# 2014–15 Miami Heat season

The 2014–15 Miami Heat season was the 27th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). 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 champion 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 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.
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 |
| 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 :
| # | 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

2014 pre-season game log Total: 4–4 (Home: 2–4; Road: 2–0) :
Pre-season: 4–4 (home: 2–4; road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 4
New Orleans
L 86–98
James Ennis (17)
Bosh, Jones, Ennis (6)
Danny Granger (4)
KFC Yum! Center 20,074
0–1
2
October 7
Orlando
L 101–108 (OT)
Bosh, Deng (18)
James Ennis (10)
Norris Cole (6)
American Airlines Arena 19,600
0–2
3
October 11
Cleveland
L 119–122 (OT)
Chris Bosh (19)
Chris Bosh (8)
Wade, Napier (7)
HSBC Arena 15,411
0–3
4
October 14
Atlanta
L 103–109
Chris Bosh (22)
Chris Bosh (9)
Dwyane Wade (5)
American Airlines Arena 19,600
0–4
5
October 17
Golden State
W 115–108
Chris Bosh (21)
Bosh, Williams (7)
Wade, Deng (3)
Sprint Center 12,783
1–4
6
October 18
@ San Antonio
W 111–108 (OT)
Shabazz Napier (25)
Khem Birch (13)
Shabazz Napier (4)
AT&T Center 18,581
2–4
7
October 21
Houston
W 90–85
Dwyane Wade (26)
Chris Andersen (7)
Dwyane Wade (6)
American Airlines Arena 19,600
3–4
8
October 24
@ Memphis
W 104–98
Chris Bosh (21)
Bosh, Birch (6)
Norris Cole (7)
FedEx Forum 10,843
4-4 :
2014–15 pre-season schedule :

