The 2011 Los Angeles Sparks season was the franchise's 15th season in the Women's National Basketball Association, and the second and final season under head coach Jennifer Gillom.
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 Ohio State 3 29 Elina Babkina (pick later voided) 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 DateTradeFebruary 1, 2011To Los Angeles SparksTo Tulsa Shock second-round pick in 2012 draft Andrea RileyJune 1, 2011To Los Angeles SparksTo Chicago Sky second-round pick in 2012 draft Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Personnel changes
Additions
PlayerSignedFormer 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 PlayerLeftNew 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
Depth Pos.StarterBench C Candace Parker Jantel Lavender PF Tina Thompson Ebony HoffmanLaToya Pringle SF Delisha Milton-Jones Jenna O'Hea SG Noelle Quinn Kristi Toliver PG Ticha Penicheiro Natasha Lacy
Season standings
Schedule
Preseason
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || May 25 || 3:00pm || Seattle || 71-66 || Parker (17) || O'Hea, Lacy (6) || Penicheiro (4) || Torodome 3,212 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 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
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || June 3 || 11:00pm || Minnesota || NBATVPRIME || 82-74 || Parker (19) || Parker (10) || Quinn (4) || Staples Center 13,589 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || June 5 || 3:30pm || @ Minnesota || PRIMEFS-N || 69-86 || Toliver (13) || Parker (7) || Penicheiro (5) || Target Center 10,123 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || June 10 || 10:30pm || Phoenix || || 98-84 || Parker (22) || Thompson (9) || ParkerPenicheiro (5) || Staples Center 10,616 || 2-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || June 19 || 8:30pm || Seattle || PRIME || 74-50 || Hoffman (12) || Parker (7) || Toliver (5) || Staples Center 9,119 || 3-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || June 21 || 10:00pm || New York || ESPN2 || 96-91 || Milton-Jones (27) || Parker (13) || Toliver (7) || Staples Center 10,389 || 4-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || June 24 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || || 80-90 (OT) || Parker (25) || Parker (13) || Penicheiro (7) || AT&T Center 8,617 || 4-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 || June 26 || 4:00pm || @ New York || || 67-77 || Parker (16) || Parker (11) || Penicheiro (4) || Prudential Center 7,625 || 4-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 || June 28 || 8:00pm || @ Connecticut || ESPN2 || 76-79 || Toliver (19) || Thompson (9) || Milton-JonesPenicheiroQuinn (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,515 || 4-4
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || July 5 || 9:00pm || @ Phoenix || ESPN2 || 82-101 || Hoffman (21) || Pringle (9) || Penicheiro (5) || US Airways Center 9,826 || 4-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || July 9 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || NBATVKONG || 80-99 || Lavender (21) || Lavender (9) || Toliver (5) || KeyArena 9,686 || 4-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || July 12 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || NBATVPRIMEFS-SW || 84-74 || Penicheiro (18) || LavenderPenicheiro (8) || Toliver (8) || AT&T Center 6,769 || 5-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || July 15 || 8:00pm || @ Tulsa || || 79-74 || Toliver (25) || Milton-Jones (9) || Toliver (6) || BOK Center 5,034 || 6-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 13 || July 17 || 8:30pm || Washington || NBATV || 85-89 (OT) || Toliver (21) || Hoffman (7) || Toliver (7) || Staples Center 10,398 || 6-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 14 || July 18 || 10:30pm || San Antonio || || 69-79 || LacyLavender (14) || O'Hea (11) || Lacy (7) || Staples Center 8,818 || 6-8 |- | colspan="11" align="center" valign="middle" | All-Star break |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 15 || July 26 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || || 72-85 || Toliver (28) || Hoffman (9) || LacyPenicheiroQuinn (2) || Target Center 8,044 || 6-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 || July 28 || 7:00pm || @ Atlanta || NBATVSSO || 80-89 || Hoffman (16) || Hoffman (8) || Penicheiro (11) || Philips Arena 6,701 || 6-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || July 30 || 8:00pm || @ Chicago || CN100 || 88-84 || Milton-Jones (19) || Lavender (6) || PenicheiroToliver (5) || Allstate Arena 5,909 || 7-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 18 || July 31 || 6:00pm || @ Indiana || NBATV || 63-98 || Hoffman (13) || Hoffman (6) || Lacy (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse 9,256 || 7-11
