2001 Cleveland Rockers season
Introduction 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)    Dandenong Rangers (WNBL) 2  27  Jaynetta Saunders (F)    Texas A&M 3  43  Angelina Wolvert (F)    Oregon 4  59  Erin Batth (F/C)    Clemson
Regular season ===Season standings======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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