2003 Los Angeles Sparks season
Introduction The 2003 WNBA season was the seventh season for the Los Angeles Sparks franchise. The Sparks reached the WNBA Finals for the third consecutive season, but fell to the Detroit Shock in three games.
Offseason ===Dispersal Draft=== Pick Player Nationality Former Team 14 Jackie Stiles (G)  Portland Fire===WNBA draft=== Round Pick Player Nationality College/School/Team 2 27 Schuye LaRue (F)  Virginia 3 42 Mary Jo Noon (C)  Purdue
Regular season ===Season standings======Season schedule=== Date Opponent Score Result Record May 24  @ Connecticut  82-73  Win  1-0 May 27  @ Cleveland  79-71  Win  2-0 May 28  @ Minnesota  83-80  Win  3-0 May 30  @ Seattle  77-74 (OT)  Win  4-0 June 5  Sacramento  63-61  Win  5-0 June 7  @ Sacramento  79-61  Win  6-0 June 10  Minnesota  76-75  Win  7-0 June 12  Indiana  74-66  Win  8-0 June 14  @ New York  67-60  Win  9-0 June 17  @ Detroit  78-87 (OT)  Loss  9-1 June 19  Seattle  67-69  Loss  9-2 June 21  @ Phoenix  54-48  Win  10-2 June 24  @ Houston  71-62  Win  11-2 June 26  @ San Antonio  67-58  Win  12-2 June 28  Sacramento  60-69  Loss  12-3 July 5  Seattle  84-75  Win  13-3 July 7  Cleveland  81-75  Win  14-3 July 9  @ Washington  97-91  Win  15-3 July 15  Phoenix  80-77 (OT)  Win  16-3 July 18  Houston  74-79  Loss  16-4 July 20  Connecticut  73-76  Loss  16-5 July 22  Washington  77-73  Win  17-5 July 24  Phoenix  82-65  Win  18-5 July 30  San Antonio  62-70  Loss  18-6 July 31  @ Sacramento  75-83  Loss  18-7 August 2  Charlotte  73-84  Loss  18-8 August 6  @ Seattle  56-92  Loss  18-9 August 8  @ Phoenix  67-64  Win  19-9 August 9  @ San Antonio  52-69  Loss  19-10 August 14  @ Minnesota  87-83  Win  20-10 August 16  @ Houston  64-63  Win  21-10 August 21  Minnesota  88-65  Win  22-10 August 23  San Antonio  83-70  Win  23-10 August 25  Houston  67-64  Win  24-10 August 28 1st Round, G1  @ Minnesota  72-74  Loss  0-1 August 30 1st Round, G2  Minnesota  80-69  Win  1-1 September 1 1st Round, G3  Minnesota  74-64  Win  2-1 September 5 West Finals, G1  @ Sacramento  69-77  Loss  2-2 September 7 West Finals, G2  Sacramento  79-54  Win  3-2 September 8 West Finals, G3  Sacramento  66-63  Win  4-2 September 12 WNBA Finals, G1  Detroit  75-63  Win  5-2 September 14 WNBA Finals, G2  @ Detroit  61-62  Loss  5-3 September 16 WNBA Finals, G3  @ Detroit  78-83  Loss  5-4
Player stats  Player Games Played Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks Points Mwadi Mabika  32  141  82  30  18  441 Lisa Leslie  23  231  46  31  63  424 DeLisha Milton-Jones  31  220  64  49  41  416 Tamecka Dixon  30  126  89  35  10  412 Nikki Teasley  34  175  214  39  15  392 Jennifer Gillom  33  55  21  16  3  103 Nicky McCrimmon  33  29  32  19  1  68 Rhonda Mapp  24  68  6  7  6  62 Sophia Witherspoon  23  19  4  7  0  56 Shaquala Williams  25  32  19  6  0  49 Vanessa Nygaard  11  19  5  3  0  41 Latasha Byears  5  21  2  0  2  28 Chandra Johnson  8  6  3  0  1  6 Lynn Pride  4  6  0  0  0  1 Jenny Mowe  1  1  0  0  1  0
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