2010 Los Angeles Sparks season

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2010 Los Angeles Sparks season
Coach Jennifer Gillom
Arena Staples Center
Attendance9,468 per game
Results
Record13–21 (.382)
Place4th (Western)
Playoff finishLost Conference Semifinals
Team Leaders
Points Thompson (16.6)
Rebounds Thompson (6.2)
Assists Penicheiro (6.9)
Media
Television FS-W, PRIME
NBATV, ESPN2

The 2010 WNBA season is the 14th season for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Contents

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.

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/team/country
18 Andrea Riley Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Oklahoma State
112 (from Phx.)Bianca ThomasFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Mississippi
220Angel RobinsonFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Georgia
332Rashidat JunaidFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Rutgers

Transaction log

Trades

DateTrade
March 26, 2009To Los Angeles Sparks To Phoenix Mercury
first-round pick in 2010 draft Temeka Johnson
May 5, 2009To Los Angeles Sparks To Minnesota Lynx
Noelle Quinn Rafaella Masciadri and a first-round pick in 2010 draft
May 13, 2010To Los Angeles Sparks To Chicago Sky
Kristi Toliver second-round pick in 2011 draft

Free agents

Roster

2010 Los Angeles Sparks roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightFrom
SG 24 Flag of the United States.svg Ferdinand-Harris, Marie 5' 9" (1.75m)153 lb (69kg) LSU
SG 22 Flag of the United States.svg Lennox, Betty  Cruz Roja.svg5' 8" (1.73m)143 lb (65kg) Louisiana Tech
SF 8 Flag of the United States.svg Milton-Jones, DeLisha 6' 1" (1.85m)185 lb (84kg) Florida
F 15 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Mokango, Chanel 6' 5" (1.96m) Mississippi State
F 3 Flag of the United States.svg Parker, Candace  Cruz Roja.svg6' 4" (1.93m)175 lb (79kg) Tennessee
PG 21 Flag of Portugal.svg Penicheiro, Ticha 5' 11" (1.8m)146 lb (66kg) Old Dominion
PG 45 Flag of the United States.svg Quinn, Noelle 6' 0" (1.83m)175 lb (79kg) UCLA
G 10 Flag of the United States.svg Riley, Andrea 5' 5" (1.65m)136 lb (62kg) Oklahoma State
G 7 Flag of the United States.svg Toliver, Kristi 5' 7" (1.7m)130 lb (59kg) Maryland
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
Flag of the United States.svg Jennifer Gillom (Mississippi)
Assistant coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Steve Smith
Flag of the United States.svg Jim Saia
Athletic trainer
Flag of the United States.svg Courtney Watson (California)
Strength and conditioning coach
Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Deziel
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  WNBA roster page

Depth

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

Season standings

Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Seattle Storm x286.824–17–011–620–2
Phoenix Mercury x1519.44113.09–86–1113–9
San Antonio Silver Stars x1420.41214.08–96–1111–11
Los Angeles Sparks x1321.38215.08–95–1210–12
Minnesota Lynx o1321.38215.07–106–118–14
Tulsa Shock o628.17622.04–132–154–18

Schedule

Preseason

2010 Game Log: Preseason
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 110:00pm China National Team 78-58Junaid (15)Mohammed (12) Penicheiro (7) Viejas Arena
3,874		1-0
2May 83:30pm 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
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 152:00pm@ Phoenix ESPN2 77-78 Parker (24) Parker (12) Riley (4) US Airways Center
14,772		0-1
2May 169:00pm@ Seattle KONG 67-81 Thompson (19) Parker (11) Penicheiro (6) KeyArena
9,686		0-2
3May 228:00pm@ San Antonio NBATV
FS-SW 		81-88 Milton-Jones (20) Parker, Thompson (10) Milton-Jones (6) AT&T Center
7,862		0-3
4May 2810:30pm Washington PRIME 81-75 Parker (30) Parker (10) Parker (5) STAPLES Center
13,154		1-3
5May 308:00pm Atlanta 82-101 Parker (32) Parker (12) Penicheiro (6) STAPLES Center
8,404		1-4
June
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
6June 410:00pm@ Phoenix 89-90 Parker (26) Parker (12) Penicheiro (10) US Airways Center
6,485		1-5
7June 511:00pm Seattle NBATV
FS-W 		75-79 Parker (24) Parker (8) Lennox, Parker (4) Home Depot Center
6,026		1-6
8June 810:30pm Phoenix PRIME 92-91 Parker (22) Parker (12) Quinn (7) STAPLES Center
7,993		2-6
9June 1110:00pm@ Seattle KONG 60-82 Parker (13) Parker (7)4 players (2) KeyArena
7,286		2-7
10June 133:00pm Minnesota 88-84 Milton-Jones (22) Parker (7) Penicheiro (5) STAPLES Center
7,005		3-7
11June 1810:30pm Connecticut 75-78 Thompson (24) Milton-Jones, Quinn (6) Penicheiro (8) STAPLES Center
8,852		3-8
12June 247:00pm@ Washington CSN-MA 53-68 Toliver (11) Quinn (7) Penicheiro (6) Verizon Center
8,160		3-9
13June 273:00pm@ Atlanta NBATV
SSO 		81-89 Milton-Jones, Toliver (19) Milton-Jones (11) Penicheiro (10) Philips Arena
7,855		3-10
14June 2910:30pm New York NBATV
PRIME 		68-80 Quinn (24) Thompson (6) Ferdinand-Harris, Quinn (4) STAPLES Center
8,602		3-11
July
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
15July 110:30pm San Antonio 73-63 Thompson (24) Thompson (10) Penicheiro (4) STAPLES Center
7,803		4-11
16July 35:00pm Seattle ESPN2 62-75 Toliver (18) Thompson, Wisdom-Hylton (10) Penicheiro (5) STAPLES Center
9,319		4-12
17July 610:00pm Phoenix ESPN2 89-98 Milton-Jones (20) Milton-Jones (8) Milton-Jones (6) STAPLES Center
8,336		4-13
18July 137:00pm@ Tulsa ESPN2 87-71 Thompson (24) Penicheiro (7) Penicheiro (9) BOK Center
7,073		5-13
19July 168:30pm@ Chicago CN100 68-80 Milton-Jones (21) Quinn (6) Penicheiro (9) Allstate Arena
4,841		5-14
20July 183:00pm@ San Antonio 73-83 Thompson (23) Thompson (8) Penicheiro, Quinn (6) AT&T Center
6,542		5-15
21July 203:00pm Tulsa 86-83 (OT) Milton-Jones (23) Penicheiro (7) Penicheiro (13) STAPLES Center
14,413		6-15
22July 227:00pm@ Indiana ESPN2 57-76 Thompson (19) Milton-Jones, Thompson (8) Penicheiro (6) Conseco Fieldhouse
7,898		6-16
23July 247:00pm@ Connecticut 89-80 Milton-Jones (20) Penicheiro, Quinn (7) Milton-Jones, Penicheiro (7) Mohegan Sun Arena
8,097		7-16
24July 278:00pm@ Minnesota 71-58 Thompson (24) Milton-Jones, Quinn, Thompson (8) Penicheiro (9) Target Center
6,215		8-16
25July 307:30pm@ New York 79-88 Thompson (18) Wisdom-Hylton (6) Penicheiro (7) Madison Square Garden
14,307		8-17
August
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
26August 410:30pm Chicago NBATV
CN100 		82-77 Milton-Jones (22) Wisdom-Hylton (13) Penicheiro (15) STAPLES Center
9,732		9-17
27August 610:30pm Tulsa 77-70 Milton-Jones (23) Milton-Jones, Penicheiro, Quinn (7) Penicheiro (13) STAPLES Center
8,962		10-17
28August 88:00pm San Antonio NBATV
FS-W
FSSW 		83-92 Thompson (23) Penicheiro (9) Penicheiro (8) STAPLES Center
9,793		10-18
29August 1010:00pm Indiana ESPN2 76-82 Thompson (21) Thompson (13) Riley (6) STAPLES Center
10,586		10-19
30August 128:00pm@ Minnesota 78-77 Milton-Jones (21) Thompson (8) Penicheiro (10) Target Center
7,867		11-19
31August 148:00pm@ Tulsa COX 92-87 Thompson (24) Thompson (11) Penicheiro (9) BOK Center
5,719		12-19
32August 1710:30pm Phoenix NBATV
PRIME 		84-90 Thompson (33) Penicheiro (9) Penicheiro (11) STAPLES Center
8,817		12-20
33August 2010:30pm Minnesota 98-91 Thompson (26) Thompson (9) Penicheiro (12) STAPLES Center
13,154		13-20
34August 2111:00pm@ 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
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1August 2511:00pm@ Seattle ESPN2 66-79 Ferdinand-Harris (18) Milton-Jones (8) Toliver (5) KeyArena
10,589		0-1
2August 283:00pm Seattle ESPN2 66-81 Thompson (18) Milton-Jones (9) Thompson (5) STAPLES Center
8,326		0-2

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
Marie Ferdinand-Harris 302424.3.409.292.8392.71.20.870.178.9
Betty Lennox 11011.6.391.361.8331.71.50.180.004.9
Delisha Milton-Jones 343432.2.470.317.8664.72.51.090.6515.4
Chanel Mokango 2103.4.176.000.7500.60.00.100.480.4
Candace Parker 101033.5.500.250.73210.12.21.002.2020.6
Ticha Penicheiro 323026.3.410.111.8194.06.91.340.064.9
Noelle Quinn 343432.5.443.402.7764.02.81.030.3210.2
Andrea Riley 2907.7.303.294.8380.81.00.480.033.4
Tiffany Stansbury 502.8.333.000.5000.00.00.200.000.6
Kristi Toliver 34420.7.438.349.8152.21.30.530.068.6
Tina Thompson 333333.2.446.352.8726.21.81.150.7316.6
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton 32115.1.500.000.7063.40.40.560.754.5

Postseason

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Marie Ferdinand-Harris 2232.5.391.4291.0002.00.51.500.0012.5
Delisha Milton-Jones 2235.5.3601.000.5008.51.00.500.5010.5
Ticha Penicheiro 2229.5.455.0001.0002.52.52.500.006.0
Noelle Quinn 2234.0.368.5001.0004.00.51.000.009.5
Andrea Riley 102.0.000.000.0001.00.00.000.000.0
Kristi Toliver 2022.5.545.6001.0000.04.00.500.008.0
Tina Thompson 2239.0.333.2861.0006.03.01.502.0017.0
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton 206.0.667.000.5002.50.00.000.002.5

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References

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