2013 Los Angeles Sparks season

2013 Los Angeles Sparks season

Head Coach

Arena

Results
Record	24–10 (.706)
Place	2nd (Western)
Playoff Finish	Lost in Conference Semifinals



Media
Television	TWC SportsNet and TWC Deportes ESPN2, NBATV
Los Angeles Sparks seasons
< 2012	2014 >

The 2013 WNBA season is the 17th season for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Transactions

WNBA Draft

The following are the Sparks' selections in the 2013 WNBA Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	10
2	22
3	34

Trades

Date	Trade
TBD	To Los Angeles Sparks	To TBD
TBD	TBD	TBD

Personnel changes

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team

Roster

2013 Los Angeles Sparks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
4.0 !F	13	SWE !	Abdi, Farhiya	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)		05-31-1992	Sweden
2.5 !G/F	0	USA !	Beard, Alana	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	05-14-1982	Duke
2.5 !G/F	25	USA !	Coleman, Marissa	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	01-04-1987	Maryland
1.5 !G	10	USA !	Harding, Lindsey	7000172720000000000♠5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	135 lb (61 kg)	06-12-1984	Duke
4.0 !F	16	USA !	Hoffman, Ebony	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	08-27-1982	Southern California
6.0 !C	42	USA !	Lavender, Jantel	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	11-12-1988	Ohio State
1.5 !G	1	USA !	Mathies, A'dia	7000175260000000000♠5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)		03-18-1991	Kentucky
4.0 !F	30	USA !	Ogwumike, Nneka	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	07-02-1990	Stanford
2.5 !G/F	6	AUS !	O'Hea, Jenna	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	174 lb (79 kg)	06-06-1987	Australia
5.5 !F/C	3	USA !	Parker, Candace	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	04-19-1986	Tennessee
1.5 !G	20	USA !	Toliver, Kristi	7000170180000000000♠5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	130 lb (59 kg)	01-27-1987	Maryland

Head coach: Carol Ross (Mississippi)
Assistant coaches: Sandy Brondello (Australia)
Bridget Pettis (Florida)

Athletic trainer: Courtney Watson (California)

Strength and conditioning coach: Bruce Deziel (Ohio)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
Injured

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Candace Parker	Jantel Lavender
PF	Nneka Ogwumike	Ebony Hoffman Farhiya Abdi
SF	Alana Beard	Marissa Coleman
SG	Kristi Toliver	Jenna O'Hea
PG	Lindsey Harding	A'dia Mathies

Season standings

#	Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	z-Minnesota Lynx	26	8	.765	-	34
2	x-Los Angeles Sparks	24	10	.706	2	34
3	x-Phoenix Mercury	19	15	.559	7	34
4	x-Seattle Storm	17	17	.500	9	34

5	e-San Antonio Silver Stars	12	22	.353	14	34
6	e-Tulsa Shock	11	23	.324	15	34

Schedule

Preseason

2013 pre-season game log
Total: 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–0)

Pre-season: 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	May 12	Seattle	L 66–67	Ebony Hoffman (8)	Paola Ferrari (6)	Coleman, O'Hea, & Abdi (2)	Walter Pyramid at Long Beach State 1524	0–1
2	May 19	Tulsa	L 67–82	Kristi Toliver (11)	Candace Parker (7)	Lindsey Harding (4)	SRC Arena 1917	0–2

2013 season schedule

Regular season

2013 game log
Total: 24–10 (Home: 15–2; Road: 9–8)

May: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	May 26	Seattle	W 102–69	Kristi Toliver (17)	Jantel Lavender (6)	Lindsey Harding (8)	Staples Center 10090	1–0

