1995–96 Miami Heat season

The 1995–96 NBA season was the eighth season for the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association.[1] Under new head coach Pat Riley, the Heat would be restructured. On the first day of the regular season, they acquired All-Star center Alonzo Mourning from the Charlotte Hornets.[2][3] With the addition of Mourning along with the offseason acquisition of Rex Chapman from the Washington Bullets, the Heat won 11 of their first 14 games, but won only 9 of their next 32 games.[2]

1995–96 Miami Heat season
Head coachPat Riley
General managerDave Wohl
PresidentPat Riley
Owner(s)Micky Arison
ArenaMiami Arena
Results
Record42–40 (.512)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Atlantic)
Conference: 8th (Eastern)
Playoff finishFirst Round
(Lost to Bulls 0–3)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionSportsChannel Florida, Sunshine Network, WBFS
RadioWINZ

Riley continued to make changes as he would make three more deals at the trading deadline. The club traded Kevin Willis and Bimbo Coles to the Golden State Warriors for All-Star guard Tim Hardaway and Chris Gatling,[4] while trading Billy Owens and Kevin Gamble to the Sacramento Kings for Walt Williams and Tyrone Corbin, and then trading rookie Terrence Rencher to the Phoenix Suns for Tony Smith.[2] The flurry of deadline deals led to one of the most remarkable wins of the season, as the Heat only had eight players available to face the Chicago Bulls on February 23, 1996, but won 113–104 thanks mainly to a 39-point game by Chapman (this was one of only 10 losses the Bulls suffered on their way to a then-record 72-win season). Other transactions included signing free agents Jeff Malone and rookie Voshon Lenard at midseason.

The Heat finished third in the Atlantic Division with a 42–40 record. In the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals of the playoffs, the Heat lost in three straight games to the Bulls.[5] Following the season, Chapman signed as a free agent with the Phoenix Suns, Williams signed with the Toronto Raptors, Gatling signed with the Dallas Mavericks, Corbin signed with the Atlanta Hawks, Smith signed with the Charlotte Hornets and Malone retired.

Mourning became the first Heat player to appear in an All-Star Game, as he was selected for the 1996 NBA All-Star Game in San Antonio. For the season, the Heat added red alternate road uniforms which lasted until 1999.

Offseason

NBA Draft
Main article: 1995 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 10 Kurt Thomas PF/C  United States TCU
2 46 George Banks F  United States UTEP

Roster
Roster listing
1995–96 Miami Heat roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
SF 2 Askins, Keith (C) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 197 lb (89 kg) 1967-12-15 Alabama
SG 7 Chapman, Rex 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1967-10-05 Kentucky
SF 23 Corbin, Tyrone 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1962-12-31 DePaul
SG 5 Danilović, Sasha 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1970-02-26 Serbia
PF 15 Gatling, Chris 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1967-09-03 Old Dominion
PG 10 Hardaway, Tim 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1966-09-01 UTEP
PF 21 King, Stacey 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1967-01-29 Oklahoma
SG 22 Lenard, Voshon 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1973-05-14 Minnesota
SG 25 Malone, Jeff 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1961-06-28 Mississippi State
C 33 Mourning, Alonzo (C) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1970-02-08 Georgetown
C 24 Schayes, Danny 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1959-05-10 Syracuse
SG 14 Smith, Tony 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1968-06-14 Marquette
PF 40 Thomas, Kurt 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1972-10-04 TCU
SF 42 Williams, Walt 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 219 lb (99 kg) 1970-04-16 Maryland
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster
Last transaction: March 3, 1996

