2014–15 Golden State Warriors season
The 2014–15 Golden State Warriors season was the team’s 69th in the NBA and 53rd in the San Francisco Bay Area. On May 14, 2014, they hired Steve Kerr as head coach, his first NBA coaching job, to replace Mark Jackson. The Warriors also added point guard Shaun Livingston and guard Leandro Barbosa.
Under Kerr, Golden State started strong, winning their first five games and then ripping off a 16-game run from November 13 to December 14, giving them a 21–2 start—the best in franchise history at the time. They set a franchise record with 17 straight home wins on January 21 (later reaching 19). By March 24, they clinched the Pacific Division for the first time since 1975–76 and tied the franchise record for road wins with 24. On March 28, they reached 60 wins and clinched the best record in the Western Conference, finishing 67–15—their highest regular-season win total at that time. They finished with a 39–2 home record and a 28–13 road record, and they led the league in defensive efficiency while ranking second in offensive efficiency.
Stephen Curry was named the NBA Most Valuable Player, the first Warrior to win the award since Wilt Chamberlain. He also broke his own single-season three-point record with 286 makes. On January 23, 2015, Klay Thompson scored 37 points in a single quarter and finished with 52 points in the game. The Splash Brothers together hit 525 three-pointers, breaking their own record from the previous season. The Warriors did not have a pick in the 2014 NBA draft.
In the playoffs, Golden State swept the New Orleans Pelicans in the first round, defeated the Memphis Grizzlies in six games in the second round, and beat the Houston Rockets in five games in the Western Conference Finals. They advanced to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1975, facing the Cleveland Cavaliers. After dropping to 2–1 in the series, Kerr started Andre Iguodala in place of Andrew Bogut in Game 4. The small lineup—later known as the Death Lineup—helped the team win the last three games and the series in six games. Iguodala was named Finals MVP, becoming the first Finals MVP who did not start a regular-season game.
Overall, the Warriors finished with 83 total wins for the season (67 in the regular season and 16 in the playoffs) and captured their first NBA title in 40 years, the franchise’s fourth. Kerr became the first rookie head coach to win an NBA title since Pat Riley in 1982.
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