# 1994–95 Miami Heat season

The 1994–95 NBA season was the seventh season for the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Heat had the twelfth overall pick in the 1994 NBA draft, and selected Khalid Reeves from the University of Arizona. During the off-season, the team signed free agents Kevin Gamble, Ledell Eackles and Brad Lohaus. Before the season started, Heat management decided to start pulling the plug on their core that dated back to the franchise's first season in 1988–89; it started by trading Rony Seikaly to the Golden State Warriors in exchange for Billy Owens. Miami then proceeded to trade Steve Smith and Grant Long to the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for Kevin Willis after the first two games.
Despite the addition of Owens and Willis, the Heat stumbled out of the gate losing seven of their first eight games. After holding a 17–29 record at the All-Star break, head coach Kevin Loughery was fired, and replaced with assistant Alvin Gentry, as the Heat finished in fourth place in the Atlantic Division with a 32–50 record.
Glen Rice led the team in scoring averaging 22.3 points per game, and also led them 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, Matt Geiger averaged 8.3 points and 5.6 rebounds per game, and John Salley contributed 7.3 points and 4.5 rebounds per game.
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. Meanwhile, Salley was left unprotected in the 1995 NBA Expansion Draft, where he was selected by the newly expansion Toronto Raptors, while Harold Miner was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers, Eackles re-signed as a free agent with his former team, the Washington Bullets, Lohaus signed with the San Antonio Spurs, and Gentry was fired as head coach and was replaced by Pat Riley, who resigned from coaching the New York Knicks.
On April 15, 1995, Rice scored a career-high of 56 points in a 123–117 home win over the Orlando Magic, establishing a new franchise record that would stand until LeBron James's 61 points on March 3, 2014. During the All-Star Weekend in Phoenix, Arizona, Rice won the Three-Point Shootout, and Miner won the Slam Dunk Contest for the second time.

## Offseason
### NBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club Team |
| 1 | 12 | Khalid Reeves | PG | United States | University of Arizona |

## Regular season
### Season standings

| Atlantic Divisionvte | 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 Conferencevte | Eastern Conferencevte | Eastern Conferencevte | Eastern Conferencevte | Eastern Conferencevte |
| # | 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
### Regular season

1994–95 game log Total: 32–50 (Home: 22–19; Road: 10–31) :
November: 3–9 (home: 2–3; road: 1–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord :
December: 6–9 (home: 5–4; road: 1–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
All-Star Break :
March: 7–11 (home: 4–5; road: 3–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord :
April: 4–6 (home: 4–2; road: 0–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord :
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.

## Transactions

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

### Trades

| November 2, 1994 | To Miami HeatSasha Danilović Billy Owens | To Golden State WarriorsRony Seikaly |
| November 7, 1994 | To Miami HeatKevin Willis 1996 first-round pick | To Atlanta HawksGrant Long Steve Smith 1996 second-round pick |

### Free agents

Player Transactions Citation: