# 1994–95 Sacramento Kings season

The 1994–95 NBA season was the Kings' 46th season in the National Basketball Association, and tenth season in Sacramento. In the 1994 NBA draft, the Kings selected Brian Grant out of Xavier University with the eighth overall pick. During the off-season, the team signed free agent Frank Brickowski, who missed the entire season with a preseason shoulder injury, and never played for the team during the regular season.
With the arrivals of Grant, and second-round draft pick Michael Smith, and replacing Lionel Simmons as the team's starting small forward with Walt Williams, the Kings played above .500 for the first half of the season with a 25–20 record at the All-Star break. However, after a 28–20 start, they struggled with a 7-game losing streak afterwards and began to slip under .500. On the final day of the regular season, the Kings faced off against the Denver Nuggets at McNichols Sports Arena for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference; the Nuggets would win, 102–89 as the Kings went home with a 39–43 record, fifth place in the Pacific Division, missing the playoffs for the ninth consecutive season.
Mitch Richmond led the team in scoring with 22.8 points per game, led them with 156 three-point field goals, and was named to the All-NBA Second Team, and selected for the 1995 NBA All-Star Game in Phoenix, Arizona, where he was named the game's MVP. In addition, Williams showed improvement, averaging 16.4 points and 1.6 steals per game, while Grant averaged 13.2 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game, and was selected to the NBA All-Rookie First Team, Spud Webb contributed 11.6 points and 6.2 assists per game, Olden Polynice provided the team with 10.8 points and 9.0 rebounds per game, and Smith averaged 6.9 points and 5.9 rebounds per game off the bench.
Following the season, Webb was traded back to his former team, the Atlanta Hawks, while Brickowski was traded back to his former team, the Seattle SuperSonics, and Randy Brown signed with the Chicago Bulls.
For the season, the Kings revealed a new primary logo with the team name on a purple ribbon with a silver crown and jousting sticks, and changed their uniforms adding purple and black to their color scheme, plus adding new half black, and half purple alternate road uniforms with checkered flag side panels. The home and road jerseys both remained in use until 2002, while the primary logo lasted until 2016, and the alternate jerseys lasted until 1997.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
| 1 | 8 | Brian Grant | PF | United States | Xavier |
| 2 | 35 | Michael Smith | PF | United States | Providence College |
| 2 | 51 | Lawrence Funderburke | PF | United States | Ohio State |

## Roster
### Roster Notes

* Power forward Frank Brickowski missed the entire season due to a shoulder injury he sustained during the preseason.

## Regular season
### Season standings

| Pacific Divisionvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div |
| y-Phoenix Suns | 59 | 23 | .720 | — | 32–9 | 27–14 | 23–7 |
| x-Seattle SuperSonics | 57 | 25 | .695 | 2 | 32–9 | 25–16 | 16–14 |
| x-Los Angeles Lakers | 48 | 34 | .585 | 11 | 29–12 | 19–22 | 15–15 |
| x-Portland Trail Blazers | 44 | 38 | .537 | 15 | 26–15 | 18–23 | 17–13 |
| Sacramento Kings | 39 | 43 | .476 | 20 | 27–14 | 12–29 | 17–13 |
| Golden State Warriors | 26 | 56 | .317 | 33 | 15–26 | 11–30 | 11–19 |
| Los Angeles Clippers | 17 | 65 | .207 | 42 | 13–28 | 4–37 | 6–24 |
| # | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte |
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB |
| 1 | z-San Antonio Spurs | 62 | 20 | .756 | – |
| 2 | y-Phoenix Suns | 59 | 23 | .720 | 3 |
| 3 | x-Utah Jazz | 60 | 22 | .732 | 2 |
| 4 | x-Seattle SuperSonics | 57 | 25 | .695 | 5 |
| 5 | x-Los Angeles Lakers | 48 | 34 | .585 | 14 |
| 6 | x-Houston Rockets | 47 | 35 | .573 | 15 |
| 7 | x-Portland Trail Blazers | 44 | 38 | .537 | 18 |
| 8 | x-Denver Nuggets | 41 | 41 | .500 | 21 |
| 9 | Sacramento Kings | 39 | 43 | .476 | 23 |
| 10 | Dallas Mavericks | 36 | 46 | .439 | 26 |
| 11 | Golden State Warriors | 26 | 56 | .317 | 36 |
| 12 | Minnesota Timberwolves | 21 | 61 | .256 | 41 |
| 13 | Los Angeles Clippers | 17 | 65 | .207 | 45 |
    z - clinched division title
    y - clinched division title
    x - clinched playoff spot

### 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: 39–43 (Home: 27–14; Road: 12–29) :
November: 6–6 (home: 4–3; road: 2–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
5
November 15, 1994 5:30 p.m. PST
@ Houston
L 99–105
Richmond (31)
Polynice (11)
Webb (6)
The Summit 14,656
3–2 :
December: 9–6 (home: 7–1; road: 2–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord :
January: 9–6 (home: 5–2; road: 4–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord :
February: 4–7 (home: 4–1; road: 0–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
45
February 8, 1995 7:30 p.m. PST
Houston
L 86–97
Richmond (28)
Smith (8)
Webb (5)
ARCO Arena 17,317
25–20
All-Star Break :
March: 6–12 (home: 4–5; road: 2–7)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord :
April: 5–6 (home: 3–2; road: 2–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
72
April 4, 1995 7:30 p.m. PDT
Houston
W 109–105
Williams (30)
Smith (11)
Webb (6)
ARCO Arena 17,317
35–37
78
April 15, 1995 5:30 p.m. PDT
@ Houston
L 84–98
Richmond, Williams (19)
Grant (9)
Brown, Williams (6)
The Summit 16,611
46–32 :
1994–95 schedule :

## Player statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Mitch Richmond | 82 | 82 | 38.7 | .446 | .368 | .843 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 1.1 | .4 | 22.8 |
| Michael Smith | 82 | 0 | 21.2 | .542 | .000 | .485 | 5.9 | .8 | .7 | .6 | 6.9 |
| Olden Polynice | 81 | 81 | 31.3 | .544 | 1.000 | .639 | 9.0 | .8 | .6 | .6 | 10.8 |
| Brian Grant | 80 | 59 | 28.6 | .511 | .250 | .636 | 7.5 | 1.2 | .6 | 1.5 | 13.2 |
| Walt Williams | 77 | 77 | 35.6 | .446 | .348 | .731 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 1.6 | .8 | 16.4 |
| Spud Webb | 76 | 76 | 32.3 | .438 | .331 | .934 | 2.3 | 6.2 | 1.0 | .1 | 11.6 |
| Bobby Hurley | 68 | 6 | 16.3 | .363 | .276 | .763 | 1.0 | 3.3 | .4 | .0 | 4.2 |
| Randy Brown | 67 | 2 | 16.2 | .432 | .298 | .671 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.5 | .3 | 4.7 |
| Duane Causwell | 58 | 24 | 14.1 | .517 | .000 | .582 | 3.0 | .3 | .2 | 1.4 | 3.6 |
| Lionel Simmons | 58 | 3 | 18.3 | .420 | .375 | .702 | 3.4 | 1.5 | .5 | .4 | 5.6 |
| Alaa Abdelnaby$^†$ | 51 | 0 | 9.3 | .532 | .000 | .571 | 2.1 | .3 | .3 | .2 | 5.0 |
| Henry Turner | 30 | 0 | 5.0 | .404 | .400 | .571 | .9 | .2 | .3 | .0 | 2.3 |
| Doug Lee | 22 | 0 | 3.4 | .360 | .389 | .857 | .2 | .2 | .3 | .1 | 2.0 |
| Trevor Wilson | 15 | 0 | 9.8 | .450 | | .786 | 1.7 | .8 | .3 | .1 | 3.1 |
| Derrick Phelps | 3 | 0 | 1.7 | .000 | | .000 | .0 | .3 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
* $^†$ Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only.
Player Statistics Citation:

## Awards and records

* Mitch Richmond, All-NBA Second Team
* Brian Grant, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team

## Transactions

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

### Trades

The Kings were not involved in any trades during the 1994–95 season.

### Free agents

Player Transactions Citation: