2011 Los Angeles Sparks season

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2011 Los Angeles Sparks season
Coach Jennifer Gillom (4-6)
Joe Bryant (11-13)
Arena Staples Center
Attendance10,316 per game
Results
Record1519 (.441)
Place5th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
Points Parker (18.5)
Rebounds Parker (8.6)
Assists Penicheiro (4.8)
Media
Television PRIME
ESPN2, NBATV

The 2011 WNBA season is the 15th season for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Contents

Transactions

WNBA draft

The following are the Sparks' selections in the 2011 WNBA draft.

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/team/country
15 Jantel Lavender Flag of the United States.svg  United States Ohio State
329 Elina Babkina (pick later voided)Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Latvia

Transaction log

Trades

DateTrade
February 1, 2011To Los Angeles Sparks To Tulsa Shock
second-round pick in 2012 draft Andrea Riley
June 1, 2011To Los Angeles Sparks To Chicago Sky
second-round pick in 2012 draft Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton

Personnel changes

Roster

2011 Los Angeles Sparks roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
F 16 Flag of the United States.svg Hoffman, Ebony 6' 2" (1.88m)215 lb (98kg)08-27-1982 USC 7
G 1 Flag of the United States.svg Lacy, Natasha 5' 10" (1.78m)165 lb (75kg)07-08-1985 UTEP 1
C 42 Flag of the United States.svg Lavender, Jantel 6' 4" (1.93m)185 lb (84kg)11-12-1988 Ohio State R
F 8 Flag of the United States.svg Milton-Jones, DeLisha 6' 1" (1.85m)185 lb (84kg)09-11-1974 Florida 12
G/F 6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg O'Hea, Jenna 6' 1" (1.85m)174 lb (79kg)06-06-1987 Australia R
F 3 Flag of the United States.svg Parker, Candace 6' 4" (1.93m)175 lb (79kg)04-19-1986 Tennessee 3
G 21 Flag of Portugal.svg Penicheiro, Ticha 5' 11" (1.8m)146 lb (66kg)09-18-1974 Old Dominion 13
F/C 30 Flag of the United States.svg Pringle, LaToya 6' 3" (1.91m)170 lb (77kg)09-11-1986 North Carolina 2
G 45 Flag of the United States.svg Quinn, Noelle 6' 0" (1.83m)175 lb (79kg)01-03-1985 UCLA 4
F 32 Flag of the United States.svg Thompson, Tina 6' 2" (1.88m)178 lb (81kg)02-10-1975 USC 14
G 20 Flag of the United States.svg Toliver, Kristi 5' 7" (1.7m)130 lb (59kg)01-27-1987 Maryland 2
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Joe Bryant (La Salle)
Assistant coaches
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sandy Brondello (Australia)
Athletic trainer
Flag of the United States.svg Courtney Watson (California)
Strength and conditioning coach
Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Deziel (Ohio)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Depth

Pos.StarterBench
C Candace Parker Jantel Lavender
PF Tina Thompson Ebony Hoffman
LaToya Pringle
SF Delisha Milton-Jones Jenna O'Hea
SG Noelle Quinn Kristi Toliver
PG Ticha Penicheiro Natasha Lacy

Season standings

Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Minnesota Lynx x277.79414–313–418–4
Seattle Storm x2113.6186.015–26–1115–7
Phoenix Mercury x1915.5598.011–68–911–11
San Antonio Silver Stars x1816.5299.09–89–811–11
Los Angeles Sparks o1519.44112.010–75–1210–12
Tulsa Shock o331.08824.02–151–161–21

Schedule

Preseason

2011 Game Log: Preseason
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 253:00pm Seattle 71-66 Parker (17) O'Hea, Lacy (6) Penicheiro (4) Torodome
3,212
1-0
2May 2810:00pm Phoenix 83-72 Milton-Jones (14) Milton-Jones (6) Lavender, Penicheiro (4) The Pit
N/A
2-0

