Cleveland Rockers

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The Cleveland Rockers was a Women's National Basketball Association team. The Rockers was one of the original eight franchises that started in 1997. The owner was Gordon Gund, who also owned the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers. In September 2003, Gund announced that his Gund Arena Company would no longer operate the Rockers. The team folded after the 2003 season as the league was not able to find new ownership for the team.

Contents

1 Uniform
2 Playoff history
3 History
4 Season-by-Season Records
5 Retired numbers
6 Hall of Famers
7 Not to be forgotten
8 Coaches and others

Uniform

White with water blue lines over the shoulders, and black with water blue lines over the shoulders on the road, with a basketball-shaped guitar and the name Rockers.

Playoff history

Playoff Appearances: 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003

Conference Championships:

WNBA Championships:

History

The Rockers, who got their nickname to honor Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, have had little success historically. In 1997, they started with such players like Isabelle Fijalkowski and former Harlem Globetrotters member Lynette Woodard, who had been the first female player in Globetrotter history. The Rockers missed the playoffs in 1997, made them in 1998, going 20-10 and winning the Eastern Conference title, but lost to the Houston Comets in the WNBA finals. They made the conference finals again in 2000 but lost to the New York Liberty.

Season-by-Season Records

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, % = Win-Loss % {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- bgcolor="#efefef" ! Season !! W !! L !! % !! Playoffs !! Results |- |Cleveland Rockers |- |1997 || 15 || 13 || .536 |- |1998 || 20 || 10 || .667 || Lost WNBA Semifinals || Phoenix 2, Cleveland 1 |- |1999 || 7 || 25 || .219 |- |2000 || 17 || 15 || .531 || Won First Round
Lost Conference Finals || Cleveland 2, Orlando 1
New York 2, Cleveland 1 |- |2001 || 22 || 10 || .688 || Lost First Round || Charlotte 2, Cleveland 1 |- |2002 || 10 || 22 || .313 |- |2003 || 17 || 17 || .500 || Lost First Round || Detroit 2, Cleveland 1 |- |- |Totals || 108 || 112 || .491 |- |Playoffs || 6 || 9 || .400

Retired numbers

None

Hall of Famers

Lynette Woodard (Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame)

Not to be forgotten

Mery Andrade
Lucienne Berthieu
Tricia Bader Binford, now coaches at Montana State University
Cindy Blodgett
Jenny Boucek
Rushia Brown
Helen Darling
Michelle Edwards
Isabelle Fijalkowski
Tracy Henderson
Deanna Jackson
Pollyanna Johns-Kimbrough
Merlakia Jones
Betty Lennox
Suzie McConnell Serio, now coaches the Minnesota Lynx
Chastity Melvin
Eva Nemcova
Jennifer Rizzotti, now coaches at the University of Hartford
Paige Sauer, now an assistant coach at the University of Northern Colorado
Penny Taylor
LaToya Thomas
Ann Wauters
Lynette Woodard

Coaches and others

Head Coaches:

Linda Hill-McDonald (1997-1999), now coaches at the University at Buffalo
Dan Hughes (2000-2003), now coaches the San Antonio Silver Stars

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