2015–16 Golden State Warriors season
The 2015-16 Golden State Warriors season was the 70th season for the team as well as the National Basketball Association, and its 54th in San Francisco, California. They entered the season as defending champions and made history as the first 73 win 9 loss team, only behind the Michael Jordan-led 72-10 Bulls.
2015–16 Golden State Warriors season | |
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Conference champions | |
Division champions | |
Head coach | Steve Kerr Luke Walton[a] (interim) |
General manager | Bob Myers |
Owner(s) | Peter Guber Joe Lacob |
Arena | Oracle Arena |
Results | |
Record | 73–9 (.890) |
Place | Division: 1st (Pacific) Conference: 1st (Western) |
Playoff finish | NBA Finals (Lost to Cavaliers 3–4) |
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | Comcast SportsNet Bay Area |
Radio | KNBR |
In the playoffs, they defeated the dysfunctional Houston Rockets (41 wins 41 losses), who they played last year in the WCF'S in 5 games, the Portland Trail Blazers (44 wins 38 losses), also in 5 games, and the Kevin Durant/Russell Westbrook lead Oklahoma City Thunder (55 wins 27 losses) in 7 games. The Warriors however trailed the Thunder 3-1, looking like they were going to be eliminated but however, the Warriors won game 5 120-111, game 6 108-101, and in game 7 96-88. The Warriors became the 10th team to win the series when down 3-1, after last year's Houston Rockets. They would meet the Cleveland Cavaliers again in the NBA Finals. The Warriors were up 3-1 in the series following a game 4 97-108 victory at Quicken Loans Arena. However, they lost game 5 at home 97-112, game 6 101-115, and a game 7 champion decider 89-93. They would become the 11th team to lose while up 3-1 and the first to do it in the NBA Finals. They also became the first playoff team to overcome a 3-1 deficit and blow a 3-1 lead in the same playoff year.
Draft
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
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1 | 30 | Kevon Looney | PF | United States | UCLA |
Pre-season
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Pre-season: 3–4 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–3)
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2015–16 season schedule |
Regular season
Standings
Division
Conference
Game log
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October: 3–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 2–0)
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November: 16–0 (Home: 9–0; Road: 7–0)
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December: 11–2 (Home: 5–0; Road: 6–2)
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January: 14–2 (Home: 7–0; Road: 7–2)
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February: 9–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 7–1)
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March: 15–2 (Home: 12–0; Road: 3–2)
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April: 5–2 (Home: 3–2; Road: 2–0)
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2015–16 season schedule |
Playoffs
Game log
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First Round: 4–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–1)
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Conference Semifinals: 4–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–1)
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Conference Finals: 4–3 (Home: 3–1; Road: 1–2)
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NBA Finals: 3–4 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–2)
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Player statistics
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GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
Regular season
* – Recorded statistics when playing for Golden State
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Stephen Curry | 79 | 79 | 34.2 | 50.4 | 45.4 | 90.8 | 5.4 | 6.7 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 30.1 |
Klay Thompson | 80 | 80 | 33.3 | 47.0 | 42.5 | 87.3 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 22.1 |
Draymond Green | 81 | 81 | 34.7 | 49.0 | 38.8 | 69.6 | 9.5 | 7.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 14.0 |
Harrison Barnes | 66 | 59 | 30.9 | 46.6 | 38.3 | 76.1 | 4.9 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 11.7 |
Andre Iguodala | 65 | 1 | 26.6 | 47.8 | 35.1 | 61.4 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 7.0 |
Andrew Bogut | 70 | 66 | 20.7 | 62.7 | 100.0 | 48.0 | 7.0 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 5.4 |
Festus Ezeli | 46 | 13 | 16.7 | 54.8 | 0.0 | 53.0 | 5.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 7.0 |
