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2000 Los Angeles Sparks season

The 2000 WNBA season was the fourth season for the Los Angeles Sparks. The team set a 28–4 record, the best in league history, but they were unable to go for the WNBA Finals, losing in the conference finals in a sweep to the Houston Comets.

Transactions

Indiana Fever expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Indiana Fever expansion draft from the Los Angeles Sparks:

Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="10%"	Player	Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="10%"	Nationality	Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="10%"	School/Team/Country
Gordana Grubin	SFR Yugoslavia	MiZo Pécs (Hungary)

Seattle Storm expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Seattle Storm expansion draft from the Los Angeles Sparks:

Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="10%"	Player	Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="10%"	Nationality	Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="10%"	School/Team/Country
Nina Bjedov	SFR Yugoslavia	Basket Bees Treviglio (Italy)

WNBA draft

Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="2%"	Round	Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="5%"	Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="10%"
1	15	Nicole Kubik	Nebraska
2	31	Paige Sauer	UConn
3	47	Marte Alexander	Arizona
4	63	Nicky McCrimmon	USC

Transactions

Los Angeles Sparks}}" width=125"	Date	Los Angeles Sparks}}" colspan="2"	Transaction
September 30, 1999	Head Coach Orlando Woolridge retires from coaching
October 14, 1999	Hired Michael Cooper as Head Coach
December 15, 1999	title=2000 Los Angeles Sparks Transactions	url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/LAS/2000_transactions.html	access-date=2024-08-14	website=Basketball-Reference.com	language=en}}
Lost Gordana Grubin to the Indiana Fever in the WNBA expansion draft
April 25, 2000	Drafted Nicole Kubik, Paige Sauer, Marte Alexander and Nicky McCrimmon in the [2000 WNBA draft](2000-wnba-draft)
May 30, 2000	Waived Nicole Kubik
October 11, 2000	Traded La'Keshia Frett to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for Latasha Byears
Traded Allison Feaster and Clarisse Machanguana to the Charlotte Sting in exchange for Rhonda Mapp and E.C. Hill

Roster

Schedule

Regular season

|- | 1 | May 31 | Utah | W 69-62 | Mwadi Mabika (21) | Lisa Leslie (11) | Leslie Mabika (4) | Great Western Forum

