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2010 Los Angeles Sparks season
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The 2010 Los Angeles Sparks season was the franchise's 14th season in the Women's National Basketball Association, and the first season under head coach Jennifer Gillom.
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 | Oklahoma State | |
| 1 | 12 (from Phx.) | Bianca Thomas | Mississippi | |
| 2 | 20 | Angel Robinson | Georgia | |
| 3 | 32 | Rashidat Junaid | Rutgers |
Transaction log
- March 26, 2009: The Sparks signed-and-traded Temeka Johnson to the Phoenix Mercury for Phoenix's first-round pick in the 2010 draft.
- May 5, 2009: The Sparks traded Rafaella Masciadri and a previously acquired first-round pick in the 2010 draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Noelle Quinn.
- February 9: The Sparks signed free agent Ticha Penicheiro.
- February 16: The Sparks signed LaToya Pringle.
- April 29: The Sparks waived Angel Robinson.
- May 7: The Sparks waived Vanessa Hayden.
- May 11: The Sparks signed Lisa Willis and waived Karina Figueroa.
- May 13: The Sparks traded a second-round pick in the 2011 Draft to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Kristi Toliver.
- May 13: The Sparks waived LaToya Pringle, Lisa Willis and Rashidat Junaid.
- May 14: The Sparks waived Shannon Bobbitt and Bianca Thomas.
- June 1: The Sparks waived Tiffany Stansbury and signed Chanel Mokango.
Trades
| Date | Trade |
|---|---|
| March 26, 2009 | **To Los Angeles Sparks** |
| first-round pick in 2010 draft | Temeka Johnson |
| May 5, 2009 | **To Los Angeles Sparks** |
| Noelle Quinn | Rafaella Masciadri and a first-round pick in 2010 draft |
| May 13, 2010 | **To Los Angeles Sparks** |
| Kristi Toliver | second-round pick in 2011 draft |
Free agents
Additions
| **Chanel Mokango** | June 1, 2010 | free agent |
|---|
Subtractions
| **Tiffany Stansbury** | June 1, 2010 | free agent |
|---|
Roster
Depth
| Pos. | Starter | Bench | C | PF | SF | SG | PG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **Tina Thompson** | Chanel Mokango / Candace Parker [[File:Cruz Roja.svg | 8px]] | ||||||
| **Delisha Milton-Jones** | Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton | |||||||
| **Noelle Quinn** | Betty Lennox [[File:Cruz Roja.svg | 8px]] | ||||||
| **Marie Ferdinand-Harris** | Kristi Toliver | |||||||
| **Ticha Penicheiro** | Andrea Riley |
Season standings
Schedule
Preseason
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || May 1 || 10:00pm || China National Team || 78-58 || Junaid (15) || Mohammed (12) || Penicheiro (7) || Viejas Arena 3,874 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 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
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || May 15 || 2:00pm || @ Phoenix || ESPN2 || 77-78 || Parker (24) || Parker (12) || Riley (4) || US Airways Center 14,772 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || May 16 || 9:00pm || @ Seattle || KONG || 67-81 || Thompson (19) || Parker (11) || Penicheiro (6) || KeyArena 9,686 || 0-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || May 28 || 10:30pm || Washington || PRIME || 81-75 || Parker (30) || Parker (10) || Parker (5) || STAPLES Center 13,154 || 1-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || May 30 || 8:00pm || Atlanta || || 82-101 || Parker (32) || Parker (12) || Penicheiro (6) || STAPLES Center 8,404 || 1-4 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || June 4 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || || 89-90 || Parker (26) || Parker (12) || Penicheiro (10) || US Airways Center 6,485 || 1-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || June 8 || 10:30pm || Phoenix || PRIME || 92-91 || Parker (22) || Parker (12) || Quinn (7) || STAPLES Center 7,993 || 2-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || June 11 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || KONG || 60-82 || Parker (13) || Parker (7) || 4 players (2) || KeyArena 7,286 || 2-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 10 || June 13 || 3:00pm || Minnesota || || 88-84 || Milton-Jones (22) || Parker (7) || Penicheiro (5) || STAPLES Center 7,005 || 3-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 || June 18 || 10:30pm || Connecticut || || 75-78 || Thompson (24) || Milton-Jones, Quinn (6) || Penicheiro (8) || STAPLES Center 8,852 || 3-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 12 || June 24 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || CSN-MA || 53-68 || Toliver (11) || Quinn (7) || Penicheiro (6) || Verizon Center 8,160 || 3-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 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 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || July 1 || 10:30pm || San Antonio || || 73-63 || Thompson (24) || Thompson (10) || Penicheiro (4) || STAPLES Center 7,803 || 4-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 || July 3 || 5:00pm || Seattle || ESPN2 || 62-75 || Toliver (18) || Thompson, Wisdom-Hylton (10) || Penicheiro (5) || STAPLES Center 9,319 || 4-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 || July 6 || 10:00pm || Phoenix || ESPN2 || 89-98 || Milton-Jones (20) || Milton-Jones (8) || Milton-Jones (6) || STAPLES Center 8,336 || 4-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || July 13 || 7:00pm || @ Tulsa || ESPN2 || 87-71 || Thompson (24) || Penicheiro (7) || Penicheiro (9) || BOK Center 7,073 || 5-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 19 || July 16 || 8:30pm || @ Chicago || CN100 || 68-80 || Milton-Jones (21) || Quinn (6) || Penicheiro (9) || Allstate Arena 4,841 || 