1994–95 Miami Heat season

1994–95 Miami Heat season
Head coach
General managerLewis Schaffel
Owners
ArenaMiami Arena
Results
Record32–50 (.390)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Atlantic)
Conference: 11th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
TelevisionWBFS-TV
Sunshine Network
RadioWINZ

The 1994–95 Miami Heat season was the seventh season for the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association.[1] The Heat had the twelfth overall pick in the 1994 NBA draft, and selected point guard Khalid Reeves from the University of Arizona.[2][3][4] During the off-season, the team signed free agents Kevin Gamble, Ledell Eackles and Brad Lohaus.[5][6] Before the start of the regular season, the Heat traded Rony Seikaly to the Golden State Warriors in exchange for Billy Owens,[7][8][9] then after the first two games of the season, they traded Steve Smith, and Grant Long to the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for Kevin Willis.[10][11][12]

Despite the addition of Owens and Willis, the Heat struggled losing seven of their first eight games of the regular season, on their way to a 10–23 start to the season. After holding a 17–29 record at the All-Star break,[13] head coach Kevin Loughery was fired, and replaced with assistant Alvin Gentry.[14][15][16] The Heat played .500 in winning percentage posting a 7–5 record in February, but played below .500 for the remainder of the season, and finished in fourth place in the Atlantic Division with a disappointing 32–50 record.[17]

Glen Rice averaged 22.3 points and 1.4 steals per game, and led the Heat with 185 three-point field goals, while Willis averaged 17.1 points and 10.7 rebounds per game, and Owens provided the team with 14.3 points and 7.2 rebounds per game. In addition, Bimbo Coles provided with 10.0 points, 6.1 assists and 1.5 steals per game, while Reeves contributed 9.2 points and 4.3 assists per game, and Matt Geiger averaged 8.3 points and 5.6 rebounds per game, Gamble contributed 7.4 points per game. Meanwhile, John Salley provided with 7.3 points and 4.5 rebounds per game, Eackles and Harold Miner both contributed 7.3 points per game each, and Keith Askins averaged 4.6 points and 4.0 rebounds per game.[18]

During the NBA All-Star weekend at the America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona, Rice won the NBA Three-Point Shootout, while Miner won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest for the second time,[19][20][21] and Reeves was selected for the NBA Rookie Game, as a member of the White team.[22][23]

This was Rice's final season with the Heat, as he was traded along with Geiger and Reeves to the Charlotte Hornets the following season.[24][25][26] Meanwhile, Salley was left unprotected in the 1995 NBA expansion draft, where he was selected by the Toronto Raptors expansion team,[27][28][29] while Miner was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers,[30][31][32] Eackles re-signed as a free agent with his former team, the Washington Bullets,[33] Lohaus signed with the San Antonio Spurs,[34] and Gentry was fired as head coach and was replaced by Pat Riley, who resigned from coaching the New York Knicks.[35]

On April 15, 1995, Rice scored a career-high of 56 points in a 123–117 home win over the Orlando Magic,[36][37][38] establishing a new franchise record that would stand until LeBron James's 61 points on March 3, 2014.[39]

Offseason

NBA draft

Main article: 1994 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club team
1 12 Khalid Reeves PG  United States University of Arizona

Roster

1994–95 Miami Heat roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From
F 2 Keith Askins 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 197 lb (89 kg) 1967–12–15 Alabama
G 12 Bimbo Coles 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1968–04–22 Virginia Tech
G 21 Ledell Eackles 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1966–11–24 New Orleans
G/F 35 Kevin Gamble 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1965–11–13 Iowa
C 52 Matt Geiger 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 243 lb (110 kg) 1969–09–10 Georgia Tech
F 54 Brad Lohaus 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1964–09–29 Iowa
G 4 Harold Miner 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1971–05–05 USC
G/F 32 Billy Owens 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1969–05–01 Syracuse
G 14 Kevin Pritchard 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1967–07–17 Kansas
G 3 Khalid Reeves 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 199 lb (90 kg) 1972–07–15 Arizona
F 41 Glen Rice 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1967–05–28 Michigan
F/C 22 John Salley 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1964–05–16 Georgia Tech
F/C 42 Kevin Willis 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1962–09–06 Michigan State
Head coach
Assistant(s)
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: April 18, 1995

