1994–95 Seattle SuperSonics season

1994–95 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coach George Karl
General manager Wally Walker
Arena Tacoma Dome
Results
Record 57–25 (.695)
Place Division: 2nd (Pacific)
Conference: 4th (Western)
Playoff finish West First Round
(Lost to Lakers 1–3)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television KING-TV
KSTW
Prime Sports Northwest
Radio KJR

The 1994–95 NBA season was the 27th season for the Seattle SuperSonics in the National Basketball Association.[1] During the offseason, the Sonics acquired Šarūnas Marčiulionis from the Golden State Warriors. For the duration of the season, the Sonics switched venues and played their home games at the Tacoma Dome while their original stadium, the Seattle Center Coliseum, was being rebuilt to keep pace with NBA standards.[2] The Sonics posted a 10-game winning streak in January, which led them to a successful 33–12 start before the All-Star break. The team finished second in the Pacific Division with a 57–25 record. Three members of the team, Gary Payton, Shawn Kemp and Detlef Schrempf were all selected for the 1995 NBA All-Star Game.

However, after a shocking first round exit in the 1994 NBA Playoffs against the Denver Nuggets, the Seattle franchise would once again exit early in the 1995 Playoffs, losing in four games to the 5th-seeded Los Angeles Lakers in the first round after winning Game 1.[3] Following the season, Kendall Gill was traded back to the Charlotte Hornets, and Marčiulionis was dealt to the Sacramento Kings.

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College / Team
111Carlos RogersPF United StatesTennessee State
237Dontonio WingfieldSF United StatesCincinnati
254Željko RebračaC YugoslaviaKK Partizan

Roster

Seattle SuperSonics roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
SG 17 United States Askew, Vincent 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1966–02–28 Memphis
C 44 United States Cartwright, Bill 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1957–07–30 San Francisco
SG 13 United States Gill, Kendall 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1968–05–25 Illinois
SF 21 United States Houston, Byron 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1969–11–22 Oklahoma State
C 50 United States Johnson, Ervin 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1967–12–21 New Orleans
PF 40 United States Kemp, Shawn 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1969–11–26 Trinity Valley CC
C 45 United States King, Rich  7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1969–04–04 Nebraska
SG 30 Lithuania Marčiulionis, Šarūnas 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1964–06–13
PG 10 United States McMillan, Nate 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1964–08–03 North Carolina State
PG 20 United States Payton, Gary 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1968–07–23 Oregon State
PF 14 United States Perkins, Sam 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1961–06–14 North Carolina
C 55 United States Scheffler, Steve 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1967–09–03 Purdue
SF 11 Germany Schrempf, Detlef 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 214 lb (97 kg) 1963–01–21 Washington
SF 34 United States Wingfield, Dontonio  6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 256 lb (116 kg) 1974–06–23 Cincinnati
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

Season standings

# 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—

Playoffs

West First Round

(4) Seattle SuperSonics vs. (5) Los Angeles Lakers: Lakers win series 3-1

Last Playoff Meeting: 1989 Western Conference Semifinals (Los Angeles won 4-0)

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

Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Vincent Askew 71124.2.492.330.7392.52.5.7.29.9
Bill Cartwright 291914.8.391.000.6253.0.3.2.12.4
Kendall Gill 735829.1.457.368.7424.02.61.6.413.7
Byron Houston 3906.6.458.273.7371.4.2.3.13.4
Ervin Johnson 643014.2.443.000.6304.5.3.31.03.1
Shawn Kemp 827932.7.547.286.74910.91.81.21.518.7
Rich King 203.0.000.000.000.0.0.0.0.0
Šarūnas Marčiulionis 66418.1.473.402.7321.01.71.1.09.3
Nate McMillan 801825.9.418.342.5863.85.32.1.75.2
Gary Payton 828236.8.509.302.7163.47.12.5.220.6
Sam Perkins 823728.7.466.397.7994.91.6.9.512.7
Steve Scheffler 1805.7.522.000.8331.3.2.1.12.2
Detlef Schrempf 828235.2.523.514.8396.23.81.1.419.2
Dontonio Wingfield 2004.1.353.167.8001.5.2.3.22.3
1.^ Statistics with the SuperSonics.

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Vincent Askew 423.3.414.800.6673.82.0.8.07.5
Kendall Gill 418.0.360.250.6251.02.51.0.36.3
Byron Houston 101.0.000.000.000.0.0.0.0.0
Ervin Johnson 413.5.286.0001.0005.3.0.31.03.5
Shawn Kemp 440.0.5791.000.82112.02.82.01.824.8
Nate McMillan 428.3.348.1251.0004.57.32.5.54.8
Gary Payton 443.0.478.200.4172.55.31.3.017.8
Sam Perkins 435.3.438.4551.0007.83.3.81.313.5
Steve Scheffler 11.01.000.000.0001.0.0.0.02.0
Detlef Schrempf 438.3.404.556.7924.83.0.8.518.8

Awards and records

Awards

All-NBA Teams 
NBA All-Defensive Teams 
  • Gary Payton – All-Defensive First Team
  • Nate McMillan – All-Defensive Second Team
1995 NBA All-Star Game 

Transactions

Overview

Players Added

Via draft

Via free agency

Via trade

 Players Lost

Via trade

Via free agency

Via waivers

Trades

June 24, 1994 To Seattle SuperSonics
Conditional 1996 second round pick		 To Minnesota Timberwolves
Draft rights to Željko Rebrača
July 18, 1994 To Seattle SuperSonics
Šarūnas Marčiulionis
Byron Houston		 To Golden State Warriors
Ricky Pierce
Draft rights to Carlos Rogers
Two conditional 1995 second round picks

Free agents

Waivings

PlayerLeft
Chris KingNovember 1, 1994

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1994–95 Seattle SuperSonics Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-05-22.
  2. ↑ "SONICS: Brace yourselves for wild ride in Tacoma Dome". Kitsap Sun. November 4, 1994. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  3. ↑ "1995 N.B.A. PLAYOFFS; This Year, It's Lakers' Turn To Quiet SuperSonics Early". New York Times. May 5, 1995. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
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