1994–95 Los Angeles Clippers season

1994–95 Los Angeles Clippers season
Head coach Bill Fitch
Owner(s) Donald Sterling
Arena Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Arrowhead Pond
Results
Record 17–65 (.207)
Place Division: 7th (Pacific)
Conference: 13th (Western)
Playoff finish DNQ
Local media
Television KCOP-TV
Prime Sports West
(Ralph Lawler, Bill Walton)
Radio KMPC
(Rory Markas)

The 1994–95 NBA season was the Clippers' 25th season in the National Basketball Association, and their first season in Anaheim.[1] During the offseason, the Clippers acquired Pooh Richardson and Malik Sealy from the Indiana Pacers, and signed free agent Tony Massenburg. The Clippers started the season playing their first two games against the Portland Trail Blazers in Yokohama, Japan.[2] However, under new head coach Bill Fitch, they struggled losing their first 16 games of the season, on their way finishing last place in the Pacific Division with the league's worst record of 17–65. Showing improvement was Loy Vaught, who led the team with 17.5 points and 9.7 rebounds per game. Top draft pick Lamond Murray averaged 14.1 points per game, but was not selected to an All-Rookie Team at season's end.

The only highlight of the season was the Clippers defeating their crosstown rival, the Los Angeles Lakers 109–84 at The Forum on December 9, which was their second win of the season.[3] Following the season, Gary Grant was released and signed with the New York Knicks, and Massenburg left in the 1995 NBA Expansion Draft.

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
17Lamond MurraySF United StatesCalifornia
125Greg MinorSF/SG United StatesLouisville

Roster

Los Angeles Clippers roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
PG 24 United States Dehere, Terry 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Seton Hall
SF 30 United States Ellis, Harold 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Morehouse
PG 23 United States Grant, Gary 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Michigan
PF 9 United States Massenburg, Tony 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Maryland
SF 7 United States Murray, Lamond 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 236 lb (107 kg) California
PF 45 United States Outlaw, Bo 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Houston
SG 52 United States Piatkowski, Eric 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Nebraska
PG 2 United States Richardson, Pooh (C) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) UCLA
C 42 United States Riley, Eric 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Michigan
C 53 United States Roberts, Stanley  (IN) 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 285 lb (129 kg) LSU
SG 21 United States Sealy, Malik  6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 190 lb (86 kg) St. John's
PF 4 United States Smith, Michael 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) BYU
C 27 United States Spencer, Elmore  7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 270 lb (122 kg) UNLV
PF 35 United States Vaught, Loy 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Michigan
PG 14 United States Woods, Randy 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) La Salle
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster
Last transaction: 2009-10-04

Roster Notes

  • Center Stanley Roberts missed the entire season due to a ruptured Achilles tendon.
  • Center Bob Martin only played one game before being waived.
  • Forward Michael "Mike" Smith is currently a color analyst for the Clipper games partnered with the "Voice of the Clippers" Ralph Lawler since 1998.

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Phoenix Suns 5923.720—32–927–1423–7
x-Seattle SuperSonics 5725.695232–925–1616–14
x-Los Angeles Lakers 4834.5851129–1219–2215–15
x-Portland Trail Blazers 4438.5371526–1518–2317–13
Sacramento Kings 3943.4762027–1412–2917–13
Golden State Warriors 2656.3173315–2611–3011–19
Los Angeles Clippers 1765.2074213–284–376–24
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-San Antonio Spurs6220.756–
2 y-Phoenix Suns5923.7203
3 x-Utah Jazz6022.7322
4 x-Seattle SuperSonics5725.6955
5 x-Los Angeles Lakers4834.58514
6 x-Houston Rockets4735.57315
7 x-Portland Trail Blazers4438.53718
8 x-Denver Nuggets4141.50021
9 Sacramento Kings3943.47623
10 Dallas Mavericks3646.43926
11 Golden State Warriors2656.31736
12 Minnesota Timberwolves2161.25641
13 Los Angeles Clippers1765.20745
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1994-95 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MIA MIL MIN NJN NYK ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA UTA WAS
Atlanta —3–12–21–41–42–02–03–22–00–21–42–00–22–21–32–04–02–21–33–11–11–11–11–10–20–24–0
Boston 1–3—1–30–42–21–11–13–12–01–12–20–21–14–11–32–02–30–52–33–11–10–21–10–21–10–23–1
Charlotte 2–23–1—2–23–20–21–15–02–00–21–42–00–23–14–11–13–13–11–33–10–22–01–11–12–02–03–1
Chicago 4–14–02–2—2–31–11–15–02–01–12–21–11–13–11–42–02–23–11–34–01–11–10–21–10–20–22–2
Cleveland 4–12–22–33–2—0–21–12–22–00–22–31–11–11–34–01–14–02–21–33–11–11–11–10–20–21–13–1
Dallas 0–21–12–01–12–0—1–41–13–12–31–13–11–30–21–14–11–10–20–22–00–43–12–22–30–42–41–1
Denver 0–21–11–11–11–14–1—1–11–31–41–14–02–22–02–06–01–10–20–21–11–33–12–21–41–31–42–0
Detroit 2–31–30–50–52–21–11–1—1–10–22–21–10–21–32–31–12–21–31–34–01–10–21–10–20–20–23–1
Golden State 0–20–20–20–20–21–33–11–1—0–40–23–23–21–10–21–31–11–10–21–13–21–40–51–31–42–22–0
Houston 2–01–12–01–12–03–24–12–04–0—1–13–10–42–01–13–22–00–20–22–03–11–33–11–50–42–32–0
Indiana 4–12–24–12–23–21–11–12–22–01–1—2–01–12–23–22–03–11–32–24–01–11–12–02–01–10–23–1
L.A. Clippers 0–22–00–21–11–11–30–41–12–31–30–2—2–30–21–11–30–20–20–21–11–40–51–40–40–51–30–2
L.A. Lakers 2–01–12–01–11–13–12–22–02–34–01–13–2—1–11–13–12–00–21–11–11–42–33–21–34–12–22–0
Miami 2–21–41–31–33–12–00–23–11–10–22–22–01–1—4–01–11–31–41–31–40–20–20–20–20–20–24–1
Milwaukee 3–13–11–44–10–41–10–23–22–01–12–31–11–10–4—1–12–22–20–43–10–20–21–10–20–20–23–1
Minnesota 0–20–21–10–21–11–40–61–13–12–30–23–11–31–11–1—1–10–21–11–10–40–41–30–50–41–41–1
New Jersey 0–43–21–32–20–41–11–12–21–10–21–32–00–23–12–21–1—1–42–22–30–21–11–10–21–10–22–3
New York 2–25–01–31–32–22–02–03–11–12–03–12–02–04–12–22–04–1—2–34–01–11–12–01–10–20–24–0
Orlando 3–13–23–13–13–12–02–03–12–02–02–22–01–13–14–01–12–23–2—4–11–12–01–11–10–21–13–2
Philadelphia 1–31–31–30–41–30–21–10–41–10–20–41–11–14–11–31–13–20–41–4—0–22–01–10–20–20–23–2
Phoenix 1–11–12–01–11–14–03–11–12–31–31–14–14–12–02–04–02–01–11–12–0—5–04–12–24–12–22–0
Portland 1–12–00–21–11–11–31–32–04–13–11–15–03–22–02–04–01–11–10–20–20–5—3–21–32–31–32–0
Sacramento 1–11–11–12–01–12–22–21–15–01–30–24–12–32–01–13–11–10–21–11–11–42–3—0–43–20–41–1
San Antonio 1–12–01–11–12–03–24–12–03–15–10–24–03–12–02–05–02–01–11–12–02–23–14–0—2–23–22–0
Seattle 2–01–10–22–02–04–03–12–04–14–01–15–01–42–02–04–01–12–02–02–01–43–22–32–2—1–32–0
Utah 2–02–00–22–01–14–24–12–02–23–22–03–12–22–02–04–12–02–01–12–02–23–14–02–33–1—2–0
Washington 0–41–31–32–21–31–10–21–30–20–21–32–00–21–41–31–13–20–42–32–30–20–21–10–20–20–2—

Player statistics

Legend
  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
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Terry Dehere
Harold Ellis
Matt Fish
Gary Grant
Bob Martin
Tony Massenburg
Lamond Murray
Bo Outlaw
Eric Piatkowski
Pooh Richardson
Eric Riley
Malik Sealy
Michael Smith
Elmore Spencer
Loy Vaught
Randy Woods

Transactions

The Clippers were involved in the following transactions during the 1994–95 season.

Trades

June 30, 1994
 To Los Angeles Clippers
 To Indiana Pacers

Free agents

See also

Other Anaheim–based teams in 1994–95

*Note: The Clippers played occasional games in Anaheim

References

  1. ↑ 1994-95 Los Angeles Clippers
  2. ↑ "Clippers End Poor Foreign Experience : Pro basketball: Twenty-five turnovers are key factor in a 112-95 loss to the Trail Blazers". Los Angeles Times. November 6, 1994. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Role Reversal: Clippers Crush Hapless Lakers : Pro basketball: They make it two in a row by taking 28-point halftime lead in 109-84 victory". Los Angeles Times. December 10, 1994. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
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