1994–95 Atlanta Hawks season

The 1994–95 NBA season was the Hawks' 46th season in the National Basketball Association, and 27th season in Atlanta.^[1] This was the team's first season since 1981–82 without All-Star forward Dominique Wilkins, as he signed as a free agent with the Boston Celtics in the off-season.^{[2][3][4][5][6]} During the off-season, the Hawks acquired Ken Norman from the Milwaukee Bucks,^[7][8][9] and Tyrone Corbin from the Utah Jazz.^[10][11][12] After the first two games of the regular season, the team traded Kevin Willis to the Miami Heat in exchange for Steve Smith and Grant Long.^{[13][14][15][16]}

1994–95 Atlanta Hawks season
Head coach	Lenny Wilkens
General manager	Pete Babcock
Owners	Ted Turner / Turner Broadcasting System
Arena	The Omni
Results
Record	42–40 (.512)
Place	Division: 5th (Central) Conference: 7th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	First round (lost to Pacers 0–3)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	WATL SportSouth
Radio	WCNN
< 1993–94 1995–96 >

The Hawks struggled losing their first four games, held a 12–19 record as of January 4, 1995, and later held a 22–26 record at the All-Star break.^[17] However, head coach Lenny Wilkens made history by becoming the NBA's all-time winningest coach, surpassing Red Auerbach on January 6, with 939 wins in a 112–90 home win over the Washington Bullets.^{[18][19][20][21]} The Hawks won seven of their final ten games, finishing in fifth place in the Central Division with a mediocre 42–40 record.^[22]

Mookie Blaylock led the team with 17.2 points, 7.7 assists and 2.5 steals per game, and also led them 199 three-point field goals, which was tied in second in the league, and was named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team. In addition, Smith averaged 16.2 points per game and contributed 135 three-point field goals, while Stacey Augmon provided the team with 13.9 points and 1.3 steals per game. Meanwhile, Norman contributed 12.7 points and 4.9 rebounds per game, while Long provided with 11.7 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game, and Andrew Lang averaged 9.7 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game.^[23] Sixth man Craig Ehlo contributed 9.7 points per game off the bench, but only played just 49 games due to a knee injury.^[24][25][26]

However, in the playoffs, the Hawks would be eliminated by the Indiana Pacers for the second consecutive season, as they were swept in three straight games in the Eastern Conference First Round.^{[27][28][29][30]} The Hawks finished 26th in the NBA in home-game attendance, with an attendance of 504,807 at the Omni Coliseum, which was the second-lowest during the regular season.^[23][31] Following the season, Corbin was traded to the Sacramento Kings,^[32][33][34] and Jon Koncak signed as a free agent with the Orlando Magic.^[35][36]

For the season, the Hawks added new black alternate road uniforms, which only lasted for just one season.^[37]

Draft picks

Main article: 1994 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
2	34	Gaylon Nickerson (from L.A. Clippers)	Guard	United States	NW Oklahoma State

Roster

1994–95 Atlanta Hawks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From C 0 Greg Anderson 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1964–06–22 Houston F 2 Stacey Augmon 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1968–08–01 UNLV G 10 Mookie Blaylock 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1967–03–20 Oklahoma G/F 33 Tyrone Corbin 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1962–12–31 DePaul F 34 Doug Edwards 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1971–01–21 Florida State G 3 Craig Ehlo 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1961–08–11 Washington State C 32 Jon Koncak 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1963–05–17 SMU C 28 Andrew Lang 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1966–06–28 Arkansas G 14 Jim Les  5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1963–08–18 Bradley F 43 Grant Long 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1966–03–12 Eastern Michigan F 5 Ken Norman 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1964–09–05 Illinois G 8 Steve Smith 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1969–03–31 Michigan State G 1 Ennis Whatley 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 177 lb (80 kg) 1962–08–11 Alabama

Head coach Lenny Wilkens Assistant(s) Dick Helm Brian Winters Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (IN) Inactive Injured Roster

Roster Notes

• Center Blair Rasmussen missed the entire season due to a back injury.

