2010 Los Angeles Sparks season
Introduction The 2010 WNBA season is the 14th season for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association.
Transactions ===Dispersal draft===Based on the Sparks' 2009 record, they would pick 8th in the Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft. The Sparks waived their pick.===WNBA draft===The following are the Sparks' selections in the 2010 WNBA draft. Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country 1 8 Andrea Riley  Oklahoma State 1 12 (from Phx.) Bianca Thomas  Mississippi 2 20 Angel Robinson  Georgia 3 32 Rashidat Junaid  Rutgers===Transaction log===*March 26, 2009: The Sparks signed-and-traded Temeka Johnson to the Phoenix Mercury for Phoenix's first-round pick in the 2010 draft. *May 5, 2009: The Sparks traded Rafaella Masciadri and a previously acquired first-round pick in the 2010 draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Noelle Quinn. *February 9: The Sparks signed free agent Ticha Penicheiro. *February 16: The Sparks signed LaToya Pringle. *April 29: The Sparks waived Angel Robinson. *May 7: The Sparks waived Vanessa Hayden. *May 11: The Sparks signed Lisa Willis and waived Karina Figueroa. *May 13: The Sparks traded a second-round pick in the 2011 Draft to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Kristi Toliver. *May 13: The Sparks waived LaToya Pringle, Lisa Willis and Rashidat Junaid. *May 14: The Sparks waived Shannon Bobbitt and Bianca Thomas. *June 1: The Sparks waived Tiffany Stansbury and signed Chanel Mokango.===Trades===DateTradeMarch 26, 2009'''To Los Angeles Sparks''''''To Phoenix Mercury''' first-round pick in 2010 draft Temeka JohnsonMay 5, 2009'''To Los Angeles Sparks''''''To Minnesota Lynx''' Noelle Quinn Rafaella Masciadri and a first-round pick in 2010 draftMay 13, 2010'''To Los Angeles Sparks''''''To Chicago Sky''' Kristi Toliver second-round pick in 2011 draft===Free agents=======Additions===='''Player''''''Signed''''''Former team''' '''Ticha Penicheiro'''  February 9, 2010  Sacramento Monarchs '''Kristi Toliver'''  May 13, 2010  Chicago Sky '''Tiffany Stansbury'''  May 15, 2010  free agent '''Chanel Mokango'''  June 1, 2010  free agent====Subtractions===='''Player''''''Left''''''New team''' '''Lisa Leslie'''  2009  retired '''Vanessa Hayden'''  May 7, 2009  free agent '''Shannon Bobbitt'''  May 14, 2009  free agent '''Tiffany Stansbury'''  June 1, 2010  free agent
Roster ===Depth===Pos.StarterBench C '''Tina Thompson''' Chanel Mokango / Candace Parker 8px PF '''Delisha Milton-Jones''' Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton SF '''Noelle Quinn''' Betty Lennox 8px SG '''Marie Ferdinand-Harris''' Kristi Toliver PG '''Ticha Penicheiro''' Andrea Riley
Season standings
