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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:

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Lynette WoodardKansas

WNBA draft

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16Cindy BlodgettMaine
216Suzie McConnell SerioPenn State
326Tanja KostićOregon State
436Tammye JenkinsGeorgia

Transactions

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February 18, 1998title=1998 Cleveland Rockers Transactionsurl=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/CLE/1998_transactions.htmlaccess-date=2024-05-29website=Basketball-Reference.comlanguage=en}}
April 29, 1998Drafted Cindy Blodgett, Suzie McConnell Serio, Tanja Kostić and Tammye Jenkins in the [1998 WNBA draft](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

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Eva Němcová303032.4.466.452.8933.72.21.10.711.9
Suzie McConnell-Serio282831.5.455.408.7292.26.41.80.28.6
Isabelle Fijalkowski282328.8.547.400.8216.92.10.61.013.7
Janice Braxton303028.0.495.333.7555.62.51.70.59.8
Michelle Edwards23923.2.417.324.6202.32.81.00.07.7
Merlakia Jones302122.8.464.350.7533.21.31.10.19.5
Rushia Brown30717.4.460.000.7763.10.91.10.56.5
Tully Bevilagua11211.5.571.333.6670.92.11.10.21.9
Adrienne Johnson29011.4.457.424.7221.70.50.20.14.6
Cindy Blodgett2208.4.288.270.6250.60.80.40.02.9
Raegan Scott2207.6.368.000.8331.30.30.10.21.7
Tanja Kostić506.0.667N/A.5000.40.40.00.01.0

‡Waived/Released during the season

†Traded during the season

≠Acquired during the season

Awards and honors

  • Suzie McConnell Serio, WNBA Newcomer of the Year Award
  • Isabelle Fijalkowski, WNBA Peak Performer
  • Suzie McConnell Serio, WNBA Sportsmanship Award

References

References

  1. "1998 Cleveland Rockers Transactions".
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