5-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 20 || July 18 || 3:00pm || @ San Antonio || || 73-83 || Thompson (23) || Thompson (8) || Penicheiro, Quinn (6) || AT&T Center 6,542 || 5-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || July 20 || 3:00pm || Tulsa || || 86-83 (OT) || Milton-Jones (23) || Penicheiro (7) || Penicheiro (13) || STAPLES Center 14,413 || 6-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 22 || July 22 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || ESPN2 || 57-76 || Thompson (19) || Milton-Jones, Thompson (8) || Penicheiro (6) || Conseco Fieldhouse 7,898 || 6-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || July 27 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || || 71-58 || Thompson (24) || Milton-Jones, Quinn, Thompson (8) || Penicheiro (9) || Target Center 6,215 || 8-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || July 30 || 7:30pm || @ New York || || 79-88 || Thompson (18) || Wisdom-Hylton (6) || Penicheiro (7) || Madison Square Garden 14,307 || 8-17 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || August 4 || 10:30pm || Chicago || NBATV CN100 || 82-77 || Milton-Jones (22) || Wisdom-Hylton (13) || Penicheiro (15) || STAPLES Center 9,732 || 9-17 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || August 6 || 10:30pm || Tulsa || || 77-70 || Milton-Jones (23) || Milton-Jones, Penicheiro, Quinn (7) || Penicheiro (13) || STAPLES Center 8,962 || 10-17 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 29 || August 10 || 10:00pm || Indiana || ESPN2 || 76-82 || Thompson (21) || Thompson (13) || Riley (6) || STAPLES Center 10,586 || 10-19 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || August 12 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || || 78-77 || Milton-Jones (21) || Thompson (8) || Penicheiro (10) || Target Center 7,867 || 11-19 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || August 14 || 8:00pm || @ Tulsa || COX || 92-87 || Thompson (24) || Thompson (11) || Penicheiro (9) || BOK Center 5,719 || 12-19 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 32 || August 17 || 10:30pm || Phoenix || NBATV PRIME || 84-90 || Thompson (33) || Penicheiro (9) || Penicheiro (11) || STAPLES Center 8,817 || 12-20 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33 || August 20 || 10:30pm || Minnesota || || 98-91 || Thompson (26) || Thompson (9) || Penicheiro (12) || STAPLES Center 13,154 || 13-20 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 34 || August 21 || 11:00pm || @ Seattle || ESPN2 || 75-76 || Thompson (20) || Milton-Jones (9) || Penicheiro (8) || KeyArena 9,686 || 13-21 |- | All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess
Postseason
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || August 25 || 11:00pm || @ Seattle || ESPN2 || 66-79 || Ferdinand-Harris (18) || Milton-Jones (8) || Toliver (5) || KeyArena 10,589 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || August 28 || 3:00pm || Seattle || ESPN2 || 66-81 || Thompson (18) || Milton-Jones (9) || Thompson (5) || STAPLES Center 8,326 || 0-2 |-
Statistics
Regular season
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 24 | 24.3 | .409 | .292 | .839 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 0.87 | 0.17 | 8.9 | |
| 11 | 0 | 11.6 | .391 | .361 | .833 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.18 | 0.00 | 4.9 | |
| 34 | 34 | 32.2 | .470 | .317 | .866 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 1.09 | 0.65 | 15.4 | |
| 21 | 0 | 3.4 | .176 | .000 | .750 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.10 | 0.48 | 0.4 | |
| 10 | 10 | 33.5 | .500 | .250 | .732 | 10.1 | 2.2 | 1.00 | 2.20 | 20.6 | |
| 32 | 30 | 26.3 | .410 | .111 | .819 | 4.0 | 6.9 | 1.34 | 0.06 | 4.9 | |
| 34 | 34 | 32.5 | .443 | .402 | .776 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 1.03 | 0.32 | 10.2 | |
| 29 | 0 | 7.7 | .303 | .294 | .838 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.48 | 0.03 | 3.4 | |
| 5 | 0 | 2.8 | .333 | .000 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.6 | |
| 34 | 4 | 20.7 | .438 | .349 | .815 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.53 | 0.06 | 8.6 | |
| 33 | 33 | 33.2 | .446 | .352 | .872 | 6.2 | 1.8 | 1.15 | 0.73 | 16.6 | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 32.5 | .391 | .429 | 1.000 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 12.5 | |
| 2 | 2 | 35.5 | .360 | 1.000 | .500 | 8.5 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 10.5 | |
| 2 | 2 | 29.5 | .455 | .000 | 1.000 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.50 | 0.00 | 6.0 | |
| 2 | 2 | 34.0 | .368 | .500 | 1.000 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 9.5 | |
| 1 | 0 | 2.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 22.5 | .545 | .600 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 8.0 | |
| 2 | 2 | 39.0 | .333 | .286 | 1.000 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 1.50 | 2.00 | 17.0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 6.0 | .667 | .000 | .500 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.5 |
Awards and honors
- Candace Parker was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of May 22, 2010.
- Tina Thompson was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 7, 2010.
- Tina Thompson was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 14, 2010.
- Tina Thompson was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Month for August.
References
References
- (March 26, 2009). "Johnson goes to Mercury for draft pick". [[ESPN]].
- Knoblauch, Austin. (February 9, 2010). "Sparks sign veteran point guard Ticha Penicheiro". [[Los Angeles Times]].
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