Regular season

Season standings
Atlantic Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div GP
y-Orlando Magic 60 22 .732 12.0 37–4 23–18 21–3 82
x-New York Knicks 47 35 .573 25.0 26–15 21–20 16–8 82
x-Miami Heat 42 40 .512 30.0 26–15 16–25 13–12 82
Washington Bullets 39 43 .476 33.0 25–16 14–27 10–14 82
Boston Celtics 33 49 .402 39.0 18–23 15–26 12–12 82
New Jersey Nets 30 52 .366 42.0 20–21 10–31 8–17 82
Philadelphia 76ers 18 64 .220 54.0 11–30 7–34 5–19 82
Eastern Conference
# Team W L PCT GB GP
1 z-Chicago Bulls * 72 10 .878 – 82
2 y-Orlando Magic * 60 22 .732 12.0 82
3 x-Indiana Pacers 52 30 .634 20.0 82
4 x-Cleveland Cavaliers 51 31 .622 21.0 82
5 x-New York Knicks 47 35 .573 25.0 82
6 x-Atlanta Hawks 46 36 .561 26.0 82
7 x-Detroit Pistons 46 36 .561 26.0 82
8 x-Miami Heat 42 40 .512 30.0 82
9 Charlotte Hornets 41 41 .500 31.0 82
10 Washington Bullets 39 43 .476 33.0 82
11 Boston Celtics 33 49 .402 39.0 82
12 New Jersey Nets 30 52 .366 42.0 82
13 Milwaukee Bucks 25 57 .305 47.0 82
14 Toronto Raptors 21 61 .256 51.0 82
15 Philadelphia 76ers 18 64 .220 54.0 82

Record vs. opponents
1995-96 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 TOR UTA VAN WAS
Atlanta —4–03–10–43–11–11–12–21–11–11–32–00–22–22–21–14–02–12–22–10–22–02–00–20–24–01–12–01–3
Boston 0–4—2–20–31–30–21–12–10–21–10–42–00–23–13–12–02–20–41–34–01–10–22–00–20–23–10–21–12–2
Charlotte 1–32–2—1–33–12–02–01–30–20–21–31–12–02–23–11–10–33–00–43–12–01–11–10–20–23–11–12–03–1
Chicago 4–03–03–1—4–02–01–14–02–02–02–22–02–03–14–02–03–03–13–14–01–12–02–02–01–13–12–02–04–0
Cleveland 1–33–11–30–4—2–01–12–22–01–12–22–02–01–34–02–01–23–11–24–02–01–11–10–20–23–10–22–03–1
Dallas 1–12–00–20–20–2—2–20–22–21–30–22–20–40–21–10–41–10–21–10–21–30–42–22–22–21–11–34–00–2
Denver 1–11–10–21–11–12–2—1–12–21–30–21–32–20–21–14–00–21–11–12–03–10–40–40–41–32–03–13–11–1
Detroit 2–21–23–10–42–22–01–1—2–01–12–22–00–21–32–21–14–00–41–34–02–02–01–12–01–14–00–22–01–2
Golden State 1–12–02–00–20–22–22–20–2—2–21–13–11–31–11–13–12–00–20–22–01–31–31–31–30–41–11–34–01–1
Houston 1–11–12–00–21–13–13–11–12–2—2–04–03–10–22–02–22–00–20–22–03–12–22–21–30–42–02–24–01–1
Indiana 3–14–03–12–22–22–02–02–21–10–2—2–01–13–03–11–11–31–32–23–11–11–10–21–12–04–00–22–03–0
L.A. Clippers 0–20–21–10–20–22–23–10–21–30–40–2—0–41–11–13–11–11–10–22–03–12–22–21–30–40–21–33–11–1
L.A. Lakers 2–02–00–20–20–24–02–22–03–11–31–14–0—2–02–03–12–01–11–11–13–12–23–11–32–22–02–24–01–1
Miami 2–21–32–21–33–12–02–03–11–12–00–31–10–2—3–01–15–01–31–33–11–10–21–11–10–22–10–21–12–2
Milwaukee 2–21–31–30–40–41–11–12–21–10–21–31–10–20–3—1–11–32–21–32–10–22–00–21–10–22–20–21–11–3
Minnesota 1–10–21–10–20–24–00–41–11–32–21–11–31–31–11–1—1–10–20–21–11–30–43–11–30–41–11–32–20–2
New Jersey 0–42–23–00–32–11–12–00–40–20–23–11–10–20–53–11–1—2–20–42–20–21–11–10–20–22–20–22–02–2
New York 1–24–00–31–31–32–01–14–02–02–03–11–11–13–12–22–02–2—1–33–10–20–20–21–11–14–01–11–13–1
Orlando 2–23–14–01–32–11–11–13–12–02–02–22–01–13–13–12–04–03–1—4–02–01–11–11–11–12–11–12–04–0
Philadelphia 1–20–41–30–40–42–00–20–40–20–21–30–21–11–31–21–12–21–30–4—0–20–20–20–20–23–11–11–11–3
Phoenix 2–01–10–21–10–23–11–30–23–11–31–11–31–31–12–03–12–02–00–22–0—2–22–21–30–42–01–34–02–0
Portland 0–22–01–10–21–14–04–00–23–12–21–12–22–22–00–24–01–12–01–12–02–2—1–31–31–32–01–32–20–2
Sacramento 0–20–21–10–21–12–24–01–13–12–22–02–21–31–12–01–31–12–01–12–02–23–1—1–30–42–00–42–20–2
San Antonio 2–02–02–00–22–02–24–00–23–13–11–13–13–11–11–13–12–01–11–12–03–13–13–1—2–22–03–14–01–1
Seattle 2–02–02–01–12–02–23–11–14–04–00–24–02–22–02–04–02–01–11–12–04–03–14–02–2—1–13–13–11–1
Toronto 0–41–31–31–31–31–10–20–41–10–20–42–00–21–22–21–12–20–41–21–30–20–20–20–21–1—0–21–13–1
Utah 1–12–01–10–22–03–11–32–03–12–22–03–12–22–02–03–12–01–11–11–13–13–14–01–31–32–0—4–01–1
Vancouver 0–21–10–20–20–20–41–30–20–40–40–21–30–41–11–12–20–21–10–21–10–42–22–20–41–31–10–4—0–2
Washington 3–12–21–30–41–32–01–12–11–11–10–31–11–12–23–12–02–21–30–43–10–22–02–01–11–11–31–12–0—

