1999 Los Angeles Sparks season

The 1999 WNBA season was the third for the Los Angeles Sparks. The Sparks qualified for the playoffs for the first time in franchise history, but they fell in the Conference Finals to eventual champion Houston Comets.

Transactions

Minnesota Lynx expansion draft The following player was selected in the Minnesota Lynx expansion draft from the Los Angeles Sparks: Player Nationality School/Team/Country Octavia Blue Miami (FL)

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 4 DeLisha Milton-Jones Portland Power 2 16 Clarisse Machanguana San Jose Lasers328Ukari FiggsPurdue440La'Keshia FrettPhiladelphia Rage

Transactions DateTransaction April 6, 1999 Lost Octavia Blue to the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA expansion draft May 4, 1999 Drafted DeLisha Milton-Jones, Clarisse Machanguana, Ukari Figgs and La'Keshia Frett in the 1999 WNBA draftMay 6, 1999Waived Michelle ReedMay 15, 1999Signed Gordana Grubin and Nina Bjedov June 21, 1999 Traded Jamila Wideman to the Cleveland Rockers in exchange for Jennifer HowardJune 22, 1999Waived Sandra Van Embricqs

Roster

Schedule

Regular season

| 1 | June 10 | Sacramento | W 100–78 | Lisa Leslie (19) | Mwadi Mabika (6) | Tamecka Dixon (5) | Great Western Forum | 1–0 |- | 2 | June 12 | @ Cleveland | W 75–59 | Lisa Leslie (30) | Lisa Leslie (18) | Figgs Grubin (4) | Gund Arena | 2–0 |- | 3 | June 15 | @ Orlando | L 86–88 | Lisa Leslie (23) | Lisa Leslie (9) | Mwadi Mabika (5) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 2–1 |- | 4 | June 18 | @ New York | L 72–84 | Ukari Figgs (13) | Lisa Leslie (10) | Mwadi Mabika (4) | Madison Square Garden | 2–2 |- | 5 | June 19 | @ Charlotte | W 73–69 | Lisa Leslie (15) | Leslie Mabika (7) | Mwadi Mabika (6) | Charlotte Coliseum | 3–2 |- | 6 | June 22 | @ Houston | L 76–84 | Lisa Leslie (19) | DeLisha Milton-Jones (12) | Dixon Frett Figgs Grubin Mabika (2) | Compaq Center | 3–3 |- | 7 | June 24 | Minnesota | L 73–86 | Lisa Leslie (21) | Lisa Leslie (7) | Ukari Figgs (4) | Great Western Forum | 3–4 |- | 8 | June 26 | @ Sacramento | W 76–73 | DeLisha Milton-Jones (20) | DeLisha Milton-Jones (9) | Dixon Milton-Jones (4) | ARCO Arena | 4–4 |- | 9 | June 28 | Utah | W 102–70 | Penny Toler (21) | Lisa Leslie (7) | Mwadi Mabika (7) | Great Western Forum | 5–4

| 10 | July 1 | @ Minnesota | W 81–77 (2OT) | Gordana Grubin (20) | DeLisha Milton-Jones (9) | Grubin Mabika (5) | Target Center | 6–4 |- | 11 | July 2 | @ Detroit | W 91–81 | Lisa Leslie (18) | Lisa Leslie (10) | Penny Toler (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 7–4 |- | 12 | July 5 | Cleveland | W 74–72 | Nina Bjedov (14) | Lisa Leslie (11) | Frett Leslie Toler (5) | Great Western Forum | 8–4 |- | 13 | July 7 | @ Phoenix | W 67–61 | Mwadi Mabika (16) | Lisa Leslie (8) | Penny Toler (4) | America West Arena | 9–4 |- | 14 | July 9 | Sacramento | L 72–77 | Leslie Mabika (16) | Lisa Leslie (9) | Feaster Toler (3) | Great Western Forum | 9–5 |- style="background:#ccffcc;" | 15 | July 11 | Phoenix | W 68–57 | DeLisha Milton-Jones (14) | DeLisha Milton-Jones (8) | La'Keshia Frett (5) | Great Western Forum | 10–5 |- | 16 | July 17 | @ Phoenix | L 76–84 | Lisa Leslie (21) | Lisa Leslie (8) | Mwadi Mabika (7) | America West Arena | 10–6 |- | 17 | July 18 | Houston | W 78–65 | Lisa Leslie (20) | Lisa Leslie (12) | Gordana Grubin (6) | Great Western Forum | 11–6 |- | 18 | July 21 | Phoenix | W 84–63 | Lisa Leslie (18) | Nina Bjedov (8) | Tamecka Dixon (6) | Great Western Forum | 12–6 |- | 19 | July 24 | New York | W 75–72 (OT) | Lisa Leslie (22) | Mwadi Mabika (11) | Grubin Leslie (4) | Great Western Forum | 13–6 |- | 20 | July 27 | Orlando | W 81–60 | Lisa Leslie (19) | Leslie Milton-Jones (10) | Lisa Leslie (5) | Great Western Forum | 14–6 |- | 21 | July 30 | Utah | W 87–77 | Lisa Leslie (24) | Leslie Mabika (10) | Mwadi Mabika (7) | Great Western Forum | 15–6 |- | 22 | July 31 | Washington | W 81–64 | Lisa Leslie (15) | Mwadi Mabika (11) | Mwadi Mabika (5) | Great Western Forum | 16–6

