2010 Los Angeles Sparks season

2010 Los Angeles Sparks season
Head Coach Jennifer Gillom
Arena Staples Center
Attendance 9,468 per game
Results
Record 13–21
(.382)
Place 4th (Western)
Playoff Finish Lost Conference Semifinals
Team Leaders
Points Thompson (16.6)
Rebounds Thompson (6.2)
Assists Penicheiro (6.9)
Media
Television FS-W, PRIME
NBATV, ESPN2
Los Angeles Sparks seasons
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The 2010 WNBA season is the 14th season for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Contents

Transactions

Dispersal draft

Based on the Sparks' 2009 record, they would pick 8th in the Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft. The Sparks waived their pick.

WNBA Draft

The following are the Sparks' selections in the 2010 WNBA Draft.

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 8 Andrea Riley  United States Oklahoma State
1 12 (from Phx.) Bianca Thomas  United States Mississippi
2 20 Angel Robinson  United States Georgia
3 32 Rashidat Junaid  United States Rutgers

Transaction log

Trades

Date Trade
March 26, 2009 To Los Angeles Sparks To Phoenix Mercury
first-round pick in 2010 draft Temeka Johnson
May 5, 2009 To Los Angeles Sparks To Minnesota Lynx
Noelle Quinn Rafaella Masciadri and a first-round pick in 2010 draft
May 13, 2010 To Los Angeles Sparks To Chicago Sky
Kristi Toliver second-round pick in 2011 draft

Free agents

Additions

Player Signed Former team
Ticha Penicheiro February 9, 2010 Sacramento Monarchs
Kristi Toliver May 13, 2010 Chicago Sky
Tiffany Stansbury May 15, 2010 free agent
Chanel Mokango June 1, 2010 free agent

Subtractions

Player Left New team
Lisa Leslie 2009 retired
Vanessa Hayden May 7, 2009 free agent
Shannon Bobbitt May 14, 2009 free agent
Tiffany Stansbury June 1, 2010 free agent

Roster

Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight From
SG 24 Ferdinand-Harris, Marie 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 153 lb (69 kg) LSU
SG 22 Lennox, Betty  5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 143 lb (65 kg) Louisiana Tech
SF 8 Milton-Jones, DeLisha 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Florida
F 15 Mokango, Chanel 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) – Mississippi State
F 3 Parker, Candace  6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Tennessee
PG 21 Penicheiro, Ticha 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 146 lb (66 kg) Old Dominion
PG 45 Quinn, Noelle 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) UCLA
G 10 Riley, Andrea 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) 136 lb (62 kg) Oklahoma State
G 7 Toliver, Kristi 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) 130 lb (59 kg) Maryland
F 32 Thompson, Tina 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 178 lb (81 kg) Southern California
F 14 Wisdom-Hylton, Lindsay 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 186 lb (84 kg) Purdue
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Steve Smith
Athletic trainer
Strength and conditioning coach
  • Bruce Deziel
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Depth

Pos. Starter Bench
C Tina Thompson Chanel Mokango / Candace Parker
PF Delisha Milton-Jones Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
SF Noelle Quinn Betty Lennox
SG Marie Ferdinand-Harris Kristi Toliver
PG Ticha Penicheiro Andrea Riley

Season standings

Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Seattle Storm x 28 6 .824 – 17–0 11–6 20–2
Phoenix Mercury x 15 19 .441 13.0 9–8 6–11 13–9
San Antonio Silver Stars x 14 20 .412 14.0 8–9 6–11 11–11
Los Angeles Sparks x 13 21 .382 15.0 8–9 5–12 10–12
Minnesota Lynx o 13 21 .382 15.0 7–10 6–11 8–14
Tulsa Shock o 6 28 .176 22.0 4–13 2–15 4–18

Schedule

Preseason

2010 Game Log: Preseason
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
1 May 1 10:00pm China National Team 78-58 Junaid (15) Mohammed (12) Penicheiro (7) Viejas Arena
3,874		 1-0
2 May 8 3:30pm San Antonio 77-86 Ferdinand-Harris (13) 3 players (5) Bobbitt, Quinn (4) Walter Pyramid
1,521		 1-1

Regular season

2010 Game Log: Regular Season
Watch all games live on WNBA LiveAccess
May
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
1 May 15 2:00pm @ Phoenix ESPN2 77-78 Parker (24) Parker (12) Riley (4) US Airways Center
14,772		 0-1
2 May 16 9:00pm @ Seattle KONG 67-81 Thompson (19) Parker (11) Penicheiro (6) KeyArena
9,686		 0-2
3 May 22 8:00pm @ San Antonio NBATV
FS-SW		 81-88 Milton-Jones (20) Parker, Thompson (10) Milton-Jones (6) AT&T Center
7,862		 0-3
4 May 28 10:30pm Washington PRIME 81-75 Parker (30) Parker (10) Parker (5) STAPLES Center
13,154		 1-3
5 May 30 8:00pm Atlanta 82-101 Parker (32) Parker (12) Penicheiro (6) STAPLES Center
8,404		 1-4
June
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
6 June 4 10:00pm @ Phoenix 89-90 Parker (26) Parker (12) Penicheiro (10) US Airways Center
6,485		 1-5
7 June 5 11:00pm Seattle NBATV
FS-W		 75-79 Parker (24) Parker (8) Lennox, Parker (4) Home Depot Center
6,026		 1-6
8 June 8 10:30pm Phoenix PRIME 92-91 Parker (22) Parker (12) Quinn (7) STAPLES Center
7,993		 2-6
9 June 11 10:00pm @ Seattle KONG 60-82 Parker (13) Parker (7) 4 players (2) KeyArena
7,286		 2-7
10 June 13 3:00pm Minnesota 88-84 Milton-Jones (22) Parker (7) Penicheiro (5) STAPLES Center
7,005		 3-7
11 June 18 10:30pm Connecticut 75-78 Thompson (24) Milton-Jones, Quinn (6) Penicheiro (8) STAPLES Center
8,852		 3-8
12 June 24 7:00pm @ Washington CSN-MA 53-68 Toliver (11) Quinn (7) Penicheiro (6) Verizon Center
8,160		 3-9
13 June 27 3:00pm @ Atlanta NBATV
SSO		 81-89 Milton-Jones, Toliver (19) Milton-Jones (11) Penicheiro (10) Philips Arena
7,855		 3-10
14 June 29 10:30pm New York NBATV
PRIME		 68-80 Quinn (24) Thompson (6) Ferdinand-Harris, Quinn (4) STAPLES Center
8,602		 3-11
July
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
15 July 1 10:30pm San Antonio 73-63 Thompson (24) Thompson (10) Penicheiro (4) STAPLES Center
7,803		 4-11
16 July 3 5:00pm Seattle ESPN2 62-75 Toliver (18) Thompson, Wisdom-Hylton (10) Penicheiro (5) STAPLES Center
9,319		 4-12
17 July 6 10:00pm Phoenix ESPN2 89-98 Milton-Jones (20) Milton-Jones (8) Milton-Jones (6) STAPLES Center
8,336		 4-13
18 July 13 7:00pm @ Tulsa ESPN2 87-71 Thompson (24) Penicheiro (7) Penicheiro (9) BOK Center
7,073		 5-13
19 July 16 8:30pm @ Chicago CN100 68-80 Milton-Jones (21) Quinn (6) Penicheiro (9) Allstate Arena
4,841		 5-14
20 July 18 3:00pm @ San Antonio 73-83 Thompson (23) Thompson (8) Penicheiro, Quinn (6) AT&T Center
6,542		 5-15
21 July 20 3:00pm Tulsa 86-83 (OT) Milton-Jones (23) Penicheiro (7) Penicheiro (13) STAPLES Center
14,413		 6-15
22 July 22 7:00pm @ Indiana ESPN2 57-76 Thompson (19) Milton-Jones, Thompson (8) Penicheiro (6) Conseco Fieldhouse
7,898		 6-16
23 July 24 7:00pm @ Connecticut 89-80 Milton-Jones (20) Penicheiro, Quinn (7) Milton-Jones, Penicheiro (7) Mohegan Sun Arena
8,097		 7-16
24 July 27 8:00pm @ Minnesota 71-58 Thompson (24) Milton-Jones, Quinn, Thompson (8) Penicheiro (9) Target Center
6,215		 8-16
25 July 30 7:30pm @ New York 79-88 Thompson (18) Wisdom-Hylton (6) Penicheiro (7) Madison Square Garden
14,307		 8-17
August
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
26 August 4 10:30pm Chicago NBATV
CN100		 82-77 Milton-Jones (22) Wisdom-Hylton (13) Penicheiro (15) STAPLES Center
9,732		 9-17
27 August 6 10:30pm Tulsa 77-70 Milton-Jones (23) Milton-Jones, Penicheiro, Quinn (7) Penicheiro (13) STAPLES Center
8,962		 10-17
28 August 8 8:00pm San Antonio NBATV
FS-W
FSSW		 83-92 Thompson (23) Penicheiro (9) Penicheiro (8) STAPLES Center
9,793		 10-18
29 August 10 10:00pm Indiana ESPN2 76-82 Thompson (21) Thompson (13) Riley (6) STAPLES Center
10,586		 10-19
30 August 12 8:00pm @ Minnesota 78-77 Milton-Jones (21) Thompson (8) Penicheiro (10) Target Center
7,867		 11-19
31 August 14 8:00pm @ Tulsa COX 92-87 Thompson (24) Thompson (11) Penicheiro (9) BOK Center
5,719		 12-19
32 August 17 10:30pm Phoenix NBATV
PRIME		 84-90 Thompson (33) Penicheiro (9) Penicheiro (11) STAPLES Center
8,817		 12-20
33 August 20 10:30pm Minnesota 98-91 Thompson (26) Thompson (9) Penicheiro (12) STAPLES Center
13,154		 13-20
34 August 21 11:00pm @ Seattle ESPN2 75-76 Thompson (20) Milton-Jones (9) Penicheiro (8) KeyArena
9,686		 13-21

