Rockets game worn (?) jersey - no clue when it was actually worn

[Bench warmer]

I need your help regarding this Zan Tabak Rockets 1994-95 game worn/issued jersey.
What makes me confused is that it's #3 and not #55. I've just checked box scores of all Rockets games that season and Tabak wore #55 in all of them.
Though after I googled "Tabak jersey", one of search results was trading card of Tabak wearing the #3 jersey!
Tabak was with Rockets for only one season. So I can't figure out when could he have worn #3, if not in any of regular season or playoff games? There was no preseason back than if I'm not wrong.
Any idea?

[shermdawurm]

Re: Rockets game worn (?) jersey - no clue when it was actually worn

There have been preseason games for a long time (I believe atleast since the 1960s) so I would say he wore the jersey during the 1994 preseason. So that photo on the card is probably from the 1994 preseason too.

[Bench warmer]

Re: Rockets game worn (?) jersey - no clue when it was actually worn

There have been preseason games for a long time (I believe atleast since the 1960s) so I would say he wore the jersey during the 1994 preseason. So that photo on the card is probably from the 1994 preseason too.

I also googled "1994-95 preseason games" but there's no any result. Which is odd.

[Bench warmer]

Re: Rockets game worn (?) jersey - no clue when it was actually worn

Are you able to find any link?

[shermdawurm]

Re: Rockets game worn (?) jersey - no clue when it was actually worn

I also googled "1994-95 preseason games" but there's no any result. Which is odd.

Are you able to find any link?

It's often difficult to find any info on the older preseason. I did a quick search on getty images using "October 1994 rockets" and found some images including a few from the 1994 Mexico Challenge. Unfortunately I couldn't find find any with Tabak in them.