Shaun Livingston | 78 | 3 | 19.5 | 53.6 | 16.7 | 86.0 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 6.3 |
Marreese Speights | 72 | 0 | 11.6 | 43.2 | 38.7 | 82.5 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 7.1 |
Leandro Barbosa | 68 | 0 | 15.9 | 46.2 | 35.5 | 83.9 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 6.4 |
Brandon Rush | 72 | 25 | 14.7 | 42.7 | 41.4 | 64.3 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 4.2 |
Ian Clark | 66 | 1 | 8.8 | 44.1 | 35.7 | 82.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 3.6 |
James Michael McAdoo | 41 | 1 | 6.4 | 53.6 | 50.0 | 53.1 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.9 |
Kevon Looney | 5 | 0 | 4.2 | 57.1 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 |
Anderson Varejão* | 22 | 0 | 8.5 | 43.8 | 0.0 | 55.2 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.6 |
Jason Thompson* | 28 | 1 | 6.4 | 47.6 | 0.0 | 62.5 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.1 |
Playoffs
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Stephen Curry | 18 | 17 | 34.1 | 43.8 | 40.4 | 91.6 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 25.1 |
Klay Thompson | 24 | 24 | 35.4 | 44.4 | 42.4 | 85.4 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 24.3 |
Draymond Green | 23 | 23 | 38.2 | 43.1 | 36.5 | 73.8 | 9.9 | 6.0 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 15.4 |
Harrison Barnes | 24 | 23 | 31.0 | 38.5 | 34.2 | 76.5 | 4.7 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 9.0 |
Andre Iguodala | 24 | 3 | 32.0 | 47.6 | 38.5 | 56.1 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 8.9 |
Andrew Bogut | 22 | 22 | 16.6 | 62.3 | 0.0 | 35.7 | 5.7 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 4.6 |
Festus Ezeli | 23 | 1 | 8.8 | 53.6 | 0.0 | 43.2 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 4.0 |
Shaun Livingston | 24 | 7 | 21.4 | 48.8 | 0.0 | 86.5 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 8.2 |
Marreese Speights | 24 | 0 | 8.4 | 39.0 | 41.9 | 77.4 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 5.6 |
Leandro Barbosa | 23 | 0 | 11.0 | 58.0 | 39.3 | 76.2 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 5.6 |
Brandon Rush | 14 | 0 | 7.9 | 45.0 | 33.3 | 50.0 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.6 |
Ian Clark | 16 | 0 | 9.6 | 49.1 | 33.3 | 80.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 4.1 |
James Michael McAdoo | 8 | 0 | 4.8 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
Anderson Varejão | 17 | 0 | 5.5 | 35.7 | 0.0 | 52.6 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.2 |
Roster
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Transactions
Trades
July 27, 2015 | To Golden State Warriors Gerald Wallace[2] Chris Babb | To Boston Celtics David Lee |
July 31, 2015 | To Golden State Warriors Jason Thompson[3] | To Philadelphia 76ers Gerald Wallace Cash and draft consideration |
Free agency
Additions
Player | Signed | Former team |
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Ian Clark[4] | 1-year contract | Denver Nuggets |
Anderson Varejão[5] | 1-year contract | Portland Trail Blazers (never officially played for Portland and was waived on February 18) |
Subtractions
Player | Reason left | New team |
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Justin Holiday[6] | 2-year contract worth $1.9 million | Atlanta Hawks |
Ognjen Kuzmić[7] | — | Panathinaikos B.C. |
Jason Thompson[8] | Waived | Toronto Raptors |
Awards
Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
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Stephen Curry | Western Conference Player of the Week | November 2, 2015 | [9] |
Stephen Curry | Western Conference Player of the Week | November 23, 2015 | [10] |
Luke Walton | Western Conference Coach of the Month (October/November) | December 1, 2015 | [11] |
Stephen Curry | Western Conference Player of the Month (October/November) | December 3, 2015 | [12] |
Stephen Curry | Western Conference Player of the Week | December 7, 2015 | [13] |
Draymond Green | Western Conference Player of the Week | January 4, 2016 | [14] |
Stephen Curry | Western Conference Player of the Week | February 29, 2016 | [15] |
Stephen Curry | Western Conference Player of the Month (February) | March 3, 2016 | [16] |
Stephen Curry | Western Conference Player of the Week | March 14, 2016 | [17] |
Klay Thompson | Western Conference Player of the Week | March 28, 2016 | [18] |
Steve Kerr | Western Conference Coach of the Month (March) | April 1, 2016 | [19] |
Steve Kerr | Coach of the Year | April 26, 2016 | [1] |
Stephen Curry | Most Valuable Player | May 10, 2016 | [20] |