2004 Los Angeles Sparks season
Introduction The 2004 WNBA season was the eighth for the Los Angeles Sparks. The Sparks' head coach, Michael Cooper, left the team during the season. Despite with that, the team finished in first place in the West, but they were unable to make another playoff run, losing in the opening round to the Sacramento Monarchs.
Offseason ===Dispersal Draft===Based on the Sparks' 2003 record, they would pick 2nd in the Cleveland Rockers dispersal draft. The Sparks picked Isabelle Fijalkowski.===WNBA draft=== '''Round'''  '''Pick'''  '''Player'''  '''Nationality'''  '''College/School/Team''' 1  12  Christi Thomas (F)    Georgia 2  25  Doneeka Lewis (G)    LSU
Regular season ===Season standings======Season schedule=== '''Date'''  '''Opponent'''  '''Score'''  '''Result'''  '''Record''' May 22  @ Seattle  67-93  Loss  0-1 May 25  @ Washington  95-79  Win  1-1 May 27  @ Connecticut  73-82  Loss  1-2 May 29  @ Detroit  63-60  Win  2-2 June 1  Seattle  73-70  Win  3-2 June 3  @ Sacramento  51-68  Loss  3-3 June 5  @ Houston  71-75  Loss  3-4 June 9  Charlotte  82-68  Win  4-4 June 11  Minnesota  69-55  Win  5-4 June 14  Connecticut  76-74 (OT)  Win  6-4 June 18  @ Phoenix  76-74  Win  7-4 June 20  @ Charlotte  63-68 (OT)  Loss  7-5 June 22  @ New York  65-49  Win  8-5 June 25  @ Indiana  67-71  Loss  8-6 June 27  @ Minnesota  83-67  Win  9-6 June 29  New York  69-65 (OT)  Win  10-6 July 2  San Antonio  87-80 (OT)  Win  11-6 July 7  Phoenix  73-71  Win  12-6 July 9  @ San Antonio  66-61  Win  13-6 July 10  @ Houston  59-56  Win  14-6 July 17  Sacramento  70-79  Loss  14-7 July 19  Indiana  82-51  Win  15-7 July 21  Washington  96-76  Win  16-7 July 23  Houston  70-67  Win  17-7 July 29  @ Sacramento  85-80 (OT)  Win  18-7 July 31  @ San Antonio  79-67  Win  19-7 September 1  San Antonio  77-69  Win  20-7 September 3  Seattle  82-81  Win  21-7 September 8  @ Phoenix  58-72  Loss  21-8 September 9  Detroit  81-63  Win  22-8 September 12  Sacramento  65-52  Win  23-8 September 14  Phoenix  73-60  Win  24-8 September 17  Minnesota  66-78  Loss  24-9 September 18  @ Seattle  83-80  Win  25-9
Playoffs  '''Game'''  '''Date'''  '''Opponent'''  '''Score'''  '''Result'''  '''Record''' '''Western Conference Semifinals''' 1  September 24  @ Sacramento  52-72  Loss  0-1 2  September 26  Sacramento  71-57  Win  1-1 3  September 28  Sacramento  58-73  Loss  1-2
Awards and honors *Lisa Leslie, WNBA Most Valuable Player Award*Lisa Leslie, WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award*Lisa Leslie, WNBA Peak Performer (rebounds)
Player stats  '''Player'''  '''GP'''  '''REB'''  '''AST'''  '''STL'''  '''BLK'''  '''PTS''' Lisa Leslie  34  336  88  50  98  598 Mwadi Mabika  31  122  75  36  3  445 Nikki Teasley  34  116  207  43  7  336 Tamecka Dixon  32  110  112  36  1  311 Tamika Whitmore  34  106  17  12  5  210 DeLisha Milton-Jones  19  90  31  23  10  186 Christi Thomas  31  120  23  18  14  165 Laura Macchi  25  61  14  21  6  152 Doneeka Lewis  24  22  16  10  2  43 Raffaella Masciadri  17  5  8  1  0  28 Teresa Weatherspoon  34  29  32  12  1  17 Monique Coker  3  1  3  0  1  3 Mfon Udoka  3  3  0  0  0  1
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