2000 Cleveland Rockers season

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:

WNBA draft

Transactions

Roster

Schedule

Regular season

|- | 1 | May 31 | @ Minnesota | L 62-73 | Eva Němcová (20) | Rushia Brown (5) | Bader Binford <br> McConnell-Serio (5) | Target Center | 0–1 |-

|- | 2 | June 3 | Washington | W 72-49 | Chasity Melvin (19) | Chasity Melvin (7) | Darling <br> Němcová (3) | Gund Arena | 1–1 |- | 3 | June 5 | @ Charlotte | W 69-53 | Eva Němcová (16) | Rushia Brown (9) | Melvin <br> 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 <br> 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 <br> Melvin (4) | American Airlines Arena | 5–3 |- | 9 | June 19 | Sacramento | W 81-70 | Eva Němcová (21) | Andrade <br> Brown (4) | Merlakia Jones (6) | Gund Arena | 6–3 |- | 10 | June 22 | @ Orlando | L 64-77 | Helen Darling (15) | Darling <br> Melvin (5) | Darling <br> 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 <br> Melvin <br> 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 <br> McConnell-Serio (9) | Rose Garden | 7–6 |-

|- | 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 <br> Hall <br> Jones (7) | McConnell-Serio <br> Melvin (4) | Gund Arena | 8–7 |- | 16 | July 7 | @ Miami | L 46-49 | Mery Andrade (10) | Brown <br> 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 <br> Jones <br> McConnell-Serio (4) | Gund Arena | 11–8 |- | 20 | July 15 | Indiana | W 79-55 | Merlakia Jones (13) | Ann Wauters (8) | Andrade <br> Brown <br> 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 <br> 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 <br> McConnell-Serio (3) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 15–12 |-

|- | 28 | August 3 | Utah | W 74-71 | Merlakia Jones (19) | Melvin <br> 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 <br> McConnell-Serio (12) | Merlakia Jones (7) | Chasity Melvin (3) | MCI Center | 17–15 |-

Playoffs

|- | 1 | August 11 | @ Orlando | L 55–62 | Merlakia Jones (18) | Brown <br> Jones (6) | Rushia Brown (4) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 0–1 |- | 2 | August 13 | Orlando | W 63–54 | Darling <br> Jones (15) | Chasity Melvin (10) | Suzie McConnell-Serio (6) | Gund Arena | 1–1 |- | 3 | August 15 | Orlando | W 72–43 | Ann Wauters (12) | Hall <br> Jones (7) | Suzie McConnell-Serio (7) | Gund Arena | 2–1

|- | 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 <br> McConnell-Serio (13) | Chasity Melvin (9) | Helen Darling (4) | Madison Square Garden | 1–2

Season standings

Statistics

Regular season

<br />^‡Waived/Released during the season <br />^â€ÂTraded during the season <br />^â‰ÂAcquired during the season

References