2013 Los Angeles Sparks season

2013 Los Angeles Sparks season
2013 Los Angeles Sparks season
Coach	Carol Ross
Arena	Staples Center
Attendance	per game
Results
Record	24–10 (.706)
Place	2nd (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost in Conference Semifinals
Media
Television	TWC SportsNet and TWC Deportes; ESPN2, NBATV
	← 2012 season 2014 season →

The 2013 WNBA season is the 17th season for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Transactions

WNBA draft

The following are the Sparks' selections in the 2013 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
1	10	A'dia Mathies	United States United States	Florida Gulf Coast
2	22	Brittany Chambers	United States United States	Kansas State
3	34	Alina Iagupova	Ukraine	Elizabeth-Basket Kivorograd (Ukraine)

Trades

Date	Trade
TBD	To Los Angeles Sparks	To TBD
TBD	TBD	TBD

Personnel changes

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team

Roster

2013 Los Angeles Sparks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From	Yrs
F	13	Abdi, Farhiya	6' 2" (1.88m)		1992-05-31	Sweden	R
G/F	0	Beard, Alana	5' 11" (1.8m)	160 lb (73kg)	1982-05-14	Duke	7
G/F	25	Coleman, Marissa	6' 1" (1.85m)	160 lb (73kg)	1987-01-04	Maryland	4
G	10	Harding, Lindsey	5' 8" (1.73m)	135 lb (61kg)	1984-06-12	Duke	6
F	16	Hoffman, Ebony	6' 2" (1.88m)	215 lb (98kg)	1982-08-27	USC	9
C	42	Lavender, Jantel	6' 4" (1.93m)	185 lb (84kg)	1988-11-12	Ohio State	2
G	1	Mathies, A'dia	5' 9" (1.75m)		1991-03-18	Kentucky	R
F	30	Ogwumike, Nneka	6' 2" (1.88m)	188 lb (85kg)	1990-07-02	Stanford	2
G/F	6	O'Hea, Jenna	6' 1" (1.85m)	174 lb (79kg)	1987-06-06	Australia	2
F/C	3	Parker, Candace	6' 4" (1.93m)	175 lb (79kg)	1986-04-19	Tennessee	5
G	20	Toliver, