1994–95 Los Angeles Clippers season

1994–95 Los Angeles Clippers season
Head coachBill Fitch
OwnersDonald Sterling
ArenaLos Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Arrowhead Pond
Results
Record1765 (.207)
PlaceDivision: 7th (Pacific)
Conference: 13th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Local media
TelevisionKCOP-TV
(Ralph Lawler, Bill Walton)
RadioKMPC
(Rory Markas)

The 1994–95 NBA 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 where they played occasional home games in Anaheim, California. In the 1994 NBA draft, the Clippers selected small forward Lamond Murray from the University of California with the seventh overall pick. During the off-season, the team acquired Pooh Richardson, Malik Sealy, and top draft pick Eric Piatkowski out of the University of Nebraska 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, they struggled losing their first 16 games of the season, as Stanley Roberts missed the entire season with 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 per game, but was not selected 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.

The only highlight of the regular season was the Clippers defeating their crosstown rival, the Los Angeles Lakers, 109–84 at The Forum on December 9, 1994, which was their second win of the season. 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 newly expansion Toronto Raptors, and Elmore Spencer was traded to the Denver Nuggets.