2006 Los Angeles Sparks season
Introduction The 2006 WNBA season was the tenth season for the Los Angeles Sparks. The team went for the best record in the West, but were still unable to return to the WNBA Finals, losing in the conference finals to the Sacramento Monarchs, 2 games to 0.
Offseason ===Expansion draft===Laura Macchi was selected by the Chicago Sky in the Expansion Draft.===WNBA draft=== Round  Pick  Player  Nationality  College/School/Team 1  5  Lisa Willis (G)    UCLA 2  22  Willnett Crockett (F)    Connecticut 3  36  Tiffany Porter-Talbert (G)    Western Kentucky
Regular season ===Season standings======Season schedule=== Date  Opponent  Score  Result  Record May 21  @ Seattle  67-90  Loss  0-1 May 23  @ Charlotte  72-65  Win  1-1 May 25  @ San Antonio  80-71  Win  2-1 May 30  @ Chicago  64-55  Win  3-1 May 31  @ Minnesota  71-114  Loss  3-2 June 3  @ New York  79-89 (OT)  Loss  3-3 June 7  Detroit  86-78  Win  4-3 June 9  Chicago  73-65  Win  5-3 June 13  Phoenix  98-84  Win  6-3 June 17  Connecticut  82-70  Win  7-3 June 18  Sacramento  80-69  Win  8-3 June 21  Houston  75-55  Win  9-3 June 23  @ Sacramento  77-63  Win  10-3 June 25  San Antonio  105-80  Win  11-3 June 28  Seattle  67-75  Loss  11-4 June 30  Phoenix  85-83  Win  12-4 July 1  Washington  80-75  Win  13-4 July 3  San Antonio  63-85  Loss  13-5 July 5  Houston  74-62  Win  14-5 July 7  Indiana  72-60  Win  15-5 July 8  Charlotte  66-64  Win  16-5 July 14  @ Phoenix  95-85  Win  17-5 July 16  @ Minnesota  90-78  Win  18-5 July 18  New York  70-62  Win  19-5 July 21  @ Detroit  59-73  Loss  19-6 July 22  @ Indiana  73-68  Win  20-6 July 25  @ Houston  56-52  Win  21-6 July 26  @ San Antonio  81-67  Win  22-6 July 30  @ Seattle  71-70  Win  23-6 August 1  @ Washington  74-84  Loss  23-7 August 3  @ Connecticut  63-72  Loss  23-8 August 5  @ Phoenix  80-96  Loss  23-9 August 9  Sacramento  69-58  Win  24-9 August 13  Minnesota  78-59  Win  25-9 August 18 1st Round, G1  @ Seattle  72-84  Loss  0-1 August 20 1st Round, G2  Seattle  78-70  Win  1-1 August 22 1st Round, G3  Seattle  68-63  Win  2-1 August 24 West Finals, G1  @ Sacramento  61-64  Loss  2-2 August 26 West Finals, G2  Sacramento  58-72  Loss  2-3
Player stats  Player  GP  REB  AST  STL  BLK  PTS Lisa Leslie  34  323  108  51  57  680 Chamique Holdsclaw  25  152  56  34  9  375 Mwadi Mabika  32  64  48  19  6  272 Temeka Johnson  32  97  161  47  1  255 Tamara Moore  34  71  65  33  8  206 Murriel Page  34  121  33  17  9  167 Christi Thomas  27  143  26  20  14  164 Jessica Moore  34  98  24  22  9  147 Doneeka Lewis  34  42  66  14  4  131 Lisa Willis  24  43  10  26  0  111 Brandi Davis  14  13  8  5  1  41 Emmiline Ndongue  16  23  2  7  8  18 Tiffany Stansbury  4  7  2  1  2  6 Mfon Udoka  1  3  1  0  0  2 Dalivorka Vilipic  2  2  0  0  1  0
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