1994–95_Los_Angeles_Clippers_season

1994–95 Los Angeles Clippers season

1994–95 Los Angeles Clippers season

NBA professional basketball team season

The 1994–95 NBA season was the Clippers' 25th season in the National Basketball Association, and their first season in Anaheim.[1] In the 1994 NBA draft, the Clippers selected Lamond Murray from the University of California with the seventh overall pick.[2][3][4][5][6] During the off-season, the team acquired Pooh Richardson, Malik Sealy and rookie guard Eric Piatkowski from the Indiana Pacers,[7][8][9] and signed free agent Tony Massenburg.[10] The Clippers started the season playing their first two games against the Portland Trail Blazers in Yokohama, Japan.[11][12][13][14] However, under new head coach Bill Fitch,[15][16] they struggled losing their first 16 games of the season, as Stanley Roberts missed the entire season with a ruptured Achilles tendon.[17][18] The Clippers held an 8–40 record at the All-Star break,[19] and finished last place in the Pacific Division with the league's worst record at 17–65.[20]

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Showing improvement was Loy Vaught, who led the team with 17.5 points and 9.7 rebounds per game, while Murray averaged 14.1 points per game, but was not selected to an All-Rookie Team at season's end, and Richardson provided the team with 10.9 points, 7.9 assists and 1.6 steals per game. In addition, Sealy contributed 13.0 points per game, while second-year guard Terry Dehere provided with 10.4 points per game off the bench, Massenburg averaged 9.3 points and 5.7 rebounds per game, and second-year forward Bo Outlaw led the team with 1.9 blocks per game.[21]

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, 1994, which was their second win of the season.[22][23][24] Following the season, Gary Grant was released to free agency, and signed as a free agent with the New York Knicks during the next season,[25][26] while Massenburg was left unprotected in the 1995 NBA Expansion Draft, where he was selected by the newly expansion Toronto Raptors,[27][28][29][30][31] and Elmore Spencer was traded to the Denver Nuggets.

Draft

Main article: 1994 NBA draft
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Roster

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Roster notes

Regular season

Season standings

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z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

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Game log

Regular season

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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
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Player Statistics Citation:[21]

Awards and records

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

Player Transactions Citation:[32]

See also

Other Anaheim–based teams in 1994–95

*Note: The Clippers played occasional games in Anaheim

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