2001 Cleveland Rockers season

2001 Cleveland Rockers season
Head Coach Dan Hughes
Arena Gund Arena
Attendance 9,211 per game
Results
Record 22–10
(.688)
Place 1st (Eastern)
Playoff Finish Lost First Round (2-1) to Charlotte Sting
Team Leaders
Points Merlakia Jones (13.5)
Rebounds Chasity Melvin (5.7)
Assists Helen Darling (3.4)
Cleveland Rockers seasons
< 2000 2002 >

The 2001 WNBA season was the 5th season for the Cleveland Rockers. The Rockers topped the Eastern Conference with the best record in franchise history, but their season ended shortly in the playoffs, losing in the first round to eventual conference champion Charlotte Sting.

Offseason

WNBA Draft

Round Pick Player Nationality College/School/Team
1 11 Penny Taylor (F)  Australia Dandenong Rangers (WNBL)
2 27 Jaynetta Saunders (F)  United States Texas A&M
3 43 Angelina Wolvert (F)  United States Oregon
4 59 Erin Batth (F/C)  United States Clemson

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Cleveland Rockers x 22 10 .688 15–6 –
New York Liberty x 21 11 .656 13–8 1.0
Miami Sol x 20 12 .625 14–7 2.0
Charlotte Sting x 18 14 .563 15–6 4.0
Orlando Miracle o 13 19 .406 9–12 9.0
Indiana Fever o 10 22 .313 7–14 12.0
Detroit Shock o 10 22 .313 7–14 12.0
Washington Mystics o 10 22 .313 4–17 12.0

Season schedule

Date Opponent Score Result Record
May 31 Washington 69-34 Win 1-0
June 2 @ Sacramento 65-70 Loss 1-1
June 5 @ Los Angeles 50-58 Loss 1-2
June 7 New York 67-49 Win 2-2
June 9 Indiana 86-76 Win 3-2
June 12 @ Portland 62-67 Loss 3-3
June 14 @ Seattle 58-36 Win 4-3
June 16 Miami 70-53 Win 5-3
June 17 @ Washington 57-55 Win 6-3
June 22 Los Angeles 74-70 Win 7-3
June 24 @ Miami 54-35 Win 8-3
June 26 Portland 61-57 Win 9-3
June 27 @ Orlando 65-41 Win 10-3
June 30 @ Charlotte 55-58 Loss 10-4
July 1 Minnesota 52-47 Win 11-4
July 6 @ Utah 69-73 Loss 11-5
July 8 @ Houston 63-53 Win 12-5
July 10 Seattle 59-53 Win 13-5
July 11 @ Indiana 76-58 Win 14-5
July 13 Phoenix 69-61 Win 15-5
July 19 New York 65-60 Win 16-5
July 21 Charlotte 56-41 Win 17-5
July 25 Miami 52-48 Win 18-5
July 27 Indiana 63-67 Loss 18-6
July 28 @ Detroit 57-50 Win 19-6
July 30 Orlando 65-47 Win 20-6
August 4 @ New York 58-43 Win 21-6
August 7 @ Orlando 67-74 Loss 21-7
August 8 Detroit 73-66 Win 22-7
August 10 Charlotte 53-55 Loss 22-8
August 12 @ Washington 49-57 Loss 22-9
August 14 @ Detroit 65-76 Loss 22-10

Playoffs

Game Date Opponent Score Result Record
Eastern Conference Semifinals
1 August 16 @ Charlotte 46-53 Loss 0-1
2 August 18 Charlotte 69-51 Win 1-1
3 August 20 Charlotte 64-72 Loss 1-2

Player stats

Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS
Merlakia Jones 30 164 45 29 4 404
Chasity Melvin 27 154 50 24 16 266
Rushia Brown 30 132 37 44 10 249
Ann Wauters 24 114 35 17 13 234
Penny Taylor 32 112 44 35 11 230
Helen Darling 32 76 109 34 4 196
Mery Andrade 32 87 100 51 10 152
Jennifer Rizzotti 32 30 51 25 2 119
Eva Nemcova 8 10 8 2 5 34
Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough 18 31 4 0 2 28
Tricia Bader Binford 19 12 11 5 0 21
Paige Sauer 2 2 0 0 1 2

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/CLE/2001.html
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