1–0
-
2
June 3
@ Minnesota
W 82-75
Lisa Leslie (21)
Lisa Leslie (11)
DeLisha Milton-Jones (5)
Target Center
2–0
-
3
June 6
Portland
W 70-57
Lisa Leslie (19)
Allison Feaster (7)
Dixon
Figgs
Mabika (3)
Great Western Forum
3–0
-
4
June 10
Phoenix
W 76-57
DeLisha Milton-Jones (17)
Lisa Leslie (10)
Dixon
Mabika (5)
Great Western Forum
4–0
-
5
June 11
@ Sacramento
L 68-75
Lisa Leslie (19)
Lisa Leslie (11)
Mwadi Mabika (6)
ARCO Arena
4–1
-
6
June 13
@ Seattle
L 59-69 (OT)
DeLisha Milton-Jones (13)
DeLisha Milton-Jones (9)
Ukari Figgs (4)
KeyArena
4–2
-
7
June 17
@ Portland
W 94-81
Mwadi Mabika (26)
Mwadi Mabika (10)
Dixon
Figgs (4)
Rose Garden
5–2
-
8
June 18
Charlotte
W 70-62
Mwadi Mabika (21)
Allison Feaster (6)
Ukari Figgs (5)
Great Western Forum
6–2
-
9
June 20
Houston
W 90-84
Leslie
Mabika (21)
Lisa Leslie (14)
Ukari Figgs (8)
Great Western Forum
7–2
-
10
June 23
@ Miami
W 68-54
Lisa Leslie (17)
Lisa Leslie (13)
Tamecka Dixon (4)
American Airlines Arena
8–2
-
11
June 25
@ New York
W 72-67
Lisa Leslie (22)
DeLisha Milton-Jones (11)
Mwadi Mabika (6)
Madison Square Garden
9–2
-
12
June 26
@ Washington
W 74-72
Tamecka Dixon (13)
Lisa Leslie (14)
Figgs
Mabika
McCrimmon (4)
MCI Center
10–2
-
13
June 28
@ Indiana
W 82-73
Mwadi Mabika (19)
Lisa Leslie (13)
Ukari Figgs (9)
Conseco Fieldhouse
11–2
-
-
14
July 1
Cleveland
W 75-67
Lisa Leslie (22)
DeLisha Milton-Jones (12)
Mwadi Mabika (6)
Great Western Forum
12–2
-
15
July 2
Detroit
W 85-63
Mwadi Mabika (21)
Lisa Leslie (12)
Tamecka Dixon (8)
Great Western Forum
13–2
-
16
July 5
@ Sacramento
W 76-61
Mwadi Mabika (23)
Lisa Leslie (9)
Figgs
Mabika (5)
ARCO Arena
14–2
-
17
July 6
Washington
W 79-70
Lisa Leslie (21)
Lisa Leslie (13)
Nicky McCrimmon (6)
Great Western Forum
15–2
-
18
July 9
Utah
W 92-72
Lisa Leslie (22)
Leslie
Machanguana (5)
Ukari Figgs (7)
Great Western Forum
16–2
-
19
July 11
Portland
L 77-80
Mwadi Mabika (22)
Lisa Leslie (7)
Figgs
Milton-Jones (4)
Great Western Forum
16–3
-
20
July 14
Houston
W 63-58
Mwadi Mabika (15)
Leslie
Mabika (8)
Ukari Figgs (5)
Great Western Forum
17–3
-
21
July 15
Minnesota
W 58-57
Lisa Leslie (24)
Lisa Leslie (13)
Dixon
Figgs (3)
Great Western Forum
18–3
-
22
July 20
New York
W 82-66
Lisa Leslie (21)
Lisa Leslie (14)
Ukari Figgs (9)
Great Western Forum
19–3
-
23
July 21
@ Phoenix
W 74-68
Lisa Leslie (30)
Lisa Leslie (16)
Figgs
McCrimmon (5)
America West Arena
20–3
-
24
July 23
Sacramento
W 73-68
Lisa Leslie (20)
DeLisha Milton-Jones (11)
Tamecka Dixon (7)
Great Western Forum
21–3
-
25
July 25
Orlando
W 78-63
Lisa Leslie (17)
Lisa Leslie (11)
Ukari Figgs (6)
Charlotte Coliseum
22–3
-
26
July 27
Seattle
W 76-63
Lisa Leslie (18)
Lisa Leslie (7)
Ukari Figgs (5)
Great Western Forum
23–3
-
27
July 29
@ Houston
W 84-74
Tamecka Dixon (19)
Lisa Leslie (10)
Mwadi Mabika (6)
Compaq Center
24–3
-
28
July 31
@ Minnesota
W 73-66
DeLisha Milton-Jones (18)
DeLisha Milton-Jones (14)
DeLisha Milton-Jones (6)
Target Center
25–3
-
-
29
August 2
@ Detroit
W 84-81
Lisa Leslie (27)
DeLisha Milton-Jones (6)
Dixon
Leslie
Milton-Jones (3)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
26–3
-
30
August 5
@ Phoenix
W 77-63
Lisa Leslie (22)
Lisa Leslie (14)
Tamecka Dixon (7)
America West Arena
27–3
-
31
August 8
@ Seattle
W 60-52 (OT)
Tamecka Dixon (17)
Mwadi Mabika (12)
Mwadi Mabika (3)
KeyArena
28–3
-
32
August 9
@ Utah
L 77-89
Lisa Leslie (18)
Lisa Leslie (10)
Dixon
Leslie
McCrimmon (3)
Delta Center
28–4
-

Playoffs

1–0
2
August 13
Phoenix
W 101–76
Lisa Leslie (29)
Leslie
Mabika (8)
Tamecka Dixon (7)
Great Western Forum
2–0
-
1
August 17
@ Houston
L 56–77
Mwadi Mabika (21)
Lisa Leslie (8)
Figgs
Milton-Jones (4)
Compaq Center
0–1
-
2
August 20
Houston
L 69–74
Mwadi Mabika (19)
Lisa Leslie (14)
Leslie
Figgs (5)
Great Western Forum
0–2

Season standings

Statistics

Regular season

Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="6%"	Player	Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="6%"	GP	Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="6%"	GS	Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="6%"	MPG	Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="6%"	FG%	Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="6%"	3P%
Lisa Leslie	32	32	32.1	.458	.219	.824	9.6	1.9	1.0	2.3	17.8
DeLisha Milton-Jones	32	32	30.7	.512	.250	.745	6.1	2.1	1.4	0.9	11.8
Mwadi Mabika	32	32	29.4	.388	.384	.820	5.6	3.1	1.8	0.6	12.3
Tamecka Dixon	31	31	28.5	.454	.353	.805	3.4	3.1	1.3	0.3	10.9
Ukari Figgs	32	32	25.1	.431	.354	.831	1.7	4.0	0.7	0.1	6.7
Nicky McCrimmon	32	0	15.3	.506	.485	.500	1.0	2.0	0.9	0.3	3.2
Allison Feaster	32	0	14.7	.359	.259	.833	2.7	1.0	0.7	0.1	6.3
Clarisse Machanguana	31	1	13.6	.578	.000	.560	2.3	0.6	0.4	0.1	3.5
Vedrana Grgin-Fonseca	18	0	10.2	.274	.059	.609	1.3	0.7	0.2	0.1	2.7
La'Keshia Frett	25	0	7.5	.275	.000	.750	1.0	0.2	0.3	0.2	1.6
Paige Sauer	12	0	5.5	.571	N/A	.800	1.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	1.7

‡Waived/Released during the season

†Traded during the season

≠Acquired during the season

References

"2000 Los Angeles Sparks Transactions".

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