In 1995, the NBA expanded to Canada with the addition of the Vancouver Grizzlies and the Toronto Raptors.

In the 1995 – 96 season, the Magic again were near the top of the Eastern Conference and the Atlantic Division with a 60 – 22 record, led by O ' Neal and Hardaway ; however, the Magic were seeded number two, behind the NBA all-time best 72 – 10 record of the Chicago Bulls.

Early in the 1997 – 98 season, the Sixers traded Jerry Stackhouse, who had been the third overall pick in the 1995 NBA Draft, to the Detroit Pistons.

The Bulls won an NBA record-72 games during the 1995 – 96 NBA season and are the only team in NBA history to win 70 games or more in a single season.

Like most expansion teams, the Timberwolves struggled in their early years ; but after the acquisition of Kevin Garnett in the 1995 NBA Draft, the team made the playoffs eight consecutive times from 1997 to 2004.

Houston won two NBA Championships ( 1994, 1995 ) while defeating Utah along the way.

The Lakers won 69 games that season, which stood as the NBA record for 24 years until the Chicago Bulls won 72 games in 1995 – 96.

The university's men's basketball team, which did not make its first appearance in the NCAA tournament until 1995 ( more than a decade after NBA Hall of Fame player and Gonzaga alum John Stockton graduated ), has made the regional finals of the NCAA tournament (" Elite Eight ") in 1999, re-appearing in the tournament every year since.

In 1995, Woody appeared in a Pepsi commercial with NBA star Shaquille O ' Neal.

Los Angeles Lakers general manager Jerry West suggested that Duncan might become the top pick in the 1995 NBA Draft if he went early, but Duncan assured everyone he had no intention of going pro until he graduated, even though the NBA was planning to add a rookie salary cap in 1996.

In the following 1995 – 96 NCAA season, Wake Forest had to deal with the loss of Childress, who entered the NBA.

It hosted the 1994 NBA All-Star Game, the 1995 NCAA Women's Final Four and the 2000 NBA Draft.

The school's famous basketball alumni include Billy Packer, a guard on the 1962 Final Four team who became far more famous as a basketball broadcaster ; Tyrone Curtis " Muggsy " Bogues, the shortest player ever to play in the NBA ; Randolph Childress, for his MVP performance in the 1995 ACC Tournament ; Utah Jazz swingman Josh Howard ; Chris Paul of the Los Angeles Clippers and the 2006 NBA Rookie of the Year Award ; and two-time league MVP and three-time NBA Finals MVP Tim Duncan.

After the 1995 – 96 NBA season, Mutombo's contract with the Nuggets expired, and he signed a free agent contract with the Atlanta Hawks.

Doby later served as a director with the New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) and in 1995 was appointed to a position in the AL's executive office.

In 1995, Upstate New York NBA fans got another team to root for when the Toronto Raptors were established in Toronto, just across Lake Ontario.

He played in the NBA for ten years, from 1985 – 1995, spending parts of four seasons with the Bullets, parts of three with the Golden State Warriors, parts of four with the Philadelphia 76ers and part of one season with the Miami Heat.

His game-winning homer earned him the All-Star game MVP trophy in 1995.

* Nigerian Hakeem Olajuwon ( top draft pick in 1984, 2-time champion, 12-time All-Star, 1994 MVP, 1994 and 1995 Finals MVP, 1994 and 1995 Defensive Player of the Year, only player to receive the MVP Award, Defensive Player of the Year Award, and Finals MVP award in the same season, and Hall of Famer )

Sosa was named to his first All-Star team in 1995.

In their fourth season, 1995 – 96, with Bradley still leading the team in scoring, second-year forward Alexander Selivanov scoring a total of 31 goals, and Roman Hamrlik ( the team's first-ever draft choice except those drafted in the expansion draft two days earlier ( Wendel Young being the first ever Lightning ) in 1992 ) having an All-Star year on defense, the Lightning finally qualified for the playoffs, nosing out the defending Stanley Cup champion New Jersey Devils for the eighth spot in the Eastern Conference by a single game.

* Gary DiSarcina, former professional baseball player, AL All-Star ( 1995 )

Hunter was selected by the fans to his first All-Star Game, in Milwaukee in 2002, becoming the first Twin since Kirby Puckett in 1995 to start an All-Star game in center field.

Though largely unheralded entering his first NHL training camp, he would go on to win the Calder Memorial Trophy as rookie of the year in his first NHL season in 1995 – 96 and was the Senators ' representative at the NHL All-Star Game.

