2000 Cleveland Rockers season

2000 Cleveland Rockers season
Coach Dan Hughes
Arena Gund Arena
Attendance 8,596 per game
Results
Record 17–15 (.531)
Place 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finish Lost Conference Finals (2-1) to New York Liberty
Team Leaders
Points Eva Nemcova (13.2)
Rebounds Chasity Melvin (5.4)
Assists Suzie McConnell Serio (3.7)

The 2000 WNBA season was the 4th season for the Cleveland Rockers.

Offseason

Expansion Draft

The following players were selected by the Portland Fire in the draft.

WNBA Draft

Round Pick Player Nationality College/School/Team
1 1 Ann Wauters (C)  Belgium BC Volgaburmash
2 17 Helen Darling (G)  United States Penn State
3 33 Monique Morehouse (C)  United States Auburn (from New England Blizzard, ABL)
4 49 Sophie Von Saldern (F/C)  Germany California

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
New York Liberty x 20 12 .625 14–7 –
Cleveland Rockers x 17 15 .531 13–8 3.0
Orlando Miracle x 16 16 .500 13–8 4.0
Washington Mystics x 14 18 .438 13–8 6.0
Detroit Shock o 14 18 .438 10–11 6.0
Miami Sol o 13 19 .406 9–12 7.0
Indiana Fever o 9 23 .281 7–14 11.0
Charlotte Sting o 8 24 .250 5–16 12.0

Season schedule

Date Opponent Score Result Record
May 31 @ Minnesota 62-73 Loss 0-1
June 3 Washington 72-49 Win 1-1
June 5 @ Charlotte 69-53 Win 2-1
June 7 Orlando 83-79 Win 3-1
June 10 Seattle 61-49 Win 4-1
June 12 @ Indiana 83-70 Win 5-1
June 16 Detroit 81-93 Loss 5-2
June 17 @ Miami 48-55 Loss 5-3
June 19 Sacramento 81-70 Win 6-3
June 22 @ Orlando 64-77 Loss 6-4
June 24 Minnesota 57-60 Loss 6-5
June 25 Phoenix 64-61 Win 7-5
June 28 @ Portland 69-80 Loss 7-6
July 1 @ Los Angeles 67-75 Loss 7-7
July 3 New York 66-65 Win 8-7
July 7 @ Miami 46-49 Loss 8-8
July 8 @ Charlotte 80-59 Win 9-8
July 10 Charlotte 72-65 Win 10-8
July 12 Orlando 74-72 Win 11-8
July 15 Indiana 79-55 Win 12-8
July 20 Houston 56-74 Loss 12-9
July 22 Miami 76-47 Win 13-9
July 24 @ Phoenix 57-67 Loss 13-10
July 26 @ Utah 77-84 Loss 13-11
July 28 Detroit 80-60 Win 14-11
July 29 @ New York 67-81 Loss 14-12
July 31 @ Detroit 76-65 Win 15-12
August 3 Utah 74-71 Win 16-12
August 4 @ Indiana 75-87 Loss 16-13
August 6 Washington 77-60 Win 17-13
August 8 @ New York 44-57 Loss 17-14
August 9 @ Washington 48-60 Loss 17-15

Playoffs

Game Date Opponent Score Result Record
Eastern Conference Semifinals
1 August 11 @ Orlando 55-62 Loss 0-1
2 August 13 Orlando 63-54 Win 1-1
3 August 15 Orlando 72-43 Win 2-1
Eastern Conference Finals
1 August 17 New York 56-43 Win 3-1
2 August 20 @ New York 45-51 Loss 3-2
3 August 21 @ New York 67-81 Loss 3-3

Player stats

Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS
Chasity Melvin 32 172 61 29 18 373
Merlakia Jones 32 139 63 29 2 352
Mery Andrade 32 95 75 41 10 265
Rushia Brown 30 124 44 38 13 253
Ann Wauters 32 129 37 21 24 199
Eva Nemcova 14 41 23 15 8 185
Suzie McConnell-Serio 32 50 119 15 1 173
Helen Darling 32 63 65 37 5 155
Vickie Hall 32 92 24 17 8 150
Tricia Bader 25 11 21 17 1 47
Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough 12 14 2 0 1 17
Adia Barnes 5 2 4 0 0 8

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/CLE/2000.html
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