2013 Los Angeles Sparks season

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2013 Los Angeles Sparks season
Coach Carol Ross
Arena Staples Center
Attendanceper game
Results
Record2410 (.706)
Place2nd (Western)
Playoff finishLost in Conference Semifinals
Media
Television TWC SportsNet and TWC Deportes
ESPN2, NBATV

The 2013 WNBA season is the 17th 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 2013 WNBA draft.

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/team/country
110 A'dia Mathies Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States United States Florida Gulf Coast
222 Brittany Chambers [n 1] Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States United States Kansas State
334Alina Iagupova [n 2] Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Elizabeth-Basket Kivorograd (Ukraine)

Trades

DateTrade
TBDTo Los Angeles Sparks To TBD
TBDTBD

Personnel changes

Roster

2013 Los Angeles Sparks roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
F 13 Flag of Sweden.svg Abdi, Farhiya 6' 2" (1.88m)05-31-1992 Sweden R
G/F 0 Flag of the United States.svg Beard, Alana 5' 11" (1.8m)160 lb (73kg)05-14-1982 Duke 7
G/F 25 Flag of the United States.svg Coleman, Marissa 6' 1" (1.85m)160 lb (73kg)01-04-1987 Maryland 4
G 10 Flag of the United States.svg Harding, Lindsey 5' 8" (1.73m)135 lb (61kg)06-12-1984 Duke 6
F 16 Flag of the United States.svg Hoffman, Ebony 6' 2" (1.88m)215 lb (98kg)08-27-1982 USC 9
C 42 Flag of the United States.svg Lavender, Jantel 6' 4" (1.93m)185 lb (84kg)11-12-1988 Ohio State 2
G 1 Flag of the United States.svg Mathies, A'dia 5' 9" (1.75m)03-18-1991 Kentucky R
F 30 Flag of the United States.svg Ogwumike, Nneka 6' 2" (1.88m)188 lb (85kg)07-02-1990 Stanford 2
G/F 6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg O'Hea, Jenna 6' 1" (1.85m)174 lb (79kg)06-06-1987 Australia 2
F/C 3 Flag of the United States.svg Parker, Candace 6' 4" (1.93m)175 lb (79kg)04-19-1986 Tennessee 5
G 20 Flag of the United States.svg Toliver, Kristi 5' 7" (1.7m)130 lb (59kg)01-27-1987 Maryland 4
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Carol Ross (Mississippi)
Assistant coaches
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sandy Brondello (Australia)
Flag of the United States.svg Bridget Pettis (Florida)
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 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
Team W L PCT GB GP
1z-Minnesota Lynx 268.765-34
2x-Los Angeles Sparks 2410.706234
3x-Phoenix Mercury 1915.559734
4x-Seattle Storm 1717.500934
5e-San Antonio Silver Stars 1222.3531434
6e-Tulsa Shock 1123.3241534

Schedule

Preseason

2013 pre-season game log
Total: 02 (Home: 02; Road: 00)
Pre-season: 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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
01
2 May 19 Tulsa L 67–82 Kristi Toliver (11) Candace Parker (7) Lindsey Harding (4) SRC Arena
1917
02
2013 season schedule

