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

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

## Schedule
### Regular season

2000 game log Total: 17–15 (Home: 13–3; Road: 4–12) :
May: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
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
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
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
### 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