1994–95 Detroit Pistons season

The 1994–95 NBA season was the Pistons' 47th season in the National Basketball Association, and 38th season in the city of Detroit.[1] After losing 60 plus games and the retirements of Bill Laimbeer and Isiah Thomas, the Pistons started a new era by drafting Grant Hill out of Duke University with the third overall pick in the 1994 NBA draft.[2][3] The team also signed free agents Oliver Miller and Johnny Dawkins, and acquired Mark West from the Phoenix Suns during the off-season. Hill became an immediate fan favorite averaging 19.9 points, 6.4 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 1.8 steals per game, as he and Joe Dumars were both selected for the 1995 NBA All-Star Game.[4] Hill also became the first rookie ever to lead in All-Star voting.[5] However, after an 8–7 start to the season, the Pistons lost 13 of their next 14 games, which included an 8-game losing streak, as second-year guard Lindsey Hunter only played just 42 games due to an ankle injury. They continued to struggle losing eight of their final nine games, finishing last place in the Central Division with a 28–54 record.[6]

1994–95 Detroit Pistons season
Head coachDon Chaney
General managerBilly McKinney
OwnersWilliam Davidson
ArenaThe Palace of Auburn Hills
Results
Record28–54 (.341)
PlaceDivision: 7th (Central)
Conference: 12th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid Not Qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWKBD-TV
PASS Sports
RadioWJR

Hill was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team, and went on to share the Rookie of The Year honors with Jason Kidd of the Dallas Mavericks.[7] Dumars finished second on the team in scoring averaging 18.0 points per game, while Terry Mills provided them with 15.5 points and 7.8 rebounds per game, second-year guard Allan Houston showed improvement averaging 14.5 points per game, Miller contributed 8.5 points, 7.4 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game, and West provided with 7.5 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game.[8] Following the season, Miller left in the 1995 NBA Expansion Draft,[9] while Dawkins retired and head coach Don Chaney was fired.

For the season, the Pistons added new red alternate road uniforms with blue side panels, which lasted until the franchise's 1996 rebrand.[10]

Draft picks
Main article: 1994 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
13Grant HillSF United StatesDuke
248Jevon CrudupPF United StatesMissouri

Roster
1994–95 Detroit Pistons roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
F 17 Curley, Bill 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1972–05–29 Boston College
G 12 Dawkins, Johnny 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1963–09–28 Duke
G 4 Dumars, Joe (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1963–05–24 McNeese State
F 33 Hill, Grant (C) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1972–10–05 Duke
G 20 Houston, Allan 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1971–04–20 Tennessee
G 1 Hunter, Lindsey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1970–12–03 Jackson State
G 32 Knight, Negele 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1967–03–06 Dayton
C 45 Leckner, Eric 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1966–05–27 Wyoming
G 2 Macon, Mark 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1969–04–14 Temple
F 25 Miller, Oliver 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 280 lb (127 kg) 1970–04–06 Arkansas
F 6 Mills, Terry 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1967–12–21 Michigan
C 41 West, Mark 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1960–11–05 Old Dominion
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster
Last transaction: April 19, 1995

Roster Notes

Regular season

Season standings
Central Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Indiana Pacers 5230.634–33–819–2218–10
x-Charlotte Hornets 5032.610229–1221–2017–11
x-Chicago Bulls 4735.573528–1319–2216–12
x-Cleveland Cavaliers 4339.524926–1517–2417–11
x-Atlanta Hawks 4240.5121024–1718–239–19
Milwaukee Bucks 3448.4151822–1912–2913–15
Detroit Pistons 2854.3412422–196–358–20
# Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Orlando Magic5725.695–
2 y-Indiana Pacers5230.6345
3 x-New York Knicks5527.6712
4 x-Charlotte Hornets5032.6107
5 x-Chicago Bulls4735.57310
6 x-Cleveland Cavaliers4339.52414
7 x-Atlanta Hawks4240.51215
8 x-Boston Celtics3547.42722
9 Milwaukee Bucks3448.41523
10 Miami Heat3250.39025
11 New Jersey Nets3052.36627
12 Detroit Pistons2854.34129
13 Philadelphia 76ers2458.29333
14 Washington Bullets2161.25636
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

Regular Season
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Grant Hill 706938.3.477.148.7326.45.01.80.919.9
Joe Dumars 676738.0.430.305.8052.45.51.10.118.1
Terry Mills 726934.9.447.382.7997.82.20.90.515.5
Allan Houston 763926.3.463.424.8602.22.20.80.214.5
Oliver Miller 642224.3.555.231.6297.41.50.91.88.5
Rafael Addison 791622.5.476.289.7473.11.40.70.38.3
Mark West 675823.0.556.4786.10.30.41.57.5
Lindsey Hunter 422622.5.374.333.7271.83.81.20.27.5
Johnny Dawkins 50923.4.463.342.9092.34.11.00.06.5
Mark Macon 55613.1.381.323.7941.41.11.20.05.0
Negele Knight 441715.1.392.393.6671.32.60.50.14.1
Eric Leckner 571110.9.527.000.7083.10.20.30.33.9
Bill Curley 53111.2.433.7502.30.50.40.42.7
Walter Bond 5010.2.250.250.7501.01.40.20.02.0
Mike Peplowski 603.51.000.5000.50.20.20.01.8
Ivano Newbill 3409.7.356.3642.40.50.40.31.2

Player Statistics Citation:[8]

Awards and records

References
  1. 1994-95 Detroit Pistons
  2. "BASKETBALL; The Bucks Go With Robinson As No. 1 Pick". New York Times. June 30, 1994. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  3. "BASKETBALL; Hill Dribbling Through a Forest of Expectations". New York Times. October 16, 1994. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  4. "1995 NBA All-Star Game: West 139, East 112". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  5. "SPORTS PEOPLE: BASKETBALL; Hill Is Top Vote-Getter". New York Times. January 27, 1995. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  6. "1994–95 Detroit Pistons Schedule and Results". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  7. "Mavericks' Kidd, Pistons' Hill Share NBA Rookie-of-Year Award". Los Angeles Times. May 18, 1995. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
  8. "1994–95 Detroit Pistons Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  9. "1995 NBA Expansion Draft". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  10. "Detroit Pistons Uniform". Chris Creamer's Sports Logos Page - SportsLogos.Net. Retrieved July 8, 2021.

See also
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