Since then, the All-Star Game has been played every year, except in 1966, when the All-Star Game was moved from the start of the season to its current position in the middle of the season, 1979 with the Challenge Cup series replacing the game, 1987 with Rendez-vous ' 87 replacing it, 1995 with the season shortened by a lockout, and 2005 when the season was canceled altogether because of another lockout.

The 46th All-Star Game in 1995 was a casualty of the 1994 – 95 NHL lockout, which shortened that season to just 48 regular-season games.

She was named Most Valuable Player of the Italian league's All-Star game for the 1995 – 1996 season.

In 1995, Rice won the NBA All-Star Long Distance Shootout at the 1995 All-Star game in Phoenix, edging out another sharp-shooter Reggie Miller.

* Rangers Ballpark in Arlington was the site of the 1995 MLB All-Star Game.

CBS intended to test the waters with The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special, which aired in prime time in 1995.

* Ice Hockey World Championships Tournament All-Star – 1994, 1995, 1999

He won both the Ford Cup as the top defensive player and Guy Lafleur Trophy as playoff MVP in 1995 and is a two-time QMJHL Second Team All-Star.

" Exile II: Crystal Souls won the 1995 Eddy Award Honorable Mention for Best Shareware Game of the Year, and received a 5 out of 5 star rating from ZiffNet.

In 1991, he embarked on a serious acting career, portraying police detective Scotty Appleton in Mario Van Peebles ' feature film New Jack City, gang leader Odessa ( alongside Denzel Washington and John Lithgow ) in Ricochet ( 1991 ), gang leader King James in Trespass ( 1992 ), followed by a notable lead role performance in Surviving the Game ( 1994 ), in addition to many supporting roles, such as J-Bone in Johnny Mnemonic ( 1995 ), and the marsupial mutant T-Saint in Tank Girl ( 1995 ).

The Colts won their first postseason game as the Indianapolis Colts in 1995 and would go onto the AFC Championship Game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, coming Hail Mary pass reception away from a trip to the Super Bowl XXX.

Krisalis Software released an adaptation of Rogue Trooper for the Amiga and Atari ST in 1991, and the merchandising that accompanied the 1995 Judge Dredd film included tie-in games for the IBM PC ( MS-DOS ), Game Boy, Game Gear, PlayStation, Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

In 1995, Planescape won the Origins Award for Best Graphic Presentation of a Roleplaying Game, Adventure, or Supplement of 1994.

* (" Ender's Game "), 1995, 1996, 2002, 2003 ( two editions ).

* Game Zero magazine's E3 1995 Coverage and Daily Summaries

Their elimination from the 1995 Stanley Cup playoffs in Game 4 of the second round marked the Canucks ' last game played at the Pacific Coliseum, as the team moved into the General Motors Place ( since renamed Rogers Arena ), a new $ 160 million arena situated in Downtown Vancouver, the following season.

Electronic Gaming Monthly gave Yoshi's Island its award for Best Action Game of 1995.

In 1995 it was released together with Centipede on the Game Boy under the title Arcade Classic No. 2: Centipede / Millipede.

* William McKee Evans, " To Die Game: The Story of the Lowry Band, Indian Guerrillas of Reconstruction ", Syracuse University Press, 1995

In 1995, Wizards published another card game by Richard Garfield, The Great Dalmuti, which won the 1995 Best New Mind Game award from Mensa.

Pope has regularly featured in the radio series Old Harry's Game ( 1995 – 2009 ).

* Steven C. Brown & Ken Meyer, The Storytellers Handbook to the Sabbat, White Wolf Game Studio, 1995, ISBN 1-56504-042-2

* Steven C. Brown & Jeff Starling, A Players Guide to the Sabbat, White Wolf Game Studio, 1995, ISBN 1-56504-042-2

It also received a Nintendo Power Award for Best Overall Game of 1994 and two Kids ' Choice awards, one of each for Favorite Video Game of 1994 and 1995.

Donkey Kong Land was awarded Best Game Boy Game of 1995 by Electronic Gaming Monthly.

In 1995, SimCity 2000 won " Best Military or Strategy Computer Game " Origins Award.

It was loosely based on the novel Fair Game by Paula Gosling, which was later filmed under that title in 1995.

In 1995, Buscemi played suspected cop-shooter Gordon Pratt in the episode " End Game " at the end of a three-episode arc of Homicide: Life on the Street.