1994–95 Cleveland Cavaliers season

1994–95 Cleveland Cavaliers season
Head coach	Mike Fratello
Arena	Gund Arena
Results
Record	43–39 (.524)
Place	Division: 4th (Central) Conference: 6th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	East First Round (eliminated 1-3)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	SportsChannel Ohio · WUAB
Radio	WWWE

The 1994-95 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the 25th season of NBA basketball for the franchise based in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cavaliers finished their first season at Gund Arena with a 43–39 record, finishing 4th in the Central Division. Tyrone Hill was the team's leading rebounder and was selected for the 1995 NBA All-Star Game. Cleveland would lose to the New York Knicks in the first round of the playoffs. For the season the team added black, light blue and orange to their color scheme, as well as new uniforms and a logo, which would remain in use until 2003. This was also Mark Price's final year with the Cavaliers.

Key Dates:

Draft picks

Main article: 1994 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
2	42	Gary Collier	Forward	United States	Tulsa

• 1st round pick (#16) traded to Golden State in Tyrone Hill deal. Used to draft Clifford Rozier.

Roster

Cleveland Cavaliers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From SG 10 Battle, John 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Rutgers PG 11 Brandon, Terrell  5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Oregon C 44 Cage, Michael 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 244 lb (111 kg) San Diego State SF 9 Campbell, Tony 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Ohio State PG 5 Colter, Steve 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 165 lb (75 kg) New Mexico State C 30 Dreiling, Greg 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Kansas PF 35 Ferry, Danny 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Duke PF 32 Hill, Tyrone 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Xavier SF 24 Mills, Chris 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Arizona SG 14 Phills, Bobby 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Southern PG 25 Price, Mark 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Georgia Tech PF 31 Roberts, Fred 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Brigham Young SF 21 Wilkins, Gerald  6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Chattanooga C 18 Williams, Hot Rod 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Tulane	Head coach Mike Fratello (Montclair State) Assistant coach(es) Jim Boylan (Marquette) Sidney Lowe (North Carolina State) Ron Rothstein (Rhode Island) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster • Transactions

Roster Notes

• Forward Gerald Wilkins was injured and missed the entire season.

Regular season

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

Game log

November

Record: 8-5 ; Home: 5-2 ; Road: 3-3

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
1	November 5	Cleveland	115-107	Charlotte		Mark Price, 27 points	Charlotte Coliseum 23,698	1-0
2	November 8	Houston	100-98	Cleveland		Terrell Brandon, 19 points	Gund Arena 20,562	1-1
3	November 10	Milwaukee	88-108	Cleveland		Mark Price, 18 points	Gund Arena 19,203	2-1
4	November 12	Indiana	93-86	Cleveland		Mark Price, 15 points	Gund Arena 20,401	2-2
5	November 15	Charlotte	86-89	Cleveland	OT	Tyrone Hill, 22 points	Gund Arena 19,959	3-2
6	November 17	Cleveland	81-80	Portland		Mark Price, 30 points	Memorial Coliseum 12,888	4-2
7	November 18	Cleveland	80-82	LA Lakers		Hot Rod Williams, 16 points	Great Western Forum 10,177	4-3
8	November 20	Cleveland	88-96	Sacramento		Hot Rod Williams, 17 points	ARCO Arena 17,317	4-4
9	November 22	Minnesota	79-112	Cleveland		Mark Price, 17 points	Gund Arena 19,125	5-4
10	November 23	Cleveland	87-100	Miami		2 way tie, 17 points	Miami Arena 14,498	5-5
11	November 25	Cleveland	96-94	Washington		Tyrone Hill, 25 points	USAir Arena 12,756	6-5
12	November 26	Golden State	87-101	Cleveland		Mark Price, 31 points	Gund Arena 20,562	7-5
13	November 30	LA Lakers	79-117	Cleveland		3 way tie, 16 points	Gund Arena 19,014	8-5

