1994–95 Los Angeles Clippers 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 pick.[2] During the off-season, the team acquired Pooh Richardson, Malik Sealy and rookie guard Eric Piatkowski from the Indiana Pacers,[3] and signed free agent Tony Massenburg. The Clippers started the season playing their first two games against the Portland Trail Blazers in Yokohama, Japan.[4] However, under new head coach Bill Fitch, they struggled losing their first 16 games of the season, as Stanley Roberts missed the entire season with a ruptured Achilles tendon.[5] The Clippers finished last place in the Pacific Division with the league's worst record of 17–65.[6]

1994–95 Los Angeles Clippers season
Head coachBill Fitch
OwnersDonald Sterling
ArenaLos Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Arrowhead Pond
Results
Record17–65 (.207)
PlaceDivision: 7th (Pacific)
Conference: 13th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Local media
TelevisionKCOP-TV
(Ralph Lawler, Bill Walton)
RadioKMPC
(Rory Markas)

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. Richardson provided the team with 10.9 points, 7.9 assists and 1.6 steals per game, while Sealy contributed 13.0 points per game, second-year guard Terry Dehere averaged 10.4 points per game, and Massenburg provided with 9.3 points and 5.7 rebounds per game.[7]

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.[8] Following the season, Gary Grant was released to free agency, and signed as a free agent with the New York Knicks, while Massenburg left in the 1995 NBA Expansion Draft,[9] and Elmore Spencer was traded to the Denver Nuggets.

Draft picks
Main article: 1994 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
17Lamond MurraySF United StatesCalifornia
125Greg MinorSF/SG United StatesLouisville

Roster
1994–95 Los Angeles Clippers roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
G 24 Dehere, Terry 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) –– Seton Hall
G/F 30 Ellis, Harold 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) –– Morehouse
G 23 Grant, Gary 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) –– Michigan
C 9 Massenburg, Tony 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) –– Maryland
F 7 Murray, Lamond 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 236 lb (107 kg) –– California
F 45 Outlaw, Bo 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) –– Houston
G 52 Piatkowski, Eric 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) –– Nebraska
G 2 Richardson, Pooh (C) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) –– UCLA
C 42 Riley, Eric 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) –– Michigan
C 53 Roberts, Stanley  (IN) 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 285 lb (129 kg) –– LSU
G/F 21 Sealy, Malik  6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 190 lb (86 kg) –– St. John's
F 4 Smith, Michael 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) –– BYU
C 27 Spencer, Elmore  7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 270 lb (122 kg) –– UNLV
F 35 Vaught, Loy 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) –– Michigan
G 14 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
  • (IN) Inactive
  • Injured

Roster
Last transaction: 2009-10-04

Roster Notes
  • Center Stanley Roberts missed the entire season due to a ruptured Achilles tendon.
  • Power forward Michael "Mike" Smith is currently a color analyst for the Clipper games partnered with the "Voice of the Clippers" Ralph Lawler from 1998 to 2017.

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—

Game log
1994–95 game log
October
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
November
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
December
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1994–95 schedule

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
Loy Vaught 807937.151.421.271.09.71.71.30.417.5
Lamond Murray 816131.640.229.875.44.41.60.90.714.1
Malik Sealy 604126.743.530.178.03.61.81.20.413.0
Pooh Richardson 807735.839.435.764.83.37.91.60.210.9
Terry Dehere 802822.240.729.478.41.92.80.60.110.4
Tony Massenburg 805026.646.90.075.35.70.80.60.79.3
Eric Piatkowski 811114.944.137.478.31.61.00.50.27.0
Elmore Spencer 19819.444.10.056.03.41.30.71.26.9
Gary Grant 33214.247.025.081.81.12.80.90.16.2
Michael Smith 29011.047.012.586.71.90.70.20.15.3
Bo Outlaw 813120.452.30.044.13.91.01.11.95.2
Matt Fish 26814.247.60.067.63.20.70.60.34.7
Eric Riley 40410.944.80.073.42.80.30.40.94.4
Harold Ellis 6979.548.17.759.01.30.61.00.23.7
Bob Martin 1014.020.00.00.02.01.00.01.02.0
Randy Woods 6238.031.629.773.70.72.20.70.02.0

Player Statistics Citation:[7]

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:[10]

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. "BASKETBALL; The Bucks Go With Robinson As No. 1 Pick". New York Times. June 30, 1994. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  3. "PRO BASKETBALL; Mark Jackson Acquired by Pacers". New York Times. July 1, 1994. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  4. "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.
  5. "Clippers' Roberts Sidelined for Season : Pro basketball: Center ruptures left Achilles' tendon. He ruptured the right Achilles' last season". Los Angeles Times. October 27, 1994. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  6. "1994–95 Los Angeles Clippers Schedule and Results". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  7. "1994–95 Los Angeles Clippers Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  8. "Lakers Out of Sync, so Clippers Put It in the Refrigerator". Los Angeles Times. December 11, 1994. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  9. "1995 NBA Expansion Draft". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  10. "1994–95 Los Angeles Clippers Transactions". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
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