2000 Los Angeles Sparks season
Introduction The 2000 WNBA season was the fourth season for the Los Angeles Sparks. The team set a 28-4 record, the best in league history, but they were unable to go for the WNBA Finals, losing in the conference finals in a sweep to the Houston Comets.
Offseason Gordana Grubin was picked up by the Indiana Fever, while Nina Bjedov was selected by the Seattle Storm in the 2000 WNBA Expansion Draft.===WNBA draft=== Round  Pick  Player  Nationality  College/School/Team 1  15  Nicole Kubik (G)    Nebraska 2  31  Paige Sauer (C)    Connecticut 3  47  Marte Alexander (C)    Arizona 4  63  Nicky McCrimmon (G)    USC
Regular season ===Season standings======Season schedule=== Date  Opponent  Score  Result  Record May 31  Utah  69-62  Win  1-0 June 3  @ Minnesota  82-75  Win  2-0 June 6  Portland  70-57  Win  3-0 June 10  Phoenix  76-57  Win  4-0 June 11  @ Sacramento  68-75  Loss  4-1 June 13  @ Seattle  59-69  Loss  4-2 June 17  @ Portland  94-81  Win  5-2 June 18  Charlotte  70-62  Win  6-2 June 20  Houston  90-84  Win  7-2 June 23  @ Miami  68-54  Win  8-2 June 25  @ New York  72-67  Win  9-2 June 26  @ Washington  74-72  Win  10-2 June 28  @ Indiana  82-73  Win  11-2 July 1  Cleveland  75-67  Win  12-2 July 2  Detroit  85-63  Win  13-2 July 5  @ Sacramento  76-61  Win  14-2 July 6  Washington  79-70  Win  15-2 July 9  Utah  92-72  Win  16-2 July 11  Portland  77-80  Loss  16-3 July 14  Houston  63-58  Win  17-3 July 15  Minnesota  58-57  Win  18-3 July 20  New York  82-66  Win  19-3 July 21  @ Phoenix  74-68  Win  20-3 July 23  Sacramento  73-68  Win  21-3 July 25  Orlando  78-63  Win  22-3 July 27  Seattle  76-63  Win  23-3 July 29  @ Houston  84-74  Win  24-3 July 31  @ Minnesota  73-66  Win  25-3 August 2  @ Detroit  84-81  Win  26-3 August 5  @ Phoenix  77-63  Win  27-3 August 8  @ Seattle  60-52  Win  28-3 August 9  @ Utah  77-89  Loss  28-4
Playoffs  Game  Date  Opponent  Score  Result  Record '''Western Conference Semifinals''' 1  August 11  @ Phoenix  86-71  Win  1-0 2  August 13  Phoenix  101-76  Win  2-0 '''Western Conference Finals''' 1  August 17  @ Houston  56-77  Loss  2-1 2  August 20  Houston  69-74  Loss  2-2
Player stats  Player  GP  REB  AST  STL  BLK  PTS Lisa Leslie  32  306  60  31  74  570 Mwadi Mabika  32  179  98  58  18  394 DeLisha Milton-Jones  32  194  68  44  29  378 Tamecka Dixon  31  105  96  40  10  338 Ukari Figgs  32  55  127  21  3  215 Allison Feaster  32  85  33  23  2  202 Clarisse Machanguana  31  72  18  13  4  110 Nicky McCrimmon  32  32  65  29  8  101 Vedrana Grgin-Fonseca  18  23  12  3  1  49 La'Keshia Frett  25  24  6  7  6  40 Paige Sauer  12  16  3  2  1  20
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