Schedule ===Preseason=== 1  May 1  10:00pm  China National Team  78-58  Junaid (15)  Mohammed (12)  Penicheiro (7)  Viejas Arena  3,874  1-0 2  May 8  3:30pm  San Antonio   77-86  Ferdinand-Harris (13)  3 players (5)  Bobbitt, Quinn (4)  Walter Pyramid  1,521  1-1===Regular season=== 1  May 15  2:00pm  @ Phoenix  ESPN2   77-78  Parker (24)  Parker (12)  Riley (4)  US Airways Center  14,772  0-1 2  May 16  9:00pm  @ Seattle  KONG   67-81  Thompson (19)  Parker (11)  Penicheiro (6)  KeyArena  9,686  0-2 3  May 22  8:00pm  @ San Antonio  NBATVFS-SW   81-88  Milton-Jones (20)  Parker, Thompson (10)  Milton-Jones (6)  AT&T Center  7,862  0-3 4  May 28  10:30pm  Washington  PRIME   81-75  Parker (30)  Parker (10)  Parker (5)  STAPLES Center  13,154  1-3 5  May 30  8:00pm  Atlanta     82-101  Parker (32)  Parker (12)  Penicheiro (6)  STAPLES Center 8,404  1-4 6  June 4  10:00pm  @ Phoenix     89-90  Parker (26)  Parker (12)  Penicheiro (10)  US Airways Center  6,485  1-5 7  June 5  11:00pm  Seattle  NBATVFS-W   75-79  Parker (24)  Parker (8)  Lennox, Parker (4)  Home Depot Center  6,026  1-6 8  June 8  10:30pm  Phoenix  PRIME   92-91  Parker (22)  Parker (12)  Quinn (7)  STAPLES Center  7,993  2-6 9  June 11  10:00pm  @ Seattle  KONG   60-82  Parker (13)  Parker (7)  4 players (2)  KeyArena  7,286  2-7 10  June 13  3:00pm  Minnesota     88-84  Milton-Jones (22)  Parker (7)  Penicheiro (5)  STAPLES Center  7,005  3-7 11  June 18  10:30pm  Connecticut     75-78  Thompson (24)  Milton-Jones, Quinn (6)  Penicheiro (8)  STAPLES Center  8,852  3-8 12  June 24  7:00pm  @ Washington  CSN-MA   53-68  Toliver (11)  Quinn (7)  Penicheiro (6)  Verizon Center  8,160  3-9 13  June 27  3:00pm  @ Atlanta  NBATVSSO   81-89  Milton-Jones, Toliver (19)  Milton-Jones (11)  Penicheiro (10)  Philips Arena  7,855  3-10 14  June 29  10:30pm  New York  NBATVPRIME   68-80  Quinn (24)  Thompson (6)  Ferdinand-Harris, Quinn (4)  STAPLES Center  8,602  3-11 15  July 1  10:30pm  San Antonio     73-63  Thompson (24)  Thompson (10)  Penicheiro (4)  STAPLES Center  7,803  4-11 16  July 3  5:00pm  Seattle  ESPN2   62-75  Toliver (18)  Thompson, Wisdom-Hylton (10)  Penicheiro (5)  STAPLES Center  9,319  4-12 17  July 6  10:00pm  Phoenix  ESPN2   89-98  Milton-Jones (20)  Milton-Jones (8)  Milton-Jones (6)  STAPLES Center  8,336  4-13 18  July 13  7:00pm  @ Tulsa  ESPN2   87-71  Thompson (24)  Penicheiro (7)  Penicheiro (9)  BOK Center  7,073  5-13 19  July 16  8:30pm  @ Chicago  CN100   68-80  Milton-Jones (21)  Quinn (6)  Penicheiro (9)  Allstate Arena  4,841  5-14 20  July 18  3:00pm  @ San Antonio     73-83  Thompson (23)  Thompson (8)  Penicheiro, Quinn (6)  AT&T Center  6,542  5-15 21  July 20  3:00pm  Tulsa     86-83 (OT)  Milton-Jones (23)  Penicheiro (7)  Penicheiro (13)  STAPLES Center  14,413  6-15 22  July 22  7:00pm  @ Indiana  ESPN2   57-76  Thompson (19)  Milton-Jones, Thompson (8)  Penicheiro (6)  Conseco Fieldhouse  7,898  6-16 23  July 24  7:00pm  @ Connecticut     89-80  Milton-Jones (20)  Penicheiro, Quinn (7)  Milton-Jones, Penicheiro (7)  Mohegan Sun Arena  8,097  7-16 24  July 27  8:00pm  @ Minnesota     71-58  Thompson (24)  Milton-Jones, Quinn, Thompson (8)  Penicheiro (9)  Target Center  6,215  8-16 25  July 30  7:30pm  @ New York     79-88  Thompson (18)  Wisdom-Hylton (6)  Penicheiro (7)  Madison Square Garden  14,307  8-17 26  August 4  10:30pm  Chicago  NBATVCN100   82-77  Milton-Jones (22)  Wisdom-Hylton (13)  Penicheiro (15)  STAPLES Center  9,732  9-17 