December

Record: 12-3 ; Home: 6-2 ; Road: 6-1

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
14	December 1	Cleveland	93-87	Milwaukee		Mark Price, 17 points	Bradley Center 13,648	9-5
15	December 3	Philadelphia	83-78	Cleveland		Mark Price, 18 points	Gund Arena 20,089	9-6
16	December 6	Orlando	114-97	Cleveland		2 way tie, 14 points	Gund Arena 20,562	9-7
17	December 7	Cleveland	75-90	Orlando		Chris Mills, 14 points	Orlando Arena 16,010	9-8
18	December 9	Cleveland	96-89	Boston		Hot Rod Williams, 20 points	Boston Garden 14,890	10-8
19	December 10	Detroit	79-87	Cleveland		Chris Mills, 17 points	Gund Arena 19,129	11-8
20	December 13	Indiana	83-90	Cleveland		Chris Mills, 17 points	Gund Arena 19,191	12-8
21	December 14	Cleveland	95-88	New Jersey	2OT	Hot Rod Williams, 20 points	Brendan Byrne Arena 9,027	13-8
22	December 16	Cleveland	84-80	Philadelphia		Terrell Brandon, 15 points	CoreStates Spectrum 9,830	14-8
23	December 19	Cleveland	77-63	Chicago		Hot Rod Williams, 18 points	United Center 22,301	15-8
24	December 22	Cleveland	93-90	New York		Bobby Phills, 24 points	Madison Square Garden 19,763	16-8
25	December 23	New Jersey	75-80	Cleveland		Tyrone Hill, 18 points	Gund Arena 20,562	17-8
26	December 26	Boston	102-123	Cleveland		Mark Price, 36 points	Gund Arena 20,562	18-8
27	December 28	Washington	75-91	Cleveland		Bobby Phills, 22 points	Gund Arena 20,562	19-8
28	December 30	Atlanta	85-87	Cleveland		Mark Price, 30 points	Gund Arena 20,562	20-8

January

Record: 6-8 ; Home: 2-5 ; Road: 4-3

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
29	January 4	Seattle	116-85	Cleveland		Hot Rod Williams, 17 points	Gund Arena 20,562	20-9
30	January 6	New York	103-93	Cleveland		Tyrone Hill, 26 points	Gund Arena 20,562	20-10
31	January 7	Chicago	78-92	Cleveland		Terrell Brandon, 24 points	Gund Arena 20,562	21-10
32	January 10	Charlotte	116-108	Cleveland	OT	Tyrone Hill, 23 points	Gund Arena 20,562	21-11
33	January 12	Cleveland	107-96	Phoenix		Terrell Brandon, 30 points	America West Arena 19,023	22-11
34	January 14	Cleveland	103-97	Golden State	OT	Tyrone Hill, 20 points	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 15,025	23-11
35	January 17	Cleveland	91-115	Seattle		Terrell Brandon, 20 points	Tacoma Dome 12,914	23-12
36	January 18	Cleveland	83-92	LA Clippers		Chris Mills, 19 points	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 6,695	23-13
37	January 20	Cleveland	84-94	Utah		Terrell Brandon, 24 points	Delta Center 19,911	23-14
38	January 21	Cleveland	101-100	Denver	2OT	Chris Mills, 20 points	McNichols Sports Arena 17,171	24-14
39	January 23	LA Clippers	68-90	Cleveland		Tyrone Hill, 23 points	Gund Arena 20,187	25-14
40	January 26	Cleveland	77-68	Atlanta		2 way tie, 14 points	The Omni 10,760	26-14
41	January 27	Portland	87-77	Cleveland		Hot Rod Williams, 14 points	Gund Arena 20,562	26-15
42	January 30	Phoenix	89-82	Cleveland		Terrell Brandon, 20 points	Gund Arena 20,562	26-16

February

Record: 7-6; Home: 4-1; Road: 3-5

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
43	February 1	Cleveland	82-101	Indiana		Hot Rod Williams, 14 points	Market Square Arena 13,972	26-17
44	February 2	Cleveland	83-85	Detroit		Terrell Brandon, 15 points	The Palace of Auburn Hills 13,286	26-18
45	February 4	Indiana	73-82	Cleveland		Hot Rod Williams, 19 points	Gund Arena 20,562	27-18
46	February 7	Philadelphia	84-90	Cleveland		2 way tie, 16 points	Gund Arena 20,130	28-18
47	February 8	Cleveland	67-75	Boston		Terrell Brandon, 19 points	Boston Garden 14,890	28-19
48	February 15	Orlando	99-100	Cleveland	OT	Terrell Brandon, 31 points	Gund Arena 20,562	29-19
49	February 16	Cleveland	106-85	Milwaukee		Chris Mills, 23 points	Bradley Center 13,498	30-19
50	February 18	Cleveland	82-75	New Jersey		Chris Mills, 23 points	Brendan Byrne Arena 15,652	31-19
51	February 20	Miami	103-96	Cleveland		Hot Rod Williams, 20 points	Gund Arena 20,562	31-20
52	February 21	Cleveland	99-91	New York		Danny Ferry, 20 points	Madison Square Garden 19,763	32-20
53	February 25	New Jersey	102-105	Cleveland		Danny Ferry, 24 points	Gund Arena 20,562	33-20
54	February 27	Cleveland	78-86	Houston		Terrell Brandon, 26 points	The Summit 14,253	33-21
55	February 28	Cleveland	83-100	San Antonio		Terrell Brandon, 17 points	Alamodome 15,546	33-22