June : 4–4 (Home: 4–0; Road: 0–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
2	June 1	@ San Antonio	L 78–83	Candace Parker (27)	Candace Parker (20)	Lindsey Harding (5)	AT&T Center 6081	1–1
3	June 8	Tulsa	W 76–69 (OT)	Kristi Toliver (21)	Candace Parker (13)	Lindsey Harding (8)	Staples Center 6110	2–1
4	June 14	@ Phoenix	L 81–97	Kristi Toliver (18)	Nneka Ogwumike (10)	Candace Parker (3)	US Airways Center 13065	2–2
5	June 15	San Antonio	W 84–48	Nneka Ogwumike (16)	Nneka Ogwumike (7)	Parker & Toliver (6)	Staples Center 6980	3–2
6	June 21	Minnesota	W 87–59	Kristi Toliver (19)	Ogwumike, Parker, & Lavender (8)	Nneka Ogwumike (5)	Staples Center 6490	4–2
7	June 23	Washington	W 79–69	Lindsey Harding (22)	Nneka Ogwumike (9)	Lindsey Harding (7)	Staples Center 9651	5–2
8	June 28	@ Minnesota	L 64–88	Candace Parker (17)	Candace Parker (11)	Candace Parker (6)	Target Center 8814	5–3
9	June 29	@ Chicago	L 82–94	Candace Parker (23)	Candace Parker (9)	Candace Parker (4)	Allstate Arena 6885	5–4

July : 7–2 (Home: 4–2; Road: 3–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
10	July 2	Minnesota	W 96–66	Candace Parker (27)	Nneka Ogwumike (10)	Kristi Toliver (9)	Staples Center 7856	6–4
11	July 4	NY Liberty	W 97–89	Kristi Toliver (29)	Candace Parker (8)	Lindsey Harding (8)	Staples Center 8565	7–4
12	July 6	San Antonio	W 93–66	Nneka Ogwumike (24)	Nneka Ogwumike (16)	Parker & Harding (3)	Staples Center 9807	8–4
13	July 11	@ Tulsa	W 94–78	Candace Parker (30)	Candace Parker (8)	Lindsey Harding (8)	BOK Center 6278	9–4
14	July 14	@ Phoenix	W 88–76	Candace Parker (21)	Nneka Ogwumike (13)	Kristi Toliver (6)	US Airways Center 8233	10–4
15	July 17	Atlanta	W 77–73	Kristi Toliver (15)	Candace Parker (10)	Lindsey Harding (6)	Staples Center 10876	11–4
16	July 18	Phoenix	L 84–90	Candace Parker (25)	Candace Parker (16)	Jenna O'Hea (5)	Staples Center 11105	11–5
17	July 20	@ Seattle	W 65–64	Nneka Ogwumike (24)	Nneka Ogwumike (9)	Lindsey Harding (8)	Key Arena 6357	12–5
18	July 25	Seattle	L 66–73	Candace Parker (24)	Candace Parker (10)	Kristi Toliver (3)	Staples Center 12651	12–6

August : 9–2 (Home: 4–0; Road: 5–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
All-Star Break
19	August 2	@ Tulsa	L 89–96	Kristi Toliver (23)	Nneka Ogwumike (11)	Lindsey Harding (6)	BOK Center 6168	12–7
20	August 4	@ Washington	W 75–57	Nneka Ogwumike (22)	Jantel Lavender (11)	Lindsey Harding (14)	Verizon Center 7092	13–7
21	August 6	@ Connecticut	W 74–72	Kristi Toliver (19)	Ogwumike & Toliver (9)	Toliver & Harding (4)	Mohegan Sun Arena 5792	14–7
22	August 8	@ Indiana	W 74–64	Jantel Lavender (18)	Jantel Lavender (9)	Lindsey Harding (5)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7076	15–7
23	August 10	@ NY Liberty	W 85–67	Jantel Lavender (18)	Jantel Lavender (8)	Lindsey Harding (4)	Prudential Center 7569	16–7
24	August 13	Chicago	W 80–76	Candace Parker (18)	Ogwumike, Parker, & Lavender (7)	Parker, Toliver, & Coleman (4)	Staples Center 10553	17–7
25	August 16	Indiana	W 94–72	Kristi Toliver (28)	Nneka Ogwumike (7)	Lindsey Harding (7)	Staples Center 11801	18–7
26	August 20	@ Seattle	L 57–77	Nneka Ogwumike (12)	Candace Parker (10)	Parker & Harding (3)	Key Arena 6738	18–8
27	August 25	Tulsa	W 90–88 (2OT)	Candace Parker (26)	Candace Parker (11)	Candace Parker (9)	Staples Center 9973	19–8
28	August 27	Connecticut	W 91–78	Candace Parker (28)	Nneka Ogwumike (12)	Candace Parker (7)	Staples Center 11401	20–8
29	August 31	@ San Antonio	W 80–67	Nneka Ogwumike (19)	Candace Parker (11)	Kristi Toliver (7)	AT&T Center 8086	21–8

