2013 Los Angeles Sparks season

2013 Los Angeles Sparks season
Coach	Carol Ross
Arena	Staples Center
Attendance	per game
Results
Record	24–10 (.706)
Place	2nd (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost in Conference Semifinals
Media
Television	TWC SportsNet and TWC Deportes ESPN2, NBATV
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The 2013 Los Angeles Sparks season was the franchise's 17th season in the Women's National Basketball Association, and the second season under head coach Carol Ross. The season tipped off on May 26, 2013, in Staples Center versus the Seattle Storm and ended on September 15 against the Phoenix Mercury.

Transactions

WNBA draft

The following are the Sparks' selections in the 2013 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
1	10	A'dia Mathies	United States United States	Florida Gulf Coast
2	22	Brittany Chambers [n 1]	United States United States	Kansas State
3	34	Alina Iagupova [n 2]	Ukraine	Elizabeth-Basket Kivorograd (Ukraine)

Trades

Date	Trade
TBD	To Los Angeles Sparks	To TBD
	TBD	TBD

Personnel changes

Additions Player Signed Former team

Subtractions Player Left New team

Roster

2013 Los Angeles Sparks roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs F 13 Abdi, Farhiya 6' 2" (1.88m) 1992-05-31 Sweden R G/F 0 Beard, Alana 5' 11" (1.8m) 160 lb (73kg) 1982-05-14 Duke 7 G/F 25 Coleman, Marissa 6' 1" (1.85m) 160 lb (73kg) 1987-01-04 Maryland 4 G 10 Harding, Lindsey 5' 8" (1.73m) 135 lb (61kg) 1984-06-12 Duke 6 F 16 Hoffman, Ebony 6' 2" (1.88m) 215 lb (98kg) 1982-08-27 USC 9 C 42 Lavender, Jantel 6' 4" (1.93m) 185 lb (84kg) 1988-11-12 Ohio State 2 G 1 Mathies, A'dia 5' 9" (1.75m) 1991-03-18 Kentucky R F 30 Ogwumike, Nneka 6' 2" (1.88m) 188 lb (85kg) 1990-07-02 Stanford 2 G/F 6 O'Hea, Jenna 6' 1" (1.85m) 174 lb (79kg) 1987-06-06 Australia 2 F/C 3 Parker, Candace 6' 4" (1.93m) 175 lb (79kg) 1986-04-19 Tennessee 5 G 20 Toliver, Kristi 5' 7" (1.7m) 130 lb (59kg) 1987-01-27 Maryland 4	Head coach Carol Ross (Mississippi) Assistant coaches Sandy Brondello (Australia ) Bridget Pettis (Florida) Athletic trainer Courtney Watson (California) Strength and conditioning coach Bruce Deziel (Ohio) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Candace Parker	Jantel Lavender
PF	Nneka Ogwumike	Ebony Hoffman Farhiya Abdi
SF	Alana Beard	Marissa Coleman
SG	Kristi Toliver	Jenna O'Hea
PG	Lindsey Harding	A'dia Mathies

Season standings

#	Western Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	z-Minnesota Lynx	26	8	.765	-	34
2	x-Los Angeles Sparks	24	10	.706	2	34
3	x-Phoenix Mercury	19	15	.559	7	34
4	x-Seattle Storm	17	17	.500	9	34
5	e-San Antonio Silver Stars	12	22	.353	14	34
6	e-Tulsa Shock	11	23	.324	15	34

Schedule

Preseason

2013 pre-season game log Total: 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–0)
Pre-season: 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 12 Seattle L 66–67 Ebony Hoffman (8) Paola Ferrari (6) Coleman, O'Hea, & Abdi (2) Walter Pyramid at Long Beach State 1524 0–1 2 May 19 Tulsa L 67–82 Kristi Toliver (11) Candace Parker (7) Lindsey Harding (4) SRC Arena 1917 0–2
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Regular season