Regular season

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

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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: 42–40 (home: 24–17; road: 18–23)
November: 4–9 (home: 2–5; road: 2–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
December: 8–8 (home: 5–2; road: 3–6) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 27 December 27, 1994 8:30 p.m. EST @ Houston L 93–105 Norman (28) Norman (11) Ehlo (6) The Summit 16,394 11–16
January: 7–7 (home: 4–5; road: 3–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
February: 8–4 (home: 4–2; road: 4–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record All-Star Break
March: 8–8 (home: 5–3; road: 3–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 62 March 13, 1995 7:30 p.m. EST Houston L 86–97 Blaylock (25) Norman (11) Smith (7) The Omni 11,746 31–31
April: 7–4 (home: 4–0; road: 3–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
1994–95 schedule

Playoffs

1995 playoff game log
First Round: 0–3 (home: 0–1; road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 27 @ Indiana L 82–90 Grant Long (18) Grant Long (11) Mookie Blaylock (9) Market Square Arena 16,445 0–1 2 April 29 @ Indiana L 97–105 Steve Smith (27) Grant Long (13) Smith, Blaylock (3) Market Square Arena 16,692 0–2 3 May 2 Indiana L 89–105 Mookie Blaylock (20) Grant Long (10) Mookie Blaylock (5) The Omni 12,106 0–3
1995 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%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Greg Anderson	51	0	12.2	.548	N/A	.479	3.7	0.3	0.5	0.6	2.9
Stacey Augmon	76	76	31.1	.453	.269	.728	4.8	2.6	1.3	0.6	13.9
Sergei Bazarevich	10	0	7.4	.500	.167	.778	0.7	1.4	0.1	0.1	3.0
Mookie Blaylock	80	80	38.4	.425	.359	.729	4.9	7.7	2.5	0.3	17.2
Tyrone Corbin	81	4	17.1	.442	.250	.684	3.2	0.8	0.7	0.2	6.2
Doug Edwards	38	0	5.6	.458	.000	.719	1.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	1.8
Craig Ehlo	49	0	23.8	.453	.381	.620	3.0	2.3	0.9	0.1	9.7
Tom Hovasse	2	0	2.0	.000	.000	N/A	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0
Jon Koncak	62	20	15.2	.412	.333	.542	3.0	0.8	0.6	0.7	2.9
Andrew Lang	82	63	28.5	.473	.667	.809	5.6	0.9	0.5	1.8	9.7
Jim Les	24	0	7.8	.289	.217	.852	1.1	1.8	0.2	0.0	2.1
Grant Long	79	77	32.6	.479	.355	.756	7.5	1.6	1.4	0.4	11.7
Ken Norman	74	27	25.4	.453	.344	.457	4.9	1.3	0.5	0.3	12.7
Steve Smith	78	59	33.4	.427	.334	.845	3.5	3.4	0.8	0.4	16.2
Fred Vinson	5	0	5.4	.143	.167	1.000	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.8
Ennis Whatley	27	2	10.8	.453	.250	.625	1.1	2.0	0.7	0.0	2.8
Morlon Wiley	5	0	3.4	.500	.250	N/A	0.8	1.2	0.2	0.2	1.4
Kevin Willis	2	2	44.5	.390	.000	.667	18.0	1.5	0.5	1.5	21.0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Greg Anderson	3	0	13.0	.200	.000	.750	4.3	0.7	0.7	0.7	1.7
Stacey Augmon	3	1	17.3	.429	.000	.750	2.3	1.7	1.0	0.0	7.0
Mookie Blaylock	3	3	40.3	.367	.393	.636	4.3	5.7	1.3	0.0	18.0
Tyrone Corbin	3	2	26.3	.462	.333	.889	3.3	0.7	0.7	0.3	11.3
Craig Ehlo	3	0	16.3	.167	.167	1.000	2.3	1.0	0.7	0.0	3.0
Andrew Lang	3	3	33.7	.429	.000	.778	4.0	0.3	0.7	0.7	10.3
Grant Long	3	3	36.7	.500	.000	.722	11.3	1.3	1.3	0.3	13.7
Ken Norman	3	0	14.0	.389	.125	.143	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.3	5.3
Steve Smith	3	3	36.0	.395	.389	.842	2.7	2.0	2.0	0.3	19.0
Ennis Whatley	3	0	6.3	.000	.000	.000	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0

Player Statistics Citation:^[23]

Awards and records

Awards

• Mookie Blaylock, NBA All-Defensive First Team

Trades

November 7, 1994

• Traded Kevin Willis, and a 1996 first round draft pick to the Miami Heat for Grant Long, Steve Smith, and a 1996 second round draft pick.

Player Transactions Citation:^[39]

See also

• 1994–95 NBA season