2010 Los Angeles Sparks season

2010 Los Angeles Sparks season
2010 Los Angeles Sparks season
Coach	Jennifer Gillom
Arena	Staples Center
Attendance	9,468 per game
Results
Record	13–21 (.382)
Place	4th (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost Conference Semifinals
Team Leaders
Points	Thompson (16.6)
Rebounds	Thompson (6.2)
Assists	Penicheiro (6.9)
Media
Television	FS-W, PRIME; NBATV, ESPN2
	← 2009 season 2011 season →

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	United States	Oklahoma State
1	12 (from Phx.)	Bianca Thomas	United States	Mississippi
2	20	Angel Robinson	United States	Georgia
3	32	Rashidat Junaid	United States	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.^[1]
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.^[2]
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

Date	Trade
March 26, 2009	To Los Angeles Sparks	To Phoenix Mercury
March 26, 2009	first-round pick in 2010 draft	Temeka Johnson
May 5, 2009	To Los Angeles Sparks	To Minnesota Lynx
May 5, 2009	Noelle Quinn	Rafaella Masciadri and a first-round pick in 2010 draft
May 13, 2010	To Los Angeles Sparks	To Chicago Sky
May 13, 2010	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

Los Angeles Sparks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	From
SG	24	Ferdinand-Harris, Marie	5' 9" (1.75m)	153 lb (69kg)	LSU
SG	22	Lennox, Betty	5' 8" (1.73m)	143 lb (65kg)	Louisiana Tech
SF	8	Milton-Jones, DeLisha	6' 1" (1.85m)	185 lb (84kg)	Florida
F	15	Mokango, Chanel	6' 5" (1.96m)	–	Mississippi State
F	3	Parker, Candace	6' 4" (1.93m)	175 lb (79kg)	Tennessee
PG	21	Penicheiro, Ticha	5' 11" (1.8m)	146 lb (66kg)	Old Dominion
PG	45	Quinn, Noelle	6' 0" (1.83m)	175 lb (79kg)	UCLA
G	10	Riley, Andrea	5' 5" (1.65m)	136 lb (62kg)	Oklahoma State
G	7	Toliver, Kristi	5' 7" (1.7m)	130 lb (59kg)	Maryland
F	32	Thompson, Tina	6' 2" (1.88m)	178 lb (81kg)	USC
F	14	Wisdom-Hylton, Lindsay	6' 2" (1.88m)	186 lb (84kg)	Purdue

Head coach

Jennifer Gillom (Mississippi)

Assistant coaches

Steve Smith
Jim Saia

Athletic trainer

Courtney Watson (California)

Strength and conditioning coach

Bruce Deziel

Legend

(C) Team captain
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
Injured

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Tina Thompson	Chanel Mokango / Candace Parker
PF	Delisha Milton-Jones	Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
SF	Noelle Quinn	Betty Lennox
SG	Marie Ferdinand-Harris	Kristi Toliver
PG	Ticha Penicheiro	Andrea Riley

Season standings

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Seattle Storm ^x	28	6	.824	–	17–0	11–6	20–2
Phoenix Mercury ^x	15	19	.441	13.0	9–8	6–11	13–9
San Antonio Silver Stars ^x	14	20	.412	14.0	8–9	6–11	11–11
Los Angeles Sparks ^x	13	21	.382	15.0	8–9	5–12	10–12
Minnesota Lynx ^o	13	21	.382	15.0	7–10	6–11	8–14
Tulsa Shock ^o	6	28	.176	22.0	4–13	2–15	4–18

Schedule

Preseason

2010 Game Log: Preseason

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
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

2010 Game Log: Regular Season

May

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
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	NBATV FS-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

June

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
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	NBATV FS-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	NBATV SSO	81-89	Milton-Jones, Toliver (19)	Milton-Jones (11)	Penicheiro (10)	Philips Arena 7,855	3-10
14	June 29	10:30pm	New York	NBATV PRIME	68-80	Quinn (24)	Thompson (6)	Ferdinand-Harris, Quinn (4)	STAPLES Center 8,602	3-11

July

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
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

August

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
26	August 4	10:30pm	Chicago	NBATV CN100	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	NBATV FS-W FSSW	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	NBATV PRIME	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

2010 Game Log: Postseason

Western Conference Semifinals

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Series
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

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Marie Ferdinand-Harris	30	24	24.3	.409	.292	.839	2.7	1.2	0.87	0.17	8.9
Betty Lennox	11	0	11.6	.391	.361	.833	1.7	1.5	0.18	0.00	4.9
Delisha Milton-Jones	34	34	32.2	.470	.317	.866	4.7	2.5	1.09	0.65	15.4
Chanel Mokango	21	0	3.4	.176	.000	.750	0.6	0.0	0.10	0.48	0.4
Candace Parker	10	10	33.5	.500	.250	.732	10.1	2.2	1.00	2.20	20.6
Ticha Penicheiro	32	30	26.3	.410	.111	.819	4.0	6.9	1.34	0.06	4.9
Noelle Quinn	34	34	32.5	.443	.402	.776	4.0	2.8	1.03	0.32	10.2
Andrea Riley	29	0	7.7	.303	.294	.838	0.8	1.0	0.48	0.03	3.4
Tiffany Stansbury	5	0	2.8	.333	.000	.500	0.0	0.0	0.20	0.00	0.6
Kristi Toliver	34	4	20.7	.438	.349	.815	2.2	1.3	0.53	0.06	8.6
Tina Thompson	33	33	33.2	.446	.352	.872	6.2	1.8	1.15	0.73	16.6
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton	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
Marie Ferdinand-Harris	2	2	32.5	.391	.429	1.000	2.0	0.5	1.50	0.00	12.5
Delisha Milton-Jones	2	2	35.5	.360	1.000	.500	8.5	1.0	0.50	0.50	10.5
Ticha Penicheiro	2	2	29.5	.455	.000	1.000	2.5	2.5	2.50	0.00	6.0
Noelle Quinn	2	2	34.0	.368	.500	1.000	4.0	0.5	1.00	0.00	9.5
Andrea Riley	1	0	2.0	.000	.000	.000	1.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Kristi Toliver	2	0	22.5	.545	.600	1.000	0.0	4.0	0.50	0.00	8.0
Tina Thompson	2	2	39.0	.333	.286	1.000	6.0	3.0	1.50	2.00	17.0
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton	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.

References

^ "Johnson goes to Mercury for draft pick". ESPN. March 26, 2009. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
^ Knoblauch, Austin (February 9, 2010). "Sparks sign veteran point guard Ticha Penicheiro". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 21, 2024.

External links

[1] "Johnson goes to Mercury for draft pick". ESPN. March 26, 2009. Retrieved February 21, 2024.

[2] Knoblauch, Austin (February 9, 2010). "Sparks sign veteran point guard Ticha Penicheiro". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 21, 2024.

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