December
: 6–10 (home: 2–5; road: 4–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
20
December 2
@ Golden State
L 97–98
Victor Oladipo (27)
Kyle O'Quinn (11)
Elfrid Payton (6)
Oracle Arena 19,596
7–13
21
December 3
@ L.A. Clippers
L 86–114
Tobias Harris (16)
Dedmon, Harris (8)
Elfrid Payton (6)
Staples Center 19,060
7–14
22
December 5
@ Utah
W 98–93
Tobias Harris (22)
Dewayne Dedmon (9)
Victor Oladipo (6)
EnergySolutions Arena 18,997
8–14
23
December 6
@ Sacramento
W 105–96
Tobias Harris (27)
Dewayne Dedmon (8)
Victor Oladipo (7)
Sleep Train Arena 16,021
9–14
24
December 10
Washington
L 89–91
Victor Oladipo (17)
Dewayne Dedmon (7)
O'Quinn, Payton (4)
Amway Center 16,081
9–15
25
December 12
@ Atlanta
L 81–87
Victor Oladipo (21)
Tobias Harris (11)
Evan Fournier (4)
Philips Arena 13,247
9–16
26
December 13
Atlanta
W 100–99
Tobias Harris (20)
Nikola Vučević (11)
Oladipo, Payton (7)
Amway Center 15,939
10–16
27
December 15
@ Toronto
L 82–95
Tobias Harris (18)
Nikola Vučević (9)
Victor Oladipo (4)
Air Canada Centre 19,800
10–17
28
December 17
@ Boston
L 92–109
Nikola Vučević (18)
Nikola Vučević (13)
Fournier, Payton (4)
TD Garden 16,764
10–18
29
December 19
Utah
L 94–101
Tobias Harris (24)
Nikola Vučević (9)
Elfrid Payton (11)
Amway Center 16,032
10–19
30
December 21
Philadelphia
L 88–96
Victor Oladipo (23)
Nikola Vučević (17)
Elfrid Payton (6)
Amway Center 15,682
10–20
31
December 23
Boston
W 100–95
Tobias Harris (19)
Kyle O'Quinn (13)
Elfrid Payton (7)
Amway Center 17,489
11–20
32
December 26
Cleveland
L 89–98
Tobias Harris (16)
Nikola Vučević (8)
Victor Oladipo (8)
Amway Center 18,846
11–21
33
December 27
@ Charlotte
W 102–94
Nikola Vučević (22)
Nikola Vučević (11)
Elfrid Payton (8)
Time Warner Cable Arena 19,085
12–21
34
December 29
@ Miami
W 102–101
Nikola Vučević (26)
Nikola Vučević (9)
Elfrid Payton (8)
American Airlines Arena 19,887
13–21
35
December 30
Detroit
L 86–109
Victor Oladipo (16)
Dewayne Dedmon (10)
Elfrid Payton (6)
Amway Center 17,414
13–22 :
January
: 2–13 (home: 1–7; road: 1–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
36
January 2
Brooklyn
L 98–100
Victor Oladipo (17)
Elfrid Payton (9)
Elfrid Payton (10)
Amway Center 17,008
13–23
37
January 3
Charlotte
L 90–98
Victor Oladipo (21)
Tobias Harris (11)
Elfrid Payton (7)
Amway Center 15,274
13–24
38
January 7
@ Denver
L 90–93
Nikola Vučević (20)
Nikola Vučević (11)
Oladipo, Payton (6)
Pepsi Center 13,513
13–25
39
January 9
@ L.A. Lakers
L 84–101
Victor Oladipo (17)
Nikola Vučević (11)
Frye, Harris, O'Quinn, Oladipo (3)
Staples Center 18,997
13–26
40
January 10
@ Portland
L 92–103
Nikola Vučević (36)
Nikola Vučević (16)
Oladipo, Payton, Ridnour (4)
Moda Center 19,546
13–27
41
January 12
@ Chicago
W 121–114
Oladipo, Vučević (33)
Nikola Vučević (11)
Elfrid Payton (7)
United Center 21,302
14–27
42
January 14
Houston
W 120–113
Victor Oladipo (32)
Nikola Vučević (12)
Victor Oladipo (6)
Amway Center 16,828
15–27
43
January 16
Memphis
L 96–106
Elfrid Payton (22)
Nikola Vučević (9)
Elfrid Payton (12)
Amway Center 18,141
15–28
44
January 18
Oklahoma City
L 99–127
Victor Oladipo (23)
Nikola Vučević (7)
Elfrid Payton (8)
Amway Center 16,128
15–29
45
January 21
@ Detroit
L 118–128
Nikola Vučević (26)
Nikola Vučević (15)
Elfrid Payton (8)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 12,148
15–30
46
January 23
@ New York
L 106–113
Nikola Vučević (34)
Nikola Vučević (18)
Elfrid Payton (11)
Madison Square Garden 19,812
15–31
47
January 25
Indiana
L 99–106
Nikola Vučević (27)
Nikola Vučević (7)
Elfrid Payton (8)
Amway Center 16,704
15–32
48
January 26
@ Memphis
L 94–103
Oladipo, Vučević (18)
Nikola Vučević (12)
Elfrid Payton (6)
FedExForum 15,407
15–33
49
January 29
Milwaukee
L 100–115
Victor Oladipo (21)
Nikola Vučević (14)
Elfrid Payton (6)
Amway Center 16,071
15–34
50
January 31
Dallas
L 93–108
Nikola Vučević (15)
Nikola Vučević (13)
Payton, Harris (6)
Amway Center 17,626
15–35 :
February
: 4–6 (home: 4–2; road: 0–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
51
February 2
@ Oklahoma City
