1994–95 Charlotte Hornets season

1994–95 Charlotte Hornets season
Head coach	Allan Bristow
Owner(s)	George Shinn
Arena	Charlotte Coliseum
Results
Record	50–32 (.610)
Place	Division: 2nd (Central) Conference: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	East First Round (eliminated 1–3)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	SportSouth, WJZY
Radio	WBT

The 1994–95 Charlotte Hornets season was Charlotte's 7th season in the National Basketball Association. The Hornets finished the season with a 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 playoffs, they faced the Chicago Bulls in the first round, but were eliminated three games to one in the best-of-five series. The Hornets led the NBA in attendance for the sixth time in seven seasons. Following the season, Mourning was traded to the Miami Heat for forward Glen Rice, center Matt Geiger, and guard Khalid Reeves.

NBA Draft

Main article: 1994 NBA Draft

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

Roster

Charlotte Hornets roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From 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 (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Alonzo Mourning	Robert Parish
PF	Larry Johnson	Kenny Gattison	Joe Wolf
SF	Scott Burrell	David Wingate
SG	Hersey Hawkins	Dell Curry
PG	Muggsy Bogues	Michael Adams	Greg Sutton

Regular season

Standings

Central Division	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	13–28	8–33	7–21

#	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

Playoffs

1995 playoff game log
First round: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–2) Game Date Time 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

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.

External links

• Hornets on Database Basketball