1994–95 Golden State Warriors season

The 1994–95 NBA season was the Warriors’ 49th season in the National Basketball Association, and 33rd in the San Francisco Bay Area.[1] During the off-season, the Warriors acquired Ricky Pierce and top draft pick Carlos Rogers from the Seattle SuperSonics.[2][3][4] After having finished 50–32 the previous season, the Warriors made a number of deals to toughen the team in the middle by trading Billy Owens to the Miami Heat in exchange for Rony Seikaly.[5][6][7][8] Before the season even started, second-year star Chris Webber began the season by exercising his option to become a restricted free agent, claiming irreconcilable differences with head coach Don Nelson. He asked to be traded, and the Warriors obliged, sending him to the Washington Bullets in exchange for Tom Gugliotta,[9][10][11][12][13] who would later on be traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for top draft pick Donyell Marshall midway through the season.[14][15][16][17]

1994–95 Golden State Warriors season
Head coach
General manager
Owner(s)Chris Cohan
ArenaOakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
Results
Record26–56 (.317)
PlaceDivision: 6th (Pacific)
Conference: 11th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKPIX-TV
KICU-TV
SportsChannel Pacific
RadioKNBR

With the return of All-Star guard Tim Hardaway, who missed all of last season with a knee injury, the Warriors won their first five games of the season, winning 8 of their 13 games in November. However, they soon fell apart and struggled losing 18 of their next 20 games, posting ten and eight-game losing streaks respectively, as Pierce, Seikaly and Chris Mullin all missed large parts of the season due to injuries. All of this led to the resignation of Nelson after a 14–31 record at the All-Star break.[18][19][20][21] Under his replacement, retired All-Star center and Hall of Famer Bob Lanier, the team finished sixth in the Pacific Division with a disappointing 26–56 record.[22]

Latrell Sprewell led the team with 20.6 points and 1.6 steals per game, and was selected for the 1995 NBA All-Star Game,[23][24][25][26] while Hardaway averaged 20.1 points, 9.3 assists and 1.4 steals per game. In addition, Mullin averaged 19.0 points, 5.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game in 25 games, while Seikaly provided the team with 12.1 points and 7.4 rebounds per game in 36 games, and Pierce contributed 12.5 points per game off the bench in 27 games. Chris Gatling provided with 13.7 points, 7.6 rebounds per game and shot .633 in field-goal percentage, while Victor Alexander averaged 10.0 points and 5.8 rebounds per game, and Marshall was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team. Rogers averaged 8.9 points and 5.7 rebounds per game in only just 49 games, while Keith Jennings contributed 7.4 points and 4.7 assists per game, and top draft pick Clifford Rozier provided with 6.8 points and 7.4 rebounds per game.[27]

Following the season, Pierce signed as a free agent with the Indiana Pacers,[28] while Rogers and Alexander were both traded to the newly expansion Toronto Raptors,[29] Jennings was left unprotected in the 1995 NBA Expansion Draft, where he was selected by the Raptors,[30][31][32][33][34] and Lanier was fired as head coach.

Draft picks
Main article: 1994 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College / Team
116Clifford RozierC United StatesLouisville
239Anthony MillerPF United StatesMichigan State
245Dwayne MortonSG United StatesLouisville

Roster
1994–95 Golden State Warriors roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
C 52 Alexander, Victor Injured 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1969–08–31 Iowa State
F 25 Gatling, Chris 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1967–09–03 Old Dominion
G 10 Hardaway, Tim Injured 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1966–09–01 UTEP
G 2 Jennings, Keith 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 1968–11–02 East Tennessee State
G 20 Legler, Tim 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1966–12–26 La Salle
G 9 Lorthridge, Ryan 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1972–07–27 Jackson State
F 3 Marshall, Donyell 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1973–04–18 Connecticut
G 50 Morton, Dwayne 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1971–08–08 Louisville
F 17 Mullin, Chris 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1963–07–30 St. John's
G 22 Pierce, Ricky Injured 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1959–08–19 Rice
F 34 Rogers, Carlos 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1971–02–06 Tennessee State
C 44 Rozier, Clifford 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1972–10–31 Louisville
C 4 Seikaly, Rony 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1965–05–10 Syracuse
G 15 Sprewell, Latrell 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1970–09–08 Alabama
F 12 Wood, David 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 227 lb (103 kg) 1964–11–30 Nevada
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

