The 1998 WNBA season was the second for the Los Angeles Sparks. The Sparks missed out of the playoffs for the second consecutive season. It would be the last season they missed the playoffs until the 2007 season.
Transactions
Washington Mystics expansion draft The following player was selected in the Washington Mystics expansion draft from the Los Angeles Sparks: Player Nationality School/Team/Country Heidi Burge Virginia
WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 5 Allison Feaster Harvard 2 15 Octavia Blue Miami325Rehema StephensUCLA435Erica KienastUC Santa Barbara
Transactions DateTransaction February 18, 1998 Lost Heidi Burge to the Washington Mystics in the WNBA expansion draft April 9, 1998 Traded Linda Burgess to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for Pamela McGee April 29, 1998 Drafted Allison Feaster, Octavia Blue, Rehema Stephens and Erica Kienast in the 1998 WNBA draftMay 11, 1998Waived Daedra Charles and Kim GessigSigned Erin Alexander, Eugenia Rycraw and Sandra Van EmbricqsJuly 10, 1998Waived Erin AlexanderSigned Michelle ReedJuly 16, 1997Fired Julie Rousseau as Head CoachHired Orlando Woolridge as Head Coach
Roster
Schedule
Regular season
| 1 | June 11 | @ Utah | W 89–83 | Lisa Leslie (24) | Lisa Leslie (12) | Penny Toler (6) | Delta Center | 1–0 |- | 2 | June 14 | @ Phoenix | L 70–60 | Lisa Leslie (18) | Lisa Leslie (10) | Katrina Colleton (4) | America West Arena | 1–1 |- | 3 | June 16 | @ Sacramento | L 69–73 | Tamecka Dixon (21) | Lisa Leslie (11) | Colleton Dixon (3) | ARCO Arena | 1–2 |- | 4 | June 19 | New York | W 78–75 | Haixia Leslie (19) | Lisa Leslie (21) | Penny Toler (5) | Great Western Forum | 2–2 |- | 5 | June 21 | Houston | L 63–79 | Tamecka Dixon (18) | Lisa Leslie (11) | Dixon Toler (3) | Great Western Forum | 2–3 |- | 6 | June 24 | Charlotte | L 73–77 | Lisa Leslie (30) | Pamela McGee (7) | Jamila Wideman (4) | Great Western Forum | 2–4 |- | 7 | June 27 | @ Houston | L 64–75 | Tamecka Dixon (17) | Lisa Leslie (11) | Penny Toler (3) | Compaq Center | 2–5 |- | 8 | June 30 | @ Sacramento | L 56–58 | Lisa Leslie (21) | Lisa Leslie (8) | Jamila Wideman (4) | ARCO Arena | 2–6
| 9 | July 2 | Utah | L 57–58 | Lisa Leslie (15) | Lisa Leslie (10) | Dixon Leslie Mabika (4) | Great Western Forum | 2–7 |- | 10 | July 7 | Charlotte | W 86–79 | Lisa Leslie (24) | Lisa Leslie (7) | Mabika Toler (5) | Great Western Forum | 3–7 |- | 11 | July 8 | Sacramento | L 71–76 | Tamecka Dixon (20) | Lisa Leslie (11) | Tamecka Dixon (4) | Great Western Forum | 3–8 |- | 12 | July 12 | Cleveland | W 87–66 | Penny Toler (22) | Lisa Leslie (11) | Penny Toler (9) | Great Western Forum | 4–8 |- | 13 | July 13 | @ Phoenix | L 62–72 | Lisa Leslie (13) | Lisa Leslie (13) | Dixon Toler Wideman (2) | America West Arena | 4–9 |- | 14 | July 15 | Sacramento | W 81–76 (OT) | Tamecka Dixon (22) | Lisa Leslie (7) | Leslie Toler (6) | Great Western Forum | 5–9 |- | 15 | July 17 | Houston | L 68–74 | Lisa Leslie (18) | Pamela McGee (9) | Penny Toler (7) | Great Western Forum | 5–10 |- | 16 | July 21 | New York | L 77–92 | Lisa Leslie (24) | Lisa Leslie (9) | Dixon Leslie Toler (5) | Great Western Forum | 5–11 |- | 17 | July 23 | Phoenix | W 70–68 | Tamecka Dixon (23) | Mwadi Mabika (8) | Mwadi Mabika (4) | Great Western Forum | 6–11 |- | 18 | July 25 | @ Detroit | L 67–69 | Tamecka Dixon (26) | Octavia Blue (7) | Dixon Toler Wideman (2) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 6–12 |- | 19 | July 27 | @ Cleveland | L 67–83 | Mwadi Mabika (16) | Mwadi Mabika (8) | Penny Toler (6) | Gund Arena | 6–13 |- | 20 | July 29 | @ Washington | W 77–68 | Tamecka Dixon (20) | Lisa Leslie (13) | Lisa Leslie (5) | MCI Center | 7–13 |- | 21 | July 31 | Phoenix | W 71–56 | Leslie Mabika (15) | Leslie Mabika (8) | Penny Toler (8) | Great Western Forum | 8–13
| 22 | August 1 | @ Utah | W 73–65 | Lisa Leslie (24) | Lisa Leslie (9) | Penny Toler (5) | Delta Center | 9–13 |- | 23 | August 3 | Washington | W 86–72 | Lisa Leslie (21) | Mwadi Mabika (10) | Penny Toler (6) | Great Western Forum | 10–13 |- | 24 | August 5 | @ Detroit | L 61–73 | Lisa Leslie (30) | Pamela McGee (12) | Penny Toler (4) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 10–14 |- | 25 | August 8 | @ New York | L 62–80 | Penny Toler (14) | Katrina Colleton (6) | Mwadi Mabika (3) | Madison Square Garden | 10–15 |- | 26 | August 9 | @ Washington | L 74–76 | Lisa Leslie (23) | Lisa Leslie (16) | Penny Toler (7) | MCI Center | 10–16 |- | 27 | August 12 | @ Charlotte | W 65–52 | Lisa Leslie (21) | Lisa Leslie (14) | Penny Toler (6) | Charlotte Coliseum | 11–16 |- | 28 | August 14 | Utah | W 87–67 | Lisa Leslie (18) | Lisa Leslie (14) | Penny Toler (14) | Great Western Forum | 12–16 |- | 29 | August 16 | Detroit | L 76–77 | Lisa Leslie (30) | Lisa Leslie (14) | Penny Toler (9) | Great Western Forum | 12–17 |- | 30 | August 19 | @ Houston | L 71–80 | Lisa Leslie (24) | Lisa Leslie (9) | Penny Toler (6) | Compaq Center | 12–18
Season standings
Statistics
Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Tamecka Dixon 22 22 32.3 .438 .356 .779 2.5 2.5 1.1 0.4 16.2 Lisa Leslie 28 28 32.1 .478 .391 .768 10.2 2.5 1.5 2.1 19.6 Penny Toler 30 30 31.5 .415 .417 .743 3.5 4.8 1.1 0.1 12.3 Mwadi Mabika 29 23 24.5 .339 .308 .698 4.4 1.5 1.0 0.3 8.2 Katrina Colleton 30 14 19.2 .303 .263 .833 1.7 1.6 0.6 0.4 2.7 Pamela McGee 30 22 19.0 .437 .000 .614 4.8 0.4 0.8 0.8 6.8 Sandra Van Embricqs 28 2 16.8 .483 N/A .500 2.7 0.6 0.9 0.3 3.4 Zheng Haixia 6 2 16.3 .625 N/A .714 4.3 0.5 0.0 0.2 7.5 Allison Feaster 3 0 13.7 .214 .200 1.000 0.7 1.0 0.7 0.0 3.3 Jamila Wideman 25 0 13.2 .279 .250 .724 0.9 2.3 0.4 0.0 1.9 Eugenia Rycraw 20 4 11.3 .469 N/A .727 2.5 0.2 0.4 0.9 2.3 Octavia Blue 30 3 11.0 .338 .286 .625 1.6 0.3 0.4 0.1 2.4Erin Alexander809.1.318.375 1.0001.90.80.30.02.8Michelle Reed905.4.273.250.5831.20.20.20.11.6 ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded during the season ≠Acquired during the season
References
External links Sparks on Basketball Reference