Regular season

2013 game log
Total: 2410 (Home: 152; Road: 98)
May: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
1 May 26 Seattle W 102–69 Kristi Toliver (17) Jantel Lavender (6) Lindsey Harding (8) Staples Center
10090
10
June : 4–4 (Home: 4–0; Road: 0–4)
July : 7–2 (Home: 4–2; Road: 3–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
10 July 2 Minnesota W 96–66 Candace Parker (27) Nneka Ogwumike (10) Kristi Toliver (9) Staples Center
7856
64
11 July 4 NY Liberty W 97–89 Kristi Toliver (29) Candace Parker (8) Lindsey Harding (8) Staples Center
8565
74
12 July 6 San Antonio W 93–66 Nneka Ogwumike (24) Nneka Ogwumike (16) Parker & Harding (3) Staples Center
9807
84
13 July 11 @ Tulsa W 94–78 Candace Parker (30) Candace Parker (8) Lindsey Harding (8) BOK Center
6278
94
14 July 14 @ Phoenix W 88–76 Candace Parker (21) Nneka Ogwumike (13) Kristi Toliver (6) US Airways Center
8233
104
15 July 17 Atlanta W 77–73 Kristi Toliver (15) Candace Parker (10) Lindsey Harding (6) Staples Center
10876
114
16 July 18 Phoenix L 84–90 Candace Parker (25) Candace Parker (16) Jenna O'Hea (5) Staples Center
11105
115
17 July 20 @ Seattle W 65–64 Nneka Ogwumike (24) Nneka Ogwumike (9) Lindsey Harding (8) Key Arena
6357
125
18 July 25 Seattle L 66–73 Candace Parker (24) Candace Parker (10) Kristi Toliver (3) Staples Center
12651
126
August : 9–2 (Home: 4–0; Road: 5–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
All-Star Break
19 August 2 @ Tulsa L 89–96 Kristi Toliver (23) Nneka Ogwumike (11) Lindsey Harding (6) BOK Center
6168
127
20 August 4 @ Washington W 75–57 Nneka Ogwumike (22) Jantel Lavender (11) Lindsey Harding (14) Verizon Center
7092
137
21 August 6 @ Connecticut W 74–72 Kristi Toliver (19) Ogwumike & Toliver (9) Toliver & Harding (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
5792
147
22 August 8 @ Indiana W 74–64 Jantel Lavender (18) Jantel Lavender (9) Lindsey Harding (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
7076
157
23 August 10 @ NY Liberty W 85–67 Jantel Lavender (18) Jantel Lavender (8) Lindsey Harding (4) Prudential Center
7569
167
24 August 13 Chicago W 80–76 Candace Parker (18) Ogwumike, Parker, & Lavender (7) Parker, Toliver, & Coleman (4) Staples Center
10553
177
25 August 16 Indiana W 94–72 Kristi Toliver (28) Nneka Ogwumike (7) Lindsey Harding (7) Staples Center
11801
187
26 August 20 @ Seattle L 57–77 Nneka Ogwumike (12) Candace Parker (10) Parker & Harding (3) Key Arena
6738
188
27 August 25 Tulsa W 90–88 (2OT) Candace Parker (26) Candace Parker (11) Candace Parker (9) Staples Center
9973
198
28 August 27 Connecticut W 91–78 Candace Parker (28) Nneka Ogwumike (12) Candace Parker (7) Staples Center
11401
208
29 August 31 @ San Antonio W 80–67 Nneka Ogwumike (19) Candace Parker (11) Kristi Toliver (7) AT&T Center
8086
218
September : 3–2 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
30 September 2 @ Atlanta L 82–92 Nneka Ogwumike (17) Nneka Ogwumike (10) Kristi Toliver (9) Philips Arena
5504
219
31 September 4 @ Minnesota L 74–83 Candace Parker (25) Candace Parker (8) Nneka Ogwumike (4) Target Center
9314
2110
32 September 6 @ Tulsa W 74–70 Candace Parker (20) Candace Parker (9) Lindsey Harding (10) BOK Center
6704
2210
33 September 12 Minnesota W 85–84 Nneka Ogwumike (25) Nneka Ogwumike (11) Parker & Toliver (4) Staples Center
11553
2310
34 September 15 Phoenix W 89–55 Parker & Lavender (16) Jantel Lavender (9) Lindsey Harding (5) Staples Center
12311
2410
2013 season schedule

Playoffs

2013 playoff game log
Total: 12 (Home: 02; Road: 10)
Conference Semifinals: 1–2 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Series
1 September 19 Phoenix L 75–86 Candace Parker (28) Nneka Ogwumike (14) Lindsey Harding (5) Staples Center
8500
01
2 September 21 @ Phoenix W 82–73 Candace Parker (31) Ogwumike & Parker (11) Lindsey Harding (4) US Airways Center
11110
11
3 September 23 Phoenix L 77–78 Kristi Toliver (22) Nneka Ogwumike (10) Toliver & Coleman (3) Staples Center
9321
12
2013 season schedule

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

Awards and honors

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]

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