1998 Los Angeles Sparks season
Introduction The 1998 WNBA season was the second for the Los Angeles Sparks. The Sparks missed out of the playoffs for the second consecutive season. It would be the last season they missed the playoffs until the 2007 season.
Offseason ===WNBA draft=== Round  Pick  Player  Nationality  School/Club Team 1  5  Allison Feaster (F)    Harvard 2  15  Octavia Blue (F)    Miami (FL) 3  25  Rehema Stephens (G)    UCLA 4  35  Erica Kienast (F)    UC-Santa Barbara===Trades===DateTradeApril 9, 1998'''To Los Angeles Sparks''''''To Sacramento Monarchs''' Pamela McGee Linda Burgess
Regular season ===Season standings======Season schedule=== Date  Opponent  Score  Result  Record June 11  @ Utah  89-83  Win  1-0 June 14  @ Phoenix  60-70  Loss  1-1 June 16  @ Sacramento  69-73  Loss  1-2 June 19  New York  78-75  Win  2-2 June 21  Houston  63-79  Loss  2-3 June 24  Charlotte  73-77  Loss  2-4 June 27  @ Houston  64-75  Loss  2-5 June 30  @ Sacramento  56-58  Loss  2-6 July 2  Utah  57-58  Loss  2-7 July 7  Charlotte  86-79  Win  3-7 July 8  Sacramento  71-76  Loss  3-8 July 12  Cleveland  87-66  Win  4-8 July 13  @ Phoenix  62-72  Loss  4-9 July 15  Sacramento  81-76  Win  5-9 July 17  Houston  68-74  Loss  5-10 July 21  New York  77-92  Loss  5-11 July 23  Phoenix  70-68  Win  6-11 July 25  @ Detroit  67-69  Loss  6-12 July 27  @ Cleveland  67-83  Loss  6-13 July 29  @ Washington  77-68  Win  7-13 July 30  Phoenix  71-56  Win  8-13 August 1  @ Utah  73-65  Win  9-13 August 3  Washington  86-72  Win  10-13 August 5  @ Detroit  61-73  Loss  10-14 August 8  @ New York  62-80  Loss  10-15 August 9  @ Washington  74-76  Loss  10-16 August 12  @ Charlotte  65-52  Win  11-16 August 14  Utah  87-67  Win  12-16 August 16  Detroit  76-77  Loss  12-17 August 19  @ Houston  71-80  Loss  12-18
Player stats  Player  GP  REB  AST  STL  BLK  PTS Lisa Leslie  28  285  70  42  60  549 Penny Toler  30  106  143  32  3  370 Tamecka Dixon  22  56  54  24  8  357 Mwadi Mabika  29  127  44  30  9  237 Pamela McGee  30  145  13  23  24  203 Alexandra VanEmbricgs  28  75  16  24  9  94 Katrina Colleton  30  51  47  18  11  80 Octavia Blue  30  49  10  13  3  73 Jamila Wideman  25  22  57  10  1  48 Eugenia Rycraw  20  50  4  7  18  46 Haixia Zheng  6  26  3  0  1  45 Erin Alexander  8  15  6  2  0  22 Michelle Reed  9  11  2  2  1  14 Allison Feaster  3  2  3  2  0  10
References
External links * Sparks on Basketball Reference