1994–95 Charlotte Hornets season

1994–95 Charlotte Hornets season
1994–95 Charlotte Hornets season
Head coach	Allan Bristow
Owners	George Shinn
Arena	Charlotte Coliseum
Results
Record	50–32 (.610)
Place	Division: 2nd (Central); Conference: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	First Round; (Lost to Bulls 1–3)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WJZY; SportSouth
Radio	WBT
< 1993–94	1995–96 >

The 1994–95 NBA season was the 7th season for the Charlotte Hornets in the National Basketball Association.^[1] During the offseason, the Hornets signed unrestricted free agent Robert Parish, who won championships with the Boston Celtics in the 1980s. After falling one game short of the playoffs the previous season, the Hornets enjoyed their first 50-win season as they finished second in the Central Division with a solid 50–32 record, and qualified for their second playoff appearance. Alonzo Mourning and Larry Johnson were both selected for the 1995 NBA All-Star Game. In the first round of the playoffs, they faced the 5th-seeded Chicago Bulls, but were eliminated three games to one in the best-of-five series, losing by just one point in an 85–84 loss in Game 4.^[2] The Hornets led the NBA in attendance for the sixth time in seven seasons. Following the season, Mourning was traded to the Miami Heat after three seasons with the franchise,^[3] Hersey Hawkins was traded to the Seattle SuperSonics, and Kenny Gattison left in the 1995 NBA Expansion Draft.

For the season, the Hornets added navy/purple alternate road uniforms which lasted until 1997.

NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
2	38	Darrin Hancock	SG/SF	United States	Kansas

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Height	Weight	DOB
PG	23	Adams, Michael	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	162 lb (73 kg)	Boston College
PG	54	Bennett, Tony	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Green Bay
PG	1	Bogues, Muggsy	5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)	136 lb (62 kg)	Wake Forest
SF	24	Burrell, Scott	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	Connecticut
SG	30	Curry, Dell	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Virginia Tech
PF	44	Gattison, Kenny	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Old Dominion
SF	4	Hancock, Darrin	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Kansas
SG	3	Hawkins, Hersey	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Bradley
PF	2	Johnson, Larry	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	UNLV
C	33	Mourning, Alonzo	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Georgetown
C	00	Parish, Robert	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Centenary College
PG	12	Sutton, Greg	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Oral Roberts
SF	55	Wingate, David	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Georgetown
C	43	Wolf, Joe	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	North Carolina

Head coach

Allan Bristow (Virginia Tech)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Regular season

Standings

Central Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Indiana Pacers	52	30	.634	–	33–8	19–22	18–10
x-Charlotte Hornets	50	32	.610	2	29–12	21–20	17–11
x-Chicago Bulls	47	35	.573	5	28–13	19–22	16–12
x-Cleveland Cavaliers	43	39	.524	9	26–15	17–24	17–11
x-Atlanta Hawks	42	40	.512	10	24–17	18–23	9–19
Milwaukee Bucks	34	48	.415	18	22–19	12–29	13–15
Detroit Pistons	28	54	.341	24	22–19	6–35	8–20

#	Eastern Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Orlando Magic	57	25	.695	–
2	y-Indiana Pacers	52	30	.634	5
3	x-New York Knicks	55	27	.671	2
4	x-Charlotte Hornets	50	32	.610	7
5	x-Chicago Bulls	47	35	.573	10
6	x-Cleveland Cavaliers	43	39	.524	14
7	x-Atlanta Hawks	42	40	.512	15
8	x-Boston Celtics	35	47	.427	22

9	Milwaukee Bucks	34	48	.415	23
10	Miami Heat	32	50	.390	25
11	New Jersey Nets	30	52	.366	27
12	Detroit Pistons	28	54	.341	29
13	Philadelphia 76ers	24	58	.293	33
14	Washington Bullets	21	61	.256	36

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

Playoffs

1995 playoff game log

First round: 1–3 (home: 1–1; road: 0–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 28	Chicago	L 100–108 (OT)	Alonzo Mourning (32)	Alonzo Mourning (13)	Muggsy Bogues (10)	Charlotte Coliseum 23,859	0–1
2	April 30	Chicago	W 106–89	Larry Johnson (25)	Alonzo Mourning (20)	Muggsy Bogues (7)	Charlotte Coliseum 23,859	1–1
3	May 2	@ Chicago	L 80–103	Larry Johnson (22)	Alonzo Mourning (7)	4-way tie (3)	United Center 24,114	1–2
4	May 4	@ Chicago	L 84–85	Alonzo Mourning (20)	Alonzo Mourning (13)	Muggsy Bogues, David Wingate (5)	United Center 24,221	1–3

