2014–15 Houston Rockets season

March 2026 August 2023 Houston Rockets yes 2015 56 26 Southwest 1st 2nd Kevin McHale Daryl Morey Leslie Alexander Toyota Center Root Sports Southwest Sportstalk 790 Western Conference Finals(lost to Warriors 1–4) HOU The 2014–15 Houston Rockets season was the 48th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 44th in the Houston area.Houston Rockets Franchise Index The Rockets finished the regular season with a 56–26 record, the third best in franchise history. They also won their first ever Southwest Division title and first Division crown since 1994. The Rockets beat the Dallas Mavericks 4–1 in the first round, advancing to the Western Conference semifinals for the first time since 2009. They beat the Los Angeles Clippers in seven games after trailing the series 3–1, advancing to the Western Conference finals for the first time since 1997. They became just the ninth team in NBA history to come back from such a deficit. The Rockets' season ended with a 4–1 loss in the Western Conference finals to the eventual NBA champion Golden State Warriors. Draft picks 2014 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College/Team 1 25 Clint Capela PF/C Switzerland Élan Chalon (France) 2 42 Nick Johnson PG/SG United States Arizona Standings HOU HOU Game log Preseason Houston Rockets yes 2015 Total: 6–2 (home: 4–0; road: 2–2) Houston Rockets Pre-season yes 4 0 2 2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 1 || October 7 || @ Dallas | 20141007 HOUDAL 111 108 | Donatas Motiejūnas (18) | Howard, Papanikolaou (6) | Patrick Beverley (4) | American Airlines Center17,227 | 1–0 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 2 || October 9 || Memphis | 20141009 MEMHOU 113 93 | James Harden (21) | Tarik Black (15) | Harden, Johnson (4) | Toyota Center15,301 | 2–0 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 3 || October 13 || Phoenix | 20141013 PHXHOU 95 92 | Terrence Jones (18) | Black, Jones (7) | Isaiah Canaan (3) | Toyota Center14,642 | 3–0 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 4 || October 14 || @ New Orleans | 20141014 HOUNOP 98 117 | Canaan, Papanikolaou (13) | Ariza, Black (5) | Ariza, Beverley, Smith (3) | Toyota Center14,266 | 3–1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 5 || October 19 || Golden State | 20141019 GSWHOU 90 83 | James Harden (15) | Dorsey, Howard (8) | James Harden (6) | State Farm Arena5,647 | 4–1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 6 || October 21 || @ Miami | 20141021 HOUMIA 85 90 | Harden, Howard (19) | Donatas Motiejūnas (10) | Beverley, Smith (3) | American Airlines Arena19,600 | 4–2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 7 || October 22 || @ Orlando | 20141022 HOUORL 90 89 | Canaan, Daniels (14) | Black, Jones (8) | Kostas Papanikolaou (5) | Amway Center14,742 | 5–2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 8 || October 24 || San Antonio | 20141024 SASHOU 96 87 | James Harden (25) | Terrence Jones (13) | Kostas Papanikolaou (4) | Toyota Center18,305 | 6–2 hou 2015 Regular season Houston Rockets 2015 Total: 56–26 (home: 30–11; road: 26–15) Houston Rockets October yes no 0 0 2 0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 || October 28 || @ L.A. Lakers | 20141029 HOULAL 108 90 | James Harden (32) | Terrence Jones (13) | James Harden (6) | Staples Center18,997 | 1–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 || October 29 || @ Utah | 20141030 HOUUTA 104 93 | Dwight Howard (22) | Dwight Howard (10) | James Harden (10) | EnergySolutions Arena19,911 | 2–0 Houston Rockets November no 6 3 5 1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 || November 1 || Boston | 20141101 BOSHOU 104 90 | James Harden (26) | Terrence Jones (10) | James Harden (6) | Toyota Center18,309 | 3–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 || November 3 || @ Philadelphia | 20141103 HOUPHI 104 93 | James Harden (35) | Dwight Howard (14) | Trevor Ariza (7) | Wells Fargo Center12,896 | 4–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 5 || November 4 || @ Miami | 20141104 HOUMIA 108 91 | Dwight Howard (26) | Dwight Howard (10) | James Harden (10) | American Airlines Arena19,666 | 5–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 || November 6 || San Antonio | 20141106 SASHOU 98 81 | Dwight Howard (32) | Dwight Howard (16) | James Harden (6) | Toyota Center18,311 | 6–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 7 || November 8 || Golden State | 20141108 GSWHOU 87 98 | James Harden (22) | Trevor Ariza (11) | James Harden (7) | Toyota Center18,312 | 6–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 8 || November 12 || @ Minnesota | 20141112 HOUMIN 113 101 | James Harden (23) | Dwight Howard (10) | James Harden (10) | Mexico City Arena18,996 | 7–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 9 || November 14 || Philadelphia | 20141114 PHIHOU 88 87 | James Harden (35) | Dwight Howard (16) | James Harden (7) | Toyota Center18,138 | 8–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 10 || November 16 || @ Oklahoma City | 20141116 HOUOKC 69 65 | James Harden (19) | Harden, Howard, Motiejūnas (9) | James Harden (5) | Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203 | 9–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 11 || November 17 || @ Memphis | 20141117 HOUMEM 93 119 | Trevor Ariza (16) | Dwight Howard (9) | Kostas Papanikolaou (5) | FedExForum17,012 | 9–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 12 || November 19 || L.A. Lakers | 20141119 LALHOU 92 98 | James Harden (24) | Tarik Black (9) | James Harden (7) | Toyota Center18,245 | 9–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 13 || November 22 || Dallas | 20141122 DALHOU 95 92 | James Harden (32) | Donatas Motiejūnas (12) | Jason Terry (5) | Toyota Center18,244 | 10–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 14 || November 24 || New York | 20141124 NYKHOU 91 86 | James Harden (36) | Donatas Motiejūnas (8) | James Harden (6) | Toyota Center18,133 | 11–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 15 || November 26 || Sacramento | 20141126 SACHOU 102 89 | James Harden (26) | James Harden (7) | James Harden (8) | Toyota Center18,058 | 12–3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 16 || November 28 || L.A. Clippers | 20141128 LACHOU 85 102 | James Harden (16) | Tarik Black (9) | James Harden (6) | Toyota Center18,226 | 12–4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 17 || November 29 || @ Milwaukee | 20141129 HOUMIL 117 103 | James Harden (34) | Trevor Ariza (10) | James Harden (8) | BMO Harris Bradley Center16,119 | 13–4 Houston Rockets December no 5 3 4 2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 18 || December 3 || Memphis | 20141203 MEMHOU 105 96 | James Harden (21) | Tarik Black (11) | Jason Terry (5) | Toyota Center18,151 | 14–4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 19 || December 5 || @ Minnesota | 20141205 HOUMIN 114 112 1 | James Harden (38) | Trevor Ariza (9) | Harden, Terry (6) | Target Center12,101 | 15–4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 20 || December 6 || Phoenix | 20141206 PHXHOU 100 95 | Ariza, Beverley (19) | James Harden (12) | James Harden (7) | Toyota Center18,060 | 16–4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 21 || December 10 || @ Golden State | 20141210 HOUGSW 93 105 | James Harden (34) | James Harden (8) | Patrick Beverley (5) | Oracle Arena19,596 | 16–5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 22 || December 11 || @ Sacramento | 20141211 HOUSAC 113 109 1 | James Harden (44) | Patrick Beverley (10) | James Harden (8) | Sleep Train Arena16,676 | 17–5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 23 || December 13 || Denver | 20141213 DENHOU 108 96 | Dwight Howard (26) | Dwight Howard (13) | James Harden (10) | Toyota Center18,136 | 18–5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 24 || December 17 || @ Denver | 20141217 HOUDEN 115 111 1 | James Harden (41) | Dwight Howard (16) | James Harden (10) | Pepsi Center12,107 | 19–5 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 25 || December 18 || New Orleans | 20141218 NOPHOU 90 99 | James Harden (21) | Dwight Howard (13) | James Harden (5) | Toyota Center18,137 | 19–6 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 26 || December 20 || Atlanta | 20141220 ATLHOU 97 104 | Dwight Howard (19) | Dwight Howard (11) | James Harden (14) | Toyota Center16,998 | 19–7 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 27 || December 22 || Portland | 20141222 PORHOU 110 95 | James Harden (44) | Dwight Howard (13) | James Harden (7) | Toyota Center18,316 | 20–7 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 28 || December 26 || @ Memphis | 20141226 HOUMEM 117 111 1 | James Harden (32) | Dwight Howard (11) | James Harden (10) | FedExForum18,119 | 21–7 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 29 || December 28 || @ San Antonio | 20141228 HOUSAS 106 110 | James Harden (28) | Dwight Howard (17) | James Harden (5) | AT&T Center18,581 | 21–8 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 30 || December 29 || Washington | 20141229 WASHOU 103 104 | James Harden (33) | Dorsey, Harden, Motiejūnas (6) | Beverley, Harden, Terry (4) | Toyota Center18,322 | 21–9 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 31 || December 31 || Charlotte | 20141231 CHAHOU 102 83 | James Harden (36) | Dwight Howard (8) | James Harden (6) | Toyota Center18,276 | 22–9 Houston Rockets January no 5 1 6 5 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 32 || January 2 || @ New Orleans | 20150102 HOUNOP 83 111 | Brewer, Howard (12) | Joey Dorsey (10) | Kostas Papanikolaou (4) | Smoothie King Center17,705 | 22–10 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 33 || January 3 || Miami | 20150103 MIAHOU 115 79 | James Harden (28) | Dwight Howard (13) | Trevor Ariza (4) | Toyota Center18,338 | 23–10 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 34 || January 5 || @ Chicago | 20150105 HOUCHI 105 114 | Josh Smith (21) | Dwight Howard (14) | Patrick Beverley (6) | United Center21,510 | 23–11 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 35 || January 7 || @ Cleveland | 20150107 HOUCLE 105 93 | James Harden (21) | Dwight Howard (19) | James Harden (9) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 24–11 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 36 || January 8 || @ New York | 20150108 HOUNYK 120 96 | James Harden (25) | Dwight Howard (10) | James Harden (9) | Madison Square Garden19,812 | 25–11 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 37 || January 10 || Utah | 20150110 UTAHOU 97 82 | James Harden (30) | Donatas Motiejūnas (10) | Patrick Beverley (7) | Toyota Center18,235 | 26–11 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 38 || January 12 || @ Brooklyn | 20150112 HOUBYK 113 99 | James Harden (30) | Donatas Motiejūnas (11) | James Harden (6) | Barclays Center16,115 | 27–11 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 39 || January 14 || @ Orlando | 20150114 HOUORL 113 120 | James Harden (26) | Josh Smith (10) | James Harden (10) | Amway Center16,828 | 27–12 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 40 || January 15 || Oklahoma City | 20150115 OKCHOU 112 101 | James Harden (31) | James Harden (9) | James Harden (10) | Toyota Center18,315 | 28–12 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 41 || January 17 || Golden State | 20150117 GSWHOU 106 131 | Dwight Howard (23) | Dwight Howard (10) | Ariza, Beverley, Harden (4) | Toyota Center18,458 | 28–13 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 42 || January 19 || Indiana | 20150119 INDHOU 110 98 | James Harden (45) | Dwight Howard (17) | James Harden (7) | Toyota Center18,266 | 29–13 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 43 || January 21 || @ Golden State | 20150121 HOUGSW 113 126 | James Harden (33) | Joey Dorsey (12) | James Harden (6) | Oracle Arena19,596 | 29–14 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 44 || January 23 || @ Phoenix | 20150123 HOUPHX 113 111 | James Harden (33) | Ariza, Dorsey, Harden, Motiejūnas (6) | James Harden (10) | US Airways Center16,701 | 30–14 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 45 || January 25 || @ L.A. Lakers | 20150125 HOULAL 99 87 | James Harden (37) | Donatas Motiejūnas (9) | Ariza, Harden (5) | Staples Center18,997 | 31–14 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 46 || January 28 || Dallas | 20150128 DALHOU 99 94 | Josh Smith (18) | Josh Smith (6) | James Harden (8) | Toyota Center18,237 | 32–14 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 47 || January 30 || @ Boston | 20150130 HOUBOS 93 87 | Donatas Motiejūnas (26) | Donatas Motiejūnas (12) | James Harden (7) | TD Garden17,675 | 33–14 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 48 || January 31 || @ Detroit | 20150131 HOUDET 101 114 | James Harden (26) | Harden, Smith (7) | James Harden (9) | Palace of Auburn Hills18,213 | 33–15 Houston Rockets February no 6 1 1 2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 49 || February 4 || Chicago | 20150204 CHIHOU 101 90 | James Harden (27) | Josh Smith (13) | Harden, Smith (4) | Toyota Center18,325 | 34–15 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 50 || February 6 || Milwaukee | 20150206 MILHOU 117 111 | James Harden (33) | Josh Smith (10) | Josh Smith (8) | Toyota Center18,239 | 35–15 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 51 || February 8 || Portland | 20150208 PORHOU 98 109 | James Harden (45) | James Harden (9) | James Harden (8) | Toyota Center18,243 | 35–16 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 52 || February 10 || @ Phoenix | 20150210 HOUPHX 127 118 | James Harden (40) | James Harden (12) | James Harden (9) | US Airways Center17,071 | 36–16 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 53 || February 11 || @ L.A. Clippers | 20150211 HOULAC 95 110 | Josh Smith (21) | Josh Smith (13) | Beverley, Harden (6) | Staples Center19,060 | 36–17 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |- style="background:#fcc;" | 54 || February 20 || @ Dallas | 20150220 HOUDAL 100 111 | James Harden (26) | Terrence Jones (9) | James Harden (5) | American Airlines Center20,389 | 36–18 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 55 || February 21 || Toronto | 20150221 TORHOU 98 76 | Corey Brewer (26) | Donatas Motiejūnas (11) | James Harden (7) | Toyota Center18,329 | 37–18 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 56 || February 23 || Minnesota | 20150223 MINHOU 113 102 | James Harden (31) | Terrence Jones (15) | James Harden (10) | Toyota Center18,240 | 38–18 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 57 || February 25 || L.A. Clippers | 20150225 LACHOU 110 105 | James Harden (21) | Motiejūnas, Smith (9) | James Harden (10) | Toyota Center18,154 | 39–18 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 58 || February 27 || Brooklyn | 20150227 BYKHOU 102 98 | Terrence Jones (26) | Terrence Jones (12) | James Harden (12) | Toyota Center18,139 | 40–18 Houston Rockets March no 5 2 5 4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 59 || March 1 || Cleveland | 20150301 CLEHOU 105 103 1 | James Harden (33) | James Harden (8) | Beverley, Harden (5) | Toyota Center18,345 | 41–18 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 60 || March 3 || @ Atlanta | 20150303 HOUATL 96 104 | Jason Terry (21) | Jones, Motiejūnas (8) | Beverley, Motiejūnas (7) | Philips Arena18,968 | 41–19 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 61 || March 4 || Memphis | 20150304 MEMHOU 100 102 | Terrence Jones (21) | Terrence Jones (9) | James Harden (13) | Toyota Center18,224 | 41–20 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 62 || March 6 || Detroit | 20150306 DETHOU 103 93 | James Harden (38) | James Harden (12) | James Harden (12) | Toyota Center18,193 | 42–20 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 63 || March 7 || @ Denver | 20150307 HOUDEN 114 100 | James Harden (28) | Terrence Jones (11) | James Harden (7) | Pepsi Center15,231 | 43–20 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 64 || March 11 || @ Portland | 20150311 HOUPOR 100 105 | Corey Brewer (23) | Terrence Jones (12) | Ariza, Harden (6) | Moda Center19,279 | 43–21 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 65 || March 12 || @ Utah | 20150312 HOUUTA 91 109 | Corey Brewer (25) | Terrence Jones (10) | James Harden (7) | EnergySolutions Arena18,781 | 43–22 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 66 || March 15 || @ L.A. Clippers | 20150315 HOULAC 100 98 | James Harden (34) | Terrence Jones (12) | James Harden (7) | Staples Center19,211 | 44–22 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 67 || March 17 || Orlando | 20150317 ORLHOU 107 94 | Donatas Motiejūnas (23) | Corey Brewer (12) | Patrick Beverley (7) | Toyota Center18,235 | 45–22 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 68 || March 19 || Denver | 20150319 DENHOU 118 108 | James Harden (50) | James Harden (10) | Patrick Beverley (7) | Toyota Center18,456 | 46–22 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 69 || March 21 || Phoenix | 20150321 PHXHOU 102 117 | Donatas Motiejūnas (18) | Trevor Ariza (12) | Donatas Motiejūnas (6) | Toyota Center18,340 | 46–23 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 70 || March 23 || @ Indiana | 20150323 HOUIND 110 100 | James Harden (44) | Trevor Ariza (11) | James Harden (7) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse16,201 | 47–23 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 71 || March 25 || @ New Orleans | 20150325 HOUNOP 95 93 | James Harden (25) | Trevor Ariza (9) | James Harden (10) | Smoothie King Center17,077 | 48–23 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 72 || March 27 || Minnesota | 20150327 MINHOU 120 110 | James Harden (33) | Corey Brewer (10) | Josh Smith (11) | Toyota Center18,322 | 49–23 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 73 || March 29 || @ Washington | 20150329 HOUWAS 99 91 | James Harden (24) | Howard, Smith (10) | James Harden (6) | Verizon Center20,356 | 50–23 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 74 || March 30 || @ Toronto | 20150330 HOUTOR 96 99 | James Harden (31) | Trevor Ariza (8) | Pablo Prigioni (7) | Air Canada Centre19,800 | 50–24 Houston Rockets April 3 1 3 1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 75 || April 1 || Sacramento | 20150401 SACHOU 115 111 | James Harden (51) | Joey Dorsey (11) | Pablo Prigioni (7) | Toyota Center18,312 | 51–24 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 76 || April 2 || @ Dallas | 20150402 HOUDAL 108 101 | James Harden (24) | Josh Smith (12) | Ariza, Harden (6) | American Airlines Center20,062 | 52–24 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 77 || April 5 || @ Oklahoma City | 20150405 HOUOKC 115 112 | James Harden (41) | Trevor Ariza (9) | James Harden (6) | Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203 | 53–24 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 78 || April 8 || @ San Antonio | 20150408 HOUSAS 98 110 | James Harden (22) | Dwight Howard (11) | Prigioni, Smith (5) | AT&T Center18,581 | 53–25 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 79 || April 10 || San Antonio | 20150410 SASHOU 103 104 | Josh Smith (20) | Dwight Howard (14) | James Harden (10) | Toyota Center18,457 | 53–26 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 80 || April 12 || New Orleans | 20150412 NOPHOU 121 114 | James Harden (30) | Dwight Howard (11) | James Harden (7) | Toyota Center18,318 | 54–26 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 81 || April 13 || @ Charlotte | 20150413 HOUCHA 100 90 | James Harden (29) | Jones, Smith (11) | Harden, Prigioni (6) | Time Warner Cable Arena15,797 | 55–26 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 82 || April 15 || Utah | 20150415 UTAHOU 117 91 | James Harden (16) | James Harden (11) | James Harden (10) | Toyota Center18,320 | 56–26 hou 2015 Playoffs Houston Rockets yes 2015 Total: 9–8 (home: 7–2; road: 2–6) Houston Rockets First Round yes yes 3 0 1 1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 1 | April 18 | Dallas | 20150418 DALHOU 118 108 | James Harden (24) | Trevor Ariza (11) | James Harden (11) | Toyota Center18,231 | 1–0 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 2 | April 21 | Dallas | 20150421 DALHOU 111 99 | Dwight Howard (28) | Dwight Howard (12) | Josh Smith (9) | Toyota Center18,243 | 2–0 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 3 | April 24 | @ Dallas | 20150424 HOUDAL 130 128 | James Harden (42) | Dwight Howard (26) | James Harden (9) | American Airlines Center20,651 | 3–0 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 4 | April 26 | @ Dallas | 20150426 HOUDAL 109 121 | James Harden (24) | Dwight Howard (7) | Harden, Prigioni (5) | American Airlines Center20,589 | 3–1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 5 | April 28 | Dallas | 20150428 DALHOU 103 94 | James Harden (28) | Dwight Howard (19) | James Harden (8) | Toyota Center18,231 | 4–1 Houston Rockets Conference Semifinals yes yes 3 1 1 2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 1 | May 4 | L. A. Clippers | 20150504 LACHOU 101 117 | Dwight Howard (22) | Dwight Howard (10) | James Harden (12) | Toyota Center18,231 | 0–1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 2 | May 6 | L. A. Clippers | 20150506 LACHOU 115 109 | James Harden (32) | Dwight Howard (16) | James Harden (7) | Toyota Center18,310 | 1–1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 3 | May 8 | @ L. A. Clippers | 20150506 HOULAC 99 124 | James Harden (25) | Dwight Howard (14) | James Harden (11) | Staples Center19,367 | 1–2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 4 | May 10 | @ L. A. Clippers | 20150510 HOULAC 95 128 | James Harden (21) | Ariza, Howard (8) | James Harden (8) | Staples Center19,490 | 1–3 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 5 | May 12 | L. A. Clippers | 20150512 LACHOU 124 103 | James Harden (26) | Dwight Howard (15) | James Harden (10) | Toyota Center18,142 | 2–3 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 6 | May 14 | @ L. A. Clippers | 20150514 HOULAC 119 107 | James Harden (23) | Dwight Howard (21) | Jason Terry (5) | Staples Center19,417 | 3–3 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 7 | May 17 | L. A. Clippers | 20150514 HOULAC 113 100 | James Harden (31) | Dwight Howard (15) | James Harden (8) | Toyota Center18,463 | 4–3 Houston Rockets Conference Finals yes no 1 1 0 3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 1 | May 19 | @ Golden State | 20150519 HOUGSW 106 110 | James Harden (28) | Dwight Howard (13) | James Harden (9) | Oracle Arena19,596 | 0–1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 2 | May 21 | @ Golden State | 20150521 HOUGSW 98 99 | James Harden (38) | Dwight Howard (17) | James Harden (9) | Oracle Arena19,596 | 0–2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 3 | May 23 | Golden State | 20150523 GSWHOU 80 115 | James Harden (17) | Dwight Howard (14) | Harden, Smith (4) | Toyota Center18,282 | 0–3 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 4 | May 25 | Golden State | 20150525 GSWHOU 128 115 | James Harden (45) | Dwight Howard (12) | Harden, Smith (5) | Toyota Center18,239 | 1–3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 5 | May 27 | @ Golden State | 20150527 HOUGSW 90 104 | Dwight Howard (18) | Dwight Howard (16) | James Harden (5) | Oracle Arena19,596 | 1–4 HOU yes 2015 Roster Houston Rockets 2014–15 white #c5001e #000000 lightgrey 1 Trevor Ariza F/G 6 8 215 UCLA 1985–06–30 2 Patrick Beverley G 6 1 