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

Transactions

Portland Fire expansion draft

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

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

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

2000 Cleveland Rockers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs F 23 Andrade, Mery 6' 0" (1.83m) 169 lb (77kg) 1975-12-31 Old Dominion 1 G 11 Bader Binford, Tricia 5' 4" (1.63m) 125 lb (57kg) 1973-02-26 Boise State 2 F 32 Barnes, Adia 5' 11" (1.8m) 165 lb (75kg) 1977-02-03 Arizona 2 F 34 Brown, Rushia 6' 2" (1.88m) 175 lb (79kg) 1972-05-05 Furman 3 G 30 Darling, Helen 5' 6" (1.68m) 164 lb (74kg) 1978-08-29 Penn State R G 44 Edwards, Michelle 5' 9" (1.75m) 150 lb (68kg) 1966-03-06 Iowa 3 F 42 Hall, Vicki 6' 1" (1.85m) 180 lb (82kg) 1969-10-03 Texas R C 41 Johns Kimbrough, Pollyanna 6' 3" (1.91m) 165 lb (75kg) 1975-11-06 Michigan 1 G 25 Jones, Merlakia 5' 10" (1.78m) 147 lb (67kg) 1973-06-21 Florida 3 G 4 McConnell-Serio, Suzie 1966-07-29 Penn State 2 F/C 28 Melvin, Chasity 6' 3" (1.91m) 185 lb (84kg) 1976-05-03 NC State 1 F 6 Němcová, Eva 6' 3" (1.91m) 178 lb (81kg) 1972-12-03 3 C 12 Wauters, Ann 6' 4" (1.93m) 193 lb (88kg) 1980-10-12 R	Head coach Dan Hughes (Muskingum) Assistant coaches Lisa Boyer Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Schedule

Regular season

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

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

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

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

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

1. "2000 Cleveland Rockers Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 11, 2024.