1998 Cleveland Rockers season

The 1998 WNBA season was the 2nd for the Cleveland Rockers. The Rockers topped the Eastern Conference, but they were unable to reach the WNBA Finals, losing in the WNBA semifinals to the Phoenix Mercury.

Transactions

Detroit Shock expansion draft The following player was selected in the Detroit Shock expansion draft from the Cleveland Rockers: Player Nationality School/Team/Country Lynette Woodard Kansas

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 6 Cindy Blodgett Maine 2 16 Suzie McConnell Serio Penn State326Tanja KostićOregon State436Tammye JenkinsGeorgia

Transactions DateTransaction February 18, 1998 Lost Lynette Woodard to the Detroit Shock in the WNBA expansion draft April 29, 1998 Drafted Cindy Blodgett, Suzie McConnell Serio, Tanja Kostić and Tammye Jenkins in the 1998 WNBA draft

Roster

Schedule

Regular season

| 1 | June 11 | New York | W 78–71 | Janice Braxton (17) | Janice Braxton (6) | Suzie McConnell-Serio (10) | Gund Arena | 1–0 |- | 2 | June 15 | @ Detroit | W 96–85 | Janice Braxton (18) | Isabelle Fijalkowski (6) | Suzie McConnell-Serio (8) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 2–0 |- | 3 | June 18 | @ Houston | L 69–87 | Janice Braxton (13) | Isabelle Fijalkowski (9) | Suzie McConnell-Serio (7) | Compaq Center | 2–1 |- | 4 | June 20 | Detroit | W 68–66 | Janice Braxton (17) | Janice Braxton (8) | Fijalkowski McConnell-Serio (5) | Gund Arena | 3–1 |- | 5 | June 22 | Utah | W 88–72 | Janice Braxton (17) | Isabelle Fijalkowski (8) | Bevilaqua Blodgett (6) | Gund Arena | 4–1 |- | 6 | June 23 | @ New York | L 57–59 | Rushia Brown (12) | Adrienne Johnson (8) | Tully Bevilaqua (4) | Madison Square Garden | 4–2 |- | 7 | June 27 | Detroit | L 73–84 | Isabelle Fijalkowski (25) | Janice Braxton (13) | Eva Němcová (5) | Gund Arena | 4–3

| 8 | July 1 | @ Washington | W 92–80 | Isabelle Fijalkowski (19) | Isabelle Fijalkowski (8) | Suzie McConnell-Serio (4) | MCI Center | 5–3 |- | 9 | July 2 | Phoenix | L 61–76 | Isabelle Fijalkowski (16) | Janice Braxton (8) | Suzie McConnell-Serio (12) | Gund Arena | 5–4 |- | 10 | July 6 | Houston | L 64–78 | Braxton Jones (13) | Isabelle Fijalkowski (9) | Suzie McConnell-Serio (4) | Gund Arena | 5–5 |- | 11 | July 8 | Washington | W 77–65 | Eva Němcová (15) | Eva Němcová (7) | Suzie McConnell-Serio (6) | Gund Arena | 6–5 |- | 12 | July 10 | @ Phoenix | L 60–76 | Janice Braxton (13) | Janice Braxton (8) | Suzie McConnell-Serio (5) | America West Arena | 6–6 |- | 13 | July 12 | @ Los Angeles | L 66–87 | Janice Braxton (13) | Janice Braxton (7) | Suzie McConnell-Serio (10) | Great Western Forum | 6–7 |- | 14 | July 14 | @ Sacramento | W 61–58 | Eva Němcová (15) | Braxton Fijalkowski (5) | Suzie McConnell-Serio (9) | ARCO Arena | 7–7 |- | 15 | July 16 | New York | W 60–51 | Isabelle Fijalkowski (15) | Michelle Edwards (7) | Suzie McConnell-Serio (7) | Gund Arena | 8–7 |- | 16 | July 18 | @ Detroit | L 57–72 | Michelle Edwards (13) | Isabelle Fijalkowski (7) | Braxton Fijalkowski Jones Němcová McConnell-Serio (1) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 8–8 |- | 17 | July 19 | Charlotte | W 85–69 | Merlakia Jones (19) | Janice Braxton (9) | Suzie McConnell-Serio (8) | Gund Arena | 9–8 |- | 18 | July 25 | Utah | W 69–59 | Isabelle Fijalkowski (24) | Isabelle Fijalkowski (8) | Edwards McConnell-Serio (6) | Gund Arena | 10–8 |- | 19 | July 27 | Los Angeles | W 83–67 | Eva Němcová (15) | Isabelle Fijalkowski (9) | Eva Němcová (9) | Gund Arena | 11–8 |- | 20 | July 29 | Sacramento | W 75–67 | Isabelle Fijalkowski (17) | Isabelle Fijalkowski (8) | Michelle Edwards (7) | Gund Arena | 12–8 |- | 21 | July 30 | @ Charlotte | L 64–79 | Michelle Edwards (24) | Braxton Fijalkowski (7) | Isabelle Fijalkowski (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 12–9