### Regular season

2014–15 game log Total: 37–45 (Home: 20–21; Road: 17–24) :
October: 1–0 (home: 1–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 29
Washington
W 107–95
Chris Bosh (26)
Chris Bosh (15)
Bosh & Chalmers (4)
American Airlines Arena 19,744
1–0 :
November
: 8–7 (home: 3–5; road: 5–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
2
November 1
@ Philadelphia
W 114–96
Chris Bosh (30)
Chris Bosh (8)
Dwyane Wade (10)
Wells Fargo Center 19,753
2–0
3
November 2
Toronto
W 107–102
Chris Bosh (21)
Bosh & Wade (11)
Dwyane Wade (7)
American Airlines Arena 19,666
3–0
4
November 4
Houston
L 91–108
Chris Bosh (21)
Chris Bosh (8)
Shabazz Napier (4)
American Airlines Arena 19,666
3–1
5
November 5
@ Charlotte
L 89–96
Dwyane Wade (25)
Chris Bosh (13)
Dwyane Wade (7)
Time Warner Cable Arena 15,874
3–2
6
November 8
Minnesota
W 102–92
Dwyane Wade (25)
Bosh & Williams (7)
Dwyane Wade (8)
American Airlines Arena 19,735
4–2
7
November 9
@ Dallas
W 105–96
Luol Deng (30)
Chris Bosh (10)
Dwyane Wade (10)
American Airlines Center 20,195
5–2
8
November 12
Indiana
L 75–81
Dwyane Wade (20)
Luol Deng (7)
Norris Cole (7)
American Airlines Arena 19,658
5–3
9
November 14
@ Atlanta
L 103–114
Mario Chalmers (23)
Chris Bosh (8)
Mario Chalmers (11)
Philips Arena 17,090
5–4
10
November 16
Milwaukee
L 84–91
Mario Chalmers (18)
Shawne Williams (11)
Bosh & Chalmers (5)
American Airlines Arena 19,680
5–5
11
November 17
@ Brooklyn
W 95–83
Mario Chalmers (22)
Chris Bosh (9)
Mario Chalmers (5)
Barclays Center 17,732
6–5
12
November 20
L.A. Clippers
L 93–110
Chris Bosh (28)
Chris Bosh (7)
Chalmers & Napier (3)
American Airlines Arena 19,685
6–6
13
November 22
@ Orlando
W 99–92
Chris Bosh (32)
Chris Bosh (10)
Mario Chalmers (8)
Amway Center 18,846
7–6
14
November 23
Charlotte
W 94–93
Luol Deng (26)
Chris Bosh (10)
Mario Chalmers (10)
American Airlines Arena 19,639
8–6
15
November 25
Golden State
L 97–114
Chris Bosh (26)
Chris Bosh (9)
Chalmers & Ennis (4)
American Airlines Arena 19,647
8–7
16
November 30
@ New York
W 86–79
Dwyane Wade (27)
Luol Deng (10)
Dwyane Wade (5)
Madison Square Garden 19,812
9–7 :
December
: 5–12 (home: 2–7; road: 3–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
17
December 1
@ Washington
L 86–107
Chris Bosh (21)
Chris Bosh (8)
Josh McRoberts (4)
Verizon Center 15,150
9–8
18
December 3
Atlanta
L 102–112
Dwyane Wade (28)
Chris Bosh (11)
Mario Chalmers (11)
American Airlines Arena 19,600
9–9
19
December 5
@ Milwaukee
L 85–109
Dwyane Wade (28)
Chris Bosh (6)
Dwyane Wade (8)
BMO Harris Bradley Center 16,325
9–10
20
December 7
@ Memphis
L 87–103
Dwyane Wade (25)
Udonis Haslem (8)
Dwyane Wade (6)
FedExForum 16,572
9–11
21
December 9
@ Phoenix
W 103–97
Chris Bosh (34)
Chris Bosh (9)
Josh McRoberts (7)
US Airways Center 14,963
10–11
22
December 10
@ Denver
L 82–102
Chris Bosh (14)
Norris Cole (8)
Norris Cole (8)
Pepsi Center 13,433
10–12
23
December 12
@ Utah
W 100–95
Dwyane Wade (29)
Chris Bosh (9)
Dwyane Wade (7)
EnergySolutions Arena 19,911
11–12
24
December 14
Chicago
L 75–93
Deng & Wade (17)
Luol Deng (10)
Norris Cole (6)
American Airlines Arena 19,600
11–13
25
December 16
@ Brooklyn
W 95–91
Dwyane Wade (28)
Chris Andersen (9)
Mario Chalmers (5)
Barclays Center 16,827
12–13
26
December 17
Utah
L 87–105
Dwyane Wade (42)
Chris Andersen (9)
Dwyane Wade (3)
American Airlines Arena 19,633
12–14
27
December 19
Washington
L 103–105
Dwyane Wade (28)
Hassan Whiteside (7)
Dwyane Wade (8)
American Airlines Arena 19,600
12–15
28
December 21
Boston
W 100–84
Luol Deng (23)
James Ennis (8)
Mario Chalmers (10)
American Airlines Arena 19,720
13–15
29
December 23
Philadelphia
L 87–91
Dwyane Wade (23)
Udonis Haslem (8)
Dwyane Wade (6)
American Airlines Arena 19,600
13–16
30
December 25
Cleveland
W 101–91