| 23 | August 3 | @ Utah | L 75–81 | Gordana Grubin (20) | Lisa Leslie (8) | Gordana Grubin (5) | Delta Center | 16–7 |- | 24 | August 6 | @ Minnesota | W 77–59 | Lisa Leslie (29) | Lisa Leslie (15) | La'Keshia Frett (8) | Target Center | 17–7 |- | 25 | August 9 | Detroit | L 59–84 | DeLisha Milton-Jones (16) | DeLisha Milton-Jones (8) | Figgs Mabika (3) | Great Western Forum | 17–8 |- | 26 | August 10 | @ Sacramento | L 80–82 | Mwadi Mabika (20) | Leslie Milton-Jones (8) | Gordana Grubin (6) | ARCO Arena | 17–9 |- | 27 | August 12 | @ Houston | L 61–83 | Gordana Grubin (10) | Lisa Leslie (8) | Figgs La'Keshia Frett (6) | Compaq Center | 17–10 |- | 28 | August 14 | @ Washington | L 53–55 | DeLisha Milton-Jones (13) | Leslie Mabika (6) | Frett Grubin Mabika Toler (3) | MCI Center | 17–11 |- | 29 | August 16 | Charlotte | W 76–65 | Lisa Leslie (25) | La'Keshia Frett (10) | La'Keshia Frett (6) | Great Western Forum | 18–11 |- | 30 | August 18 | Minnesota | W 72–54 | Allison Feaster (16) | DeLisha Milton-Jones (9) | Mabika Toler (3) | Great Western Forum | 19–11 |- | 31 | August 20 | Houston | W 68–64 | DeLisha Milton-Jones (18) | DeLisha Milton-Jones (7) | Gordana Grubin (6) | Great Western Forum | 20–11 |- | 32 | August 21 | @ Utah | L 81–89 | Allison Feaster (14) | Mwadi Mabika (4) | Mwadi Mabika (7) | Delta Center | 20–12

Playoffs

| 1 | August 24 | Sacramento | W 71–58 | Lisa Leslie (22) | Lisa Leslie (12) | Gordana Grubin (9) | Great Western Forum | 1–0

| 1 | August 26 | Houston | W 75–60 | Lisa Leslie (23) | Frett Leslie (7) | Gordana Grubin (7) | Great Western Forum | 1–0 |- | 2 | August 29 | @ Houston | L 55–83 | Lisa Leslie (11) | Lisa Leslie (8) | Lisa Leslie (4) | Compaq Center | 1–1 |- | 3 | August 30 | @ Houston | L 62–72 | Lisa Leslie (20) | Leslie Mabika (7) | Mwadi Mabika (5) | Compaq Center | 1–2

Season standings

Statistics

Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Mwadi Mabika 32 28 29.3 .372 .281 .718 4.8 3.5 1.4 0.5 10.8 Lisa Leslie 32 32 29.1 .467 .423 .731 7.8 1.8 1.1 1.5 15.6 DeLisha Milton-Jones 32 32 26.1 .530 .000 .791 5.5 1.6 1.5 0.5 9.9 Gordana Grubin 32 18 22.1 .405 .430 .765 2.2 2.8 0.8 0.1 8.9 La'Keshia Frett 31 18 21.2 .478 N/A .791 3.0 2.1 0.3 0.2 6.1 Tamecka Dixon 32 14 17.6 .378 .313 .738 2.1 1.7 0.5 0.1 6.8 Nina Bjedov 27 0 16.0 .520 .421 .500 2.6 0.6 0.3 0.8 4.5 Ukari Figgs 22 10 15.0 .366 .298 .875 1.6 1.5 0.7 0.0 4.3 Penny Toler 30 4 14.2 .340 .154 .867 1.4 2.2 0.4 0.0 4.8 Allison Feaster 32 4 12.8 .495 .368 .684 1.8 1.0 0.5 0.2 5.1 Clarisse Machanguana 28 0 8.8 .490 N/A .722 1.8 0.4 0.3 0.1 2.6 ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded during the season ≠Acquired during the season

References

External links Sparks on Basketball Reference