The 2010 Los Angeles Sparks season was the franchise's 14th season in the Women's National Basketball Association, and the first season under head coach Jennifer Gillom.
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. Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country 1 8 Andrea Riley Oklahoma State 1 12 (from Phx.) Bianca Thomas Mississippi 2 20 Angel Robinson Georgia 3 32 Rashidat Junaid Rutgers
Transaction log March 26, 2009: The Sparks signed-and-traded Temeka Johnson to the Phoenix Mercury for Phoenix's first-round pick in the 2010 draft. May 5, 2009: The Sparks traded Rafaella Masciadri and a previously acquired first-round pick in the 2010 draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Noelle Quinn. February 9: The Sparks signed free agent Ticha Penicheiro. February 16: The Sparks signed LaToya Pringle. April 29: The Sparks waived Angel Robinson. May 7: The Sparks waived Vanessa Hayden. May 11: The Sparks signed Lisa Willis and waived Karina Figueroa. May 13: The Sparks traded a second-round pick in the 2011 Draft to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Kristi Toliver. May 13: The Sparks waived LaToya Pringle, Lisa Willis and Rashidat Junaid. May 14: The Sparks waived Shannon Bobbitt and Bianca Thomas. June 1: The Sparks waived Tiffany Stansbury and signed Chanel Mokango.
Trades DateTradeMarch 26, 2009To Los Angeles SparksTo Phoenix Mercury first-round pick in 2010 draft Temeka JohnsonMay 5, 2009To Los Angeles SparksTo Minnesota Lynx Noelle Quinn Rafaella Masciadri and a first-round pick in 2010 draftMay 13, 2010To Los Angeles SparksTo Chicago Sky Kristi Toliver second-round pick in 2011 draft
Free agents
Additions
PlayerSignedFormer team Ticha Penicheiro February 9, 2010 Sacramento Monarchs Kristi Toliver May 13, 2010 Chicago Sky Tiffany Stansbury May 15, 2010 free agent Chanel Mokango June 1, 2010 free agent
Subtractions PlayerLeftNew team Lisa Leslie 2009 retired Vanessa Hayden May 7, 2009 free agent Shannon Bobbitt May 14, 2009 free agent Tiffany Stansbury June 1, 2010 free agent
Roster
Depth Pos.StarterBench C Tina Thompson Chanel Mokango / Candace Parker PF Delisha Milton-Jones Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton SF Noelle Quinn Betty Lennox SG Marie Ferdinand-Harris Kristi Toliver PG Ticha Penicheiro Andrea Riley
Season standings
Schedule
Preseason
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || May 1 || 10:00pm || China National Team || 78-58 || Junaid (15) || Mohammed (12) || Penicheiro (7) || Viejas Arena 3,874 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || May 8 || 3:30pm || San Antonio || 77-86 || Ferdinand-Harris (13) || 3 players (5) || Bobbitt, Quinn (4) || Walter Pyramid 1,521 || 1-1
Regular season
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || May 15 || 2:00pm || @ Phoenix || ESPN2 || 77-78 || Parker (24) || Parker (12) || Riley (4) || US Airways Center 14,772 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || May 16 || 9:00pm || @ Seattle || KONG || 67-81 || Thompson (19) || Parker (11) || Penicheiro (6) || KeyArena 9,686 || 0-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || May 22 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || NBATVFS-SW || 81-88 || Milton-Jones (20) || Parker, Thompson (10) || Milton-Jones (6) || AT&T Center 7,862 || 0-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || May 28 || 10:30pm || Washington || PRIME || 81-75 || Parker (30) || Parker (10) || Parker (5) || STAPLES Center 13,154 || 1-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || May 30 || 8:00pm || Atlanta || || 82-101 || Parker (32) || Parker (12) || Penicheiro (6) || STAPLES Center 8,404 || 1-4
