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2001 Los Angeles Sparks season
Women's basketball season
Women's basketball season
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The 2001 WNBA season was the fifth season for the Los Angeles Sparks. The Sparks won their first WNBA Finals.
Transactions
WNBA draft
| Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="2%" | Round | Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="5%" | Pick | Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="10%" | Player | Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="10%" | Nationality | Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="10%" | School/Team/Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | Camille Cooper | Purdue | ||||||
| 2 | 32 | Nicole Levandusky | Xavier | ||||||
| 3 | 48 | Kelley Siemon | Notre Dame | ||||||
| 4 | 64 | Beth Record | Syracuse |
Transactions
| Los Angeles Sparks}}" width=125" | Date | Los Angeles Sparks}}" colspan="2" | Transaction |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 20, 2001 | Drafted Camille Cooper, Nicole Levandusky, Kelley Siemon and Beth Record in the [2001 WNBA draft](2001-wnba-draft) | ||
| April 30, 2001 | Signed Kiesha Brown and Wendi Willits | ||
| May 9, 2001 | Waived Beth Record | ||
| May 18, 2001 | Waived E.C. Hill, Kiesha Brown and Paige Sauer | ||
| May 27, 2001 | Suspended contract of Kelley Siemon | ||
| June 5, 2001 | Traded Camille Cooper to the New York Liberty in exchange for a [2002](2002-wnba-draft) 2nd Round Pick |
Roster
Schedule
Regular season
|- | 1 | May 28 | @ Houston | W 66–63 | Byears Leslie (15) | Latasha Byears (10) | Lisa Leslie (4) | Compaq Center
| 1–0 |
|---|
| 2 |
| June 1 |
| @ Orlando |
| W 68–62 |
| Tamecka Dixon (21) |
| Lisa Leslie (12) |
| Mwadi Mabika (8) |
| TD Waterhouse Centre |
| 2–0 |
| - |
| 3 |
| June 2 |
| @ Charlotte |
| W 76–67 |
| Lisa Leslie (20) |
| Lisa Leslie (9) |
| Tamecka Dixon (4) |
| Charlotte Coliseum |
| 3–0 |
| - |
| 4 |
| June 5 |
| Cleveland |
| W 58–50 |
| Lisa Leslie (23) |
| Lisa Leslie (8) |
| Tamecka Dixon (6) |
| Staples Center |
| 4–0 |
| - |
| 5 |
| June 9 |
| @ Minnesota |
| W 62–60 |
| Lisa Leslie (17) |
| Lisa Leslie (16) |
| Dixon |
| Mabika (4) |
| Target Center |
| 5–0 |
| - |
| 6 |
| June 14 |
| Orlando |
| W 84–68 |
| Tamecka Dixon (18) |
| DeLisha Milton-Jones (7) |
| Figgs |
| Mabika (5) |
| Staples Center |
| 6–0 |
| - |
| 7 |
| June 16 |
| @ Seattle |
| W 73–60 |
| Lisa Leslie (22) |
| Lisa Leslie (11) |
| Dixon |
| McCrimmon (6) |
| KeyArena |
| 7–0 |
| - |
| 8 |
| June 17 |
| Portland |
| W 90–75 |
| Dixon |
| Leslie (13) |
| Mwadi Mabika (9) |
| Figgs |
| Milton-Jones (4) |
| Staples Center |
| 8–0 |
| - |
| 9 |
| June 19 |
| Charlotte |
| W 73–69 |
| Lisa Leslie (19) |
| Lisa Leslie (13) |
| Dixon |
| Figgs (5) |
| Staples Center |
| 9–0 |
| - |
| 10 |
| June 21 |
| @ Houston |
| L 65–69 |
| Lisa Leslie (17) |
| Lisa Leslie (14) |
| Tamecka Dixon (8) |
| Compaq Center |
| 9–1 |
| - |
| 11 |
| June 22 |
| @ Cleveland |
| L 70–74 |
| Lisa Leslie (21) |
| Byears |
| Dixon |
| Leslie |
| Milton-Jones (4) |
| DeLisha Milton-Jones (3) |