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 19 || August 3 || 3:00pm || Connecticut || NBATV || 70-79 || Milton-Jones (14) || Thompson (8) || Penicheiro (5) || Staples Center 14,266 || 7-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 20 || August 7 || 8:30pm || Minnesota || NBATV || 78-84 || Milton-Jones (18) || Lavender (6) || Penicheiro (7) || Staples Center 13,528 || 7-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || August 9 || 10:30pm || Tulsa || PRIME || 71-66 || Penicheiro (23) || Hoffman (8) || Penicheiro (7) || Staples Center 8,255 || 8-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 22 || August 12 || 10:30pm || Phoenix || || 93-90 (OT) || Lavender (25) || Lavender (10) || Milton-JonesPenicheiro (6) || Staples Center 10,512 || 9-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 23 || August 16 || 10:30pm || Atlanta || NBATVPRIMESSO || 79-84 || Milton-Jones (19) || Parker (10) || Penicheiro (10) || Staples Center 7,522 || 9-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || August 18 || 10:30pm || Indiana || || 75-70 || Hoffman (21) || Hoffman (7) || Parker (5) || Staples Center 8,102 || 10-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || August 20 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || || 68-87 || Parker (18) || Parker (8) || O'Hea (4) || Target Center 8,816 || 10-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || August 21 || 7:00pm || @ Tulsa || || 73-67 || Parker (23) || Parker (9) || Penicheiro (5) || BOK Center 6,012 || 11-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || August 23 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || CSN-MA || 86-82 (OT) || Parker (19) || Thompson (10) || Penicheiro (6) || Verizon Center 8,441 || 12-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 || August 26 || 10:30pm || Tulsa || NBATV || 75-77 || Milton-Jones (24) || Milton-Jones (8) || Penicheiro (10) || Staples Center 8,997 || 12-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 29 || August 28 || 9:00pm || @ Seattle || ESPN2 || 63-65 || Parker (19) || Parker (14) || Penicheiro (4) || KeyArena 9,686 || 12-17 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || August 30 || 10:30pm || Seattle || PRIME || 68-62 || Parker (27) || ParkerThompson (7) || Penicheiro (5) || Staples Center 9,023 || 13-17
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 31 || September 3 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || NBATV || 77-93 || Parker (32) || Milton-Jones (8) || PenicheiroToliver (4) || US Airways Center 9,620 || 13-18 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 32 || September 6 || 10:30pm || San Antonio || NBATVPRIMEFS-SW || 65-82 || Thompson (18) || Milton-Jones (8) || Penicheiro (7) || Staples Center 8,502 || 13-19 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33 || September 9 || 10:30pm || Tulsa || NBATV || 84-73 || Lavender (19) || Lavender (12) || Penicheiro (7) || Staples Center 10,299 || 14-19 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 34 || September 10 || 10:30pm || Chicago || NBATVCN100 || 74-67 || Milton-Jones (15) || LavenderPringle (6) || Lacy (7) || Staples Center 13,501 || 15-19
| All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com
Statistics
Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 34 16 22.1 .437 .429 .844 4.2 1.1 1.06 0.26 7.5 29 0 13.6 .429 .333 .540 2.2 1.7 0.97 0.31 5.0 33 3 14.8 .500 .000 .733 3.1 0.5 0.18 0.36 6.6 34 34 26.2 .462 .352 .831 4.6 2.0 0.94 0.35 11.7 31 5 16.4 .434 .444 .786 1.5 1.3 0.39 0.16 4.8 17 16 32.6 .511 .419 .736 8.6 2.8 1.24 1.59 18.5 34 23 23.7 .486 .417 .868 2.8 4.8 0.82 0.09 6.0 20 0 11.1 .473 1.000 .889 2.4 0.3 0.25 0.65 3.9 33 23 20.6 .390 .397 .818 1.8 2.0 0.64 0.06 5.1 34 33 25.0 .386 .339 .833 4.6 1.1 1.15 0.68 9.9 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.
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