We continue our dive into the history of the Philadelphia 76ers while the NBA is on a 30-day suspension due to the COVID-19 outbreak. This is a way for Sixers fans to continue to get their NBA fix until things get back to normal in the world.
After taking a look at Thaddeus Young’s 31 points in the final game at The Spectrum on Friday, we now turn to take a look at Saturday’s date in Sixers history.
March 14, 1995
The Sixers were in the middle of a dreadful season. Things just did not play well and they entered the contest with a 17-44 record. This specific March 14 night 25 years ago, they welcomed in the defending champion Houston Rockets.
The Rockets won the game easily 136-107 as they had eight players score in double figures led by 26 points from Clyde Drexler and they were the much better team. However, the game was remembered fondly by Sixers fans for the performance by Dana Barros.
Barros stepped up against Kenny Smith and he scored a career-high 50 points. He shot a ridiculous 21-for-26 from the floor and he drilled six of his eight attempts from deep while only going to the line twice. It was one of the best performances anybody has seen.
Barros made his only All-Star appearance in the 1994-95 season where he averaged 20.6 points and 7.5 assists. He spent two seasons in Philadelphia averaging 16.9 points and 6.4 assists before joining the Boston Celtics in the offseason of 1995.
He was, of course, just keeping the number 3 warm until Allen Iverson came to Philadelphia in the 1996 draft and the 6-foot guard from Georgetown would make the number legendary. [lawrence-related id=27612,27580,27557]