2013 game log Total: 24–10 (Home: 15–2; Road: 9–8)
May: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 26 Seattle W 102–69 Kristi Toliver (17) Jantel Lavender (6) Lindsey Harding (8) Staples Center 10090 1–0
June : 4–4 (Home: 4–0; Road: 0–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 2 June 1 @ San Antonio L 78–83 Candace Parker (27) Candace Parker (20) Lindsey Harding (5) AT&T Center 6081 1–1 3 June 8 Tulsa W 76–69 (OT) Kristi Toliver (21) Candace Parker (13) Lindsey Harding (8) Staples Center 6110 2–1 4 June 14 @ Phoenix L 81–97 Kristi Toliver (18) Nneka Ogwumike (10) Candace Parker (3) US Airways Center 13065 2–2 5 June 15 San Antonio W 84–48 Nneka Ogwumike (16) Nneka Ogwumike (7) Parker & Toliver (6) Staples Center 6980 3–2 6 June 21 Minnesota W 87–59 Kristi Toliver (19) Ogwumike, Parker, & Lavender (8) Nneka Ogwumike (5) Staples Center 6490 4–2 7 June 23 Washington W 79–69 Lindsey Harding (22) Nneka Ogwumike (9) Lindsey Harding (7) Staples Center 9651 5–2 8 June 28 @ Minnesota L 64–88 Candace Parker (17) Candace Parker (11) Candace Parker (6) Target Center 8814 5–3 9 June 29 @ Chicago L 82–94 Candace Parker (23) Candace Parker (9) Candace Parker (4) Allstate Arena 6885 5–4
July : 7–2 (Home: 4–2; Road: 3–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 10 July 2 Minnesota W 96–66 Candace Parker (27) Nneka Ogwumike (10) Kristi Toliver (9) Staples Center 7856 6–4 11 July 4 NY Liberty W 97–89 Kristi Toliver (29) Candace Parker (8) Lindsey Harding (8) Staples Center 8565 7–4 12 July 6 San Antonio W 93–66 Nneka Ogwumike (24) Nneka Ogwumike (16) Parker & Harding (3) Staples Center 9807 8–4 13 July 11 @ Tulsa W 94–78 Candace Parker (30) Candace Parker (8) Lindsey Harding (8) BOK Center 6278 9–4 14 July 14 @ Phoenix W 88–76 Candace Parker (21) Nneka Ogwumike (13) Kristi Toliver (6) US Airways Center 8233 10–4 15 July 17 Atlanta W 77–73 Kristi Toliver (15) Candace Parker (10) Lindsey Harding (6) Staples Center 10876 11–4 16 July 18 Phoenix L 84–90 Candace Parker (25) Candace Parker (16) Jenna O'Hea (5) Staples Center 11105 11–5 17 July 20 @ Seattle W 65–64 Nneka Ogwumike (24) Nneka Ogwumike (9) Lindsey Harding (8) Key Arena 6357 12–5 18 July 25 Seattle L 66–73 Candace Parker (24) Candace Parker (10) Kristi Toliver (3) Staples Center 12651 12–6
August : 9–2 (Home: 4–0; Road: 5–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record All-Star Break 19 August 2 @ Tulsa L 89–96 Kristi Toliver (23) Nneka Ogwumike (11) Lindsey Harding (6) BOK Center 6168 12–7 20 August 4 @ Washington W 75–57 Nneka Ogwumike (22) Jantel Lavender (11) Lindsey Harding (14) Verizon Center 7092 13–7 21 August 6 @ Connecticut W 74–72 Kristi Toliver (19) Ogwumike & Toliver (9) Toliver & Harding (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 5792 14–7 22 August 8 @ Indiana W 74–64 Jantel Lavender (18) Jantel Lavender (9) Lindsey Harding (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7076 15–7 23 August 10 @ NY Liberty W 85–67 Jantel Lavender (18) Jantel Lavender (8) Lindsey Harding (4) Prudential Center 7569 16–7 24 August 13 Chicago W 80–76 Candace Parker (18) Ogwumike, Parker, & Lavender (7) Parker, Toliver, & Coleman (4) Staples Center 10553 17–7 25 August 16 Indiana W 94–72 Kristi Toliver (28) Nneka Ogwumike (7) Lindsey Harding (7) Staples Center 11801 18–7 26 August 20 @ Seattle L 57–77 Nneka Ogwumike (12) Candace Parker (10) Parker & Harding (3) Key Arena 6738 18–8 27 August 25 Tulsa W 90–88 (2OT) Candace Parker (26) Candace Parker (11) Candace Parker (9) Staples Center 9973 19–8 28 August 27 Connecticut W 91–78 Candace Parker (28) Nneka Ogwumike (12) Candace Parker (7) Staples Center 11401 20–8 29 August 31 @ San Antonio W 80–67 Nneka Ogwumike (19) Candace Parker (11) Kristi Toliver (7) AT&T Center 8086 21–8
September : 3–2 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 30 September 2 @ Atlanta L 82–92 Nneka Ogwumike (17) Nneka Ogwumike (10) Kristi Toliver (9) Philips Arena 5504 21–9 31 September 4 @ Minnesota L 74–83 Candace Parker (25) Candace Parker (8) Nneka Ogwumike (4) Target Center 9314 21–10 32 September 6 @ Tulsa W 74–70 Candace Parker (20) Candace Parker (9) Lindsey Harding (10) BOK Center 6704 22–10 33 September 12 Minnesota W 85–84 Nneka Ogwumike (25) Nneka Ogwumike (11) Parker & Toliver (4) Staples Center 11553 23–10 34 September 15 Phoenix W 89–55 Parker & Lavender (16) Jantel Lavender (9) Lindsey Harding (5) Staples Center 12311 24–10
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Playoffs

2013 playoff game log Total: 1–2 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–0)
Conference Semifinals: 1–2 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 September 19 Phoenix L 75–86 Candace Parker (28) Nneka Ogwumike (14) Lindsey Harding (5) Staples Center 8500 0–1 2 September 21 @ Phoenix W 82–73 Candace Parker (31) Ogwumike & Parker (11) Lindsey Harding (4) US Airways Center 11110 1–1 3 September 23 Phoenix L 77–78 Kristi Toliver (22) Nneka Ogwumike (10) Toliver & Coleman (3) Staples Center 9321 1–2
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Statistics

Legend
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

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG

Footnotes

1. Brittany Chambers was released by the Sparks before the start of the season.
2. Los Angeles's selection of Alina Iagupova was subsequently voided by the league due to her age, under Article XIII, section 1(d) of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. ^[1]

References

1. Kacēns, Jānis (April 17, 2013). "Alina Iagupova's WNBA draft selection has been voided". LoveWomensBasketball.com. Archived from the original on June 19, 2013. Retrieved September 19, 2013.