L 97–104
Victor Oladipo (22)
Gordon, O'Quinn (8)
Oladipo, Harris (4)
Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203
15–36
52
February 4
@ San Antonio
L 103–110
Nikola Vučević (25)
Nikola Vučević (13)
Elfrid Payton (9)
AT&T Center 18,581
15–37
53
February 6
L.A. Lakers
W 103–97 (OT)
Tobias Harris (34)
Nikola Vučević (13)
Elfrid Payton (6)
Amway Center 16,206
16–37
54
February 8
Chicago
L 97–98
Victor Oladipo (18)
Elfrid Payton (9)
Victor Oladipo (6)
Amway Center 16,944
16–38
55
February 9
@ Washington
L 80–96
Evan Fournier (18)
Nikola Vučević (8)
Elfrid Payton (6)
Verizon Center 16,031
16–39
56
February 11
New York
W 89–83
Nikola Vučević (28)
Nikola Vučević (18)
Payton, Oladipo (4)
Amway Center 15,473
17–39
All-Star Break
57
February 20
New Orleans
W 95–84
Victor Oladipo (22)
Nikola Vučević (13)
Payton, Oladipo (11)
Amway Center 18,259
18–39
58
February 22
Philadelphia
W 103–98
Nikola Vučević (31)
Nikola Vučević (14)
Elfrid Payton (7)
Amway Center 16,108
19–39
59
February 25
Miami
L 90–93 (OT)
Nikola Vučević (26)
Victor Oladipo (13)
Elfrid Payton (9)
Amway Center 18,309
19–40
60
February 27
@ Atlanta
L 88–95
Nikola Vučević (21)
Nikola Vučević (15)
Victor Oladipo (6)
Philips Arena 18,968
19–41 :
March
: 3–11 (home: 3–6; road: 0–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
61
March 1
Charlotte
L 83–98
Victor Oladipo (21)
Vučević, Dedmon, Harris (9)
Victor Oladipo (5)
Amway Center 15,422
19–42
62
March 4
Phoenix
L 100–105
Victor Oladipo (38)
Dewayne Dedmon (8)
Elfrid Payton (10)
Amway Center 15,822
19–43
63
March 6
Sacramento
W 119–114
Victor Oladipo (32)
Channing Frye (10)
Elfrid Payton (12)
Amway Center 15,112
20–43
64
March 8
Boston
W 103–98
Victor Oladipo (22)
Dewayne Dedmon (16)
Elfrid Payton (7)
Amway Center 17,041
21–43
65
March 10
@ Indiana
L 86–118
Tobias Harris (22)
Dewayne Dedmon (8)
Elfrid Payton (6)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 17,295
21–44
66
March 11
@ Milwaukee
L 91–97
Nikola Vučević (19)
Nikola Vučević (14)
Victor Oladipo (6)
BMO Harris Bradley Center 12,593
21–45
67
March 13
@ Boston
L 88–95
Elfrid Payton (20)
Nikola Vučević (11)
Elfrid Payton (9)
TD Garden 18,624
21–46
68
March 15
Cleveland
L 108–123
Victor Oladipo (25)
Nikola Vučević (15)
Elfrid Payton (10)
Amway Center 17,786
21–47
69
March 17
@ Houston
L 94–107
Victor Oladipo (29)
Nikola Vučević (15)
Elfrid Payton (7)
Toyota Center 18,235
21–48
70
March 18
@ Dallas
L 102–107
Victor Oladipo (19)
Elfrid Payton (12)
Elfrid Payton (10)
American Airlines Center 20,294
21–49
71
March 20
Portland
W 111–104
Oladipo, Payton, Vučević (22)
Elfrid Payton (10)
Elfrid Payton (10)
Amway Center 16,203
22–49
72
March 22
Denver
L 100–119
Victor Oladipo (21)
Payton, Vučević (8)
Elfrid Payton (8)
Amway Center 15,788
22–50
73
March 25
Atlanta
L 83–95
Elfrid Payton (19)
Nikola Vučević (12)
Elfrid Payton (7)
Amway Center 17,224
22–51
74
March 27
Detroit
L 97–111
Tobias Harris (21)
Nikola Vučević (14)
Elfrid Payton (13)
Amway Center 16,427
22–52 :
April
: 3–5 (home: 1–3; road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
75
April 1
San Antonio
L 91–103
Victor Oladipo (24)
Nikola Vučević (11)
Oladipo, Payton (7)
Amway Center 17,229
22–53
76
April 3
@ Minnesota
W 97–84
Nikola Vučević (37)
Nikola Vučević (17)
Elfrid Payton (13)
Target Center 18,334
23–53
77
April 4
@ Milwaukee
W 97–90
Tobias Harris (23)
Tobias Harris (10)
Elfrid Payton (11)
BMO Harris Bradley Center 14,090
24–53
78
April 8
Chicago
W 105–103
Victor Oladipo (23)
Dewayne Dedmon (11)
Elfrid Payton (9)
Amway Center 18,249
25–53
79
April 10
Toronto
L 99–101
Victor Oladipo (19)
Tobias Harris (7)
Elfrid Payton (8)
Amway Center 16,227
25–54
80
April 11
New York
L 79–80
Victor Oladipo (21)
Nikola Vučević (13)
Elfrid Payton (9)
Amway Center 17,207
25–55
81
April 13
@ Miami
L 93–100
Victor Oladipo (30)
Tobias Harris (12)
Victor Oladipo (4)
American Airlines Arena 19,600
25–56
82
April 15
@ Brooklyn
L 88–101
Nikola Vučević (26)
Nikola Vučević (11)
Elfrid Payton (6)
Barclays Center 17,098
25–57 :
2014–15 season schedule :