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 x-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
Total: 26–56 (Home: 15–26; Road: 11–30)
November: 8–5 (home: 5–1; road: 3–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
December: 2–12 (home: 2–5; road: 0–7)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
14 December 1, 1994
7:30 p.m. PST		 Houston L 109–113 Sprewell (30) Gugliotta (13) Hardaway, Jennings (6) Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
15,025		 8–6
26 December 29, 1994
5:30 p.m. PST		 @ Houston L 124–126 Hardaway (32) Gugliotta (12) Hardaway (10) The Summit
16,611		 10–16
January: 2–11 (home: 1–5; road: 1–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
February: 4–9 (home: 2–4; road: 2–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
All-Star Break
52 February 25, 1995
5:30 p.m. PST		 @ Houston L 105–112 Sprewell (30) Alexander (9) Hardaway (8) The Summit
16,611		 16–36
March: 6–11 (home: 3–5; road: 3–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
April: 4–8 (home: 2–6; road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
73 April 6, 1995
7:30 p.m. PDT		 Houston L 102–110 Legler (24) Rozier (21) Jennings (8) Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
15,025		 23–50
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
Victor Alexander 502924.7.515.240.6005.81.2.6.610.0
Manute Bol1 5216.2.600.600.0002.4.0.01.83.0
Chris Gatling 582225.3.633.000.5927.6.9.7.913.7
Tom Gugliotta1 404033.1.443.311.5677.43.11.3.610.9
Tim Hardaway 626237.4.427.378.7603.19.31.4.220.1
Rod Higgins1 529.2.250.167.7501.4.6.2.22.0
Keith Jennings 802421.5.447.368.8761.94.71.2.07.4
Tim Legler 24015.5.522.520.8821.71.1.5.07.3
Ryan Lorthridge 37218.2.475.214.6481.92.7.8.07.4
Donyell Marshall1 322332.8.413.270.6406.51.5.61.214.8
Dwayne Morton 4169.6.388.360.6821.4.4.3.44.1
Chris Mullin 252335.6.489.452.8794.65.01.5.819.0
Ricky Pierce 27624.9.437.329.8772.41.5.8.112.5
Carlos Rogers 491820.8.529.143.5215.7.8.41.18.9
Clifford Rozier 663422.6.485.286.4477.4.7.5.66.8
Rony Seikaly 363528.8.516.000.6947.41.3.61.012.1
Latrell Sprewell 696940.2.418.276.7813.74.01.6.720.6
David Wood 781317.1.469.341.7783.1.8.4.25.5
1.^ Statistics with the Warriors.

Awards and records

Awards
NBA All-Rookie Teams
1995 NBA All-Star Game

Transactions

Trades
July 1, 1994 To Golden State Warriors
1995 second-round pick		 To Los Angeles Lakers
Anthony Miller
July 18, 1994 To Golden State Warriors
Ricky Pierce
Carlos Rogers
1995 second-round pick
1995 second-round pick		 To Seattle SuperSonics
Byron Houston
Šarūnas Marčiulionis
November 2, 1994 To Golden State Warriors
Rony Seikaly		 To Miami Heat
Sasha Danilović
Billy Owens
November 17, 1994 To Golden State Warriors
Tom Gugliotta
1996 first-round pick
1998 first-round pick
2000 first-round pick		 To Washington Bullets
Chris Webber
February 18, 1995 To Golden State Warriors
Donyell Marshall		 To Minnesota Timberwolves
Tom Gugliotta

Free agents
Additions
Player Date signed Former team
Bob McCann September 28 Aresium Milan (Italy)
Rod Higgins October 6 Cleveland Cavaliers
David Wood Detroit Pistons
Manute Bol October 18 Philadelphia 76ers
Ryan Lorthridge (10-day) January 12 none
Ryan Lorthridge (rest of season) January 22 Golden State Warriors
Tim Legler (10-day) March 7 Omaha Racers (CBA)
Tim Legler (rest of season) March 27 Golden State Warriors
Subtractions
Player Date signed New Team
Avery Johnson July 22 San Antonio Spurs
Bob McCann October 24 Rapid City Thrillers (CBA)
Rod Higgins November 16 none
Manute Bol February 15 Florida Beach Dogs (CBA)

Player Transactions Citation:[35]

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