Dwyane Wade (31)
Deng & Andersen (8)
Luol Deng (8)
American Airlines Arena 19,817
14–16
31
December 27
Memphis
L 95–103
Dwyane Wade (25)
Hassan Whiteside (7)
Dwyane Wade (7)
American Airlines Arena 19,744
14–17
32
December 29
Orlando
L 101–102
Dwyane Wade (25)
Chris Bosh (8)
Dwyane Wade (6)
American Airlines Arena 19,887
14–18
33
December 31
@ Indiana
L 95–106
Dwyane Wade (20)
Chris Bosh (8)
Dwyane Wade (7)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165
14–19 :
January
: 6–7 (home: 2–3; road: 4–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
34
January 3
@ Houston
L 79–115
Bosh & Wade (15)
Deng & Whiteside (6)
Mario Chalmers (5)
Toyota Center 18,338
14–20
35
January 4
Brooklyn
W 88–84
Chris Bosh (26)
Hassan Whiteside (10)
Dwyane Wade (7)
American Airlines Arena 20,181
15–20
36
January 8
@ Portland
L 83–99
Dwyane Wade (23)
Hassan Whiteside (8)
Chris Bosh (5)
Moda Center 19,441
15–21
37
January 11
@ L.A. Clippers
W 104–90
Chris Bosh (34)
Hassan Whiteside (16)
Dwyane Wade (10)
Staples Center 19,060
16–21
38
January 13
@ L.A. Lakers
W 78–75
Mario Chalmers (19)
Hassan Whiteside (9)
Mario Chalmers (8)
Staples Center 18,997
17–21
39
January 14
@ Golden State
L 89–104
Chris Bosh (26)
Hassan Whiteside (12)
Shabazz Napier (6)
Oracle Arena 19,596
17–22
40
January 16
@ Sacramento
W 95–83
Chris Bosh (30)
Chris Bosh (7)
Shabazz Napier (5)
Sleep Train Arena 16,350
18–22
41
January 20
Oklahoma City
L 86–94
Dwyane Wade (18)
Chris Bosh (7)
Dwyane Wade (6)
American Airlines Arena 19,735
18–23
42
January 21
@ Charlotte
L 76–78
Bosh & Wade (17)
Bosh & Wade & Napier (5)
Wade & Napier (4)
Time Warner Cable Arena 16,914
18–24
43
January 23
Indiana
W 89–87
Luol Deng (23)
Chris Andersen (13)
Dwyane Wade (4)
American Airlines Arena 19,693
19–24
44
January 25
@ Chicago
W 96–84
Dwyane Wade (26)
Hassan Whiteside (13)
Mario Chalmers (5)
United Center 21,918
20–24
45
January 27
Milwaukee
L 102–109
Chris Bosh (26)
Hassan Whiteside (16)
Mario Chalmers (8)
American Airlines Arena 21,918
20–25
46
January 30
Dallas
L 72–93
Hassan Whiteside (16)
Hassan Whiteside (24)
Mario Chalmers (6)
American Airlines Arena 19,823
20–26 :
February
: 5–7 (home: 2–2; road: 3–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
47
February 1
@ Boston
W 83–75
Hassan Whiteside (20)
Whiteside & Johnson (9)
Cole & Johnson (4)
TD Garden 19,823
21–26
48
February 3
@ Detroit
L 91–108
Chris Bosh (34)
Hassan Whiteside (10)
Norris Cole (8)
Palace of Auburn Hills 12,768
21–27
49
February 4
@ Minnesota
L 101–102
Hassan Whiteside (24)
Hassan Whiteside (20)
Shabazz Napier (7)
Target Center 12,768
21–28
50
February 6
@ San Antonio
L 85–98
Tyler Johnson (18)
James Ennis (8)
Cole & Napier (5)
AT&T Center 18,581
21–29
51
February 9
New York
W 109–95
Chris Bosh (32)
Hassan Whiteside (9)
Norris Cole (8)
American Airlines Arena 19,851
22–29
52
February 11
@ Cleveland
L 93–113
Mario Chalmers (18)
Hassan Whiteside (14)
Shabazz Napier (8)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
22–30
All-Star Break
53
February 20
@ New York
W 111–87
Shabazz Napier (18)
Hassan Whiteside (14)
Luol Deng (8)
Madison Square Garden 19,812
23–30
54
February 21
New Orleans
L 91–105
Mario Chalmers (20)
Hassan Whiteside (16)
Wade & Andersen (4)
American Airlines Arena 19,982
23–31
55
February 23
Philadelphia
W 119–108
Luol Deng (29)
Hassan Whiteside (14)
Goran Dragić (10)
American Airlines Arena 19,802
24–31
56
February 25
@ Orlando
W 93–90 (OT)
Luol Deng (21)
Hassan Whiteside (13)
Dwyane Wade (6)
Amway Center 18,309
25–31
57
February 27
@ New Orleans
L 102–104
Luol Deng (22)
Hassan Whiteside (7)
Dwyane Wade (8)
Smoothie King Center 17,797
25–32
58
February 28
Atlanta
L 91–93
Dwyane Wade (22)
Hassan Whiteside (24)
Goran Dragić (6)
American Airlines Arena 19,733
