2012 Los Angeles Sparks season

Transactions

WNBA draft

The following are the Sparks' selections in the 2012 WNBA draft.

Transaction log

• February 1, 2011: The Sparks acquired a second-round pick from the Tulsa Shock as part of the Andrea Riley trade.
• April 11, 2011: The Sparks acquired a second-round pick from the Chicago Sky as part of the Lindsay Widsom-Hylton trade.
• February 1: The Sparks traded Noelle Quinn to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Marissa Coleman.
• February 8: The Sparks signed Alana Beard.
• February 23: The Sparks traded Natasha Lacy and LaToya Pringle to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Nicky Anosike.
• February 23: The Sparks signed Sharnee Zoll.
• March 9: The Sparks signed Ashley Shields.
• April 9: The Sparks signed Darxia Morris.
• April 23: The Sparks signed draft picks Khadijah Rushdan and April Sykes.
• April 24: The Sparks signed Rashidat Junaid.
• April 25: The Sparks re-signed Candace Parker to a multi-year contract.
• April 26: The Sparks signed draft picks Nneka Ogwumike and Tyra White.
• May 8: The Sparks waived Tyra White and Rashidat Junaid.
• May 15: The Sparks waived Khadijah Rushdan, Ashley Shields, and Darxia Morris.
• June 8: The Sparks signed Coco Miller and waived Sharnee Zoll.
• July 2: The Sparks waived Coco Miller.
• July 5: The Sparks signed Andrea Riley.

Trades

Personnel changes

Additions

Subtractions

Roster

Season standings

Schedule

Preseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || Sat 5 || 7:00 || China || || 98-71 || Ogwumike (20) || Ogwumike (11) || 4 players (5) || Pasadena City College 1,073 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || Thu 10 || 10:30 || Japan || || 95-77 || Ogwumike (17) || Lavender Ogwumike (6) || Zoll (6) || LA Southwest College 950 || 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || Sun 13 || 5:00 || @ Seattle || || 60-61 || Coleman (11) || Ogwumike (7) || Zoll (8) || KeyArena 4,628 || 2–1 |-

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || Fri 18 || 10:00 || @ Seattle || NBATV KDOC || 72-66 || Toliver (25) || Milton-Jones (7) || Toliver (6) || KeyArena 9,686 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || Tue 22 || 10:30 || Seattle || KDOC KONG || 74-61 || Parker (21) || Parker (10) || Parker Toliver (4) || Staples Center 9,238 || 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || Thu 24 || 8:00 || @ Minnesota || || 84-92 || Parker Toliver (23) || Ogwumike (9) || Toliver (4) || Target Center 7,923 || 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || Sat 26 || 10:00 || @ Phoenix || KDOC || 99-88 || Parker (27) || Parker (11) || Beard Toliver (4) || US Airways Center 10,200 || 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || Tue 29 || 10:30 || Tulsa || TWC101 || 76-75 || Milton-Jones Toliver (16) || Parker (10) || Toliver (5) || Staples Center 8,312 || 4–1 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || Sun 3 || 8:30 || Seattle || KDOC KONG || 67-65 || Toliver (23) || Parker (13) || Toliver (7) || Staples Center 12,639 || 5–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || Fri 8 || 11:00 || Phoenix || TWC101 || 90-74 || Ogwumike (25) || Ogwumike (12) || Toliver (9) || Staples Center 11,198 || 6–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || Wed 13 || 8:00 || @ Connecticut || ESPN2 || 87-81 || Parker (33) || Parker (16) || Parker (8) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,058 || 7–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || Fri 15 || 7:30 || @ Atlanta || SSO || 59-92 || Ogwumike (13) || Ogwumike (10) || Coleman (4) || Philips Arena 8,872 || 7–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || Sat 16 || 8:00 || @ San Antonio || KDOC FS-SW || 85-98 (OT) || Beard (23) || Parker Lavender (11) || Toliver (5) || AT&T Center 8,234 || 7–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || Mon 18 || 10:30 || Washington || TWC101 || 101-70 || Ogwumike (24) || Parker (8) || Toliver (6) || Staples Center 8,612 || 8–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || Wed 20 || 10:30 || Tulsa || TWC101 || 95-79 || Parker (33) || Parker (8) || Toliver (6) || Staples Center 8,388 || 9–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || Sat 23 || 8:00 || @ Phoenix || ESPN || 93-84 || Toliver (29) || Lavender (9) || Toliver (4) || US Airways Center 9,670 || 10–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 14 || Sun 24 || 8:30 || San Antonio || KDOC || 71-91 || Parker (15) || Parker (15) || Beard (4) || Staples Center 11,301 || 10–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbb" | 15 || Tue 26 || 8:00 || @ Tulsa || || 75-91 || Toliver (21) || Ogwumike Lavender (7) || Toliver (7) || BOK Center 4,102 || 10–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 || Thu 28 || 12:30 || @ San Antonio || FS-SW || 80-94 || Parker (25) || Parker (13) || Beard (10) || AT&T Center 15,184 || 10–6 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || Thu 5 || 3:00 || Minnesota || NBATV TWC101 || 96-90 || Toliver (29) || Parker (13) || Toliver (6) || Staples Center 11,256 || 11–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || Sat 7 || 10:00 || Seattle || ESPN2 || 83-59 || Toliver (23) || Parker (14) || Parker (7) || Staples Center 12,229 || 12–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || Sun 8 || 8:30 || Atlanta || NBATV KDOC || 79-63 || Toliver (19) || Parker (12) || Beard (7) || Staples Center 11,019 || 13–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || Tue 10 || 3:30 || @ Phoenix || || 90-71 || Parker (22) || Ogwumike Parker (14) || Beard (7) || US Airways Center 9,336 || 14–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || Thu 12 || 7:00 || @ Indiana || ESPN2 || 77-74 || Ogwumike (22) || Ogwumike (20) || Toliver (4) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,244 || 15–6

Postseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || September 27 || 10:00 || San Antonio || ESPN2 || 93-86 || Toliver (29) || Parker (9) || Beard (3) || Galen Center 5,013 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || September 29 || 3:00 || @ San Antonio || NBATV || 101-94 || Parker (32) || Parker (9) || Parker (6) || Freeman Coliseum 5,293 || 2–0 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || October 4 || 8:00 || @ Minnesota || ESPN2 || 77-94 || Parker (25) || Parker (11) || Parker (4) || Target Center 8,513 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || October 7 || 3:30 || Minnesota || ABC || 79-80 || Parker (33) || Parker (15) || Beard (7) || Staples Center 10,791 || 0–2 |-

Statistics

Regular season

Awards and honors

References

References

1. Wang, Gene. (February 1, 2012). "Washington Mystics trade Marissa Coleman to Los Angeles Sparks for Noelle Quinn". [[The Washington Post]].
2. (February 8, 2012). "Sparks sign 4-time WNBA All-Star Alana Beard". [[The San Diego Union-Tribune]].
3. Giannotto, Mark. (February 23, 2012). "Mystics trade Nicky Anosike to Los Angeles for two role players". [[The Washington Post]].
4. (March 9, 2012). "L.A. Sparks sign Ashley Shields to training camp contract".
5. (April 25, 2012). "Parker agrees to multi-year extension with Sparks". [[Los Angeles Daily News]].
6. (July 2, 2012). "Sparks waive Coco Miller". [[ESPN]].