Regular season

Season standings

Atlantic Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
c-Orlando Magic 57 25 .695 — 39–2 18–23 18–10
x-New York Knicks 55 27 .671 2 29–12 26–15 23–5
x-Boston Celtics 35 47 .427 22 20–21 15–26 14–14
Miami Heat 32 50 .390 25 22–19 10–31 9–19
New Jersey Nets 30 52 .366 27 20–21 10–31 13–15
Philadelphia 76ers 24 58 .293 33 14–27 10–31 12–16
Washington Bullets 21 61 .256 36 13–28 8–33 9–19
#
Eastern Conference
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

Game log

Regular season

1994–95 game log
Total: 32–50 (Home: 22–19; Road: 10–31)
November: 3–9 (home: 2–3; road: 1–6)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
December: 6–9 (home: 5–4; road: 1–5)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
24 December 26, 1994
7:30 p.m. EST 		Houston L 88–101 Rice (20) Rice, Willis (7) Owens (6) Miami Arena
15,200 		8–16
January: 5–10 (home: 3–3; road: 2–7)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
32 January 11, 1995
8:30 p.m. EST 		@ Houston L 97–108 Miner (19) Willis (9) Coles, Reeves (5) The Summit
12,424 		10–22
February: 7–5 (home: 4–2; road: 3–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
All-Star Break
March: 7–11 (home: 4–5; road: 3–6)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
April: 4–6 (home: 4–2; road: 0–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1994–95 schedule

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player POS GP GS MP REB AST STL BLK PTS MPG RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Glen Rice SF 82 82 3,014 378 192 112 14 1,831 36.8 4.6 2.3 1.4 .2 22.3
Kevin Gamble SF 77 0 1,223 122 119 52 10 566 15.9 1.6 1.5 .7 .1 7.4
John Salley C 75 50 1,955 336 123 47 85 547 26.1 4.5 1.6 .6 1.1 7.3
Matt Geiger C 74 43 1,712 413 55 41 51 617 23.1 5.6 .7 .6 .7 8.3
Billy Owens SG 70 60 2,296 502 246 80 30 1,002 32.8 7.2 3.5 1.1 .4 14.3
Bimbo Coles PG 68 65 2,207 191 416 99 13 679 32.5 2.8 6.1 1.5 .2 10.0
Khalid Reeves PG 67 17 1,462 186 288 77 10 619 21.8 2.8 4.3 1.1 .1 9.2
Kevin Willis† PF 65 61 2,301 696 83 59 33 1,112 35.4 10.7 1.3 .9 .5 17.1
Brad Lohaus PF 61 1 730 102 43 20 25 267 12.0 1.7 .7 .3 .4 4.4
Ledell Eackles SG 54 6 898 95 72 19 2 395 16.6 1.8 1.3 .4 .0 7.3
Keith Askins SF 50 5 854 198 39 35 17 229 17.1 4.0 .8 .7 .3 4.6
Harold Miner SG 45 16 871 117 69 15 6 329 19.4 2.6 1.5 .3 .1 7.3
Kevin Pritchard† PG 14 0 158 11 23 2 1 43 11.3 .8 1.6 .1 .1 3.1
Steve Smith† SG 2 2 62 6 7 2 1 41 31.0 3.0 3.5 1.0 .5 20.5
Grant Long† PF 2 2 62 11 4 2 0 16 31.0 5.5 2.0 1.0 .0 8.0
  • † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Heat only.

Awards and records

Transactions

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

Trades

November 2, 1994 To Miami Heat
Sasha Danilović
Billy Owens 		To Golden State Warriors
Rony Seikaly
November 7, 1994 To Miami Heat
Kevin Willis
1996 first-round pick 		To Atlanta Hawks
Grant Long
Steve Smith
1996 second-round pick

Free agents

Player Transactions Citation:[40]

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