| Gund Arena |
| 9–2 |
| - |
| 12 |
| June 24 |
| @ New York |
| L 69–82 |
| Lisa Leslie (26) |
| Lisa Leslie (11) |
| Dixon |
| Leslie |
| Mabika |
| McCrimmon |
| Milton-Jones (2) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 9–3 |
| - |
| 13 |
| June 26 |
| @ Detroit |
| W 98–89 (OT) |
| Lisa Leslie (28) |
| Lisa Leslie (11) |
| Lisa Leslie (3) |
| The Palace of Auburn Hills |
| 10–3 |
| - |
| 14 |
| July 1 |
| Miami |
| W 86–60 |
| DeLisha Milton-Jones (19) |
| Latasha Byears (11) |
| Tamecka Dixon (6) |
| Staples Center |
| 11–3 |
| - |
| 15 |
| July 3 |
| Utah |
| W 84–71 |
| Lisa Leslie (18) |
| Latasha Byears (7) |
| Tamecka Dixon (7) |
| Staples Center |
| 12–3 |
| - |
| 16 |
| July 5 |
| Phoenix |
| W 73–50 |
| Lisa Leslie (23) |
| Lisa Leslie (15) |
| Figgs |
| Leslie (5) |
| Staples Center |
| 13–3 |
| - |
| 17 |
| July 8 |
| Minnesota |
| W 100–95 (OT) |
| Lisa Leslie (32) |
| Lisa Leslie (13) |
| Ukari Figgs (9) |
| Staples Center |
| 14–3 |
| - |
| 18 |
| July 10 |
| @ Utah |
| W 79–67 |
| Mwadi Mabika (19) |
| Lisa Leslie (8) |
| Lisa Leslie (5) |
| Delta Center |
| 15–3 |
| - |
| 19 |
| July 11 |
| @ Phoenix |
| W 75–61 |
| Ukari Figgs (16) |
| DeLisha Milton-Jones (11) |
| Ukari Figgs (6) |
| America West Arena |
| 16–3 |
| - |
| 20 |
| July 14 |
| @ Washington |
| W 62–50 |
| Lisa Leslie (18) |
| Lisa Leslie (12) |
| Ukari Figgs (8) |
| MCI Center |
| 17–3 |
| - |
| 21 |
| July 19 |
| @ Sacramento |
| W 83–68 |
| Lisa Leslie (23) |
| Lisa Leslie (14) |
| Dixon |
| Figgs |
| Leslie |
| McCrimmon (4) |
| ARCO Arena |
| 18–3 |
| - |
| 22 |
| July 21 |
| Seattle |
| W 85–79 |
| Lisa Leslie (19) |
| DeLisha Milton-Jones (7) |
| Tamecka Dixon (7) |
| Staples Center |
| 19–3 |
| - |
| 23 |
| July 25 |
| Sacramento |
| W 80–78 |
| Mwadi Mabika (18) |
| Latasha Byears (16) |
| Ukari Figgs (8) |
| Staples Center |
| 20–3 |
| - |
| 24 |
| July 28 |
| @ Portland |
| W 88–83 |
| Lisa Leslie (31) |
| Lisa Leslie (11) |
| Mwadi Mabika (6) |
| Rose Garden |
| 21–3 |
| - |
| 25 |
| July 28 |
| Minnesota |
| W 78–69 |
| Lisa Leslie (28) |
| Lisa Leslie (8) |
| Ukari Figgs (5) |
| Staples Center |
| 22–3 |
| - |
| 26 |
| August 2 |
| Sacramento |
| W 67–62 |
| Lisa Leslie (23) |
| Leslie |
| Mabika (9) |
| Mwadi Mabika (6) |
| Staples Center |
| 23–3 |
| - |
| 27 |
| August 4 |
| Seattle |
| W 79–60 |
| Lisa Leslie (22) |
| Lisa Leslie (13) |
| Ukari Figgs (9) |
| Staples Center |
| 24–3 |
| - |
| 28 |
| August 6 |
| Indiana |
| W 81–66 |
| Lisa Leslie (23) |
| Lisa Leslie (13) |
| Leslie |
| McCrimmon (7) |
| Staples Center |
| 25–3 |
| - |
| 29 |
| August 8 |
| Phoenix |
| W 79–67 |
| Lisa Leslie (24) |
| Byears |
| Leslie |
| Mabika (6) |
| Mwadi Mabika (8) |
| Staples Center |
| 26–3 |
| - |
| 30 |
| August 11 |
| Houston |
| W 65–54 |
| Mwadi Mabika (22) |
| Latasha Byears (17) |
| Ukari Figgs (6) |
| Staples Center |
| 27–3 |
| - |
| 31 |
| August 13 |
| @ Utah |
| L 78–80 (OT) |
| Tamecka Dixon (24) |
| Lisa Leslie (10) |
| Tamecka Dixon (6) |
| Delta Center |
| 27–4 |
| - |
| 32 |
| August 14 |
| @ Portland |
| W 67–58 |
| Mwadi Mabika (21) |
| Lisa Leslie (10) |
| Nicky McCrimmon (5) |
| Rose Garden |