March

Record: 8-9; Home: 5-3; Road: 1-6

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
56	March 2	Cleveland	84-90	Dallas		Chris Mills, 16 points	Reunion Arena 12,194	33-23
57	March 4	New York	89-76	Cleveland		Hot Rod Williams, 20 points	Gund Arena 20,562	33-24
58	March 7	Detroit	81-89	Cleveland		Chris Mills, 24 points	Gund Arena 20,562	34-24
59	March 9	San Antonio	100-98	Cleveland		Terrell Brandon, 24 points	Gund Arena 20,562	34-25
60	March 10	Cleveland	76-99	Chicago		Tyrone Hill, 13 points	United Center 22,362	34-26
61	March 12	Cleveland	92-72	Philadelphia		3 way tie, 14 points	CoreStates Spectrum 10,221	35-26
62	March 16	Utah	85-93	Cleveland		Bobby Phills, 24 points	Gund Arena 20,562	36-26
63	March 17	Cleveland	77-80	Minnesota		Mark Price, 18 points	Target Center 14,222	36-27
64	March 19	Cleveland	90-96	Washington		Mark Price, 16 points	USAir Arena 17,110	36-28
65	March 20	Dallas	102-100	Cleveland	2OT	Tyrone Hill, 29 points	Gund Arena 20,562	36-29
66	March 22	Sacramento	89-101	Cleveland		Mark Price, 23 points	Gund Arena 20,562	37-29
67	March 24	Atlanta	74-75	Cleveland		Tyrone Hill, 24 points	Gund Arena 20,562	38-29
68	March 25	Cleveland	97-105	Charlotte		Chris Mills, 26 points	Charlotte Coliseum 23,698	38-30
69	March 29	Cleveland	96-107	Indiana		Chris Mills, 22 points	Market Square Arena 16,619	38-31
70	March 31	Washington	88-98	Cleveland		Chris Mills, 24 points	Gund Arena 20,562	39-31

April

Record: 4-8; Home: 4-2; Road: 0-6

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
71	April 2	Denver	104-101	Cleveland		Mark Price, 21 points	Gund Arena 20,562	39-32
72	April 4	Boston	97-92	Cleveland		Bobby Phills, 17 points	Gund Arena 20,562	39-33
73	April 5	Cleveland	87-96	Atlanta		Hot Rod Williams, 14 points	The Omni 12,539	39-34
74	April 7	Cleveland	88-97	Chicago		Bobby Phills, 22 points	United Center 23,664	39-35
75	April 9	Chicago	78-79	Cleveland		Mark Price, 20 points	Gund Arena 20,562	40-35
76	April 11	Cleveland	90-107	Orlando		Tyrone Hill, 24 points	Orlando Arena 16,010	40-36
77	April 13	Cleveland	84-85	Miami		Mark Price, 20 points	Miami Arena 14,311	40-37
78	April 14	Atlanta	70-83	Cleveland		2 way tie, 16 points	Gund Arena 20,562	41-37
79	April 18	Cleveland	76-85	Detroit		Bobby Phills, 17 points	The Palace of Auburn Hills 17,203	41-38
80	April 19	Miami	79-90	Cleveland		Tyrone Hill, 21 points	Gund Arena 20,562	42-38
81	April 21	Milwaukee	82-103	Cleveland		Hot Rod Williams, 24 points	Gund Arena 20,562	43-38
82	April 23	Cleveland	72-97	Charlotte		Bobby Phills, 13 points	Charlotte Coliseum 23,698	43-39

Playoffs

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
1	April 27	Cleveland	79-103	New York		Danny Ferry, 20 points	Madison Square Garden 19,763	0-1
2	April 29	Cleveland	90-84	New York		2 way tie, 21 points	Madison Square Garden 19,763	1-1
3	May 1	New York	83-81	Cleveland		Mark Price, 21 points	Gund Arena 19,352	1-2
4	May 3	New York	93-80	Cleveland		Bobby Phills, 20 points	Gund Arena 18,575	1-3

Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; GS = Games started; MIN= Minutes; FG% = field goal %, FT% = free throw %, 3FG% = 3 point % STL= Steals; BLK = Blocks; AST = Assists; REB = Rebounds; PTS = Points

Regular Season

Playoffs

References

• Cleveland Cavaliers on Database Basketball
• Cleveland Cavaliers on Basketball Reference