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2011 Los Angeles Sparks season

Joe Bryant (11-13) ESPN2, NBATV

The 2011 Los Angeles Sparks season was the franchise's 15th season in the Women's National Basketball Association, and the second and final season under head coach Jennifer Gillom.

Transactions

WNBA draft

The following are the Sparks' selections in the 2011 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
1	5	Jantel Lavender		Ohio State
3	29	Elina Babkina (pick later voided)		Latvia

Transaction log

February 1: The Sparks traded Andrea Riley to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2012 draft.
February 2: The Sparks signed Ebony Hoffman, LaToya Pringle and Natasha Lacy and re-signed Ticha Penicheiro and Noelle Quinn.
February 3: The Sparks signed Loree Moore.
February 8: The Sparks signed Courtney Paris and re-signed Chanel Mokango.
March 31: The Sparks signed Jenna O'Hea.
May 21: The Sparks waived Chanel Mokango.
May 25: The Sparks waived Loree Moore.
June 1: The Sparks traded Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton to the Chicago Sky in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2012 draft.
June 2: The Sparks waived Courtney Paris.
July 11: The Sparks announced that Jennifer Gillom was relieved of her head coaching duties. Assistant coach Joe Bryant was named head coach.

Trades

Date	Trade
February 1, 2011	To Los Angeles Sparks
second-round pick in 2012 draft	Andrea Riley
June 1, 2011	To Los Angeles Sparks
second-round pick in 2012 draft	Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton

Personnel changes

Additions

Jantel Lavender	April 11, 2011	draft pick

Subtractions

Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton	June 1, 2011	Chicago Sky

Roster

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench	C	PF	SF	SG	PG
Candace Parker	Jantel Lavender
Tina Thompson	Ebony Hoffman
LaToya Pringle
Delisha Milton-Jones	Jenna O'Hea
Noelle Quinn	Kristi Toliver
Ticha Penicheiro	Natasha Lacy

Season standings

Schedule

Preseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || May 25 || 3:00pm || Seattle || 71-66 || Parker (17) || O'Hea, Lacy (6) || Penicheiro (4) || Torodome 3,212 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || May 28 || 10:00pm || Phoenix || 83-72 || Milton-Jones (14) || Milton-Jones (6) || Lavender, Penicheiro (4) || The Pit N/A || 2-0 |-

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || June 3 || 11:00pm || Minnesota || NBATV PRIME || 82-74 || Parker (19) || Parker (10) || Quinn (4) || Staples Center 13,589 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || June 5 || 3:30pm || @ Minnesota || PRIME FS-N || 69-86 || Toliver (13) || Parker (7) || Penicheiro (5) || Target Center 10,123 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || June 10 || 10:30pm || Phoenix || || 98-84 || Parker (22) || Thompson (9) || Parker Penicheiro (5) || Staples Center 10,616 || 2-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || June 19 || 8:30pm || Seattle || PRIME || 74-50 || Hoffman (12) || Parker (7) || Toliver (5) || Staples Center 9,119 || 3-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || June 21 || 10:00pm || New York || ESPN2 || 96-91 || Milton-Jones (27) || Parker (13) || Toliver (7) || Staples Center 10,389 || 4-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || June 24 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || || 80-90 (OT) || Parker (25) || Parker (13) || Penicheiro (7) || AT&T Center 8,617 || 4-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 || June 26 || 4:00pm || @ New York || || 67-77 || Parker (16) || Parker (11) || Penicheiro (4) || Prudential Center 7,625 || 4-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 || June 28 || 8:00pm || @ Connecticut || ESPN2 || 76-79 || Toliver (19) || Thompson (9) || Milton-Jones Penicheiro Quinn (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,515 || 4-4 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || July 5 || 9:00pm || @ Phoenix || ESPN2 || 82-101 || Hoffman (21) || Pringle (9) || Penicheiro (5) || US Airways Center 9,826 || 4-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || July 9 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || NBATV KONG || 80-99 || Lavender (21) || Lavender (9) || Toliver (5) || KeyArena 9,686 || 4-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || July 12 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || NBATV PRIME FS-SW || 84-74 || Penicheiro (18) || Lavender Penicheiro (8) || Toliver (8) || AT&T Center 6,769 || 5-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || July 15 || 8:00pm || @ Tulsa || || 79-74 || Toliver (25) || Milton-Jones (9) || Toliver (6) || BOK Center 5,034 || 6-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 13 || July 17 || 8:30pm || Washington || NBATV || 85-89 (OT) || Toliver (21) || Hoffman (7) || Toliver (7) || Staples Center 10,398 || 6-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 14 || July 18 || 10:30pm || San Antonio || || 69-79 || Lacy Lavender (14) || O'Hea (11) || Lacy (7) || Staples Center 8,818 || 6-8 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 15 || July 26 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || || 72-85 || Toliver (28) || Hoffman (9) || Lacy Penicheiro Quinn (2) || Target Center 8,044 || 6-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 || July 28 || 7:00pm || @ Atlanta || NBATV SSO || 80-89 || Hoffman (16) || Hoffman (8) || Penicheiro (11) || Philips Arena 6,701 || 6-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || July 30 || 8:00pm || @ Chicago || CN100 || 88-84 || Milton-Jones (19) || Lavender (6) || Penicheiro Toliver (5) || Allstate Arena 5,909 || 7-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 18 || July 31 || 6:00pm || @ Indiana || NBATV || 63-98 || Hoffman (13) || Hoffman (6) || Lacy (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse 9,256 || 7-11 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 19 || August 3 || 3:00pm || Connecticut || NBATV || 70-79 || Milton-Jones (14) || Thompson (8) || Penicheiro (5) || Staples Center 14,266 || 7-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 20 || August 7 || 8:30pm || Minnesota || NBATV || 78-84 || Milton-Jones (18) || Lavender (6) || Penicheiro (7) || Staples Center 13,528 || 7-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || August 9 || 10:30pm || Tulsa || PRIME || 71-66 || Penicheiro (23) || Hoffman (8) || Penicheiro (7) || Staples Center 8,255 || 8-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 22 || August 12 || 10:30pm || Phoenix || || 93-90 (OT) || Lavender (25) || Lavender (10) || Milton-Jones Penicheiro (6) || Staples Center 10,512 || 9-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 23 || August 16 || 10:30pm || Atlanta || NBATV PRIME SSO || 79-84 || Milton-Jones (19) || Parker (10) || Penicheiro (10) || Staples Center 7,522 || 9-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || August 18 || 10:30pm || Indiana || || 75-70 || Hoffman (21) || Hoffman (7) || Parker (5) || Staples Center 8,102 || 10-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || August 20 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || || 68-87 || Parker (18) || Parker (8) || O'Hea (4) || Target Center 8,816 || 10-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || August 21 || 7:00pm || @ Tulsa || || 73-67 || Parker (23) || Parker (9) || Penicheiro (5) || BOK Center 6,012 || 11-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || August 23 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || CSN-MA || 86-82 (OT) || Parker (19) || Thompson (10) || Penicheiro (6) || Verizon Center 8,441 || 12-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 || August 26 || 10:30pm || Tulsa || NBATV || 75-77 || Milton-Jones (24) || Milton-Jones (8) || Penicheiro (10) || Staples Center 8,997 || 12-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 29 || August 28 || 9:00pm || @ Seattle || ESPN2 || 63-65 || Parker (19) || Parker (14) || Penicheiro (4) || KeyArena 9,686 || 12-17 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || August 30 || 10:30pm || Seattle || PRIME || 68-62 || Parker (27) || Parker Thompson (7) || Penicheiro (5) || Staples Center 9,023 || 13-17 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 31 || September 3 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || NBATV || 77-93 || Parker (32) || Milton-Jones (8) || Penicheiro Toliver (4) || US Airways Center 9,620 || 13-18 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 32 || September 6 || 10:30pm || San Antonio || NBATV PRIME FS-SW || 65-82 || Thompson (18) || Milton-Jones (8) || Penicheiro (7) || Staples Center 8,502 || 13-19 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33 || September 9 || 10:30pm || Tulsa || NBATV || 84-73 || Lavender (19) || Lavender (12) || Penicheiro (7) || Staples Center 10,299 || 14-19 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 34 || September 10 || 10:30pm || Chicago || NBATV CN100 || 74-67 || Milton-Jones (15) || Lavender Pringle (6) || Lacy (7) || Staples Center 13,501 || 15-19 |- | All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Statistics

Regular season

GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
34	16	22.1	.437	.429	.844	4.2	1.1	1.06	0.26	7.5
29	0	13.6	.429	.333	.540	2.2	1.7	0.97	0.31	5.0
33	3	14.8	.500	.000	.733	3.1	0.5	0.18	0.36	6.6
34	34	26.2	.462	.352	.831	4.6	2.0	0.94	0.35	11.7
31	5	16.4	.434	.444	.786	1.5	1.3	0.39	0.16	4.8
17	16	32.6	.511	.419	.736	8.6	2.8	1.24	1.59	18.5
34	23	23.7	.486	.417	.868	2.8	4.8	0.82	0.09	6.0
20	0	11.1	.473	1.000	.889	2.4	0.3	0.25	0.65	3.9
33	23	20.6	.390	.397	.818	1.8	2.0	0.64	0.06	5.1
34	33	25.0	.386	.339	.833	4.6	1.1	1.15	0.68	9.9
32	17	23.6	.462	.352	.831	4.6	2.0	0.94	0.35	11.7

Awards and honors

Candace Parker was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 15, 2011.
Candace Parker was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a starter.

References

(February 1, 2011). "Sparks trade Andrea Riley for pick". [[ESPN]].
Rohlin, Melissa. (February 3, 2011). "WNBA: Free agent Loree Moore signs with Sparks". [[Los Angeles Times]].
Rohlin, Melissa. (February 8, 2011). "WNBA: Sparks sign free agent Courtney Paris". [[Los Angeles Times]].
Rohlin, Melissa. (March 31, 2011). "WNBA: Sparks sign Jenna O'Hea". [[Los Angeles Times]].
Rohlin, Melissa. (June 1, 2011). "WNBA: The Sparks trade Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton". [[Los Angeles Times]].
Rohlin, Melissa. (June 2, 2011). "WNBA: Sparks cut Courtney Paris to finalize roster". [[Los Angeles Times]].

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