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1994–95 Minnesota Timberwolves season

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The 1994–95 Minnesota Timberwolves season was the sixth season for the Minnesota Timberwolves in the National Basketball Association. The Timberwolves received the fourth overall pick in the 1994 NBA draft, and selected small forward Donyell Marshall from the University of Connecticut. During the off-season, the team acquired Sean Rooks from the Dallas Mavericks, and signed free agents Winston Garland, and undrafted rookie point guard Darrick Martin in February.

Under new head coach Bill Blair, the Timberwolves continued to struggle losing 13 of their first 14 games, including a 7-game losing streak, as Micheal Williams missed all but one game of the regular season due to a left heel injury. In December, the team signed free agent Greg Foster, who was previously released by the Chicago Bulls. At mid-season, Marshall was traded to the Golden State Warriors in exchange for Tom Gugliotta. The Timberwolves held an 11–36 record at the All-Star break, lost nine of their final ten games of the season, and finished in last place in the Midwest Division with a 21–61 record, setting a dubious record in becoming the first team ever to lose 60 or more games in four consecutive seasons.

Second-year star Isaiah Rider led the Timberwolves with 20.4 points per game and 139 three-point field goals, while Christian Laettner averaged 16.3 points and 7.6 rebounds per game, and Gugliotta provided the team with 14.4 points, 7.2 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2.0 steals per game in 31 games after the trade. In addition, Doug West contributed 12.9 points per game, while Rooks provided with 10.9 points and 6.1 rebounds per game, and Martin contributed 7.5 points and 3.9 assists per game in 34 games. Meanwhile, Garland provided with 6.1 points and 4.4 assists per game, as the team's starting point guard in Williams' absence, Stacey King averaged 5.3 points and 3.3 rebounds per game, Chris Smith contributed 5.0 points per game, and Foster provided with 4.6 points and 3.4 rebounds per game.

During the NBA All-Star weekend at the America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona, Rider participated in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest for the second consecutive year, while before the mid-season trade, Marshall was selected for the NBA Rookie Game, as a member of the White team. The Timberwolves finished 21st in the NBA in home-game attendance, with an attendance of 603,518 at the Target Center during the regular season.

Following the season, Martin signed as a free agent with the Vancouver Grizzlies expansion team, while Foster signed with the Utah Jazz, and Garland, King, Smith and Mike Brown were all released to free agency.

Draft picks

Main article: 1994 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	4	Donyell Marshall	SF/PF		Connecticut
2	30	Howard Eisley	PG		Boston College

Roster

Bill Blair
Greg Ballard
Mike Schuler
Randy Wittman

Regular season

Season standings

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

Game log

Regular season

Player statistics

Regular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
	C	81	80	2,770	613	234	101	87	1,322	34.2	7.6	2.9	1.2	1.1	16.3
	C	80	70	2,405	486	97	29	71	868	30.1	6.1	1.2	.4	.9	10.9
	SG	75	67	2,645	249	245	69	23	1,532	35.3	3.3	3.3	.9	.3	20.4
	PG	73	58	1,931	168	318	71	13	448	26.5	2.3	4.4	1.0	.2	6.1
	SG	71	65	2,328	227	185	65	24	919	32.8	3.2	2.6	.9	.3	12.9
	SG	64	17	1,073	73	146	32	22	320	16.8	1.1	2.3	.5	.3	5.0
†	PF	61	0	845	205	23	13	20	281	13.9	3.4	.4	.2	.3	4.6
	SF	59	2	852	94	53	36	32	302	14.4	1.6	.9	.6	.5	5.1
	PF	50	10	792	165	26	24	20	266	15.8	3.3	.5	.5	.4	5.3
†	SF	40	8	1,036	196	57	25	50	431	25.9	4.9	1.4	.6	1.3	10.8
	PG	34	9	803	64	133	34	0	254	23.6	1.9	3.9	1.0	.0	7.5
†	PG	34	4	496	42	77	18	5	113	14.6	1.2	2.3	.5	.1	3.3
†	SF	31	17	1,018	222	139	61	28	445	32.8	7.2	4.5	2.0	.9	14.4
	C	27	0	213	45	10	7	0	35	7.9	1.7	.4	.3	.0	1.3
	PF	21	2	239	67	8	8	6	94	11.4	3.2	.4	.4	.3	4.5
	PF	17	0	167	45	10	8	1	45	9.8	2.6	.6	.5	.1	2.6
	SG	11	0	139	11	16	6	0	45	12.6	1.0	1.5	.5	.0	4.1
	PG	1	1	28	1	3	2	0	6	28.0	1.0	3.0	2.0	.0	6.0

† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Timberwolves only.

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