The

1997 WNBA season The 1997 WNBA Season was the Women's National Basketball Association's first in existence. It started off with 8 franchises: Charlotte Sting, Cleveland Rockers, Houston Comets, Los Angeles Sparks, New York Liberty, Phoenix Mercury, Sacramento ...

was the inaugural season for the Cleveland Rockers.

Offseason

Initial Player Allocation

WNBA draft

Regular season

Season standings

Season schedule

Player stats

*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

References

External links

Rockers on Basketball Reference
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Cleveland Rockers The Cleveland Rockers were a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team based in Cleveland, that played from 1997 until 2003. The Rockers were one of the original eight franchises of the WNBA, which started in 1997. The owner was Gordon Gu ...