25–33 :
March
: 9–7 (home: 8–2; road: 1–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
59
March 2
Phoenix
W 115–98
Tyler Johnson (26)
Hassan Whiteside (10)
Dwyane Wade (9)
American Airlines Arena 19,600
26–33
60
March 4
L.A. Lakers
W 100–94
Dwyane Wade (25)
Hassan Whiteside (25)
Dragić & Wade (6)
American Airlines Arena 19,600
27–33
61
March 6
@ Washington
L 97–99
Goran Dragić (18)
Chris Andersen (6)
Goran Dragić (7)
Verizon Center 20,356
27–34
62
March 7
Sacramento
W 114–109 (OT)
Dwyane Wade (28)
Michael Beasley (7)
Mario Chalmers (7)
American Airlines Arena 19,600
28–34
63
March 9
Boston
L 90–100
Dwyane Wade (34)
Hassan Whiteside (9)
Chalmers & Deng (4)
American Airlines Arena 19,600
28–35
64
March 11
Brooklyn
W 104–98
Dwyane Wade (28)
Chris Andersen (14)
Dwyane Wade (9)
American Airlines Arena 19,600
29–35
65
March 13
@ Toronto
L 92–102
Dwyane Wade (25)
Hassan Whiteside (5)
Goran Dragić (5)
Air Canada Centre 19,800
29–36
66
March 16
Cleveland
W 106–92
Dwyane Wade (32)
Hassan Whiteside (11)
Goran Dragić (9)
American Airlines Arena 19,626
30–36
67
March 18
Portland
W 108–104
Dwyane Wade (32)
Hassan Whiteside (10)
Goran Dragić (11)
American Airlines Arena 19,621
31–36
68
March 20
Denver
W 108–91
Dwyane Wade (22)
Hassan Whiteside (10)
Michael Beasley (7)
American Airlines Arena 19,710
32–36
69
March 22
@ Oklahoma City
L 75–93
Hassan Whiteside (13)
Udonis Haslem (7)
Dwyane Wade (4)
Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203
32–37
70
March 24
@ Milwaukee
L 88–89
Dwyane Wade (21)
Hassan Whiteside (8)
Goran Dragić (6)
BMO Harris Bradley Center 12,313
32–38
71
March 25
@ Boston
W 93–86
Goran Dragić (22)
Udonis Haslem (12)
Chalmers & Dragić (7)
TD Garden 18,624
33–38
72
March 27
@ Atlanta
L 86–99
Luol Deng (17)
Luol Deng (10)
Chalmers & Walker (5)
Philips Arena 19,233
33–39
73
March 29
Detroit
W 109–102
Dwyane Wade (40)
Udonis Haslem (13)
Goran Dragić (5)
American Airlines Arena 19,685
34–39
74
March 31
San Antonio
L 81–95
Goran Dragić (19)
Chris Andersen (10)
Chalmers & Dragić (3)
American Airlines Arena 20,047
34–40 :
April
: 3–5 (home: 2–2; road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
75
April 2
@ Cleveland
L 88–114
Deng & Whiteside (17)
Deng & Whiteside (8)
Goran Dragić (7)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
34–41
76
April 4
@ Detroit
L 98–99
Dwyane Wade (24)
Hassan Whiteside (12)
Goran Dragić (7)
Palace of Auburn Hills 16,133
34–42
77
April 5
@ Indiana
L 89–112
Dwyane Wade (27)
Udonis Haslem (10)
Goran Dragić (5)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165
34–43
78
April 7
Charlotte
W 105–100
Goran Dragić (28)
Haslem & Whiteside (8)
Dragić & Wade (5)
American Airlines Arena 19,694
35–43
79
April 9
Chicago
L 78–89
Dwyane Wade (19)
Hassan Whiteside (16)
Luol Deng (4)
American Airlines Arena 19,641
35–44
80
April 11
Toronto
L 104–107
Dwyane Wade (30)
Hassan Whiteside (18)
Wade & Dragić (5)
American Airlines Arena 19,689
35–45
81
April 13
Orlando
W 100–93
Hassan Whiteside (24)
Hassan Whiteside (13)
Goran Dragic (8)
American Airlines Arena 19,600
36–45
82
April 15
@ Philadelphia
W 105–101
Michael Beasley (34)
James Ennis (12)
James Ennis (6)
Wells Fargo Center 14,476
37–45 :
2014–15 season schedule :

## Player statistics
### Regular season

| Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 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

| Player | Duration | Duration | Injury type | Games missed |
| Player | Start | End | Injury type | Games missed |
Josh McRoberts
Chris Bosh
Shabazz Napier

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

| Signed | Contract | Ref. |

#### Additions

| Signed | Miami Heat | Ref. |

#### Subtractions

LeBron James Cleveland Cavaliers

## Awards

| James Ennis | Award | 1/31/15 | Ref. |