1994–95 Golden State Warriors season

The 1994–95 NBA season was the 49th season for the Golden State Warriors in the National Basketball Association, and their 33rd season in the San Francisco Bay Area.^[1] During the off-season, the Warriors acquired Ricky Pierce, and rookie power forward, and top draft pick Carlos Rogers out of Tennessee State University 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]

1994–95 Golden State Warriors season
Head coach	Don Nelson (resigned) Bob Lanier (interim)
General manager	Don Nelson (until Feb. 13) Ed Gregory
Owner(s)	Chris Cohan
Arena	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
Results
Record	26–56 (.317)
Place	Division: 6th (Pacific) Conference: 11th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	KPIX-TV KICU-TV SportsChannel Pacific
Radio	KNBR
< 1993–94 1995–96 >

Before the regular 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,^[8][9][10] who would later on be traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for rookie small forward, and top draft pick Donyell Marshall from the University of Connecticut at mid-season.^[11][12][13]

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 regular 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,^[14][15][16] after a 14–31 record at the All-Star break.^[17] Under his replacement, retired All-Star center and Hall of Famer Bob Lanier, the team finished in sixth place in the Pacific Division with a disappointing 26–56 record.^[18]

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 in Phoenix, Arizona,^[19][20][21] while Hardaway averaged 20.1 points, 9.3 assists and 1.4 steals per game, and led the Warriors with 168 three-point field goals, Mullin provided the team with 19.0 points, 5.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game in 25 games, and Marshall contributed 14.8 points and 6.5 rebounds per game in 32 games with the Warriors after the trade, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team.^[22]

In addition, Seikaly provided with 12.1 points and 7.4 rebounds per game in 36 games, while Pierce contributed 12.5 points per game off the bench in 27 games, and Chris Gatling provided with 13.7 points, 7.6 rebounds per game, shot .633 in field-goal percentage, and finished in eighth place in Sixth Man of the Year voting,^[23][24] and tied in ninth place in Most Improved Player voting.^[25][24] Meanwhile, Victor Alexander averaged 10.0 points and 5.8 rebounds per game, Rogers averaged 8.9 points and 5.7 rebounds per game in only just 49 games, 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.^[22]

Following the season, Pierce signed as a free agent with the Indiana Pacers,^[26] while Rogers and Alexander were both traded to the Toronto Raptors expansion team,^[27] Jennings was left unprotected in the 1995 NBA expansion draft, where he was selected by the Raptors,^[28][29][30] and Lanier was fired as head coach.

Draft picks

Main article: 1994 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College / Team
1	16	Clifford Rozier	C	United States	Louisville
2	39	Anthony Miller	PF	United States	Michigan State
2	45	Dwayne Morton	SG	United States	Louisville

Roster

1994–95 Golden State Warriors roster

Players

Coaches

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

Head coach Bob Lanier (interim) Assistant(s) Al Attles Rod Higgins Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Phoenix Suns	59	23	.720	—	32–9	27–14	23–7
x-Seattle SuperSonics	57	25	.695	2	32–9	25–16	16–14
x-Los Angeles Lakers	48	34	.585	11	29–12	19–22	15–15
x-Portland Trail Blazers	44	38	.537	15	26–15	18–23	17–13
Sacramento Kings	39	43	.476	20	27–14	12–29	17–13
Golden State Warriors	26	56	.317	33	15–26	11–30	11–19
Los Angeles Clippers	17	65	.207	42	13–28	4–37	6–24

#	Western Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-San Antonio Spurs	62	20	.756	–
2	y-Phoenix Suns	59	23	.720	3
3	x-Utah Jazz	60	22	.732	2
4	x-Seattle SuperSonics	57	25	.695	5
5	x-Los Angeles Lakers	48	34	.585	14
6	x-Houston Rockets	47	35	.573	15
7	x-Portland Trail Blazers	44	38	.537	18
8	x-Denver Nuggets	41	41	.500	21
9	Sacramento Kings	39	43	.476	23
10	Dallas Mavericks	36	46	.439	26
11	Golden State Warriors	26	56	.317	36
12	Minnesota Timberwolves	21	61	.256	41
13	Los Angeles Clippers	17	65	.207	45