210 Arkansas 1988–07–12 33 Corey Brewer G/F 6 9 186 Florida 1986–03–05 15 Clint Capela F/C 6 10 240 INSEP (FRA) 1994–05–18 8 Joey Dorsey F/C 6 9 275 University of Memphis 1983–12–16 13 James Harden G 6 5 225 Arizona State 1989–08–26 12 Dwight Howard C 6 11 275 SW Atlanta Academy (GA) 1985–12–08 6 Terrence Jones F 6 9 252 Kentucky 1992–01–09 32 K. J. McDaniels G/F 6 6 200 Clemson 1993–02–09 20 Donatas Motiejūnas F/C 7 0 255 Lithuania 1990–09–20 16 Kostas Papanikolaou F 6 8 235 Greece 1990–07–31 9 Pablo Prigioni G 6 3 185 Argentina 1977–05–17 5 Josh Smith F 6 9 225 Oak Hill Academy (VA) 1985–12–05 31 Jason Terry G 6 2 185 Arizona 1977–09–15 Kevin McHale J. B. Bickerstaff Greg Buckner T. R. Dunn Chris Finch (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate https://www.nba.com/rockets/roster/ 2015–03–27 Salaries Player 2014–15 Salary Dwight Howard$21,436,271 James Harden$14,728,844 Trevor Ariza$8,579,089 Jason Terry$5,850,313 Kostas Papanikolaou$4,797,664 Corey Brewer$4,702,500 Josh Smith$2,077,000 Pablo Prigioni$1,662,961 Terrence Jones$1,618,680 Donatas Motiejūnas$1,483,920 Clint Capela$1,189,200 Joey Dorsey$948,163 Patrick Beverley$915,243 K. J. McDaniels$507,336 TOTAL $71,004,520 Player statistics Regular season Houston Rockets |- align="center" bgcolor="" | Ariza, Trevor Trevor Ariza | 82 || 82 || 35.7 || .402 || .350 || .850 || 5.6 || 2.5 || style=background:#C5001E;color:white;| 1.9 || 0.2 || 12.8 |- align="center" bgcolor="f0f0f0" | Beverley, Patrick Patrick Beverley | 56 || 55 || 30.8 || .383 || .356 || .750 || 4.2 || 3.4 || 1.1 || 0.4 || 10.1 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | Black, Tarik Tarik Black‡‡ | 25 || 12 || 15.7 || .542 || .000 || .520 || 5.1 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 4.2 |- align="center" bgcolor="f0f0f0" | Brewer, Corey Corey Brewer | 56 || 1 || 25.1 || .429 || .284 || .760 || 3.6 || 1.7 || 1.1 || 0.3 || 11.9 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | Canaan, Isaiah Isaiah Canaan‡ | 25 || 9 || 14.8 || .405 || .381 || .760 || 2.7 || 2.0 || 0.7 || 0.0 || 6.2 |- align="center" bgcolor="f0f0f0" | Clint, Capela Clint Capela | 12 || 0 || 7.5 || .483 || .000 || .170 || 3.0 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 0.8 || 2.7 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | Daniels, Troy Troy Daniels‡ | 17 || 0 || 6.4 || .319 || .302 || .750 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 2.7 |- align="center" bgcolor="f0f0f0" | Dorsey, Joey Joey Dorsey | 69 || 17 || 12.4 || .552 || .000 || .290 || 4.0 || 0.4 || 0.6 || 0.4 || 2.7 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | García, Francisco Francisco García‡‡ | 14 || 0 || 14.3 || .270 || .222 || .250 || 1.2 || 1.1 || 0.6 || 0.4 || 3.2 |- align="center" bgcolor="f0f0f0" | Harden, James James Harden | 81 || 81 || style=background:#C5001E;color:white;| 36.8 || .440 || .375 || style=background:#C5001E;color:white;| .870 || 5.7 || style=background:#C5001E;color:white;| 7.0 || style=background:#C5001E;color:white;| 1.9 || 0.7 || style=background:#C5001E;color:white;| 27.4 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | Howard, Dwight Dwight Howard | 41 || 41 || 29.8 || style=background:#C5001E;color:white;| .593 || style=background:#C5001E;color:white;| .500 || .530 || style=background:#C5001E;color:white;| 10.5 || 1.2 || 0.7 || 1.3 || 15.8 |- align="center" bgcolor="f0f0f0" | Johnson, Nick Nick Johnson | 28 || 0 || 9.4 || .347 || .238 || .680 || 1.4 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 2.6 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | Jones, Terrence Terrence Jones | 33 || 24 || 26.9 || .528 || .351 || .610 || 6.7 || 1.1 || 0.6 || style=background:#C5001E;color:white;| 1.8 || 11.7 |- align="center" bgcolor="f0f0f0" | McDaniels, K. J. K. J. McDaniels | 10 || 0 || 3.3 || .333 || .000 || .500 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 0.2 || 1.1 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | Motiejūnas, Donatas Donatas Motiejūnas | 71 || 62 || 28.7 || .504 || .368 || .600 || 5.9 || 1.8 || 0.8 || 0.5 || 12.0 |- align="center" bgcolor="f0f0f0" | Papanikolaou, Kostas Kostas Papanikolaou | 43 || 1 || 18.5 || .350 || .292 || .720 || 2.7 || 2.0 || 0.7 || 0.3 || 4.2 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | Prigioni, Pablo Pablo Prigioni | 24 || 0 || 16.8 || .343 || .275 || style=background:#C5001E;color:white;| .870 || 1.6 || 2.8 || 1.1 || 0.0 || 3.0 |- align="center" bgcolor="f0f0f0" | Shved, Alexey Alexey Shved‡ | 9 || 0 || 6.6 || .333 || .333 || .820 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 3.2 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | Smith, Josh Josh Smith | 55 || 7 || 25.5 || .438 || .330 || .520 || 6.0 || 2.6 || 0.9 || 1.2 || 12.0 |- align="center" bgcolor="f0f0f0" | Terry, Jason Jason Terry | 77 || 18 || 21.3 || .422 || .390 || .810 || 1.6 || 1.9 || 0.9 || 0.3 || 7.0 |} ‡Traded mid-season ‡‡Waived during season Playoffs Houston Rockets |- | style="text-align:left;"|Trevor Ariza | 17 || 17 || 38.5 || .426 || .375 || .905 || 6.4 || 2.6 || 1.8 || .1 || 13.