Schedule
GameDateOpponentResultHeat pointsOpponentsRecordStreakOT
1November 4ClevelandWin85711-0Won 1
2November 8HoustonWin89822-0Won 2
3November 10New JerseyWin106803-0Won 3
4November 11@ OrlandoLoss93943-1Lost 1
5November 15IndianaLoss971033-2Lost 2
6November 17@ AtlantaWin91884-2Won 1
7November 18OrlandoWin93905-2Won 2
8November 22Golden StateWin103936-2Won 3
9November 24@ WashingtonLoss941106-3Lost 1
10November 25VancouverWin111917-3Won 1
11November 28DallasWin111898-3Won 2
12November 30@ DetroitWin1181079-3Won 3
13December 1CharlotteWin10810110-3Won 4OT
14December 3@ TorontoWin1129411-3Won 5
15December 4@ BostonLoss12012111-4Lost 12OT
16December 6BostonLoss10110511-5Lost 2
17December 9@ PhoenixWin949212-5Won 1
18December 10@ SacramentoLoss9011012-6Lost 1
19December 12@ Golden StateLoss8010512-7Lost 2
20December 14@ LA ClippersLoss848912-8Lost 3
21December 16UtahLoss748312-9Lost 4
22December 19@ New YorkLoss708912-10Lost 5
23December 20@ New JerseyWin11210413-10Won 1OT
24December 22DetroitLoss758413-11Lost 1
25December 23@ CharlotteLoss758713-12Lost 2
26December 26New JerseyWin969314-12Won 1
27December 28@ IndianaLoss779114-13Lost 1
28December 30LA ClippersWin1059615-13Won 1
29January 4SeattleLoss818415-14Lost 1
30January 6@ DenverWin888616-14Won 1
31January 8@ UtahLoss929416-15Lost 1
32January 10@ PortlandLoss899016-16Lost 2
33January 12@ SeattleLoss8111316-17Lost 3
34January 13@ VancouverLoss656916-18Lost 4
35January 15@ LA LakersLoss889616-19Lost 5
36January 17WashingtonWin968917-19Won 1
37January 19CharlotteLoss10611417-20Lost 1
38January 20@ AtlantaLoss789817-21Lost 2
39January 22San AntonioWin968918-21Won 1
40January 24New YorkLoss798818-22Lost 1
41January 26@ ChicagoLoss8010218-23Lost 2
42January 27@ ClevelandWin1028519-23Won 1
43January 29@ New YorkLoss859419-24Lost 1
44January 30PhoenixLoss9911419-25Lost 2
45February 1PhiladelphiaWin12410420-25Won 1
46February 3BostonLoss9910020-26Lost 1
47February 5SacramentoWin1039221-26Won 1
48February 7AtlantaWin1018922-26Won 2
49February 13TorontoLoss879822-27Lost 1
50February 15DenverWin979123-27Won 1
51February 17OrlandoLoss939523-28Lost 1
52February 19@ ClevelandLoss707323-29Lost 2
53February 21@ PhiladelphiaWin665724-29Won 1
54February 23ChicagoWin11310425-29Won 2
55February 25PhiladelphiaWin10810126-29Won 3
56February 27@ New JerseyWin939027-29Won 4
57February 28@ OrlandoLoss11211627-30Lost 1
58March 1PortlandLoss8810227-31Lost 2
59March 3@ MinnesotaLoss878927-32Lost 3
60March 5MinnesotaWin1137228-32Won 1
61March 8TorontoWin1097929-32Won 2
62March 10ClevelandWin888130-32Won 3
63March 12@ DallasWin12511831-32Won 4
64March 14@ San AntonioLoss10012031-33Lost 1
65March 16@ HoustonWin1219732-33Won 1
66March 20DetroitWin1029333-33Won 2
67March 22@ MilwaukeeWin12210634-33Won 3
68March 24@ BostonWin1119535-33Won 4
69March 27LA LakersLoss9510635-34Lost 1
70March 29WashingtonWin1129336-34Won 1
71March 30@ DetroitWin958537-34Won 2
72April 2ChicagoLoss9211037-35Lost 1
73April 4@ ChicagoLoss9210037-36Lost 2
74April 6@ IndianaLoss959937-37Lost 3
75April 8@ WashingtonLoss9911137-38Lost 4
76April 10@ CharlotteWin1169538-38Won 1
77April 11MilwaukeeWin11510539-38Won 2
78April 13New YorkWin1039540-38Won 3
79April 15New JerseyWin1109041-38Won 4
80April 17@ PhiladelphiaLoss869041-39Lost 1
81April 19@ MilwaukeeWin10610042-39Won 1
82April 21AtlantaLoss9210442-40Lost 1
1April 26 (First Round)@ ChicagoLoss851020-1Lost 1
2April 28 (First Round)@ ChicagoLoss751060-2Lost 2
3May 1 (First Round)ChicagoLoss911120-3Lost 3

