2000 Los Angeles Sparks season | |
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Coach | Michael Cooper |
Arena | Great Western Forum |
Attendance | 6,563 per game |
Results | |
Record | 28–4 (.875) |
Place | 1st (Western) |
Playoff finish | Lost Conference Finals (2-0) to Houston Comets |
The 2000 WNBA season was the fourth season for the Los Angeles Sparks. The team set a 28-4 record, the best in league history, but they were unable to go for the WNBA Finals, losing in the conference finals in a sweep to the Houston Comets.
The following player was selected in the Indiana Fever expansion draft from the Los Angeles Sparks:
Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
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Gordana Grubin | ![]() | MiZo Pécs (Hungary) |
The following player was selected in the Seattle Storm expansion draft from the Los Angeles Sparks:
Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
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Nina Bjedov | ![]() | Basket Bees Treviglio (Italy) |
Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
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1 | 15 | Nicole Kubik | ![]() | Nebraska |
2 | 31 | Paige Sauer | ![]() | UConn |
3 | 47 | Marte Alexander | ![]() | Arizona |
4 | 63 | Nicky McCrimmon | ![]() | USC |
Date | Transaction | |
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September 30, 1999 | Head Coach Orlando Woolridge retires from coaching [1] | |
October 14, 1999 | Hired Michael Cooper as Head Coach [1] | |
December 15, 1999 | Lost Nina Bjedov to the Seattle Storm in the WNBA expansion draft [1] | |
Lost Gordana Grubin to the Indiana Fever in the WNBA expansion draft [1] | ||
April 25, 2000 | Drafted Nicole Kubik, Paige Sauer, Marte Alexander and Nicky McCrimmon in the 2000 WNBA draft [1] | |
May 30, 2000 | Waived Nicole Kubik [1] | |
October 11, 2000 | Traded La'Keshia Frett to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for Latasha Byears [1] | |
Traded Allison Feaster and Clarisse Machanguana to the Charlotte Sting in exchange for Rhonda Mapp and E.C. Hill [1] |
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2000 playoff game log | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First round vs. Phoenix Mercury Won Series: 2–0
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Conference Finals vs. Houston Comets Lost Series: 0–2
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2000 playoff schedule |
Western Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
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Los Angeles Sparks x | 28 | 4 | .875 | 17–4 | – |
Houston Comets x | 27 | 5 | .844 | 17–4 | 1.0 |
Sacramento Monarchs x | 21 | 11 | .656 | 13–8 | 7.0 |
Phoenix Mercury x | 20 | 12 | .625 | 11–10 | 8.0 |
Utah Starzz o | 18 | 14 | .563 | 13–8 | 10.0 |
Minnesota Lynx o | 15 | 17 | .469 | 5–16 | 13.0 |
Portland Fire o | 10 | 22 | .313 | 4–17 | 18.0 |
Seattle Storm o | 6 | 26 | .188 | 4–17 | 22.0 |
Legend | |||||||
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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 |
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Lisa Leslie | 32 | 32 | 32.1 | .458 | .219 | .824 | 9.6 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 17.8 |
DeLisha Milton-Jones | 32 | 32 | 30.7 | .512 | .250 | .745 | 6.1 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 11.8 |
Mwadi Mabika | 32 | 32 | 29.4 | .388 | .384 | .820 | 5.6 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 12.3 |
Tamecka Dixon | 31 | 31 | 28.5 | .454 | .353 | .805 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 10.9 |
Ukari Figgs | 32 | 32 | 25.1 | .431 | .354 | .831 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 6.7 |
Nicky McCrimmon | 32 | 0 | 15.3 | .506 | .485 | .500 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 3.2 |
Allison Feaster | 32 | 0 | 14.7 | .359 | .259 | .833 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 6.3 |
Clarisse Machanguana | 31 | 1 | 13.6 | .578 | .000 | .560 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 3.5 |
Vedrana Grgin-Fonseca | 18 | 0 | 10.2 | .274 | .059 | .609 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 2.7 |
La'Keshia Frett | 25 | 0 | 7.5 | .275 | .000 | .750 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.6 |
Paige Sauer | 12 | 0 | 5.5 | .571 | N/A | .800 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.7 |
‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season