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"|James Harden | 17 || 17 || 37.4 || .439 || .383 || .916 || 5.7 || 7.5 || 1.6 || .4 || 27.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Dwight Howard | 17 || 17 || 33.8 || .577 || || .412 || 14.0 || 1.2 || 1.4 || 2.3 || 16.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Jason Terry | 17 || 17 || 28.6 || .425 || .354 || .813 || 2.2 || 2.8 || .9 || .1 || 9.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Terrence Jones | 17 || 9 || 23.6 || .421 || .158 || .667 || 4.8 || 1.0 || .5 || .7 || 10.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Josh Smith | 17 || 8 || 23.3 || .438 || .380 || .432 || 5.6 || 2.7 || .5 || 1.0 || 13.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Corey Brewer | 17 || 0 || 25.2 || .431 || .286 || .636 || 2.8 || 1.1 || .6 || .2 || 11.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Pablo Prigioni | 17 || 0 || 17.2 || .333 || .293 || .750 || 1.1 || 2.3 || .9 || .0 || 3.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Clint Capela | 17 || 0 || 7.5 || .677 || || .517 || 2.5 || .3 || .2 || .5 || 3.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Nick Johnson basketball | 9 || 0 || 5.4 || .235 || .143 || 1.000 || .4 || .4 || .0 || .1 || 1.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Kostas Papanikolaou | 8 || 0 || 2.6 || .250 || .000 || .500 || .3 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .4 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Joey Dorsey | 6 || 0 || 2.2 || .000 || || .500 || .7 || .3 || .0 || .0 || .2 |} Injuries Player Duration Injury type Games missed Start End Patrick Beverley November 1, 2014 November 4, 2014 Hamstring 2 Terrence Jones November 3, 2014 January 28, 2015 Left leg nerve inflammation 41 Patrick Beverley November 6, 2014 November 16, 2014 Hamstring 4 Dwight Howard November 19, 2014 December 13, 2014 Strained knee 11 Patrick Beverley November 24, 2014 December 6, 2014 Hamstring 6 Isaiah Canaan November 28, 2014 December 17, 2014 Sprained ankle 7 Kostas Papanikolaou December 5, 2014 December 18, 2014 Sprained knee 5 Dwight Howard January 23, 2015 March 25, 2015 Swelling in right knee 26 Kostas Papanikolaou February 23, 2015 April 8, 2015 Sprained ankle 22 Terrence Jones March 19, 2015 April 1, 2015 Partially collapsed lung 6 Patrick Beverley March 23, 2015 Missed rest of season Torn ligaments in left wrist 12 Donatas Motiejūnas March 27, 2015 Missed rest of season Back surgery 11 Transactions List of 2014–15 NBA season transactions The Rockets had a busy offseason, trading away key contributors Jeremy Lin and Ömer Aşık in July to clear cap space. Houston was after marquee free agents such as LeBron James, Chris Bosh, and Carmelo Anthony, but struck out on all three of those players. The Rockets also let Chandler Parsons, another key contributor from the previous season, sign with the Dallas Mavericks in July, declining to match the hefty offer sheet Parsons received from Dallas. The Rockets would eventually make up for these losses throughout the summer and regular season. As part of the Aşık deal, the Rockets received Trevor Ariza from the Washington Wizards in a sign and trade. Ariza replaced Parsons as the team's starting small forward. In September, the team traded for Jason Terry, a former sixth man of the year with the Mavericks. Terry provided veteran leadership and a spark off the bench for the Rockets. In December, the Rockets acquired Corey Brewer and Josh Smith, who both added significant depth to the roster. At the trade deadline in February, the Rockets acquired Pablo Prigioni and K. J. McDaniels in two separate deals. Trades July 13, 2014Lakers Acquire Jeremy Lin and Draft Choices in Trade with Rockets To Houston RocketsRights to Sergei Lishouk To Los Angeles LakersJeremy LinFuture first-round draft pickSecond round draft pick (2015) July 15, 2014Rockets Land Ariza and Valuable First Round Pick Three-team trade To Houston Rockets Trevor Ariza (Sign and trade from Washington) Alonzo Gee (from New Orleans) Scotty Hopson (from New Orleans) Protected first round draft pick (2015, from New Orleans) To New Orleans Pelicans Ömer Aşık (from Houston) Omri Casspi (from Houston) Cash considerations (from Houston) To Washington Wizards Melvin Ely (from New Orleans) September 17, 2014Rockets Acquire Jason Terry and 2nd Round Picks To Houston RocketsJason TerrySecond round draft