September : 3–2 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
30	September 2	@ Atlanta	L 82–92	Nneka Ogwumike (17)	Nneka Ogwumike (10)	Kristi Toliver (9)	Philips Arena 5504	21–9
31	September 4	@ Minnesota	L 74–83	Candace Parker (25)	Candace Parker (8)	Nneka Ogwumike (4)	Target Center 9314	21–10
32	September 6	@ Tulsa	W 74–70	Candace Parker (20)	Candace Parker (9)	Lindsey Harding (10)	BOK Center 6704	22–10
33	September 12	Minnesota	W 85–84	Nneka Ogwumike (25)	Nneka Ogwumike (11)	Parker & Toliver (4)	Staples Center 11553	23–10
34	September 15	Phoenix	W 89–55	Parker & Lavender (16)	Jantel Lavender (9)	Lindsey Harding (5)	Staples Center 12311	24–10

2013 season schedule

Playoffs

2013 playoff game log
Total: 1–2 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–0)

Conference Semifinals: 1–2 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	September 19	Phoenix	L 75–86	Candace Parker (28)	Nneka Ogwumike (14)	Lindsey Harding (5)	Staples Center 8500	0–1
2	September 21	@ Phoenix	W 82–73	Candace Parker (31)	Ogwumike & Parker (11)	Lindsey Harding (4)	US Airways Center 11110	1–1
3	September 23	Phoenix	L 77–78	Kristi Toliver (22)	Nneka Ogwumike (10)	Toliver & Coleman (3)	Staples Center 9321	1–2

2013 season schedule

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

References

External links

Los Angeles Sparks

Founded in 1997 Based in Los Angeles, California

The Franchise	Franchise Current season

Arenas	Great Western Forum Staples Center

Head Coaches	Linda Sharp Julie Rousseau Orlando Woolridge Michael Cooper Karleen Thompson Ryan Weisenberg Henry Bibby Joe Bryant Michael Cooper Jennifer Gillom Joe Bryant Carol Ross Penny Toler Brian Agler

Administration	Owner: Guggenheim Partners General Manager: Rhonda Windham Penny Toler

All-Stars	Tamecka Dixon Chamique Holdsclaw Jantel Lavender Lisa Leslie Mwadi Mabika Taj McWilliams-Franklin DeLisha Milton-Jones Nneka Ogwumike Candace Parker Nikki Teasley Tina Thompson

Seasons	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Playoff Appearances	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2008 2009 2010 2012 2013 2014

Conference Titles	2001 2002 2003

WNBA Titles	2001 2002

Rivals	Detroit Shock Houston Comets New York Liberty Phoenix Mercury Sacramento Monarchs San Antonio Stars Seattle Storm

Media	TV: Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Time Warner Cable Deportes Announcers: Jim Watson, Mary Murphy

2013 WNBA season by team

Draft All-Star Game Playoffs Finals

Eastern	Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever New York Liberty Washington Mystics

Western	Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury San Antonio Silver Stars Seattle Storm Tulsa Shock

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