2011 Los Angeles Sparks season

2011 Los Angeles Sparks season

Head Coach

Jennifer Gillom (4-6)
Joe Bryant (11-13)

Arena

Attendance

10,316 per game

Results
Record	15–19 (.441)
Place	5th (Western)
Playoff Finish	Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Parker (18.5)
Rebounds	Parker (8.6)
Assists	Penicheiro (4.8)
Media
Television	PRIME ESPN2, NBATV
Los Angeles Sparks seasons
< 2010	2012 >

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

Transactions

WNBA Draft

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

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	5	Jantel Lavender	United States	Ohio State
3	29	Elina Babkina (pick later voided)	Latvia	Latvia

Transaction log

February 1: The Sparks traded Andrea Riley to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft.
February 2: The Sparks signed Ebony Hoffman, LaToya Pringle and Natasha Lacy and re-signed Ticha Penicheiro and Noelle Quinn.
February 3: The Sparks signed Loree Moore.
February 8: The Sparks signed Courtney Paris and re-signed Chanel Mokango.
March 31: The Sparks signed Jenna O'Hea.
May 21: The Sparks waived Chanel Mokango.
May 25: The Sparks waived Loree Moore.
June 1: The Sparks traded Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton to the Chicago Sky in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft.
June 2: The Sparks waived Courtney Paris.
July 11: The Sparks announced that Jennifer Gillom was relieved of her head coaching duties. Assistant coach Joe Bryant was named head coach.

Trades

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

Personnel changes

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Ebony Hoffman	February 2, 2011	Indiana Fever
LaToya Pringle	February 2, 2011	free agent
Natasha Lacy	February 2, 2011	free agent
Jenna O'Hea	March 31, 2011	free agent
Jantel Lavender	April 11, 2011	draft pick

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Andrea Riley	February 1, 2011	Tulsa Shock
Marie Ferdinand-Harris	February 24, 2011	Phoenix Mercury
Betty Lennox	May 3, 2011	free agent
Chanel Mokango	May 21, 2011	free agent
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton	June 1, 2011	Chicago Sky

Roster

2011 Los Angeles Sparks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
4.0 !F	16	USA !	Hoffman, Ebony	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	08-27-1982	Southern California
1.5 !G	1	USA !	Lacy, Natasha	7000177800000000000♠5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	07-08-1985	Texas–El Paso
6.0 !C	42	USA !	Lavender, Jantel	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	11-12-1988	Ohio State
4.0 !F	8	USA !	Milton-Jones, DeLisha	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	09-11-1974	Florida
2.5 !G/F	6	AUS !	O'Hea, Jenna	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	174 lb (79 kg)	06-06-1987	Australia
4.0 !F	3	USA !	Parker, Candace	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	04-19-1986	Tennessee
1.5 !G	21	Portugal !	Penicheiro, Ticha	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	146 lb (66 kg)	09-18-1974	Old Dominion
5.5 !F/C	30	USA !	Pringle, LaToya	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	09-11-1986	North Carolina
1.5 !G	45	USA !	Quinn, Noelle	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	01-03-1985	UCLA
4.0 !F	32	USA !	Thompson, Tina	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	02-10-1975	Southern California
1.5 !G	20	USA !	Toliver, Kristi	7000170180000000000♠5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	130 lb (59 kg)	01-27-1987	Maryland

Head coach: Joe Bryant (La Salle)
Assistant coaches: Sandy Brondello (Australia)

Athletic trainer: Courtney Watson (UC Berkeley)

Strength and conditioning coach: Bruce Deziel (Ohio)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
Injured

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
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 ^x	27	7	.794	–	14–3	13–4	18–4
Seattle Storm ^x	21	13	.618	6.0	15–2	6–11	15–7
Phoenix Mercury ^x	19	15	.559	8.0	11–6	8–9	11–11
San Antonio Silver Stars ^x	18	16	.529	9.0	9–8	9–8	11–11
Los Angeles Sparks ^o	15	19	.441	12.0	10–7	5–12	10–12
Tulsa Shock ^o	3	31	.088	24.0	2–15	1–16	1–21

Schedule

Preseason

2011 Game Log: Preseason

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	May 25	3:00pm	Seattle	71-66	Parker (17)	O'Hea, Lacy (6)	Penicheiro (4)	Torodome 3,212	1-0
2	May 28	10:00pm	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