| 22 | August 1 | @ Houston | W 74–71 (OT) | Isabelle Fijalkowski (19) | Merlakia Jones (10) | Michelle Edwards (7) | Compaq Center | 13–9 |- | 23 | August 4 | @ Sacramento | W 72–60 | Isabelle Fijalkowski (17) | Isabelle Fijalkowski (11) | Suzie McConnell-Serio (7) | ARCO Arena | 14–9 |- | 24 | August 6 | @ Utah | W 79–69 | Isabelle Fijalkowski (22) | Braxton Fijalkowski (7) | Suzie McConnell-Serio (5) | Delta Center | 15–9 |- | 25 | August 8 | Charlotte | W 65–58 | Eva Němcová (18) | Isabelle Fijalkowski (6) | Braxton McConnell-Serio (4) | Gund Arena | 16–9 |- | 26 | August 10 | Phoenix | L 80–82 (2OT) | Eva Němcová (19) | Isabelle Fijalkowski (12) | Suzie McConnell-Serio (8) | Gund Arena | 16–10 |- | 27 | August 12 | @ Washington | W 75–55 | Braxton Fijalkowski (13) | Janice Braxton (6) | McConnell-Serio Němcová (3) | MCI Center | 17–10 |- | 28 | August 14 | @ Charlotte | W 85–72 | Suzie McConnell-Serio (18) | Brown Fijalkowski Němcová (5) | Suzie McConnell-Serio (7) | Charlotte Coliseum | 18–10 |- | 29 | August 15 | Washington | W 85–72 | Suzie McConnell-Serio (19) | Isabelle Fijalkowski (8) | McConnell-Serio Němcová (7) | Gund Arena | 19–10 |- | 30 | August 17 | @ New York | W 70–64 | Isabelle Fijalkowski (18) | Isabelle Fijalkowski (9) | Suzie McConnell-Serio (6) | Madison Square Garden | 20–10

Playoffs

| 1 | August 22 | @ Phoenix | L 68–78 | Isabelle Fijalkowski (20) | Isabelle Fijalkowski (9) | Edwards Němcová (4) | America West Arena | 0–1 |- | 2 | August 24 | Phoenix | W 67–66 | Michelle Edwards (18) | Janice Braxton (10) | Suzie McConnell-Serio (9) | Gund Arena | 1–1 |- | 3 | August 25 | Phoenix | L 60–71 | Isabelle Fijalkowski (17) | Isabelle Fijalkowski (11) | Eva Němcová (5) | Gund Arena | 1–2

Season standings

Statistics

Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Eva Němcová 30 30 32.4 .466 .452 .893 3.7 2.2 1.1 0.7 11.9 Suzie McConnell-Serio 28 28 31.5 .455 .408 .729 2.2 6.4 1.8 0.2 8.6 Isabelle Fijalkowski 28 23 28.8 .547 .400 .821 6.9 2.1 0.6 1.0 13.7 Janice Braxton 30 30 28.0 .495 .333 .755 5.6 2.5 1.7 0.5 9.8 Michelle Edwards 23 9 23.2 .417 .324 .620 2.3 2.8 1.0 0.0 7.7 Merlakia Jones 30 21 22.8 .464 .350 .753 3.2 1.3 1.1 0.1 9.5 Rushia Brown 30 7 17.4 .460 .000 .776 3.1 0.9 1.1 0.5 6.5 Tully Bevilagua 11 2 11.5 .571 .333 .667 0.9 2.1 1.1 0.2 1.9 Adrienne Johnson 29 0 11.4 .457 .424 .722 1.7 0.5 0.2 0.1 4.6 Cindy Blodgett 22 0 8.4 .288 .270 .625 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.0 2.9 Raegan Scott 22 0 7.6 .368 .000 .833 1.3 0.3 0.1 0.2 1.7 Tanja Kostić 5 0 6.0 .667 N/A .500 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 1.0 ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded during the season ≠Acquired during the season

Awards and honors Suzie McConnell Serio, WNBA Newcomer of the Year Award Isabelle Fijalkowski, WNBA Peak Performer Suzie McConnell Serio, WNBA Sportsmanship Award

References

External links Rockers on Basketball Reference