2001 Los Angeles Sparks season

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2001 Los Angeles Sparks season
Coach Michael Cooper
Arena Staples Center
Attendance9,278 per game
Results
Record28–4 (.875)
Place1st (Western)
Playoff finishWon WNBA Finals
Media
Television KCOP (UPN 13)
Fox Sports Net West

The 2001 WNBA season was the fifth season for the Los Angeles Sparks. The Sparks won their first WNBA Finals.

Contents

Transactions

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
116 Camille Cooper Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Purdue
232 Nicole Levandusky Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Xavier
348Kelley SiemonFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Notre Dame
464Beth RecordFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Syracuse

Transactions

DateTransaction
April 20, 2001Drafted Camille Cooper, Nicole Levandusky, Kelley Siemon and Beth Record in the 2001 WNBA Draft [1]
April 30, 2001Signed Kiesha Brown and Wendi Willits [1]
May 9, 2001Waived Beth Record [1]
May 18, 2001Waived E.C. Hill, Kiesha Brown and Paige Sauer [1]
May 27, 2001Suspended contract of Kelley Siemon [1]
June 5, 2001Traded Camille Cooper to the New York Liberty in exchange for a 2002 2nd Round Pick [1]

Roster

2001 Los Angeles Sparks roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
G/F 0 Flag of the United States.svg Byears, Latasha 5' 11" (1.8m)206 lb (93kg)1973-08-12 DePaul 4
G 21 Flag of the United States.svg Dixon, Tamecka 5' 9" (1.75m)148 lb (67kg)1975-12-14 Kansas 4
G 5 Flag of the United States.svg Figgs, Ukari 5' 9" (1.75m)142 lb (64kg)1977-03-31 Purdue 2
G 17 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Grgin-Fonseca, Vedrana 6' 1" (1.85m)160 lb (73kg)1975-01-131
C 9 Flag of the United States.svg Leslie, Lisa 6' 5" (1.96m)170 lb (77kg)1972-07-07 USC 4
G 40 Flag of the United States.svg Levandusky, Nicole 5' 8" (1.73m)1979-05-17 Xavier R
G 4 Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg Mabika, Mwadi 5' 11" (1.8m)165 lb (75kg)1976-07-274
C 51 Flag of the United States.svg Mapp, Rhonda 6' 2" (1.88m)190 lb (86kg)1969-10-13 NC State 4
G 10 Flag of the United States.svg McCrimmon, Nicky 5' 8" (1.73m)125 lb (57kg)1972-03-22 USC 1
F 8 Flag of the United States.svg Milton-Jones, DeLisha 6' 1" (1.85m)175 lb (79kg)1974-09-11 Florida 2
G 20 Flag of the United States.svg Willits, Wendi 5' 7" (1.7m)1978-11-18 Arkansas R
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Michael Cooper (New Mexico)
Assistant coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Glenn McDonald
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Schedule

