What Happened in Sports: February 25, 2020

2019: Houston Rockets SG James Harden‘s streak of 30+ point performances officially ended at 32 games (2nd-longest) as he scored “only” 28 points in a victory over the Atlanta Hawks. Only Wilt Chamberlain had a longer streak in NBA history

2016: Golden State Warriors PG Stephen Curry exploded for 51 points as he set the NBA record for most consecutive games with a 3PM during his 128th such game, passing Kyle Korver’s mark of 127 games

1999: Indiana Pacers SG Reggie Miller became the very 1st player in NBA history with 4,000 3-pointers

1998: Los Angeles Clippers HC Bill Fitch won his 939th game to pass Red Auerbach, becoming the 2nd-winningest coach in NBA history (trailing Lenny Wilkens)

1995: Philadelphia 76ers PG Dana Barros set an NBA record by converting at least 1 3PT in 44 consecutive games; he would extend the streak to 89 by February 1996

1995: MLB announced that regular-season games would be played in Hawaii for the very 1st time

1989: Almost immediately after his purchase of the Cowboys became official, Jerry Jones fired legendary HC Tom Landry

1986: NBA indefinitely suspended New Jersey Nets PG Micheal Ray Richardson, a 4x All-Star, due to multiple failed drug tests for crack cocaine

1977: New Orleans Jazz PG Pete Maravich scored 68 points in a win over the Knicks, an NBA record for guards at the time

1972: St. Louis Cardinals traded 26-year-old HOF SP Steve Carlton to the Philadelphia Phillies for SP Rick Wise

1962: Philadelphia Warriors C Wilt Chamberlain scored 67 points on the New York Knicks for the 2nd year in a row, also just 8 days after scoring 67 against the St. Louis Hawks 

1933: NFL instituted a few major rule changes — passes can be released anywhere behind the LOS (instead of 5 yards behind), implement hash marks 10 yards from each sideline, and the goalposts were moved up to the goal line