27  August 6  10:30pm  Tulsa     77-70  Milton-Jones (23)  Milton-Jones, Penicheiro, Quinn (7)  Penicheiro (13)  STAPLES Center  8,962  10-17 28  August 8  8:00pm  San Antonio  NBATVFS-WFSSW   83-92  Thompson (23)  Penicheiro (9)  Penicheiro (8)  STAPLES Center  9,793  10-18 29  August 10  10:00pm  Indiana  ESPN2   76-82  Thompson (21)  Thompson (13)  Riley (6)  STAPLES Center  10,586  10-19 30  August 12  8:00pm  @ Minnesota     78-77  Milton-Jones (21)  Thompson (8)  Penicheiro (10)  Target Center  7,867  11-19 31  August 14  8:00pm  @ Tulsa  COX   92-87  Thompson (24)  Thompson (11)  Penicheiro (9)  BOK Center  5,719  12-19 32  August 17  10:30pm  Phoenix  NBATVPRIME   84-90  Thompson (33)  Penicheiro (9)  Penicheiro (11)  STAPLES Center  8,817  12-20 33  August 20  10:30pm  Minnesota     98-91  Thompson (26)  Thompson (9)  Penicheiro (12)  STAPLES Center  13,154  13-20 34  August 21  11:00pm  @ Seattle  ESPN2   75-76  Thompson (20)  Milton-Jones (9)  Penicheiro (8)  KeyArena  9,686  13-21 All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess===Postseason=== 1  August 25  11:00pm  @ Seattle  ESPN2   66-79  Ferdinand-Harris (18)  Milton-Jones (8)  Toliver (5)  KeyArena  10,589  0-1  2  August 28  3:00pm  Seattle  ESPN2   66-81  Thompson (18)  Milton-Jones (9)  Thompson (5)  STAPLES Center  8,326  0-2
Statistics ===Regular season=== Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG  30  24  24.3  .409  .292  .839  2.7  1.2  0.87  0.17  8.9  11  0  11.6  .391  .361  .833  1.7  1.5  0.18  0.00  4.9 34 34  32.2  .470  .317  .866  4.7  2.5  1.09  0.65  15.4  21  0  3.4  .176  .000  .750  0.6  0.0  0.10  0.48  0.4  10  10  33.5  .500  .250  .732  10.1  2.2  1.00  2.20  20.6  32  30  26.3  .410  .111  .819  4.0 6.9 1.34  0.06  4.9 34 34  32.5  .443 .402  .776  4.0  2.8  1.03  0.32  10.2  29  0  7.7  .303  .294  .838  0.8  1.0  0.48  0.03  3.4  5  0  2.8  .333  .000  .500  0.0  0.0  0.20  0.00  0.6 34  4  20.7  .438  .349  .815  2.2  1.3  0.53  0.06  8.6  33  33 33.2  .446  .352 .872 6.2  1.8  1.15  0.73 16.6  32  1  15.1 .500  .000  .706  3.4  0.4  0.56 0.75  4.5===Postseason=== Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 2  2  32.5  .391  .429 1.000  2.0  0.5  1.50  0.00  12.5 2 2  35.5  .360  1.000  .500  8.5  1.0  0.50  0.50  10.5 2 2  29.5  .455  .000 1.000  2.5  2.5 2.50  0.00  6.0 2 2  34.0  .368  .500 1.000  4.0  0.5  1.00  0.00  9.5  1  0  2.0  .000  .000  .000  1.0  0.0  0.00  0.00  0.0 2  0  22.5 .545 .600 1.000  0.0 4.0  0.50  0.00  8.0 2 2 39.0  .333  .286 1.000 6.0  3.0  1.50 2.00 17.0 2  0  6.0  .667  .000  .500  2.5  0.0  0.00  0.00  2.5
Awards and honors *Candace Parker was named ''WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week'' for the week of May 22, 2010. *Tina Thompson was named ''WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week'' for the week of August 7, 2010. *Tina Thompson was named ''WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week'' for the week of August 14, 2010. *Tina Thompson was named ''WNBA Western Conference Player of the Month'' for August.
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