Regular season

2001 game log
Total: 28–4 (Home: 16–0; Road: 12–4)
May: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1May 28@ Houston W 66–63 Byears
Leslie (15)		 Latasha Byears (10) Lisa Leslie (4) Compaq Center 1–0
June : 9–3 (Home: 4–0; Road: 5–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
2June 1@ Orlando W 68–62 Tamecka Dixon (21) Lisa Leslie (12) Mwadi Mabika (8) TD Waterhouse Centre 2–0
3June 2@ Charlotte W 76–67 Lisa Leslie (20) Lisa Leslie (9) Tamecka Dixon (4) Charlotte Coliseum 3–0
4June 5 Cleveland W 58–50 Lisa Leslie (23) Lisa Leslie (8) Tamecka Dixon (6) Staples Center 4–0
5June 9@ Minnesota W 62–60 Lisa Leslie (17) Lisa Leslie (16) Dixon
Mabika (4)		 Target Center 5–0
6June 14 Orlando W 84–68 Tamecka Dixon (18) DeLisha Milton-Jones (7) Figgs
Mabika (5)		 Staples Center 6–0
7June 16@ Seattle W 73–60 Lisa Leslie (22) Lisa Leslie (11) Dixon
McCrimmon (6)		 KeyArena 7–0
8June 17 Portland W 90–75 Dixon
Leslie (13)		 Mwadi Mabika (9) Figgs
Milton-Jones (4)		 Staples Center 8–0
9June 19 Charlotte W 73–69 Lisa Leslie (19) Lisa Leslie (13) Dixon
Figgs (5)		 Staples Center 9–0
10June 21@ Houston L 65–69 Lisa Leslie (17) Lisa Leslie (14) Tamecka Dixon (8) Compaq Center 9–1
11June 22@ Cleveland L 70–74 Lisa Leslie (21) Byears
Dixon
Leslie
Milton-Jones (4)		 DeLisha Milton-Jones (3) Gund Arena 9–2
12June 24@ New York L 69–82 Lisa Leslie (26) Lisa Leslie (11) Dixon
Leslie
Mabika
McCrimmon
Milton-Jones (2)		 Madison Square Garden 9–3
13June 26@ Detroit W 98–89 (OT) Lisa Leslie (28) Lisa Leslie (11) Lisa Leslie (3) The Palace of Auburn Hills 10–3
July : 12–0 (Home: 7–0; Road: 5–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
14July 1 Miami W 86–60 DeLisha Milton-Jones (19) Latasha Byears (11) Tamecka Dixon (6) Staples Center 11–3
15July 3 Utah W 84–71 Lisa Leslie (18) Latasha Byears (7) Tamecka Dixon (7) Staples Center 12–3
16July 5 Phoenix W 73–50 Lisa Leslie (23) Lisa Leslie (15) Figgs
Leslie (5)		 Staples Center 13–3
17July 8 Minnesota W 100–95 (OT) Lisa Leslie (32) Lisa Leslie (13) Ukari Figgs (9) Staples Center 14–3
18July 10@ Utah W 79–67 Mwadi Mabika (19) Lisa Leslie (8) Lisa Leslie (5) Delta Center 15–3
19July 11@ Phoenix W 75–61 Ukari Figgs (16) DeLisha Milton-Jones (11) Ukari Figgs (6) America West Arena 16–3
20July 14@ Washington W 62–50 Lisa Leslie (18) Lisa Leslie (12) Ukari Figgs (8) MCI Center 17–3
21July 19@ Sacramento W 83–68 Lisa Leslie (23) Lisa Leslie (14) Dixon
Figgs
Leslie
McCrimmon (4)		 ARCO Arena 18–3
22July 21 Seattle W 85–79 Lisa Leslie (19) DeLisha Milton-Jones (7) Tamecka Dixon (7) Staples Center 19–3
23July 25 Sacramento W 80–78 Mwadi Mabika (18) Latasha Byears (16) Ukari Figgs (8) Staples Center 20–3
24July 28@ Portland W 88–83 Lisa Leslie (31) Lisa Leslie (11) Mwadi Mabika (6) Rose Garden 21–3
25July 28 Minnesota W 78–69 Lisa Leslie (28) Lisa Leslie (8) Ukari Figgs (5) Staples Center 22–3
August : 6–1 (Home: 5–0; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
26August 2 Sacramento W 67–62 Lisa Leslie (23) Leslie
Mabika (9)		 Mwadi Mabika (6) Staples Center 23–3
27August 4 Seattle W 79–60 Lisa Leslie (22) Lisa Leslie (13) Ukari Figgs (9) Staples Center 24–3
28August 6 Indiana W 81–66 Lisa Leslie (23) Lisa Leslie (13) Leslie
McCrimmon (7)		 Staples Center 25–3
29August 8 Phoenix W 79–67 Lisa Leslie (24) Byears
Leslie
Mabika (6)		 Mwadi Mabika (8) Staples Center 26–3
30August 11 Houston W 65–54 Mwadi Mabika (22) Latasha Byears (17) Ukari Figgs (6) Staples Center 27–3
31August 13@ Utah L 78–80 (OT) Tamecka Dixon (24) Lisa Leslie (10) Tamecka Dixon (6) Delta Center 27–4
32August 14@ Portland W 67–58 Mwadi Mabika (21) Lisa Leslie (10) Nicky McCrimmon (5) Rose Garden 28–4
2001 season schedule

Playoffs

2001 playoff game log
First round vs. Houston Comets
Won Series: 2–0
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1August 18@ Houston W 64–59 Lisa Leslie (19) Lisa Leslie (11) Ukari Figgs (4) Compaq Center 1–0
2August 20 Houston W 70–58 Lisa Leslie (28) Lisa Leslie (18) Ukari Figgs (9) Staples Center 2–0
Conference Finals vs. Sacramento Monarchs
Won Series: 2–1
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1August 25@ Sacramento W 74–73 Mabika
Milton-Jones (15)		 Lisa Leslie (10) Dixon
Figgs (6)		 ARCO Arena 1–0
2August 26 Sacramento L 60–80 Lisa Leslie (13) Mwadi Mabika (11) Ukari Figgs (6) Staples Center 1–1
3August 27 Sacramento W 93–62 Lisa Leslie (35) Lisa Leslie (16) Ukari Figgs (10) Staples Center 2–1
Championship vs. Charlotte Sting
Won Series: 2–0
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 August 30 @ Charlotte W 75–66 Lisa Leslie (24) Leslie
Milton-Jones (8)		 DeLisha Milton-Jones (5) Charlotte Coliseum 1–0
2 September 1 Charlotte W 82–54 Lisa Leslie (24) Lisa Leslie (13) Tamecka Dixon (7) Staples Center 2–0
2001 playoff schedule

Season standings

Western Conference WLPCTConf.GB
Los Angeles Sparks x284.87519–2–
Sacramento Monarchs x2012.62513–88.0
Utah Starzz x1913.59411–109.0
Houston Comets x1913.59413–89.0
Phoenix Mercury o1319.4068–1315.0
Minnesota Lynx o1220.3759–1216.0
Portland Fire o1121.3445–1617.0
Seattle Storm o1022.3136–1518.0

Statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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 gameTeam leaderLeague leader

Regular Season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Lisa Leslie 313133.3.473.367.7369.62.41.12.319.5
Tamecka Dixon 292931.9.417.176.7912.93.90.90.111.7
Mwadi Mabika 282429.6.387.382.8614.63.11.40.411.2
DeLisha Milton-Jones 322729.3.453.343.7945.32.11.50.910.3
Ukari Figgs 322929.1.425.462.8103.13.91.30.18.0
Latasha Byears 321323.1.602.333.5775.70.91.30.49.3
Rhonda Mapp 30013.2.415.000.7502.60.50.50.24.2
Nicky McCrimmon 28012.5.444.417.4290.42.30.80.02.3
Vedrana Grgin-Fonseca 2479.3.431.316.6431.50.50.20.03.0
Nicole Levandusky 1305.2.318.2941.0000.70.50.40.11.5
Wendi Willits 1303.6.300.154.7500.40.20.10.01.3


‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season

Awards and honors

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "2001 Indiana Fever Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
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