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Eva Horáková
Czech basketball player
Eva Horáková, née Němcová (born 3 December 1972), is a Czech basketball player.
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| Born | (1972-12-03) December 3, 1972 (age 51) Prague, Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Czech | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 178 lb (81 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 1997: 1st round, 4th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Cleveland Rockers | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1997–2001 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 1997–2001 | Cleveland Rockers | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
| Career WNBA statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Points | 1,306 (11.8 ppg) | ||||||||||||||
| Rebounds | 386 (3.5 rpg) | ||||||||||||||
| Assists | 215 (1.9 apg) | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||
Medals
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The youngest of three children of Jiřina Němcová and Zdeněk Němec, she began her basketball career at the age of 18. She played for the Czech Republic national team in 1992 Summer Olympics, which finished at sixth place.[1]
On April 28, 1997, Němcová was the 4th overall pick in the 1997 WNBA draft, being selected by the Cleveland Rockers. Her debut game was played on June 21, 1997 in a 56 - 76 loss to the Houston Comets where she recorded 5 points, 2 assists and 1 block.[2] Němcová would go on to play 111 games in her WNBA career (from 1997 to 2001), all 111 of them being with the Cleveland Rockers.
She was named a member of the All-WNBA first team and second team in 1997 and 1998 respectively.[3] During the 2000 WNBA season, she set a league record by making 66 consecutive free throws. She was the ninth WNBA player to score 1,000 career points.[4]
Her final WNBA game ever was played on July 21, 2001 in a 56 - 41 victory over the Charlotte Sting. In her final game, Němcová played for 12 minutes and missed all four of her field goal attempts, but was still able to record 1 point, 1 assist and 2 rebounds.[5]
In 2005, Němcová won a gold medal with the Czech national team at the Eurowomen tournament.[6]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
Regular season
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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| 1997 | Cleveland | 28 | 28 | 33.7 | .473 | .435° | .855 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 13.7 |
| 1998 | Cleveland | 30 | 30 | 32.4 | .468 | .452° | .893 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 12.0 |
| 1999 | Cleveland | 31 | 28 | 29.8 | .419 | .366 | .984° | 3.7 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 11.1 |
| 2000 | Cleveland | 14 | 14 | 31.6 | .409 | .408 | .917 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 13.2 |
| 2001 | Cleveland | 8 | 2 | 14.1 | .342 | .200 | .625 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 4.3 |
| Career | 5 years, 1 team | 111 | 102 | 30.6 | .442 | .402 | .897 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 11.8 |
Playoffs
- "Eva Němcová Biography and Statistics". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
- "Eva Nemcova Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
- "Eva Nemcova". wnba.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
- "Czechs Happy To End Russian Dominance". FIBA Europe. Archived from the original on 2009-05-26. Retrieved 2009-06-15.