Regular season

2011 Game Log: Regular Season
June
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1June 311:00pm Minnesota NBATV
PRIME
82-74 Parker (19) Parker (10) Quinn (4) Staples Center
13,589
1-0
2June 53:30pm@ Minnesota PRIME
FS-N
69-86 Toliver (13) Parker (7) Penicheiro (5) Target Center
10,123
1-1
3June 1010:30pm Phoenix 98-84 Parker (22) Thompson (9) Parker
Penicheiro (5)
Staples Center
10,616
2-1
4June 198:30pm Seattle PRIME 74-50 Hoffman (12) Parker (7) Toliver (5) Staples Center
9,119
3-1
5June 2110:00pm New York ESPN2 96-91 Milton-Jones (27) Parker (13) Toliver (7) Staples Center
10,389
4-1
6June 248:00pm@ San Antonio 80-90 (OT) Parker (25) Parker (13) Penicheiro (7) AT&T Center
8,617
4-2
7June 264:00pm@ New York 67-77 Parker (16) Parker (11) Penicheiro (4) Prudential Center
7,625
4-3
8June 288:00pm@ Connecticut ESPN2 76-79 Toliver (19) Thompson (9) Milton-Jones
Penicheiro
Quinn (5)
Mohegan Sun Arena
6,515
4-4
July
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
9July 59:00pm@ Phoenix ESPN2 82-101 Hoffman (21) Pringle (9) Penicheiro (5) US Airways Center
9,826
4-5
10July 910:00pm@ Seattle NBATV
KONG
80-99 Lavender (21) Lavender (9) Toliver (5) KeyArena
9,686
4-6
11July 128:00pm@ San Antonio NBATV
PRIME
FS-SW
84-74 Penicheiro (18) Lavender
Penicheiro (8)
Toliver (8) AT&T Center
6,769
5-6
12July 158:00pm@ Tulsa 79-74 Toliver (25) Milton-Jones (9) Toliver (6) BOK Center
5,034
6-6
13July 178:30pm Washington NBATV 85-89 (OT) Toliver (21) Hoffman (7) Toliver (7) Staples Center
10,398
6-7
14July 1810:30pm San Antonio 69-79 Lacy
Lavender (14)
O'Hea (11) Lacy (7) Staples Center
8,818
6-8
All-Star break
15July 268:00pm@ Minnesota 72-85 Toliver (28) Hoffman (9) Lacy
Penicheiro
Quinn (2)
Target Center
8,044
6-9
16July 287:00pm@ Atlanta NBATV
SSO
80-89 Hoffman (16) Hoffman (8) Penicheiro (11) Philips Arena
6,701
6-10
17July 308:00pm@ Chicago CN100 88-84 Milton-Jones (19) Lavender (6) Penicheiro
Toliver (5)
Allstate Arena
5,909
7-10
18July 316:00pm@ Indiana NBATV 63-98 Hoffman (13) Hoffman (6) Lacy (4) Conseco Fieldhouse
9,256
7-11
August
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
19August 33:00pm Connecticut NBATV 70-79 Milton-Jones (14) Thompson (8) Penicheiro (5) Staples Center
14,266
7-12
20August 78:30pm Minnesota NBATV 78-84 Milton-Jones (18) Lavender (6) Penicheiro (7) Staples Center
13,528
7-13
21August 910:30pm Tulsa PRIME 71-66 Penicheiro (23) Hoffman (8) Penicheiro (7) Staples Center
8,255
8-13
22August 1210:30pm Phoenix 93-90 (OT) Lavender (25) Lavender (10) Milton-Jones
Penicheiro (6)
Staples Center
10,512
9-13
23August 1610:30pm Atlanta NBATV
PRIME
SSO
79-84 Milton-Jones (19) Parker (10) Penicheiro (10) Staples Center
7,522
9-14
24August 1810:30pm Indiana 75-70 Hoffman (21) Hoffman (7) Parker (5) Staples Center
8,102
10-14
25August 208:00pm@ Minnesota 68-87 Parker (18) Parker (8) O'Hea (4) Target Center
8,816
10-15
26August 217:00pm@ Tulsa 73-67 Parker (23) Parker (9) Penicheiro (5) BOK Center
6,012
11-15
27August 237:00pm@ Washington CSN-MA 86-82 (OT) Parker (19) Thompson (10) Penicheiro (6) Verizon Center
8,441
12-15
28August 2610:30pm Tulsa NBATV 75-77 Milton-Jones (24) Milton-Jones (8) Penicheiro (10) Staples Center
8,997
12-16
29August 289:00pm@ Seattle ESPN2 63-65 Parker (19) Parker (14) Penicheiro (4) KeyArena
9,686
12-17
30August 3010:30pm Seattle PRIME 68-62 Parker (27) Parker
Thompson (7)
Penicheiro (5) Staples Center
9,023
13-17
September
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
31September 310:00pm@ Phoenix NBATV 77-93 Parker (32) Milton-Jones (8) Penicheiro
Toliver (4)
US Airways Center
9,620
13-18
32September 610:30pm San Antonio NBATV
PRIME
FS-SW
65-82 Thompson (18) Milton-Jones (8) Penicheiro (7) Staples Center
8,502
13-19
33September 910:30pm Tulsa NBATV 84-73 Lavender (19) Lavender (12) Penicheiro (7) Staples Center
10,299
14-19
34September 1010:30pm Chicago NBATV
CN100
74-67 Milton-Jones (15) Lavender
Pringle (6)
Lacy (7) Staples Center
13,501
15-19
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

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
Ebony Hoffman 341622.1.437.429.8444.21.11.060.267.5
Natasha Lacy 29013.6.429.333.5402.21.70.970.315.0
Jantel Lavender 33314.8.500.000.7333.10.50.180.366.6
Delisha Milton-Jones 343426.2.462.352.8314.62.00.940.3511.7
Jenna O'Hea 31516.4.434.444.7861.51.30.390.164.8
Candace Parker 171632.6.511.419.7368.62.81.241.5918.5
Ticha Penicheiro 342323.7.486.417.8682.84.80.820.096.0
LaToya Pringle 20011.1.4731.000.8892.40.30.250.653.9
Noelle Quinn 332320.6.390.397.8181.82.00.640.065.1
Tina Thompson 343325.0.386.339.8334.61.11.150.689.9
Kristi Toliver 321723.6.462.352.8314.62.00.940.3511.7

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