## Player statistics
### Ragular season

| Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Elfrid Payton | PG | 82 | 63 | 2,489 | 349 | 533 | 142 | 20 | 731 | 30.4 | 4.3 | 6.5 | 1.7 | .2 | 8.9 |
| Channing Frye | PF | 75 | 51 | 1,870 | 293 | 94 | 47 | 39 | 549 | 24.9 | 3.9 | 1.3 | .6 | .5 | 7.3 |
| Nikola Vučević | C | 74 | 74 | 2,529 | 810 | 147 | 54 | 54 | 1,428 | 34.2 | 10.9 | 2.0 | .7 | .7 | 19.3 |
| Victor Oladipo | SG | 72 | 71 | 2,573 | 302 | 295 | 120 | 19 | 1,292 | 35.7 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 1.7 | .3 | 17.9 |
| Tobias Harris | SF | 68 | 63 | 2,369 | 430 | 124 | 69 | 36 | 1,164 | 34.8 | 6.3 | 1.8 | 1.0 | .5 | 17.1 |
| Dewayne Dedmon | C | 59 | 15 | 845 | 295 | 9 | 16 | 50 | 216 | 14.3 | 5.0 | .2 | .3 | .8 | 3.7 |
| Evan Fournier | SG | 58 | 32 | 1,661 | 153 | 120 | 40 | 2 | 698 | 28.6 | 2.6 | 2.1 | .7 | .0 | 12.0 |
| Ben Gordon | SG | 56 | 0 | 790 | 63 | 50 | 14 | 1 | 349 | 14.1 | 1.1 | .9 | .3 | .0 | 6.2 |
| Willie Green | SG | 52 | 2 | 951 | 79 | 68 | 26 | 5 | 306 | 18.3 | 1.5 | 1.3 | .5 | .1 | 5.9 |
| Kyle O'Quinn | PF | 51 | 17 | 824 | 199 | 59 | 31 | 39 | 294 | 16.2 | 3.9 | 1.2 | .6 | .8 | 5.8 |
| Aaron Gordon | PF | 47 | 8 | 797 | 169 | 33 | 21 | 22 | 243 | 17.0 | 3.6 | .7 | .4 | .5 | 5.2 |
| Luke Ridnour | PG | 47 | 0 | 683 | 68 | 96 | 20 | 4 | 188 | 14.5 | 1.4 | 2.0 | .4 | .1 | 4.0 |
| Maurice Harkless | SF | 45 | 4 | 674 | 106 | 25 | 32 | 9 | 158 | 15.0 | 2.4 | .6 | .7 | .2 | 3.5 |
| Andrew Nicholson | PF | 40 | 3 | 492 | 82 | 22 | 6 | 12 | 194 | 12.3 | 2.1 | .6 | .2 | .3 | 4.9 |
| Devyn Marble | SG | 16 | 7 | 208 | 31 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 37 | 13.0 | 1.9 | 1.1 | .6 | .1 | 2.3 |

## Transactions
### Trades
### Free agents
#### Re-signed

| Player | Signed | Contract | Ref. |

#### Additions

| Player | Signed | Former team | Ref. |

#### Subtractions

| Player | Reason left | Date | New team | Ref. |

## Awards and honors

* Elfrid Payton – All-Rookie 1st Team