1998 Cleveland Rockers season

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1998 Cleveland Rockers season
Coach Linda Hill-MacDonald
Arena Gund Arena
Attendance10,350 per game
Results
Record2010 (.667)
Place1st (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost WNBA Semifinals (2-1) to Phoenix Mercury
Team Leaders
Points Isabelle Fijalkowski (13.7)
Rebounds Isabelle Fijalkowski (6.9)
Assists Suzie McConnell Serio (6.4)

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.

Contents

Transactions

Detroit Shock expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Detroit Shock expansion draft from the Cleveland Rockers:

PlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
Lynette Woodard Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Kansas

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
16 Cindy Blodgett Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Maine
216 Suzie McConnell Serio Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Penn State
326 Tanja Kostić Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Oregon State
436Tammye JenkinsFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Georgia

Transactions

DateTransaction
February 18, 1998Lost Lynette Woodard to the Detroit Shock in the WNBA expansion draft [1]
April 29, 1998Drafted Cindy Blodgett, Suzie McConnell Serio, Tanja Kostić and Tammye Jenkins in the 1998 WNBA Draft [1]

Roster

1998 Cleveland Rockers roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
G 41 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bevilaqua, Tully 5' 7" (1.7m)145 lb (66kg)1972-07-19R
G 5 Flag of the United States.svg Blodgett, Cindy 5' 9" (1.75m)130 lb (59kg)1975-12-23 Maine R
F 8 Flag of the United States.svg Braxton, Janice 6' 3" (1.91m)178 lb (81kg)1962-06-07 Louisiana Tech 1
F 34 Flag of the United States.svg Brown, Rushia 6' 2" (1.88m)175 lb (79kg)1972-05-05 Furman 1
G 44 Flag of the United States.svg Edwards, Michelle 5' 9" (1.75m)150 lb (68kg)1966-03-06 Iowa 1
F/C 13 Flag of France.svg Fijalkowski, Isabelle 6' 5" (1.96m)200 lb (91kg)1972-05-23 Colorado 1
G 31 Flag of the United States.svg Johnson, Adrienne 5' 10" (1.78m)154 lb (70kg)1974-02-05 Ohio State 1
G 25 Flag of the United States.svg Jones, Merlakia 5' 10" (1.78m)147 lb (67kg)1973-06-21 Florida 1
F 10 Flag of Sweden.svg Kostić, Tanja 6' 2" (1.88m)163 lb (74kg)1972-11-10 Oregon State R
G 4 Flag of the United States.svg McConnell-Serio, Suzie 1966-07-29 Penn State R
F 6 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Němcová, Eva 6' 3" (1.91m)178 lb (81kg)1972-12-031
F/C 51 Flag of the United States.svg Scott, Raegan 6' 3" (1.91m)169 lb (77kg)1975-08-12 Colorado 1
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Linda Hill-MacDonald (West Chester)
Assistant coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Wilhelm

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Schedule

Regular season

1998 game log
Total: 20–10 (Home: 11–4; Road: 9–6)
July : 8–6 (Home: 6–2; Road: 2–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
8July 1@ Washington W 92–80 Isabelle Fijalkowski (19) Isabelle Fijalkowski (8) Suzie McConnell-Serio (4) MCI Center 5–3
9July 2 Phoenix L 61–76 Isabelle Fijalkowski (16) Janice Braxton (8) Suzie McConnell-Serio (12) Gund Arena 5–4
10July 6 Houston L 64–78 Braxton
Jones (13)
Isabelle Fijalkowski (9) Suzie McConnell-Serio (4) Gund Arena 5–5
11July 8 Washington W 77–65 Eva Němcová (15) Eva Němcová (7) Suzie McConnell-Serio (6) Gund Arena 6–5
12July 10@ Phoenix L 60–76 Janice Braxton (13) Janice Braxton (8) Suzie McConnell-Serio (5) America West Arena 6–6
13July 12@ Los Angeles L 66–87 Janice Braxton (13) Janice Braxton (7) Suzie McConnell-Serio (10) Great Western Forum 6–7
14July 14@ Sacramento W 61–58 Eva Němcová (15) Braxton
Fijalkowski (5)
Suzie McConnell-Serio (9) ARCO Arena 7–7
15July 16 New York W 60–51 Isabelle Fijalkowski (15) Michelle Edwards (7) Suzie McConnell-Serio (7) Gund Arena 8–7
16July 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
17July 19 Charlotte W 85–69 Merlakia Jones (19) Janice Braxton (9) Suzie McConnell-Serio (8) Gund Arena 9–8
18July 25 Utah W 69–59 Isabelle Fijalkowski (24) Isabelle Fijalkowski (8) Edwards
McConnell-Serio (6)
Gund Arena 10–8
19July 27 Los Angeles W 83–67 Eva Němcová (15) Isabelle Fijalkowski (9) Eva Němcová (9) Gund Arena 11–8
20July 29 Sacramento W 75–67 Isabelle Fijalkowski (17) Isabelle Fijalkowski (8) Michelle Edwards (7) Gund Arena 12–8
21July 30@ Charlotte L 64–79 Michelle Edwards (24) Braxton
Fijalkowski (7)
Isabelle Fijalkowski (5) Charlotte Coliseum 12–9
1998 season schedule

Playoffs

1998 playoff game log
Semifinal vs. Phoenix Mercury
Lost Series: 1–2
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
1August 22@ Phoenix L 68–78 Isabelle Fijalkowski (20) Isabelle Fijalkowski (9) Edwards
Němcová (4)
America West Arena 0–1
2August 24 Phoenix W 67–66 Michelle Edwards (18) Janice Braxton (10) Suzie McConnell-Serio (9) Gund Arena 1–1
3August 25 Phoenix L 60–71 Isabelle Fijalkowski (17) Isabelle Fijalkowski (11) Eva Němcová (5) Gund Arena 1–2
1998 playoff schedule

Season standings

Eastern Conference WLPCTConf.GB
Cleveland Rockers x2010.66712–4
Charlotte Sting x1812.60011–52.0
New York Liberty o1812.6008–82.0
Detroit Shock o1713.5678–83.0
Washington Mystics o327.1001–1517.0

Statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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 gameTeam leaderLeague leader

Regular Season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Eva Němcová 303032.4.466.452.8933.72.21.10.711.9
Suzie McConnell-Serio 282831.5.455.408.7292.26.41.80.28.6
Isabelle Fijalkowski 282328.8.547.400.8216.92.10.61.013.7
Janice Braxton 303028.0.495.333.7555.62.51.70.59.8
Michelle Edwards 23923.2.417.324.6202.32.81.00.07.7
Merlakia Jones 302122.8.464.350.7533.21.31.10.19.5
Rushia Brown 30717.4.460.000.7763.10.91.10.56.5
Tully Bevilagua 11211.5.571.333.6670.92.11.10.21.9
Adrienne Johnson 29011.4.457.424.7221.70.50.20.14.6
Cindy Blodgett 2208.4.288.270.6250.60.80.40.02.9
Raegan Scott 2207.6.368.000.8331.30.30.10.21.7
Tanja Kostić 506.0.667N/A.5000.40.40.00.01.0


Waived/Released during the season
Traded during the season
Acquired during the season

Awards and honors

References

  1. 1 2 "1998 Cleveland Rockers Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2024.