pick (2015)Second round draft pick (2016) To Sacramento KingsAlonzo GeeScotty Hopson December 19, 2014Rockets Acquire Veterans Corey Brewer and Alexey Shved in Three-Team Trade with Timberwolves and 76ers Three-team trade To Houston Rockets Corey Brewer (from Minnesota) Alexey Shved (from Philadelphia) To Minnesota Timberwolves Troy Daniels (from Houston) Second round draft pick (2015, from Houston, belonging to Sacramento Kings) Second round draft pick (2016, from Houston) Cash considerations (from Houston) To Philadelphia 76ers Ronny Turiaf (from Minnesota) Rights to Sergei Lishouk (from Houston) Second round draft pick (2015, from Houston) February 19, 2015Knicks Acquire Alexey Shved and Two Draft Picks To Houston RocketsPablo Prigioni To New York KnicksAlexey ShvedSecond round draft pick (2017)Second round draft pick (2019) February 19, 2015Rockets Acquire K.J. McDaniels and Pablo Prigioni To Houston RocketsK. J. McDaniels To Philadelphia 76ersIsaiah CanaanSecond round draft pick (2015) Free agents Re-signed Player Signed Contract Ref. Troy Daniels July 14, 2014 2 years, $2 millionRockets Re-Sign Troy Daniels Francisco García Francisco García (basketball) August 22, 2014 1 year, $1.3 millionRockets Re-Sign Francisco Garcia Kevin McHale Kevin McHale (basketball)Was in the final year of his contract as head coach. Midway through the season he signed a contract extension to remain head coach for the next three years. December 24, 2014 3 years, $13 millionMcHale Signs Contract ExtensionSources: Kevin McHale agrees to extension with Rockets Additions Player Signed Former team Ref. Joey Dorsey July 18, 2014 ESP FC Barcelona BasquetRockets Add Depth to Roster with Signings Tarik Black August 27, 2014 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketballRockets Sign Tarik Black Kostas Papanikolaou September 23, 2014 ESP FC Barcelona BasquetRockets Sign Kostas Papanikolaou Josh Smith December 26, 2014 Detroit PistonsFree Agent Josh Smith Joins Houston Rockets Subtractions Player Reason left Date New team Ref. Chandler ParsonsWas a restricted free agent entering the offseason. Signed an offer sheet with Dallas on July 10, 2014. A few days later, the Rockets elected not to match the offer, clearing the way for Parsons to officially sign with the Mavericks. Free agency July 15, 2014 Dallas Mavericks Mavericks Sign Chandler Parsons Josh Powell Waived October 24, 2014 None Rockets Claim Earl Clark Off Waivers and Request Waivers on Josh Powell Robert Covington Waived October 27, 2014 Philadelphia 76ers Sixers Sign Free Agent Robert Covington Francisco García basketball Waived December 19, 2014 None Rockets Acquire Veterans Corey Brewer and Alexey Shved in Three-Team Trade with Timberwolves and 76ers Tarik Black Waived December 26, 2014 Los Angeles Lakers Lakers Awarded Tarik Black on Waiver Claim Notes Awards, records and milestones Player Award Date awarded Ref.James HardenWestern Conference Player of the WeekDecember 15, 2014Wall, Harden named Players of WeekJames HardenWestern Conference Player of the WeekDecember 29, 2014Bulls' Butler, Rockets' Harden named Players of the WeekJames HardenWestern Conference Player of the Month (December)January 5, 2015Lowry, Harden named Kia Players of the MonthJames HardenWestern Conference Player of the Month (January)February 4, 2015Hawks' starters, Rockets' Harden named Kia Players of the MonthJames HardenWestern Conference Player of the WeekApril 6, 2015James Harden Earns Western Conference Player of the WeekJames HardenAll-NBA First TeamMay 21, 2015James Harden Named to 2014-15 All-NBA First Team Records Clint Capela missed the first 15 free throw attempts of his career, setting an NBA record. Milestones On December 13, Dwight Howard reached 10,000 career rebounds.Rieken Kristie Howard, Harden lead Rockets over Nuggets, 108-96 http://www.nba.com/games/20141213/DENHOU/gameinfo.html 14 December 2014 NBA.com Associated Press 1 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141228002806/http://www.nba.com/games/20141213/DENHOU/gameinfo.html 28 December 2014 dead At 1985 12 8 2014 12 13, Howard became the third youngest player in NBA history to reach 10,000 career rebounds. Only Wilt Chamberlain (28 years, 81 days) and Bill Russell (28 years, 285 days) reached the milestone at a younger age.http://stats.nba.com/featured/elias_top_5_questions_2014_11_19.html Elias: Top 5 Questions from Wednesday, Nov. 19 2016-04-30 2016-03-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304101801/http://stats.nba.com/featured/elias_top_5_questions_2014_11_19.html dead References Category:Houston Rockets seasons Houston Rockets Category:2014 in sports in Texas Category:2015 in sports in Texas Category:2014 in Houston Category:2015 in Houston