1997 Cleveland Rockers season

August 2023 March 2026 Cleveland Rockers 1997 15 13 Eastern 4th Linda Hill-MacDonald Gund Arena Did not qualify True The 1997 WNBA season was the inaugural season for the Cleveland Rockers. Transactions WNBA allocation draft Player Nationality School/Team/Country Janice Braxton NC State Michelle Edwards Maryland WNBA elite draft WNBA elite draft Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 2 Isabelle Fijalkowski Colorado 2 10 Lynette Woodard Kansas WNBA draft 1997 WNBA draft Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 4 Eva Němcová Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Bourges (France) 2 13 Merlakia Jones Florida320Tina NicholsonPenn State429Anita MaxwellNew Mexico State Transactions DateTransaction January 22, 1997 Drafted Janice Braxton and Michelle Edwards in the 1997 WNBA Allocation Draft1997 Cleveland Rockers Transactions https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/CLE/1997_transactions.html 2024-05-22 Basketball-Reference.com en February 27, 1997 Drafted Isabelle Fijalkowski and Lynette Woodard in the 1997 WNBA Elite Draft April 28, 1997 Drafted Eva Němcová, Merlakia Jones, Tina Nicholson and Anita Maxwell in the 1997 WNBA draftMay 6, 1997Hired Linda Hill-MacDonald as Head Coach Roster Cleveland Rockers 1997 WNBA 20 Marcie Alberts G 5 4 1975-04-12 R Ohio State USA 14 Jenny Boucek G 5 8 130 1973-12-20 R Virginia USA 8 Janice Braxton Janice Lawrence Braxton F 6 3 178 1962-06-07 R Louisiana Tech USA 34 Rushia Brown F 6 2 175 1972-05-05 R Furman USA 44 Michelle Edwards basketball G 5 9 150 1966-03-06 R Iowa USA 13 Isabelle Fijalkowski F/C 6 5 200 1972-05-23 R Colorado FRA 31 Adrienne Johnson basketball, born 1974 G 5 10 154 1974-02-05 R Ohio State USA 25 Merlakia Jones G 5 10 147 1973-06-21 R Florida USA 40 Anita Maxwell 1 F 1974-04-07 R New Mexico State USA 6 Eva Němcová F 6 3 178 1972-12-03 R Czechoslovakia 11 Tina Nicholson G 5 2 146 1973-09-27 R Penn State USA 4 Lynette Woodard G 6 0 160 1959-08-12 R Kansas USA USA Linda Hill-MacDonald West Chester USA Mike Wilhelm basketball Schedule Regular season Cleveland Rockers 1997 Total: 15–13 (Home: 10–5; Road: 7–9) Cleveland Rockers June yes 1 2 0 1 |- | 1 | June 21 | Houston | L 56–76 | Isabelle Fijalkowski (12) | Lynette Woodard (7) | Braxton Edwards Nicholson Němcová (2) | Gund Arena | 0–1 |- | 2 | June 26 | Utah | W 74–63 | Isabelle Fijalkowski (21) | Janice Braxton (14) | Michelle Edwards (8) | Gund Arena | 1–1 |- | 3 | June 28 | Phoenix | L 63–68 | Michelle Edwards (14) | Janice Braxton (12) | Fijalkowski Němcová (5) | Gund Arena | 1–2 |- | 4 | June 29 | @ Charlotte | W 67–44 | Isabelle Fijalkowski (15) | Isabelle Fijalkowski (9) | Braxton Boucek Woodard (3) | Charlotte Coliseum | 1–3 Cleveland Rockers July 4 2 5 3 |- | 5 | July 3 | Los Angeles | L 62–74 | Janice Braxton (15) | Janice Braxton (10) | Boucek Němcová (3) | Gund Arena | 1–4 |- | 6 | July 6 | @ Sacramento | L 67–70 | Merlakia Jones (15) | Isabelle Fijalkowski (9) | Tina Nicholson (5) | ARCO Arena | 1–5 |- | 7 | July 7 | @ Los Angeles | W 81–70 | Braxton Woodard (20) | Lynette Woodard (11) | Lynette Woodard (6) | Great Western Forum | 2–5 |- | 8 | July 10 | Sacramento | W 77–61 | Janice Braxton (19) | Janice Braxton (11) | Isabelle Fijalkowski (4) | Gund Arena | 3–5 |- | 9 | July 12 | @ Charlotte | L 43–72 | Eva Němcová (11) | Braxton Brown (8) | Němcová Woodard (3) | Charlotte Coliseum | 3–6 |- | 10 | July 14 | New York | L 57–68 | Janice Braxton (18) | Isabelle Fijalkowski (5) | Tina Nicholson (9) | Gund Arena | 3–7 |- | 11 | July 15 | @ New York | L 59–76 | Lynette Woodard (12) | Eva Němcová (7) | Fijalkowski Woodard (3) | Madison Square Garden | 3–8 |- | 12 | July 17 | Charlotte | W 65–47 | Němcová Woodard (14) | Isabelle Fijalkowski (11) | Isabelle Fijalkowski (6) | Gund Arena | 4–8 |- | 13 | July 19 | Utah | W 95–68 | Janice Braxton (19) | Lynette Woodard (11) | Nicholson Woodard (6) | Gund Arena | 5–8 |- | 14 | July 23 | @ Los Angeles | W 89–85 | Isabelle Fijalkowski (24) | Janice Braxton (6) | Michelle Edwards (6) | Great Western Forum | 6–8 |- | 15 | July 26 | @ Utah | W 77–66 | Rushia Brown (17) | Isabelle Fijalkowski (10) | Eva Němcová (4) | Delta Center | 7–8 |- | 16 | July 28 | @ Phoenix | W 76–64 | Eva Němcová (22) | Janice Braxton (10) | Edwards Fijalkowski (5) | America West Arena | 8–8 |- | 17 | July 29 | @ Houston | W 73–64 | Eva Němcová (18) | Janice Braxton (7) | Edwards Fijalkowski (5) | The Summit | 9–8 |- | 18 | July 31 | Phoenix | W 79–67 | Eva Němcová (17) | Edwards Woodard (5) | Michelle Edwards (6) | Gund Arena | 10–8 |- | Cleveland Rockers August 5 1 2 5 |- | 19 | August 2 | Sacramento | W 72–51 | Isabelle Fijalkowski (22) | Edwards Fijalkowski (9) | Michelle Edwards (7) | Gund Arena | 11–8 |- | 20 | August 5 | Houston | L 66–76 | Michelle Edwards (17) | Janice Braxton (6) | Michelle Edwards (7) | Gund Arena | 11–9 |- | 21 | August 7 | Los Angeles | L 84–87 (2OT) | Eva Němcová (22) | Isabelle Fijalkowski (10) | Edwards Woodard (5) | Gund Arena | 11–10 |- | 22 | August 11 | @ Utah | W 74–59 | Merlakia Jones (19) | Rushia Brown (11) | Michelle Edwards (6) | Delta Center | 12–10 |- | 23 | August 12 | @ Sacramento | L 76–81 | Eva Němcová (16) | Brown Fijalkowski (9) | Isabelle Fijalkowski (5) | ARCO Arena | 12–11 |- | 24 | August 14 | @ Phoenix | L 55–61 | Merlakia Jones (12) | Brown Němcová (8) | Michelle Edwards (7) | America West Arena | 12–12 |- | 25 | August 17 | Charlotte | W 81–49 | Eva Němcová (21) | Janice Braxton (15) | Braxton Němcová (4) | Gund Arena | 13–12 |- | 26 | August 21 | @ Houston | W 76–75 | Michelle Edwards (15) | Braxton Woodard (5) | Braxton Fijalkowski (3) | The Summit | 14–12 |- | 27 | August 23 | New York | W 72–71 | Janice Braxton (19) | Janice Braxton (8) | Edwards Woodard (5) | Gund Arena | 15–12 |- | 28 | August 24 | @ New York | L 72–79 (OT) | Janice Braxton (15) | Braxton Fijalkowski (4) | Eva Němcová (4) | Madison Square Garden | 15–13 cle 1997 Season standings CLE Statistics Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Eva Němcová 28 28 33.7 .473 .435 .855 3.9 2.4 1.4 0.3 13.7 Janice Braxton 25 24 32.9 .417 .500 .768 7.6 2.0 1.4 1.1 11.5 Michelle Edwards 20 14 31.1 .447 .240 .523 3.5 4.5 1.8 0.2 10.2 Isabelle Fijalkowski 28 28 28.7 .508 .250 .786 5.6 2.4 0.6 0.6 11.9 Lynette Woodard 28 27 25.4 .401 .000 .672 4.1 2.4 1.6 0.4 7.8 Merlakia Jones 28 1 21.0 .402 .417 .714 2.9 0.9 0.8 0.1 8.2 Rushia Brown 28 3 18.3 .520 N/A .734 4.0 0.7 1.2 0.5 6.3 Tina Nicholson 24 14 11.4 .409 .375 .600 0.4 1.8 0.5 0.0 2.0 Jenny Boucek 10 1 11.2 .467 .000 .571 1.0 0.9 0.6 0.0 1.8 Adrienne Johnson 25 2 7.8 .379 .500 .778 0.9 0.4 0.2 0.0 2.1 Anita Maxwell 9 0 7.0 .320 N/A .375 1.3 0.9 0.4 0.0 2.1 Marcie Alberts 5 0 6.0 .000 .000 N/A 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.0 ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded during the season ≠Acquired during the season Janice Braxton ranked sixth in the WNBA in total rebounds with 189 Janice Braxton tied for fifth in the WNBA in blocks with 28. Michelle Edwards ranked eighth in the WNBA in assists with 89. Isabelle Fijalkowski ranked second in the WNBA in Field Goal Percentage (.508) Isabelle Fijalkowski ranked eighth in the WNBA in Free Throw Pct with .786 Eva Nemcova ranked fourth in the WNBA in Field Goal Percentage (.473) Eva Nemcova ranked fourth in the WNBA in Free Throw Pct with .855 Eva Nemcova ranked tenth in the WNBA in field goals with 138. Eva Nemcova ranked eighth in the WNBA in points with 384 points. Eva Nemcova ranked seventh in the WNBA in minutes per game with 33.7 Eva Nemcova ranked eighth in the WNBA in points per game with 13.7 Awards and honors Janice Braxton, Ranked second in the WNBA (tied), Defensive Rebounds, 151 Isabelle Fijalkowski: Led WNBA, Personal Fouls, 129 Eva Nemcova: Led WNBA, 3-Pt Field Goal Percentage, .435 https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/years/1997.html 1997 WNBA Season Summary References External links Rockers on Basketball Reference Category:Cleveland Rockers seasons Cleveland Cleveland Rockers