2008 Los Angeles Sparks season

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2008 Los Angeles Sparks season
Head Coach	Michael Cooper
Arena	Staples Center

Results
Record	4–2 (.667)
Place	Division: No Divisions in WNBA Conference: 3rd
Playoff Finish	TBD

The 2008 WNBA season will be the 12th season for the Los Angeles Sparks. The Sparks will attempt to return to the postseason for the first time since 2006.

1 Offseason
- 1.1 WNBA Draft
- 1.2 Transactions
2 Preseason
3 Regular season
- 3.1 Season standings
- 3.2 Season Schedule
4 Player stats
5 Roster
6 Playoffs
7 Awards and Honors
8 References

[edit] Offseason

The following player was selected in the Expansion Draft:

LaToya Thomas Los Angeles Sparks

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[edit] WNBA Draft

On October 23, 2007. The WNBA draft lottery was held. The Los Angeles Sparks received the first pick for the upcoming 2008 WNBA Draft.

Pick	Player	Nationality	School
1	Candace Parker	United States	Tennessee
15	Shannon Bobbitt	United States	Tennessee
29	Sharnee’ Zoll	United States	Virginia

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[edit] Transactions

April 24, The Sparks waived DeTrina White.
April 23 The Sparks waived Layla Schwarz.
April 22, The Sparks traded Taj McWilliams-Franklin and a first-round pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft to the Washington Mystics for DeLisha Milton-Jones.
April 21 The Sparks signed Tiina Sten to a training camp contract.
April 17 The Sparks signed Vaida Sipaviciute to a training camp contract.
April 15 The Sparks signed Lady Comfort to a training camp contract.
April 2 The Sparks signed Olympia Scott to a training camp contract.
March 6, The Sparks signed Liron Cohen and Brisa Silva to training camp contracts.
February 22 The Sparks signed free agent Marie Ferdinand-Harris.
February 21 The Sparks signed Jessica Moore and Raffaella Masciadri to training camp contracts.

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[edit] Preseason

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
May 3	@ Atlanta	86-80	Win	1-0
May 8	@ Chicago	84-68	Win	2-0
May 11	@ Minnesota	106-105 (2OT)	Win	3-0

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[edit] Regular season

Candace Parker scored 34 points, and set a league record for the most points in a WNBA debut. Parker added 12 rebounds to help the Los Angeles Sparks beat the defending champion Phoenix Mercury 99-94 on Saturday 17. Parker, narrowly missed a triple-double with 12 rebounds and eight assists. The previous high in a WNBA debut was 25 points by Cynthia Cooper in 1997. ^[5]

[edit] Season standings

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	Home	Road	GB
Minnesota Lynx	6	2	.750	3-1	3-1	-
Seattle Storm	6	3	.667	5-0	1-3	0.5
Los Angeles Sparks	4	2	.667	0-1	4-1	1.0
San Antonio Silver Stars	3	4	.429	3-0	0-4	2.5
Sacramento Monarchs	3	4	.429	2-1	1-3	2.5
Phoenix Mercury	2	4	.333	1-2	1-2	3.0
Houston Comets	1	7	.125	1-1	0-6	5.0

[edit] Season Schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
May 17	@ Phoenix	99-94	Win	1-0
May 25	@ Atlanta	74-56	Win	2-0
May 29	@ Indiana	78-82 (2OT)	Loss	2-1
May 31	@ Washington	70-59	Win	3-1
June 3	@ Chicago	81-77 (OT)	Win	4-1
June 6	vs. Phoenix	79-85	Loss	4-2
June 11	vs. Detroit	TBD	TBD	TBD
June 13	vs. Connecticut	TBD	TBD	TBD
June 14	@ Sacramento	TBD	TBD	TBD
June 18	vs. Chicago	TBD	TBD	TBD
June 20	@ San Antonio	TBD	TBD	TBD
June 22	vs. Indiana	TBD	TBD	TBD
June 24	vs. Seattle	TBD	TBD	TBD
June 26	vs. Washington	TBD	TBD	TBD

[edit] Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average

Player	GP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	AVG

[edit] Roster

Los Angeles Sparks Current Roster
Head Coach: Michael Cooper			Edit
Pos.	No.	Name	College/Country
G	6	Shannon Bobbitt	Tennessee
G	4	Kiesha Brown	Georgia
F	24	Marie Ferdinand-Harris	LSU
F	25	Kamela Gissendanner	Penn State
G	2	Temeka Johnson	LSU
C	9	Lisa Leslie	USC
F	33	Raffaella Masciadri	Italy
F/G	3	Candace Parker	Tennessee
F	8	DeLisha Milton-Jones	Florida
F-C	31	Jessica Moore	Connecticut
F	00	Murriel Page	Florida
G	1	Sidney Spencer	Tennessee
C	32	Christi Thomas	Georgia
(IL) - Inactive List