All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

June

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	June 3	11:00pm	Minnesota	NBATV PRIME	82-74	Parker (19)	Parker (10)	Quinn (4)	Staples Center 13,589	1-0
2	June 5	3:30pm	@ Minnesota	PRIME FS-N	69-86	Toliver (13)	Parker (7)	Penicheiro (5)	Target Center 10,123	1-1
3	June 10	10:30pm	Phoenix		98-84	Parker (22)	Thompson (9)	Parker Penicheiro (5)	Staples Center 10,616	2-1
4	June 19	8:30pm	Seattle	PRIME	74-50	Hoffman (12)	Parker (7)	Toliver (5)	Staples Center 9,119	3-1
5	June 21	10:00pm	New York	ESPN2	96-91	Milton-Jones (27)	Parker (13)	Toliver (7)	Staples Center 10,389	4-1
6	June 24	8:00pm	@ San Antonio		80-90 (OT)	Parker (25)	Parker (13)	Penicheiro (7)	AT&T Center 8,617	4-2
7	June 26	4:00pm	@ New York		67-77	Parker (16)	Parker (11)	Penicheiro (4)	Prudential Center 7,625	4-3
8	June 28	8:00pm	@ Connecticut	ESPN2	76-79	Toliver (19)	Thompson (9)	Milton-Jones Penicheiro Quinn (5)	Mohegan Sun Arena 6,515	4-4

July

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
9	July 5	9:00pm	@ Phoenix	ESPN2	82-101	Hoffman (21)	Pringle (9)	Penicheiro (5)	US Airways Center 9,826	4-5
10	July 9	10:00pm	@ Seattle	NBATV KONG	80-99	Lavender (21)	Lavender (9)	Toliver (5)	KeyArena 9,686	4-6
11	July 12	8:00pm	@ San Antonio	NBATV PRIME FS-SW	84-74	Penicheiro (18)	Lavender Penicheiro (8)	Toliver (8)	AT&T Center 6,769	5-6
12	July 15	8:00pm	@ Tulsa		79-74	Toliver (25)	Milton-Jones (9)	Toliver (6)	BOK Center 5,034	6-6
13	July 17	8:30pm	Washington	NBATV	85-89 (OT)	Toliver (21)	Hoffman (7)	Toliver (7)	Staples Center 10,398	6-7
14	July 18	10:30pm	San Antonio		69-79	Lacy Lavender (14)	O'Hea (11)	Lacy (7)	Staples Center 8,818	6-8
All-Star break
15	July 26	8:00pm	@ Minnesota		72-85	Toliver (28)	Hoffman (9)	Lacy Penicheiro Quinn (2)	Target Center 8,044	6-9
16	July 28	7:00pm	@ Atlanta	NBATV SSO	80-89	Hoffman (16)	Hoffman (8)	Penicheiro (11)	Philips Arena 6,701	6-10
17	July 30	8:00pm	@ Chicago	CN100	88-84	Milton-Jones (19)	Lavender (6)	Penicheiro Toliver (5)	Allstate Arena 5,909	7-10
18	July 31	6:00pm	@ Indiana	NBATV	63-98	Hoffman (13)	Hoffman (6)	Lacy (4)	Conseco Fieldhouse 9,256	7-11

August

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
19	August 3	3:00pm	Connecticut	NBATV	70-79	Milton-Jones (14)	Thompson (8)	Penicheiro (5)	Staples Center 14,266	7-12
20	August 7	8:30pm	Minnesota	NBATV	78-84	Milton-Jones (18)	Lavender (6)	Penicheiro (7)	Staples Center 13,528	7-13
21	August 9	10:30pm	Tulsa	PRIME	71-66	Penicheiro (23)	Hoffman (8)	Penicheiro (7)	Staples Center 8,255	8-13
22	August 12	10:30pm	Phoenix		93-90 (OT)	Lavender (25)	Lavender (10)	Milton-Jones Penicheiro (6)	Staples Center 10,512	9-13
23	August 16	10:30pm	Atlanta	NBATV PRIME SSO	79-84	Milton-Jones (19)	Parker (10)	Penicheiro (10)	Staples Center 7,522	9-14
24	August 18	10:30pm	Indiana		75-70	Hoffman (21)	Hoffman (7)	Parker (5)	Staples Center 8,102	10-14
25	August 20	8:00pm	@ Minnesota		68-87	Parker (18)	Parker (8)	O'Hea (4)	Target Center 8,816	10-15
26	August 21	7:00pm	@ Tulsa		73-67	Parker (23)	Parker (9)	Penicheiro (5)	BOK Center 6,012	11-15
27	August 23	7:00pm	@ Washington	CSN-MA	86-82 (OT)	Parker (19)	Thompson (10)	Penicheiro (6)	Verizon Center 8,441	12-15
28	August 26	10:30pm	Tulsa	NBATV	75-77	Milton-Jones (24)	Milton-Jones (8)	Penicheiro (10)	Staples Center 8,997	12-16
29	August 28	9:00pm	@ Seattle	ESPN2	63-65	Parker (19)	Parker (14)	Penicheiro (4)	KeyArena 9,686	12-17
30	August 30	10:30pm	Seattle	PRIME	68-62	Parker (27)	Parker Thompson (7)	Penicheiro (5)	Staples Center 9,023	13-17

