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2009 Los Angeles Sparks season

The 2009 Los Angeles Sparks season was the franchise's 13th season in the Women's National Basketball Association, and the third and final season under head coach Michael Cooper. Lisa Leslie announced that the 2009 season would be her last. On June 5, the Sparks and Farmers Insurance Group of Companies announced a multi-year marketing partnership that includes a branded jersey sponsorship. The Farmers Insurance branded jersey will be worn by the players for the first time on June 6. As part of this alliance, the Farmers Insurance name and logo will appear on the front of the Sparks jerseys and will have considerable visibility in the Staples Center during home games. Los Angeles became only the second WNBA team to finalize such an agreement. The Sparks attempted to reach the playoffs and were successful.

Offseason

  • On May 13, Sparks star Candace Parker gave birth to a baby girl. It is the first child for the WNBA’s reigning MVP and rookie of the year and husband Shelden Williams of the Boston Celtics. Goodwin Sports Management announced the baby girl was born in Los Angeles. She weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces and was 20 inches long.

Dispersal Draft

Based on the Sparks' 2008 record, they would pick 9th in the Houston Comets dispersal draft. The Sparks waived their pick.

WNBA draft

The following are the Sparks' selections in the 2009 WNBA draft.

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
113Lindsay Wisdom-HyltonPurdue
222Ashley ParisOklahoma
335Britney JordanTexas A&M-Commerce

Transactions

  • June 5: The Sparks waived Jessica Moore.
  • June 4: The Sparks waived Ashley Paris and Marta Fernandez.
  • May 18: The Sparks waived Britney Jordan.
  • May 7: The Sparks signed Kristi Harrower to a training camp contract.
  • May 5: The Sparks then traded the pick from the Liberty and Rafaella Masciadri to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Noelle Quinn.
  • May 5: The Sparks traded Sidney Spencer to the New York Liberty in exchange for a first round 2010 WNBA Draft pick.
  • April 14: The Sparks signed Betty Lennox.
  • April 14: The Sparks waived Murriel Page.
  • March 26: The Sparks traded Temeka Johnson to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for a first-round 2010 WNBA Draft pick.
  • March 25: The Sparks signed Marta Fernandez.
  • March 12: The Sparks signed Tina Thompson.
  • January 30: The Sparks traded Christi Thomas to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Vanessa Hayden-Johnson.
  • December 17, 2008: The Sparks traded the rights to Chamique Holdsclaw to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for the 13th pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft.
  • April 21, 2008: The Sparks traded their first-round draft pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft to the Washington Mystics as part of the Taj McWilliams-Franklin/Delisha Milton-Jones transaction.
DateTrade
December 17, 2008To Los Angeles Sparks
13th pick in the 2009 WNBA Draftrights to Chamique Holdsclaw
January 30, 2009To Los Angeles Sparks
Vanessa Hayden-JohnsonChristi Thomas
March 26, 2009To Los Angeles Sparks
first-round 2010 WNBA Draft pickTemeka Johnson
May 5, 2009To Los Angeles Sparks
first-round 2010 WNBA Draft pickSidney Spencer
May 5, 2009To Los Angeles Sparks
Noelle QuinnRafaella Masciadri and a first-round 2010 WNBA Draft pick

Free agents

Additions

Kristi HarrowerMay 7, 2009Minnesota Lynx

Subtractions

Margo Dydek2009free agent

Roster

Season standings

Schedule

Preseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || May 31 || 3:00pm || @ Connecticut || 80-77 || Thompson (14) || Leslie, Wisdom-Hylton (6) || Lennox (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,630 || 1-0 |-