| 28–4 |
Playoffs
|- | 1 | August 18 | @ Houston | W 64–59 | Lisa Leslie (19) | Lisa Leslie (11) | Ukari Figgs (4) | Compaq Center
| 1–0 |
|---|
| 2 |
| August 20 |
| Houston |
| W 70–58 |
| Lisa Leslie (28) |
| Lisa Leslie (18) |
| Ukari Figgs (9) |
| Staples Center |
| 2–0 |
| - |
| 1 |
| August 25 |
| @ Sacramento |
| W 74–73 |
| Mabika |
| Milton-Jones (15) |
| Lisa Leslie (10) |
| Dixon |
| Figgs (6) |
| ARCO Arena |
| 1–0 |
| - |
| 2 |
| August 26 |
| Sacramento |
| L 60–80 |
| Lisa Leslie (13) |
| Mwadi Mabika (11) |
| Ukari Figgs (6) |
| Staples Center |
| 1–1 |
| - |
| 3 |
| August 27 |
| Sacramento |
| W 93–62 |
| Lisa Leslie (35) |
| Lisa Leslie (16) |
| Ukari Figgs (10) |
| Staples Center |
| 2–1 |
| - |
| 1 |
| August 30 |
| @ Charlotte |
| W 75–66 |
| Lisa Leslie (24) |
| Leslie |
| Milton-Jones (8) |
| DeLisha Milton-Jones (5) |
| Charlotte Coliseum |
| 1–0 |
| - |
| 2 |
| September 1 |
| Charlotte |
| W 82–54 |
| Lisa Leslie (24) |
| Lisa Leslie (13) |
| Tamecka Dixon (7) |
| Staples Center |
| 2–0 |
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% | Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="6%" | FT% | Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="6%" | RPG | Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="5%" | APG | Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="6%" | SPG | Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="6%" | BPG | Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="6%" | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisa Leslie | 31 | 31 | 33.3 | .473 | .367 | .736 | 9.6 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 19.5 | ||||||||||||
| Tamecka Dixon | 29 | 29 | 31.9 | .417 | .176 | .791 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 11.7 | ||||||||||||
| Mwadi Mabika | 28 | 24 | 29.6 | .387 | .382 | .861 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 11.2 | ||||||||||||
| DeLisha Milton-Jones | 32 | 27 | 29.3 | .453 | .343 | .794 | 5.3 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 10.3 | ||||||||||||
| Ukari Figgs | 32 | 29 | 29.1 | .425 | .462 | .810 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 8.0 | ||||||||||||
| Latasha Byears | 32 | 13 | 23.1 | .602 | .333 | .577 | 5.7 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 9.3 | ||||||||||||
| Rhonda Mapp | 30 | 0 | 13.2 | .415 | .000 | .750 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 4.2 | ||||||||||||
| Nicky McCrimmon | 28 | 0 | 12.5 | .444 | .417 | .429 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 2.3 | ||||||||||||
| Vedrana Grgin-Fonseca | 24 | 7 | 9.3 | .431 | .316 | .643 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 3.0 | ||||||||||||
| Nicole Levandusky | 13 | 0 | 5.2 | .318 | .294 | 1.000 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.5 | ||||||||||||
| Wendi Willits | 13 | 0 | 3.6 | .300 | .154 | .750 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season
Awards and honors
- Lisa Leslie, WNBA Finals MVP Award
- Lisa Leslie, WNBA Most Valuable Player Award
- Latasha Byears, WNBA Peak Performer
References
References
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