2014–15 Orlando Magic season

The 2014–15 Orlando Magic season was the 26th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).^[1] 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.

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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)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
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)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
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)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
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)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
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)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
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)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
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)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
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

Roster

2014–15 Orlando Magic roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
C	3	Dedmon, Dewayne	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1989-08-12	USC
G	10	Fournier, Evan	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1992-10-29	France
F/C	8	Frye, Channing	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	1983-05-17	Arizona
F	00	Gordon, Aaron	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1995-09-16	Arizona
G	7	Gordon, Ben	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1983-04-04	Connecticut
G	34	Green, Willie	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1981-07-28	Detroit Mercy
F	21	Harkless, Maurice	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1993-05-11	St. John's
F	12	Harris, Tobias	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1992-07-15	Tennessee
G/F	11	Marble, Devyn	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1992-09-21	Iowa
F	44	Nicholson, Andrew	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1989-12-08	St. Bonaventure
F/C	2	O'Quinn, Kyle	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1990-03-26	Norfolk State
G	5	Oladipo, Victor	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1992-05-04	Indiana
G	4	Payton, Elfrid	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1994-02-22	Louisiana
G	13	Ridnour, Luke	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1981-02-13	Oregon
C	9	Vučević, Nikola	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	1990-10-24	USC

Head coach

Scott Skiles

Assistant coach(es)

Igor Kokoškov
Jay Hernandez (player development)
Laron Profit (player development)
Keon Weise (trainer)

Legend

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

Roster
Last transaction: February 17, 2015

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

References

^ "2014 NBA Draft Order". NBA. Retrieved June 8, 2014.

External links

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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