1995 playoff 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

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Michael Adams	29	0	15.3	.453	.358	.833	1.0	3.3	0.8	0.0	6.5
Tony Bennett	3	0	15.3	.462	.222		0.7	1.3	0.0	0.0	4.7
James Blackwell	4	0	4.8	.667		.667	0.8	1.3	0.3	0.0	1.0
Muggsy Bogues	78	78	33.7	.477	.200	.889	3.3	8.7	1.3	0.0	11.1
Scott Burrell	65	62	31.0	.467	.409	.694	5.7	2.5	1.2	0.6	11.5
Dell Curry	69	0	24.9	.441	.427	.856	2.4	1.6	0.8	0.3	13.6
Kenny Gattison	21	0	19.5	.470	.000	.608	3.6	0.8	0.3	0.7	6.0
Darrin Hancock	46	7	9.2	.562	.333	.410	1.2	0.7	0.4	0.1	3.3
Hersey Hawkins	82	82	33.3	.482	.440	.867	3.8	3.2	1.5	0.2	14.3
Larry Johnson	81	81	39.9	.480	.386	.774	7.2	4.6	1.0	0.3	18.8
Alonzo Mourning	77	77	38.2	.519	.324	.761	9.9	1.4	0.6	2.9	21.3
Robert Parish	81	4	16.7	.427		.703	4.3	0.5	0.3	0.4	4.8
Greg Sutton	53	4	13.0	.409	.374	.711	1.1	1.7	0.6	0.0	5.0
Tom Tolbert	10	0	5.7	.333	.000	1.000	1.7	0.2	0.0	0.0	1.4
David Wingate	52	9	9.9	.410	.182	.750	1.2	1.1	0.4	0.1	2.3
Joe Wolf	63	6	9.3	.469	.333	.750	2.0	0.6	0.1	0.1	1.4

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Michael Adams	1	0	11.0	.400	.000		1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	4.0
Muggsy Bogues	4	4	36.3	.311	.333	1.000	1.5	6.3	1.0	0.0	8.5
Dell Curry	4	0	26.8	.471	.429	.909	2.3	1.5	0.0	0.0	12.8
Kenny Gattison	4	0	14.5	.625		.625	3.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	3.8
Darrin Hancock	3	0	6.0	.333			1.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.3
Hersey Hawkins	4	4	32.5	.406	.308	.882	5.3	2.0	1.5	0.5	11.3
Larry Johnson	4	4	43.0	.477	.111	.800	5.8	2.8	1.0	0.5	20.8
Alonzo Mourning	4	4	43.5	.421	.500	.837	13.3	2.8	0.8	3.3	22.0
Robert Parish	4	0	17.8	.545		.400	2.3	0.3	0.0	0.8	3.5
Greg Sutton	3	0	7.7	.000	.000		1.7	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
David Wingate	4	4	18.3	.481	.333	.667	1.5	3.8	1.0	0.0	8.0
Joe Wolf	1	0	3.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Awards and records

Transactions

August 2, 1994

Traded a 1996 2nd round draft pick (Ronnie Henderson was later selected) and a 1997 2nd round draft pick (Predrag Drobnjak was later selected) to the Washington Bullets for Michael Adams.

August 4, 1994

Signed Robert Parish as an unrestricted free agent.

August 19, 1994

Frank Brickowski signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Sacramento Kings.

October 3, 1994

Signed James Blackwell as a free agent.

October 7, 1994

Signed Tom Tolbert as a free agent.

November 1, 1994

Waived James Blackwell.

November 2, 1994

Signed Joe Courtney as a free agent.

November 3, 1994

Signed Joe Wolf as a free agent.

November 16, 1994

Signed Greg Sutton as a free agent.

Waived Joe Courtney.

November 30, 1994

Signed James Blackwell as a free agent.

December 17, 1994

Waived James Blackwell.

April 15, 1995

Waived Tom Tolbert.

References

^ 1994-95 Charlotte Hornets
^ "1995 N.B.A. PLAYOFFS; Bulls Gain As Hornets Miss Twice At the End". New York Times. May 5, 1995. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
^ "Mourning Turns Up With Heat : Pro basketball: Center is traded for Rice, Reeves and Geiger after turning down Hornets". Los Angeles Times. November 4, 1995. Retrieved November 1, 2016.

External links

Hornets on Database Basketball

[1] 1994-95 Charlotte Hornets

[2] "1995 N.B.A. PLAYOFFS; Bulls Gain As Hornets Miss Twice At the End". New York Times. May 5, 1995. Retrieved October 13, 2017.

[3] "Mourning Turns Up With Heat : Pro basketball: Center is traded for Rice, Reeves and Geiger after turning down Hornets". Los Angeles Times. November 4, 1995. Retrieved November 1, 2016.

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Founded in 1988 Formerly the Charlotte Bobcats (2004–2014) Based in Charlotte, North Carolina
Franchise	History All-time roster Draft history 1988 2004 Records Head coaches Seasons Current season
Arenas	Charlotte Coliseum Spectrum Center
Personnel	Owner(s) Gabe Plotkin and Rick Schnall President Fred Whitfield General manager Mitch Kupchak Head coach vacant
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