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || June 4 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || || 89-90 || Parker (26) || Parker (12) || Penicheiro (10) || US Airways Center 6,485 || 1-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 || June 5 || 11:00pm || Seattle || NBATVFS-W || 75-79 || Parker (24) || Parker (8) || Lennox, Parker (4) || Home Depot Center 6,026 || 1-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || June 8 || 10:30pm || Phoenix || PRIME || 92-91 || Parker (22) || Parker (12) || Quinn (7) || STAPLES Center 7,993 || 2-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || June 11 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || KONG || 60-82 || Parker (13) || Parker (7) || 4 players (2) || KeyArena 7,286 || 2-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 10 || June 13 || 3:00pm || Minnesota || || 88-84 || Milton-Jones (22) || Parker (7) || Penicheiro (5) || STAPLES Center 7,005 || 3-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 || June 18 || 10:30pm || Connecticut || || 75-78 || Thompson (24) || Milton-Jones, Quinn (6) || Penicheiro (8) || STAPLES Center 8,852 || 3-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 12 || June 24 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || CSN-MA || 53-68 || Toliver (11) || Quinn (7) || Penicheiro (6) || Verizon Center 8,160 || 3-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 13 || June 27 || 3:00pm || @ Atlanta || NBATVSSO || 81-89 || Milton-Jones, Toliver (19) || Milton-Jones (11) || Penicheiro (10) || Philips Arena 7,855 || 3-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 14 || June 29 || 10:30pm || New York || NBATVPRIME || 68-80 || Quinn (24) || Thompson (6) || Ferdinand-Harris, Quinn (4) || STAPLES Center 8,602 || 3-11
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || July 1 || 10:30pm || San Antonio || || 73-63 || Thompson (24) || Thompson (10) || Penicheiro (4) || STAPLES Center 7,803 || 4-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 || July 3 || 5:00pm || Seattle || ESPN2 || 62-75 || Toliver (18) || Thompson, Wisdom-Hylton (10) || Penicheiro (5) || STAPLES Center 9,319 || 4-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 || July 6 || 10:00pm || Phoenix || ESPN2 || 89-98 || Milton-Jones (20) || Milton-Jones (8) || Milton-Jones (6) || STAPLES Center 8,336 || 4-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || July 13 || 7:00pm || @ Tulsa || ESPN2 || 87-71 || Thompson (24) || Penicheiro (7) || Penicheiro (9) || BOK Center 7,073 || 5-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 19 || July 16 || 8:30pm || @ Chicago || CN100 || 68-80 || Milton-Jones (21) || Quinn (6) || Penicheiro (9) || Allstate Arena 4,841 || 5-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 20 || July 18 || 3:00pm || @ San Antonio || || 73-83 || Thompson (23) || Thompson (8) || Penicheiro, Quinn (6) || AT&T Center 6,542 || 5-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || July 20 || 3:00pm || Tulsa || || 86-83 (OT) || Milton-Jones (23) || Penicheiro (7) || Penicheiro (13) || STAPLES Center 14,413 || 6-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 22 || July 22 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || ESPN2 || 57-76 || Thompson (19) || Milton-Jones, Thompson (8) || Penicheiro (6) || Conseco Fieldhouse 7,898 || 6-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 || July 24 || 7:00pm || @ Connecticut || || 89-80 || Milton-Jones (20) || Penicheiro, Quinn (7) || Milton-Jones, Penicheiro (7) || Mohegan Sun Arena 8,097 || 7-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || July 27 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || || 71-58 || Thompson (24) || Milton-Jones, Quinn, Thompson (8) || Penicheiro (9) || Target Center 6,215 || 8-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || July 30 || 7:30pm || @ New York || || 79-88 || Thompson (18) || Wisdom-Hylton (6) || Penicheiro (7) || Madison Square Garden 14,307 || 8-17