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	–	3–1	2–2	1–4	1–4	2–0	2–0	3–2	2–0	0–2	1–4	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–3	2–0	4–0	2–2	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	4–0
Boston	1–3	–	1–3	0–4	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	4–1	1–3	2–0	2–3	0–5	2–3	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	3–1
Charlotte	2–2	3–1	–	2–2	3–2	0–2	1–1	5–0	2–0	0–2	1–4	2–0	0–2	3–1	4–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–3	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–1
Chicago	4–1	4–0	2–2	–	2–3	1–1	1–1	5–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–4	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–3	4–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2
Cleveland	4–1	2–2	2–3	3–2	–	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	4–0	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–1
Dallas	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	–	1–4	1–1	3–1	2–3	1–1	3–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	4–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–4	3–1	2–2	2–3	0–4	2–4	1–1
Denver	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	–	1–1	1–3	1–4	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	6–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	3–1	2–2	1–4	1–3	1–4	2–0
Detroit	2–3	1–3	0–5	0–5	2–2	1–1	1–1	–	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–3	1–1	2–2	1–3	1–3	4–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–1
Golden State	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	3–1	1–1	–	0–4	0–2	3–2	3–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–4	0–5	1–3	1–4	2–2	2–0
Houston	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	2–0	4–0	–	1–1	3–1	0–4	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	3–1	1–3	3–1	1–5	0–4	2–3	2–0
Indiana	4–1	2–2	4–1	2–2	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	–	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–2	2–0	3–1	1–3	2–2	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–1
L.A. Clippers	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–4	1–1	2–3	1–3	0–2	–	2–3	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–4	0–5	1–4	0–4	0–5	1–3	0–2
L.A. Lakers	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–3	4–0	1–1	3–2	–	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–4	2–3	3–2	1–3	4–1	2–2	2–0
Miami	2–2	1–4	1–3	1–3	3–1	2–0	0–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	–	4–0	1–1	1–3	1–4	1–3	1–4	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	4–1
Milwaukee	3–1	3–1	1–4	4–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	3–2	2–0	1–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–4	–	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–4	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–1
Minnesota	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–4	0–6	1–1	3–1	2–3	0–2	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	–	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–4	1–3	0–5	0–4	1–4	1–1
New Jersey	0–4	3–2	1–3	2–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–0	0–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	–	1–4	2–2	2–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–3
New York	2–2	5–0	1–3	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	4–1	2–2	2–0	4–1	–	2–3	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	4–0
Orlando	3–1	3–2	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	4–0	1–1	2–2	3–2	–	4–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–2
Philadelphia	1–3	1–3	1–3	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–3	1–1	3–2	0–4	1–4	–	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–2
Phoenix	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	2–3	1–3	1–1	4–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	–	5–0	4–1	2–2	4–1	2–2	2–0
Portland	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–3	2–0	4–1	3–1	1–1	5–0	3–2	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–5	–	3–2	1–3	2–3	1–3	2–0
Sacramento	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	5–0	1–3	0–2	4–1	2–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–4	2–3	–	0–4	3–2	0–4	1–1
San Antonio	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	2–0	3–1	5–1	0–2	4–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	5–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	4–0	–	2–2	3–2	2–0
Seattle	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	4–1	4–0	1–1	5–0	1–4	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–4	3–2	2–3	2–2	–	1–3	2–0
Utah	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	4–2	4–1	2–0	2–2	3–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	4–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	4–0	2–3	3–1	–	2–0
Washington	0–4	1–3	1–3	2–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–0	0–2	1–4	1–3	1–1	3–2	0–4	2–3	2–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	—

Game log

1994–95 game log Total: 26–56 (Home: 15–26; Road: 11–30)
November: 8–5 (home: 5–1; road: 3–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
December: 2–12 (home: 2–5; road: 0–7) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location 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) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
February: 4–9 (home: 2–4; road: 2–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location 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) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
April: 4–8 (home: 2–6; road: 2–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location 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%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Victor Alexander	50	29	24.7	.515	.240	.600	5.8	1.2	.6	.6	10.0
Manute Bol1	5	2	16.2	.600	.600	.000	2.4	.0	.0	1.8	3.0
Chris Gatling	58	22	25.3	.633	.000	.592	7.6	.9	.7	.9	13.7
Tom Gugliotta1	40	40	33.1	.443	.311	.567	7.4	3.1	1.3	.6	10.9
Tim Hardaway	62	62	37.4	.427	.378	.760	3.1	9.3	1.4	.2	20.1
Rod Higgins1	5	2	9.2	.250	.167	.750	1.4	.6	.2	.2	2.0
Keith Jennings	80	24	21.5	.447	.368	.876	1.9	4.7	1.2	.0	7.4
Tim Legler	24	0	15.5	.522	.520	.882	1.7	1.1	.5	.0	7.3
Ryan Lorthridge	37	2	18.2	.475	.214	.648	1.9	2.7	.8	.0	7.4
Donyell Marshall1	32	23	32.8	.413	.270	.640	6.5	1.5	.6	1.2	14.8
Dwayne Morton	41	6	9.6	.388	.360	.682	1.4	.4	.3	.4	4.1
Chris Mullin	25	23	35.6	.489	.452	.879	4.6	5.0	1.5	.8	19.0
Ricky Pierce	27	6	24.9	.437	.329	.877	2.4	1.5	.8	.1	12.5
Carlos Rogers	49	18	20.8	.529	.143	.521	5.7	.8	.4	1.1	8.9
Clifford Rozier	66	34	22.6	.485	.286	.447	7.4	.7	.5	.6	6.8
Rony Seikaly	36	35	28.8	.516	.000	.694	7.4	1.3	.6	1.0	12.1
Latrell Sprewell	69	69	40.2	.418	.276	.781	3.7	4.0	1.6	.7	20.6
David Wood	78	13	17.1	.469	.341	.778	3.1	.8	.4	.2	5.5

1.^ Statistics with the Warriors.

Player Statistics Citation:^[22]

Awards and records

Awards

NBA All-Rookie Teams

• Donyell Marshall – All-Rookie Second Team

1995 NBA All-Star Game

• Latrell Sprewell (second participation, first as a starter)

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:^[31]