2000 Cleveland Rockers season

2000 Cleveland Rockers season
CoachDan Hughes
ArenaGund Arena
Attendance8,596 per game
Results
Record17–15 (.531)
Place2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost Conference Finals (2-1) to New York Liberty
Team Leaders
PointsEva Nemcova (13.2)
ReboundsChasity Melvin (5.4)
AssistsSuzie McConnell Serio (3.7)

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

Transactions

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Portland Fire expansion draft

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The following players were selected in the Portland Fire expansion draft from the Cleveland Rockers:

Player Nationality School/Team/Country
Jamila Wideman  United States Stanford
Alisa Burras  United States Louisiana Tech

WNBA draft

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See also: 2000 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 1 Ann Wauters  Belgium Valenciennes (France)
2 17 Helen Darling  United States Penn State
3 33 Monique Morehouse  United States New England Blizzard
4 49 Sophie Von Saldern  West Germany BTV Wuppertal (Germany)

Transactions

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Date Transaction
October 19, 1999 Hired Dan Hughes as Head Coach[1]
December 15, 1999 Lost Jamila Wideman and Alisa Burras to the Portland Fire in the WNBA expansion draft[1]
April 25, 2000 Drafted Ann Wauters, Helen Darling, Monique Morehouse and Sophie Von Saldern in the 2000 WNBA Draft[1]
May 4, 2000 Signed Beverly Williams, Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough and Vicki Hall[1]
May 23, 2000 Waived Beverly Williams[1]
June 11, 2000 Traded Michelle Edwards to the Seattle Storm in exchange for Nina Bjedov[1]
July 7, 2000 Signed Adia Barnes to a 7-day contract[1]

Roster

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2000 Cleveland Rockers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
F 23 Portugal Andrade, Mery 6' 0" (1.83m) 169 lb (77kg) 1975-12-31 Old Dominion 1
G 11 United States Bader Binford, Tricia 5' 4" (1.63m) 125 lb (57kg) 1973-02-26 Boise State 2
F 32 United States Barnes, Adia 5' 11" (1.8m) 165 lb (75kg) 1977-02-03 Arizona 2
F 34 United States Brown, Rushia 6' 2" (1.88m) 175 lb (79kg) 1972-05-05 Furman 3
G 30 United States Darling, Helen 5' 6" (1.68m) 164 lb (74kg) 1978-08-29 Penn State R
G 44 United States Edwards, Michelle 5' 9" (1.75m) 150 lb (68kg) 1966-03-06 Iowa 3
F 42 United States Hall, Vicki 6' 1" (1.85m) 180 lb (82kg) 1969-10-03 Texas R
C 41 The Bahamas Johns Kimbrough, Pollyanna 6' 3" (1.91m) 165 lb (75kg) 1975-11-06 Michigan 1
G 25 United States Jones, Merlakia 5' 10" (1.78m) 147 lb (67kg) 1973-06-21 Florida 3
G 4 United States McConnell-Serio, Suzie  – – 1966-07-29 Penn State 2
F/C 28 United States Melvin, Chasity 6' 3" (1.91m) 185 lb (84kg) 1976-05-03 NC State 1
F 6 Czechoslovakia Němcová, Eva 6' 3" (1.91m) 178 lb (81kg) 1972-12-03 3
C 12 Belgium Wauters, Ann 6' 4" (1.93m) 193 lb (88kg) 1980-10-12 R
Head coach
United States Dan Hughes (Muskingum)
Assistant coaches
United States Lisa Boyer



Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Schedule

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Regular season

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2000 game log
Total: 17–15 (Home: 13–3; Road: 4–12)
May: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 May 31 @ Minnesota L 62-73 Eva Němcová (20) Rushia Brown (5) Bader Binford
McConnell-Serio (5) 		Target Center 0–1
June: 7–5 (Home: 5–2; Road: 2–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
2 June 3 Washington W 72-49 Chasity Melvin (19) Chasity Melvin (7) Darling
Němcová (3) 		Gund Arena 1–1
3 June 5 @ Charlotte W 69-53 Eva Němcová (16) Rushia Brown (9) Melvin
McConnell-Serio (3) 		Charlotte Coliseum 2–1
4 June 7 Orlando W 83-79 (OT) Eva Němcová (23) Chasity Melvin (7) Helen Darling (7) Gund Arena 3–1
5 June 10 Seattle W 61-49 Ann Wauters (12) Hall
Melvin (5) 		Suzie McConnell-Serio (6) Gund Arena 4–1
6 June 12 @ Indiana W 83-70 Merlakia Jones (15) Chasity Melvin (8) Mery Andrade (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 5–1
7 June 16 Detroit L 81-93 Chasity Melvin (28) Ann Wauters (5) Chasity Melvin (7) Gund Arena 5–2
8 June 17 @ Miami L 48-55 Chasity Melvin (11) Chasity Melvin (7) McConnell-Serio
Melvin (4) 		American Airlines Arena 5–3
9 June 19 Sacramento W 81-70 Eva Němcová (21) Andrade
Brown (4) 		Merlakia Jones (6) Gund Arena 6–3
10 June 22 @ Orlando L 64-77 Helen Darling (15) Darling
Melvin (5) 		Darling
McConnell-Serio (4) 		TD Waterhouse Centre 6–4
11 June 24 Minnesota L 57-60 Eva Němcová (15) Merlakia Jones (6) Suzie McConnell-Serio (4) Gund Arena 6–5
12 June 25 Phoenix W 64-61 Brown
Melvin
Němcová (13) 		Rushia Brown (9) Suzie McConnell-Serio (7) Gund Arena 7–5
13 June 28 @ Portland L 69-80 Merlakia Jones (16) Chasity Melvin (10) Andrade
McConnell-Serio (9) 		Rose Garden 7–6
July: 8–6 (Home: 6–1; Road: 2–5)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
14 July 1 @ Los Angeles L 67-75 Chasity Melvin (18) Suzie McConnell-Serio (5) Suzie McConnell-Serio (6) Great Western Forum 7–7
15 July 3 New York W 66-65 (OT) Vicki Hall (17) Andrade
Hall
Jones (7) 		McConnell-Serio
Melvin (4) 		Gund Arena 8–7
16 July 7 @ Miami L 46-49 Mery Andrade (10) Brown
Wauters (6) 		Suzie McConnell-Serio (5) American Airlines Arena 8–8
17 July 8 @ Charlotte W 80-59 Rushia Brown (24) Merlakia Jones (6) Helen Darling (7) Charlotte Coliseum 9–8
18 July 10 Charlotte W 72-65 Chasity Melvin (21) Chasity Melvin (6) Mery Andrade (6) Gund Arena 10–8
19 July 12 Orlando W 74-72 (OT) Mery Andrade (17) Ann Wauters (6) Darling
Jones
McConnell-Serio (4) 		Gund Arena 11–8
20 July 15 Indiana W 79-55 Merlakia Jones (13) Ann Wauters (8) Andrade
Brown
Melvin (4) 		Gund Arena 12–8
21 July 20 Houston L 56-74 Chasity Melvin (15) Chasity Melvin (9) Rushia Brown (4) Gund Arena 12–9
22 July 22 Miami W 76-47 Mery Andrade (13) Merlakia Jones (8) Suzie McConnell-Serio (5) Gund Arena 13–9
23 July 24 @ Phoenix L 57-67 Ann Wauters (14) Ann Wauters (8) Suzie McConnell-Serio (3) America West Arena 13–10
24 July 26 @ Utah L 77-84 Merlakia Jones (18) Andrade
Melvin (7) 		Chasity Melvin (5) Delta Center 13–11
25 July 28 Washington W 80-60 Vicki Hall (19) Ann Wauters (9) Rushia Brown (5) Gund Arena 14–11
26 July 29 @ New York L 67-81 Chasity Melvin (16) Rushia Brown (10) Suzie McConnell-Serio (4) Madison Square Garden 14–12
27 July 31 @ Detroit W 76-65 Helen Darling (17) Chasity Melvin (10) Andrade
McConnell-Serio (3) 		The Palace of Auburn Hills 15–12
August: 2–3 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
28 August 3 Utah W 74-71 Merlakia Jones (19) Melvin
Wauters (8) 		Suzie McConnell-Serio (6) Gund Arena 16–12
29 August 4 @ Indiana L 75-87 Mery Andrade (18) Merlakia Jones (7) Suzie McConnell-Serio (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 16–13
30 August 6 Washington W 77-60 Rushia Brown (16) Chasity Melvin (9) Suzie McConnell-Serio (7) Gund Arena 17–13
31 August 8 @ New York L 44-57 Merlakia Jones (21) Mery Andrade (7) Mery Andrade (4) Madison Square Garden 17–14
32 August 9 @ Washington L 48-60 Brown
McConnell-Serio (12) 		Merlakia Jones (7) Chasity Melvin (3) MCI Center 17–15

