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1994–95 Los Angeles Clippers season

NBA professional basketball team season

Field	Value
team	Los Angeles Clippers
league	National Basketball Association
end_year	1995
wins	17
losses	65
division	Pacific
division_place	7th
conf_place	13th
coach	Bill Fitch
arena	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Arrowhead Pond
owners	Donald Sterling
television	KCOP-TV
(Ralph Lawler, Bill Walton)
radio	KMPC
(Rory Markas)
playoffs	Did not qualify

Arrowhead Pond (Ralph Lawler, Bill Walton) (Rory Markas)

The 1994–95 Los Angeles Clippers season was the 25th season for the Los Angeles Clippers in the National Basketball Association, their eleventh season in Los Angeles, California, and their first season in which they played occasional home games in Anaheim, California. The Clippers received the seventh overall pick in the 1994 NBA draft, and selected small forward Lamond Murray from the University of California. During the off-season, the team acquired Pooh Richardson, Malik Sealy, and rookie shooting guard, and top draft pick Eric Piatkowski out of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln from the Indiana Pacers, and signed free agent Tony Massenburg.

The Clippers started the regular season playing their first two games overseas against the Portland Trail Blazers in Yokohama, Japan. However, under new head coach Bill Fitch, the team struggled losing their first 16 games of the season, as Stanley Roberts missed the entire season due to a ruptured Achilles tendon. The Clippers held an 8–40 record at the All-Star break, and finished in last place in the Pacific Division with the league's worst record at 17–65.

Loy Vaught continued to show improvement as he averaged 17.5 points, 9.7 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game, while Murray averaged 14.1 points and 4.4 rebounds per game, but was not named to an NBA 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, Piatkowski contributed 7.0 points per game off the bench, and second-year forward Bo Outlaw provided with 5.2 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game.

During the NBA All-Star weekend at the America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona, Murray was selected for the NBA Rookie Game, as a member of the White team. The only highlight of the regular season occurred on December 9, 1994, in which the Clippers defeated their crosstown rival, the Los Angeles Lakers on the road, 109–84 at the Great Western Forum. The Clippers held a 63–35 lead over the Lakers at halftime, as Richardson finished the game with 20 points, 10 assists and 5 steals, while Sealy led the team with 25 points, and Vaught contributed 19 points and 15 rebounds. It was the Clippers' second win of the season, which led to a 2–16 record.

The Clippers finished last in the NBA in home-game attendance, with an attendance of 438,244 at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena during the regular season, which was 27th in the league. 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, while Massenburg was left unprotected in the 1995 NBA expansion draft, where he was selected by the Toronto Raptors expansion team, and Elmore Spencer was traded to the Denver Nuggets.

Draft

Main article: 1994 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	7	Lamond Murray	SF	United States	California
1	25	Greg Minor	SG/SF	United States	Louisville

Roster

Bill Fitch
Jim Brewer
Bob Ociepka
Barry Hecker

Roster notes

Center Stanley Roberts was on the injured reserve list due to an Achilles tendon rupture, and missed the entire regular season.

Regular season

Season standings

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

Game log

Regular season

Player statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Loy Vaught	80	79	37.1	51.4	21.2	71.0	9.7	1.7	1.3	0.4	17.5
Lamond Murray	81	61	31.6	40.2	29.8	75.4	4.4	1.6	0.9	0.7	14.1
Malik Sealy	60	41	26.7	43.5	30.1	78.0	3.6	1.8	1.2	0.4	13.0
Pooh Richardson	80	77	35.8	39.4	35.7	64.8	3.3	7.9	1.6	0.2	10.9
Terry Dehere	80	28	22.2	40.7	29.4	78.4	1.9	2.8	0.6	0.1	10.4
	80	50	26.6	46.9	0.0	75.3	5.7	0.8	0.6	0.7	9.3
Eric Piatkowski	81	11	14.9	44.1	37.4	78.3	1.6	1.0	0.5	0.2	7.0
Elmore Spencer	19	8	19.4	44.1	0.0	56.0	3.4	1.3	0.7	1.2	6.9
Gary Grant	33	2	14.2	47.0	25.0	81.8	1.1	2.8	0.9	0.1	6.2
Michael Smith	29	0	11.0	47.0	12.5	86.7	1.9	0.7	0.2	0.1	5.3
Bo Outlaw	81	31	20.4	52.3	0.0	44.1	3.9	1.0	1.1	1.9	5.2
Matt Fish	26	8	14.2	47.6	0.0	67.6	3.2	0.7	0.6	0.3	4.7
Eric Riley	40	4	10.9	44.8	0.0	73.4	2.8	0.3	0.4	0.9	4.4
Harold Ellis	69	7	9.5	48.1	7.7	59.0	1.3	0.6	1.0	0.2	3.7
Bob Martin	1	0	14.0	20.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0
	62	3	8.0	31.6	29.7	73.7	0.7	2.2	0.7	0.0	2.0

Player statistics citation:

Transactions

The Clippers were involved in the following transactions during the 1994–95 season.

Trades

Free agents

Additions

Michael Smith	February 20	CB Estudiantes Caja Postal (Liga ACB)

Subtractions

Matt Fish	waived, January 5	New York Knicks

Player Transactions Citation:

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