1998 Cleveland Rockers season

August 2023 March 2026 Cleveland Rockers 1998 20 10 Eastern 1st Linda Hill-MacDonald Gund Arena Lost WNBA Semifinals (2-1) to Phoenix Mercury 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: Player Nationality School/Team/Country Lynette Woodard Kansas WNBA draft 1998 WNBA draft Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 6 Cindy Blodgett Maine 2 16 Suzie McConnell Serio Penn State326Tanja KostićOregon State436Tammye JenkinsGeorgia Transactions DateTransaction February 18, 1998 Lost Lynette Woodard to the Detroit Shock in the WNBA expansion draft1998 Cleveland Rockers Transactions https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/CLE/1998_transactions.html 2024-05-29 Basketball-Reference.com en April 29, 1998 Drafted Cindy Blodgett, Suzie McConnell Serio, Tanja Kostić and Tammye Jenkins in the 1998 WNBA draft Roster Cleveland Rockers 1998 WNBA 41 Tully Bevilaqua G 5 7 145 1972-07-19 R AUS 5 Cindy Blodgett G 5 9 130 1975-12-23 R Maine USA 8 Janice Braxton Janice Lawrence Braxton F 6 3 178 1962-06-07 1 Louisiana Tech USA 34 Rushia Brown F 6 2 175 1972-05-05 1 Furman USA 44 Michelle Edwards basketball G 5 9 150 1966-03-06 1 Iowa USA 13 Isabelle Fijalkowski F/C 6 5 200 1972-05-23 1 Colorado FRA 31 Adrienne Johnson basketball, born 1974 G 5 10 154 1974-02-05 1 Ohio State USA 25 Merlakia Jones G 5 10 147 1973-06-21 1 Florida USA 10 Tanja Kostić F 6 2 163 1972-11-10 R Oregon State SWE 4 Suzie McConnell-Serio G 1966-07-29 R Penn State USA 6 Eva Němcová F 6 3 178 1972-12-03 1 Czechoslovakia 51 Raegan Scott F/C 6 3 169 1975-08-12 1 Colorado USA USA Linda Hill-MacDonald West Chester USA Mike Wilhelm basketball Schedule Regular season Cleveland Rockers 1998 Total: 20–10 (Home: 11–4; Road: 9–6) Cleveland Rockers June yes 3 1 1 2 |- | 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 Cleveland Rockers July 6 2 2 4 |- | 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 |- | Cleveland Rockers August 2 1 6 0 |- | 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 cle 1998 Playoffs Cleveland Rockers 1998 yes Cleveland Rockers Semifinal vs. Phoenix MercuryLost Series: 1–2 yes |- | 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 cle 1998 yes Season standings CLE Statistics Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Eva Němcová 30 30 32.4 .466 .452 .893 3.7 2.2 1.1 0.7 11.9 Suzie McConnell-Serio 28 28 31.5 .455 .408 .729 2.2 6.4 1.8 0.2 8.6 Isabelle Fijalkowski 28 23 28.8 .547 .400 .821 6.9 2.1 0.6 1.0 13.7 Janice Braxton 30 30 28.0 .495 .333 .755 5.6 2.5 1.7 0.5 9.8 Michelle Edwards 23 9 23.2 .417 .324 .620 2.3 2.8 1.0 0.0 7.7 Merlakia Jones 30 21 22.8 .464 .350 .753 3.2 1.3 1.1 0.1 9.5 Rushia Brown 30 7 17.4 .460 .000 .776 3.1 0.9 1.1 0.5 6.5 Tully Bevilagua 11 2 11.5 .571 .333 .667 0.9 2.1 1.1 0.2 1.9 Adrienne Johnson 29 0 11.4 .457 .424 .722 1.7 0.5 0.2 0.1 4.6 Cindy Blodgett 22 0 8.4 .288 .270 .625 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.0 2.9 Raegan Scott 22 0 7.6 .368 .000 .833 1.3 0.3 0.1 0.2 1.7 Tanja Kostić 5 0 6.0 .667 N/A .500 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 1.0 ‡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 External links Rockers on Basketball Reference Category:Cleveland Rockers seasons Cleveland Category:Eastern Conference (WNBA) championship seasons Cleveland Rockers