Playoffs

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2000 playoff game log
First round vs. Orlando Miracle
Won Series: 2–1
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 August 11 @ Orlando L 55–62 Merlakia Jones (18) Brown
Jones (6) 		Rushia Brown (4) TD Waterhouse Centre 0–1
2 August 13 Orlando W 63–54 Darling
Jones (15) 		Chasity Melvin (10) Suzie McConnell-Serio (6) Gund Arena 1–1
3 August 15 Orlando W 72–43 Ann Wauters (12) Hall
Jones (7) 		Suzie McConnell-Serio (7) Gund Arena 2–1
Conference Finals vs. New York Liberty
Lost Series: 1–2
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 August 17 New York W 56–43 Rushia Brown (18) Chasity Melvin (9) Suzie McConnell-Serio (5) Gund Arena 1–0
2 August 20 @ New York L 45–51 Merlakia Jones (18) Merlakia Jones (12) Helen Darling (3) Madison Square Garden 1–1
3 August 21 @ New York L 67–81 Jones
McConnell-Serio (13) 		Chasity Melvin (9) Helen Darling (4) Madison Square Garden 1–2
2000 playoff schedule

Season standings

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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

Statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage  TO  Turnovers per game
 PF  Fouls per game Team leader League leader

Regular Season

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Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Eva Němcová 14 14 31.6 .409 .408 ,917 2.9 1.6 1.1 0.6 13.2
Merlakia Jones 32 32 29.6 .474 .311 .681 4.3 2.0 0.9 0.1 11.0
Chasity Melvin 32 32 28.3 .471 .143 .730 5.4 1.9 0.9 0.6 11.7
Mery Andrade 32 18 24.9 .456 .360 .750 3.0 2.3 1.3 0.3 8.3
Rushia Brown 30 22 22.6 .497 .500 .846 4.1 1.5 1.3 0.4 8.4
Suzie McConnell-Serio 32 32 22.0 .414 .392 .760 1.6 3.7 0.5 0.0 5.4
Ann Wauters 32 0 18.7 .523 .000 .741 4.0 1.2 0.7 0.8 6.2
Vicki Hall 32 10 18.0 .373 .238 .647 2.9 0.8 0.5 0.3 4.7
Helen Darling 32 0 17.4 .313 .342 .738 2.0 2.0 1.2 0.2 4.8
Tricia Bader Binsford 25 0 8.0 .354 .333 .833 0.4 0.8 0.7 0.0 1.9
Michelle Edwards 3 0 5.7 .400 .000 N/A 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 2.7
Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough 12 0 4.8 .500 N/A .583 1.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 1.4
Adia Barnes 5 0 3.6 .600 .000 .500 0.4 0.8 0.0 0.0 1.6


‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "2000 Cleveland Rockers Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
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