2009 Los Angeles Sparks season

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2009 Los Angeles Sparks season
Coach Michael Cooper
Arena STAPLES Center
Attendance10,387 per game
Results
Record18–16 (.529)
Place3rd (Western)
Playoff finishLost Conference Finals
Team Leaders
Points Leslie (15.4)
Rebounds Parker (9.8)
Assists Quinn (3.5)
Media
Television Fox Sports West

The 2009 Los Angeles Sparks season is the 13th season for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association. Lisa Leslie announced that the 2009 season would be her last. [1] On June 5, the Sparks and Farmers Insurance Group of Companies announced a multi-year marketing partnership that includes a branded jersey sponsorship. The Farmers Insurance branded jersey will be worn by the players for the first time on June 6. As part of this alliance, the Farmers Insurance name and logo will appear on the front of the Sparks jerseys and will have considerable visibility in the Staples Center during home games. Los Angeles became only the second WNBA team to finalize such an agreement. [2] The Sparks attempted to reach the playoffs and were successful.

Contents

Offseason

Dispersal Draft

Based on the Sparks' 2008 record, they would pick 9th in the Houston Comets dispersal draft. The Sparks waived their pick. [4]

WNBA draft

The following are the Sparks' selections in the 2009 WNBA draft.

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
113 Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Purdue
222 Ashley Paris Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Oklahoma
335Britney JordanFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Texas A&M-Commerce

[5]

Transactions

[6]

DateTrade
December 17, 2008To Los Angeles Sparks To Atlanta Dream
13th pick in the 2009 WNBA Draftrights to Chamique Holdsclaw
January 30, 2009To Los Angeles Sparks To Minnesota Lynx
Vanessa Hayden-Johnson Christi Thomas
March 26, 2009To Los Angeles Sparks To Phoenix Mercury
first-round 2010 WNBA Draft pick Temeka Johnson
May 5, 2009To Los Angeles Sparks To New York Liberty
first-round 2010 WNBA Draft pick Sidney Spencer
May 5, 2009To Los Angeles Sparks To Minnesota Lynx
Noelle Quinn Rafaella Masciadri and a first-round 2010 WNBA Draft pick

Free agents

Roster

Los Angeles Sparks roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
PG 6 Flag of the United States.svg Bobbitt, Shannon 5' 2" (1.57m)130 lb (59kg) Tennessee
SG 24 Flag of the United States.svg Ferdinand-Harris, Marie 5' 9" (1.75m)153 lb (69kg) LSU
PG 10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Harrower, Kristi 5' 4" (1.63m)139 lb (63kg) Australia
C 55 Flag of the United States.svg Hayden, Vanessa 6' 4" (1.93m)240 lb (109kg) Florida
SG 22 Flag of the United States.svg Lennox, Betty 5' 8" (1.73m)143 lb (65kg) Louisiana Tech
C 9 Flag of the United States.svg Leslie, Lisa 6' 5" (1.96m)170 lb (77kg) USC
SF 8 Flag of the United States.svg Milton-Jones, DeLisha 6' 1" (1.85m)185 lb (84kg) Florida
F 3 Flag of the United States.svg Parker, Candace 6' 4" (1.93m)175 lb (79kg) Tennessee
F 15 Flag of the United States.svg Pringle, LaToya 6' 3" (1.91m)162 lb (73kg) North Carolina
PG 45 Flag of the United States.svg Quinn, Noelle 6' 0" (1.83m)175 lb (79kg) UCLA
F 32 Flag of the United States.svg Thompson, Tina 6' 2" (1.88m)178 lb (81kg) USC
F 14 Flag of the United States.svg Wisdom-Hylton, Lindsay 6' 2" (1.88m)186 lb (84kg) Purdue
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Athletic trainer
Strength and conditioning coach
  • Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Deziel
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Season standings

Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Phoenix Mercury x2311.676–12–511–613–7
Seattle Storm x2014.5883.013–47–1013–7
Los Angeles Sparks x1816.5295.011–67–1011–9
San Antonio Silver Stars x1519.4418.010–75–1210–10
Minnesota Lynx o1420.4129.09–85–127–13
Sacramento Monarchs o1222.35311.07–105–126–14

Schedule

Preseason

2009 Game Log: Preseason
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 313:00pm@ Connecticut 80-77 Thompson (14) Leslie, Wisdom-Hylton (6) Lennox (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,630		1-0

Regular season

2009 Game Log: Regular Season
June
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1June 62:30pm Detroit ABC 78-58 Thompson (18) Lennox (10) Harrower (7) STAPLES Center
13,154		1-0
2June 87:30pm@ Detroit 52-81 Thompson (14) Thompson (11) Milton-Jones, Quinn (3) Palace of Auburn Hills
13,915		1-1
3June 108:00pm@ Minnesota 76-87 Lennox (25) Lennox, Leslie (8) Quinn (4) Target Center
7,444		1-2
4June 127:00pm@ Indiana 61-73 Leslie (21) Leslie (13) Harrower (3) Conseco Fieldhouse
9,320		1-3
5June 1910:00pm@ Phoenix 80-89 Lennox (16) Thompson (14) Quinn (6) US Airways Center
8,255		1-4
6June 219:30pm Sacramento NBA TV
FSNW 		67-47 Hayden, Thompson (12) Hayden, Lennox (8) Bobbitt (5) STAPLES Center
9,494		2-4
7June 2610:00pm@ Seattle 67-69 Thompson (20) Milton-Jones (7) Lennox (5) KeyArena
9,686		2-5
8June 289:30pm Seattle NBA TV
FSNW 		82-55 Ferdinand-Harris (15) Quinn (6) Harrower (5) STAPLES Center
10,797		3-5
July
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
9July 59:30pm Phoenix NBA TV
FSNW 		89-104 Lennox, Thompson (17) Milton-Jones (7) Bobbitt (6) STAPLES Center
9,872		3-6
10July 97:30pm@ New York MSG 69-60 Lennox (20) Thompson (8) Harrower, Ferdinand-Harris (3) Madison Square Garden
12,247		4-6
11July 117:00pm@ Washington 63-75 Bobbitt, Lennox (10) Milton-Jones, Thompson (7) Harrower (3) Verizon Center
12,217		4-7
12July 147:00pm@ Connecticut ESPN2 71-82 Milton-Jones (19) Lennox (11) Lennox, Milton-Jones, Parker (2) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,612		4-8
13July 2210:30pm@ Seattle 87-98 (3OT) Thompson (22) Lennox (12) Parker (5) KeyArena
7,154		4-9
14July 288:00pm@ Minnesota 76-70 Thompson (30) Parker (10) Lennox, Thompson (4) Target Center
7,216		5-9
15July 298:00pm@ Chicago 63-75 Milton-Jones (15) Parker (10) Thompson (4) UIC Pavilion
5,633		5-10
August
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
16August 110:00pm@ Sacramento 59-56 Parker, Milton-Jones (13) Parker (12) Harrower (6) ARCO Arena
7,204		6-10
17August 43:00pm San Antonio 59-63 Leslie, Quinn (13) Thompson (12) Quinn (4) STAPLES Center
13,865		6-11
18August 610:30pm Seattle 79-75 (OT) Quinn (23) Parker (13) Leslie (4) STAPLES Center
9,735		7-11
19August 1010:30pm Indiana 75-63 Leslie (21) Leslie (11) Milton-Jones (4) STAPLES Center
8,263		8-11
20August 119:00pm New York ESPN2 61-65 Leslie (12) Parker (11) Bobbitt, Harrower, Quinn (2) STAPLES Center
9,548		8-12
21August 1410:30pm Sacramento 79-85 Leslie (25) Parker (10) Quinn (5) STAPLES Center
10,122		8-13
22August 1510:00pm@ Sacramento 78-61 Parker (18) Leslie (9) Milton-Jones, Quinn, Thompson (4) ARCO Arena
7,646		9-13
23August 1810:30pm Washington 72-69 Leslie (20) Parker (12) Parker, Quinn (5) STAPLES Center
9,287		10-13
24August 1910:30pm Minnesota 78-63 Leslie (28) Parker (10) Quinn (7) STAPLES Center
9,181		11-13
25August 218:00pm@ San Antonio NBA TV
KMYS 		67-66 (OT) Parker (17) Parker, Thompson (12) Leslie (4) AT&T Center
9,540		12-13
26August 233:00pm@ Atlanta 91-87 Parker (23) Lennox, Parker (8) Thompson (6) Philips Arena
11,304		13-13
27August 2510:00pm Chicago ESPN2 75-63 Leslie, Parker (21) Parker (12) Bobbitt, Thompson (3) STAPLES Center
9,615		14-13
28August 2710:30pm Phoenix NBA TV
FSNW 		90-98 Leslie (23) Lennox (6) Quinn (8) STAPLES Center
9,586		14-14
29August 309:30pm Connecticut NBA TV
FSNW 		91-81 Thompson (21) Parker (13) Milton-Jones, Quinn (5) STAPLES Center
11,072		15-14
September
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
30September 110:30pm Atlanta 79-84 Leslie (24) Parker (14) Lennox (5) STAPLES Center
8,756		15-15
31September 58:00pm@ San Antonio 72-89 Leslie (21) Parker (10) Parker (8) AT&T Center
8,631		15-16
32September 810:30pm San Antonio NBA TV
KMYS 		76-68 Leslie (18) Parker (13) Quinn (6) STAPLES Center
10,476		16-16
33September 1110:30pm Minnesota NBA TV
FSNW 		90-64 Leslie, Thompson (19) Parker (14) Quinn (9) STAPLES Center
13,764		17-16
34September 133:00pm@ Phoenix ESPN2 81–78 Parker (24) Parker (14) Lennox (6) US Airways Center
12,968		18–16
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess

Postseason

2009 Game Log: Postseason
Western Conference Semifinals
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1September 1610:00pm Seattle ESPN2 70-63 Thompson (16) Leslie, Parker (10) Harrower (5) STAPLES Center
7,919		1-0
2September 1810:00pm@ Seattle NBA TV 74-75 Lennox (17) Leslie (14) Quinn (5) KeyArena
8,854		1-1
3September 205:00pm@ Seattle ESPN2 75-64 Parker (22) Milton-Jones (9) Quinn (7) KeyArena
8,159		2-1
Western Conference Finals
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1September 2310:00pm Phoenix ESPN2 94-103 Parker (28) Parker (10) Thompson (5) Pauley Pavilion [7]
6,389		0-1
2September 2510:00pm@ Phoenix NBA TV 87-76 Parker (24) Parker (18) Quinn (4) US Airways Center
7,628		1-1
3September 2610:00pm@ Phoenix NBA TV 74-85 Leslie (22) Thompson (11) Lennox, Thompson (3) US Airways Center
7,226		1-2

Regular Season 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

Player statistics

PlayerGPGSMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Shannon Bobbitt 33310.71.01.40.450.032.2
Marie Ferdinand-Harris 28612.11.50.90.540.075.4
Kristi Harrower 312616.81.82.20.520.003.1
Vanessa Hayden 25110.82.70.20.160.883.8
Betty Lennox 301321.34.51.80.870.1310.2
Lisa Leslie 232127.76.62.10.701.4315.4
Delisha Milton-Jones 333331.64.82.21.240.2410.2
Candace Parker 252432.69.82.60.602.1213.1
Noelle Quinn 34927.33.63.51.180.328.4
Tina Thompson 343434.85.92.30.760.7113.0
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton 2906.81.40.30.100.282.4

Team statistics

TeamFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPFPPG
Los Angeles Sparks.430.297.79136.717.36.44.916.717.174.5
Opponents.399.335.76930.915.28.83.413.618.373.5

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