Postseason

2010 Game Log: Postseason
Western Conference Semifinals
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series
1 August 25 11:00pm @ Seattle ESPN2 66-79 Ferdinand-Harris (18) Milton-Jones (8) Toliver (5) KeyArena
10,589		 0-1
2 August 28 3:00pm Seattle ESPN2 66-81 Thompson (18) Milton-Jones (9) Thompson (5) STAPLES Center
8,326		 0-2

Statistics

Legend
  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  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage  TO  Turnovers per game  PF  Fouls per game Team leader

Regular season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Marie Ferdinand-Harris 30 24 24.3 .409 .292 .839 2.7 1.2 0.87 0.17 8.9
Betty Lennox 11 0 11.6 .391 .361 .833 1.7 1.5 0.18 0.00 4.9
Delisha Milton-Jones 34 34 32.2 .470 .317 .866 4.7 2.5 1.09 0.65 15.4
Chanel Mokango 21 0 3.4 .176 .000 .750 0.6 0.0 0.10 0.48 0.4
Candace Parker 10 10 33.5 .500 .250 .732 10.1 2.2 1.00 2.20 20.6
Ticha Penicheiro 32 30 26.3 .410 .111 .819 4.0 6.9 1.34 0.06 4.9
Noelle Quinn 34 34 32.5 .443 .402 .776 4.0 2.8 1.03 0.32 10.2
Andrea Riley 29 0 7.7 .303 .294 .838 0.8 1.0 0.48 0.03 3.4
Tiffany Stansbury 5 0 2.8 .333 .000 .500 0.0 0.0 0.20 0.00 0.6
Kristi Toliver 34 4 20.7 .438 .349 .815 2.2 1.3 0.53 0.06 8.6
Tina Thompson 33 33 33.2 .446 .352 .872 6.2 1.8 1.15 0.73 16.6
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton 32 1 15.1 .500 .000 .706 3.4 0.4 0.56 0.75 4.5

Postseason

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Marie Ferdinand-Harris 2 2 32.5 .391 .429 1.000 2.0 0.5 1.50 0.00 12.5
Delisha Milton-Jones 2 2 35.5 .360 1.000 .500 8.5 1.0 0.50 0.50 10.5
Ticha Penicheiro 2 2 29.5 .455 .000 1.000 2.5 2.5 2.50 0.00 6.0
Noelle Quinn 2 2 34.0 .368 .500 1.000 4.0 0.5 1.00 0.00 9.5
Andrea Riley 1 0 2.0 .000 .000 .000 1.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0
Kristi Toliver 2 0 22.5 .545 .600 1.000 0.0 4.0 0.50 0.00 8.0
Tina Thompson 2 2 39.0 .333 .286 1.000 6.0 3.0 1.50 2.00 17.0
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton 2 0 6.0 .667 .000 .500 2.5 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.5

Awards and honors

References

External links

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