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || August 4 || 10:30pm || Chicago || NBATVCN100 || 82-77 || Milton-Jones (22) || Wisdom-Hylton (13) || Penicheiro (15) || STAPLES Center 9,732 || 9-17 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || August 6 || 10:30pm || Tulsa || || 77-70 || Milton-Jones (23) || Milton-Jones, Penicheiro, Quinn (7) || Penicheiro (13) || STAPLES Center 8,962 || 10-17 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 || August 8 || 8:00pm || San Antonio || NBATVFS-WFSSW || 83-92 || Thompson (23) || Penicheiro (9) || Penicheiro (8) || STAPLES Center 9,793 || 10-18 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 29 || August 10 || 10:00pm || Indiana || ESPN2 || 76-82 || Thompson (21) || Thompson (13) || Riley (6) || STAPLES Center 10,586 || 10-19 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || August 12 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || || 78-77 || Milton-Jones (21) || Thompson (8) || Penicheiro (10) || Target Center 7,867 || 11-19 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || August 14 || 8:00pm || @ Tulsa || COX || 92-87 || Thompson (24) || Thompson (11) || Penicheiro (9) || BOK Center 5,719 || 12-19 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 32 || August 17 || 10:30pm || Phoenix || NBATVPRIME || 84-90 || Thompson (33) || Penicheiro (9) || Penicheiro (11) || STAPLES Center 8,817 || 12-20 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33 || August 20 || 10:30pm || Minnesota || || 98-91 || Thompson (26) || Thompson (9) || Penicheiro (12) || STAPLES Center 13,154 || 13-20 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 34 || August 21 || 11:00pm || @ Seattle || ESPN2 || 75-76 || Thompson (20) || Milton-Jones (9) || Penicheiro (8) || KeyArena 9,686 || 13-21
| All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess
Postseason
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || August 25 || 11:00pm || @ Seattle || ESPN2 || 66-79 || Ferdinand-Harris (18) || Milton-Jones (8) || Toliver (5) || KeyArena 10,589 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || August 28 || 3:00pm || Seattle || ESPN2 || 66-81 || Thompson (18) || Milton-Jones (9) || Thompson (5) || STAPLES Center 8,326 || 0-2
Statistics
Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 30 24 24.3 .409 .292 .839 2.7 1.2 0.87 0.17 8.9 11 0 11.6 .391 .361 .833 1.7 1.5 0.18 0.00 4.9 34 34 32.2 .470 .317 .866 4.7 2.5 1.09 0.65 15.4 21 0 3.4 .176 .000 .750 0.6 0.0 0.10 0.48 0.4 10 10 33.5 .500 .250 .732 10.1 2.2 1.00 2.20 20.6 32 30 26.3 .410 .111 .819 4.0 6.9 1.34 0.06 4.9 34 34 32.5 .443 .402 .776 4.0 2.8 1.03 0.32 10.2 29 0 7.7 .303 .294 .838 0.8 1.0 0.48 0.03 3.4 5 0 2.8 .333 .000 .500 0.0 0.0 0.20 0.00 0.6 34 4 20.7 .438 .349 .815 2.2 1.3 0.53 0.06 8.6 33 33 33.2 .446 .352 .872 6.2 1.8 1.15 0.73 16.6 32 1 15.1 .500 .000 .706 3.4 0.4 0.56 0.75 4.5
Postseason Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 2 2 32.5 .391 .429 1.000 2.0 0.5 1.50 0.00 12.5 2 2 35.5 .360 1.000 .500 8.5 1.0 0.50 0.50 10.5 2 2 29.5 .455 .000 1.000 2.5 2.5 2.50 0.00 6.0 2 2 34.0 .368 .500 1.000 4.0 0.5 1.00 0.00 9.5 1 0 2.0 .000 .000 .000 1.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 2 0 22.5 .545 .600 1.000 0.0 4.0 0.50 0.00 8.0 2 2 39.0 .333 .286 1.000 6.0 3.0 1.50 2.00 17.0 2 0 6.0 .667 .000 .500 2.5 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.5
Awards and honors Candace Parker was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of May 22, 2010. Tina Thompson was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 7, 2010. Tina Thompson was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 14, 2010. Tina Thompson was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Month for August.
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