September

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
31	September 3	10:00pm	@ Phoenix	NBATV	77-93	Parker (32)	Milton-Jones (8)	Penicheiro Toliver (4)	US Airways Center 9,620	13-18
32	September 6	10:30pm	San Antonio	NBATV PRIME FS-SW	65-82	Thompson (18)	Milton-Jones (8)	Penicheiro (7)	Staples Center 8,502	13-19
33	September 9	10:30pm	Tulsa	NBATV	84-73	Lavender (19)	Lavender (12)	Penicheiro (7)	Staples Center 10,299	14-19
34	September 10	10:30pm	Chicago	NBATV CN100	74-67	Milton-Jones (15)	Lavender Pringle (6)	Lacy (7)	Staples Center 13,501	15-19

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
Hoffman, Ebony !Ebony Hoffman	34	16	22.1	.437	.429	.844	4.2	1.1	1.06	0.26	7.5
Lacy, Natasha !Natasha Lacy	29	0	13.6	.429	.333	.540	2.2	1.7	0.97	0.31	5.0
Lavender, Jantel !Jantel Lavender	33	3	14.8	.500	.000	.733	3.1	0.5	0.18	0.36	6.6
Milton-Jones, Delisha !Delisha Milton-Jones	34	34	26.2	.462	.352	.831	4.6	2.0	0.94	0.35	11.7
O'Hea, Jenna !Jenna O'Hea	31	5	16.4	.434	.444	.786	1.5	1.3	0.39	0.16	4.8
Parker, Candace !Candace Parker	17	16	32.6	.511	.419	.736	8.6	2.8	1.24	1.59	18.5
Penicheiro, Ticha !Ticha Penicheiro	34	23	23.7	.486	.417	.868	2.8	4.8	0.82	0.09	6.0
Pringle, LaToya !LaToya Pringle	20	0	11.1	.473	1.000	.889	2.4	0.3	0.25	0.65	3.9
Quinn !Noelle Quinn	33	23	20.6	.390	.397	.818	1.8	2.0	0.64	0.06	5.1
Thompson !Tina Thompson	34	33	25.0	.386	.339	.833	4.6	1.1	1.15	0.68	9.9
Toliver !Kristi Toliver	32	17	23.6	.462	.352	.831	4.6	2.0	0.94	0.35	11.7

Awards and honors

Candace Parker was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 15, 2011.
Candace Parker was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a starter.

References

External links

Los Angeles Sparks

Founded in 1997 Based in Los Angeles, California

Franchise	Franchise Current season

Arenas	Great Western Forum Staples Center

Head coaches	Linda Sharp Julie Rousseau Orlando Woolridge Michael Cooper Karleen Thompson Ryan Weisenberg Henry Bibby Joe Bryant Michael Cooper Jennifer Gillom Joe Bryant Carol Ross Penny Toler Brian Agler

Administration	Owner: Guggenheim Partners General Manager: Rhonda Windham Penny Toler

All-Stars	Tamecka Dixon Chamique Holdsclaw Jantel Lavender Lisa Leslie Mwadi Mabika Taj McWilliams-Franklin DeLisha Milton-Jones Nneka Ogwumike Candace Parker Nikki Teasley Tina Thompson

Seasons	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Playoff appearances	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2008 2009 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Conference Championships	2001 2002 2003 2016

WNBA Championships	2001 2002 2016

Rivals	Detroit Shock Houston Comets New York Liberty Phoenix Mercury Sacramento Monarchs San Antonio Stars Seattle Storm

Media	TV: Time Warner Cable SportsNet (Los Angeles) Announcers: Jim Watson, Mary Murphy

2011 WNBA season by team

Draft Schedule All-Star Game Playoffs Finals

Eastern	Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever New York Liberty Washington Mystics

Western	Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury San Antonio Silver Stars Seattle Storm Tulsa Shock

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