Player stats
PlayerGPREBASTSTLBLKPTS
Alonzo Mourning70727159701891623
Rex Chapman561451664510786
Kurt Thomas74439464736666
Bimbo Coles522012966312664
Billy Owens402861343022590
Tim Hardaway2898280586482
Kevin Willis47420341925479
Keith Askins753241214861458
Chris Gatling24175171711365
Walt Williams28112653216337
Kevin Gamble448682315305
Sasha Danilovic194647153255
Pete Myers3973971411184
Voshon Lenard30523161176
Tony Smith253968165109
Terrence Rencher344254161103
Danny Schayes328991116101
Tyrone Corbin226523163101
Ron Grandison1836108143
Stacey King152327238
Jeff Malone7873031
LeRon Ellis12842313

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Transactions

July 1, 1995

September 1, 1995

September 29, 1995

October 5, 1995

October 13, 1995

  • Waived Bruce Bowen.

November 3, 1995

December 12, 1995

December 27, 1995

  • Waived LeRon Ellis.

December 29, 1995

January 5, 1996

  • Waived Ron Grandison.

February 12, 1996

  • Signed Jeff Malone to a 10-day contract.
  • Waived Pete Myers.

February 22, 1996

March 3, 1996

  • Signed Jeff Malone to a contract for remainder of season.

June 26, 1996

[7]

Postseason

The Heat would qualify for the playoffs by beating out the Charlotte Hornets by 1 game for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference with a record of 42 wins and 40 losses. In the playoffs, the Heat were swept in 3 straight games. The Heat would lose by double digits in each game to the eventual World Champion Chicago Bulls.[2]

Awards, records, and honors

Pat Riley led the Heat to a 42-40 record which tying the franchise record for best record. Alonzo Mourning was voted by fans to be in the All-Star Game.[8]

References
Notes
  1. 1995-96 Miami Heat
  2. Miami Heat (1988-Present)
  3. "Mourning Turns Up With Heat : Pro basketball: Center is traded for Rice, Reeves and Geiger after turning down Hornets". Los Angeles Times. November 4, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  4. "Hardaway Heads for the Heat in Trade". Los Angeles Times. February 23, 1996. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
  5. "NBA PLAYOFFS; Jordan Sends Heat Home". New York Times. May 2, 1996. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
  6. "1995-96 Miami Heat Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  7. "1995-96 Miami Heat Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  8. "Year by Year: 1995-96". Heat History. NBA.com. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
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