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || June 6 || 2:30pm || Detroit || ABC || 78-58 || Thompson (18) || Lennox (10) || Harrower (7) || STAPLES Center 13,154 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || June 8 || 7:30pm || @ Detroit || || 52-81 || Thompson (14) || Thompson (11) || Milton-Jones, Quinn (3) || Palace of Auburn Hills 13,915 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || June 10 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || || 76-87 || Lennox (25) || Lennox, Leslie (8) || Quinn (4) || Target Center 7,444 || 1-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 4 || June 12 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || || 61-73 || Leslie (21) || Leslie (13) || Harrower (3) || Conseco Fieldhouse 9,320 || 1-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || June 19 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || || 80-89 || Lennox (16) || Thompson (14) || Quinn (6) || US Airways Center 8,255 || 1-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || June 21 || 9:30pm || Sacramento || NBA TV FSNW || 67-47 || Hayden, Thompson (12) || Hayden, Lennox (8) || Bobbitt (5) || STAPLES Center 9,494 || 2-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 || June 26 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || || 67-69 || Thompson (20) || Milton-Jones (7) || Lennox (5) || KeyArena 9,686 || 2-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || June 28 || 9:30pm || Seattle || NBA TV FSNW || 82-55 || Ferdinand-Harris (15) || Quinn (6) || Harrower (5) || STAPLES Center 10,797 || 3-5 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || July 5 || 9:30pm || Phoenix || NBA TV FSNW || 89-104 || Lennox, Thompson (17) || Milton-Jones (7) || Bobbitt (6) || STAPLES Center 9,872 || 3-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 10 || July 9 || 7:30pm || @ New York || MSG || 69-60 || Lennox (20) || Thompson (8) || Harrower, Ferdinand-Harris (3) || Madison Square Garden 12,247 || 4-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 || July 11 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || || 63-75 || Bobbitt, Lennox (10) || Milton-Jones, Thompson (7) || Harrower (3) || Verizon Center 12,217 || 4-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 12 || July 14 || 7:00pm || @ Connecticut || ESPN2 || 71-82 || Milton-Jones (19) || Lennox (11) || Lennox, Milton-Jones, Parker (2) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,612 || 4-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 13 || July 22 || 10:30pm || @ Seattle || || 87-98 (3OT) || Thompson (22) || Lennox (12) || Parker (5) || KeyArena 7,154 || 4-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || July 28 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || || 76-70 || Thompson (30) || Parker (10) || Lennox, Thompson (4) || Target Center 7,216 || 5-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 15 || July 29 || 8:00pm|| @ Chicago || || 63-75 || Milton-Jones (15) || Parker (10) || Thompson (4) || UIC Pavilion 5,633 || 5-10 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || August 1 || 10:00pm || @ Sacramento || || 59-56 || Parker, Milton-Jones (13) || Parker (12) || Harrower (6) || ARCO Arena 7,204 || 6-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 || August 4 || 3:00pm || San Antonio || || 59-63 || Leslie, Quinn (13) || Thompson (12) || Quinn (4) || STAPLES Center 13,865 || 6-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || August 6 || 10:30pm || Seattle || || 79-75 (OT) || Quinn (23) || Parker (13) || Leslie (4) || STAPLES Center 9,735 || 7-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || August 10 || 10:30pm || Indiana || || 75-63 || Leslie (21) || Leslie (11) || Milton-Jones (4) || STAPLES Center 8,263 || 8-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 20 || August 11 || 9:00pm || New York || ESPN2 || 61-65 || Leslie (12) || Parker (11) || Bobbitt, Harrower, Quinn (2) || STAPLES Center 9,548 || 8-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 21 || August 14 || 10:30pm || Sacramento || || 79-85 || Leslie (25) || Parker (10) || Quinn (5) || STAPLES Center 10,122 || 8-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 22 || August 15 || 10:00pm || @ Sacramento || || 78-61 || Parker (18) || Leslie (9) || Milton-Jones, Quinn, Thompson (4) || ARCO Arena 7,646 || 9-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 || August 18 || 10:30pm || Washington || || 72-69 || Leslie (20) || Parker (12) || Parker, Quinn (5) || STAPLES Center 9,287 || 10-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || August 19 || 10:30pm || Minnesota || || 78-63 || Leslie (28) || Parker (10) || Quinn (7) || STAPLES Center 9,181 || 11-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 25 || August 21 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || NBA TV KMYS || 67-66 (OT) || Parker (17) || Parker, Thompson (12) || Leslie (4) || AT&T Center 9,540 || 12-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || August 23 || 3:00pm || @ Atlanta || || 91-87 || Parker (23) || Lennox, Parker (8) || Thompson (6) || Philips Arena 11,304 || 13-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || August 25 || 10:00pm || Chicago || ESPN2 || 75-63 || Leslie, Parker (21) || Parker (12) || Bobbitt, Thompson (3) || STAPLES Center 9,615 || 14-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 || August 27 || 10:30pm || Phoenix || NBA TV FSNW || 90-98 || Leslie (23) || Lennox (6) || Quinn (8) || STAPLES Center 9,586 || 14-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || August 30 || 9:30pm || Connecticut || NBA TV FSNW || 91-81 || Thompson (21) || Parker (13) || Milton-Jones, Quinn (5) || STAPLES Center 11,072 || 15-14 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 30 || September 1 || 10:30pm || Atlanta || || 79-84 || Leslie (24) || Parker (14) || Lennox (5) || STAPLES Center 8,756 || 15-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 31 || September 5 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || || 72-89 || Leslie (21) || Parker (10) || Parker (8) || AT&T Center 8,631 || 15-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || September 8 || 10:30pm || San Antonio || NBA TV KMYS || 76-68 || Leslie (18) || Parker (13) || Quinn (6) || STAPLES Center 10,476 || 16-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33 || September 11 || 10:30pm || Minnesota || NBA TV FSNW || 90-64 || Leslie, Thompson (19) || Parker (14) || Quinn (9) || STAPLES Center 13,764 || 17-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 34 || September 13 || 3:00pm || @ Phoenix || ESPN2 || 81–78 || Parker (24) || Parker (14) || Lennox (6) || US Airways Center 12,968 || 18–16 |- | All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess

Postseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || September 16 || 10:00pm || Seattle || ESPN2 || 70-63 || Thompson (16) || Leslie, Parker (10) || Harrower (5) || STAPLES Center 7,919 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || September 18 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || NBA TV || 74-75 || Lennox (17) || Leslie (14) || Quinn (5) || KeyArena 8,854 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || September 20 || 5:00pm || @ Seattle || ESPN2 || 75-64 || Parker (22) || Milton-Jones (9) || Quinn (7) || KeyArena 8,159 || 2-1 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || September 23 || 10:00pm || Phoenix || ESPN2 || 94-103 || Parker (28) || Parker (10) || Thompson (5) || Pauley Pavilion 6,389 ||0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || September 25 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || NBA TV || 87-76 || Parker (24) || Parker (18) || Quinn (4) || US Airways Center 7,628 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || September 26 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || NBA TV || 74-85 || Leslie (22) || Thompson (11) || Lennox, Thompson (3) || US Airways Center 7,226 || 1-2 |-

Regular Season Statistics

Player statistics

PlayerGPGSMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
33310.71.01.40.450.032.2
28612.11.50.90.540.075.4
312616.81.82.20.520.003.1
25110.82.70.20.160.883.8
301321.34.51.80.870.1310.2
232127.76.62.10.701.4315.4
333331.64.82.21.240.2410.2
252432.69.82.60.602.1213.1
34927.33.63.51.180.328.4
343434.85.92.30.760.7113.0
2906.81.40.30.100.282.4

Team statistics

TeamFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPFPPG
Los Angeles Sparks.430.297.79136.717.36.44.916.717.174.5
Opponents.399.335.76930.915.28.83.413.618.373.5

Awards and honors

  • Candace Parker was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 17, 2009.
  • Candace Parker was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of September 7, 2009.
  • Lisa Leslie was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as a Western Conference starter.
  • Tina Thompson was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as a Western Conference reserve.
  • Candace Parker was named to the All-WNBA Second Team.
  • Lisa Leslie was named to the All-WNBA Second Team.
  • Candace Parker was named to the All-Defensive Second Team.

References

References

  1. "Biggest Retirements of 2009". CNN.
  2. http://www.spmsportspage.com/published/pr/los-angeles-sparks-and-fa.shtml{{dead link. (June 2017)
  3. (February 2022)
  4. [http://www.wnba.com/news/comets_dispersal_081208.html WNBA.com: Houston Comets dispersal draft]
  5. "WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Draft Board".
  6. [http://www.wnba.com/transactions/WNBA_2009.html WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Transactions]
  7. [http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/092209aac.html Bruin Alumnae Return To Pauley Pavilion For LA Sparks Playoff Game Wednesday], ''UCLABruins.com'', September 22, 2009. Accessed 2009-09-24. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110725154820/http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/092209aac.html Archived] 2009-09-26.
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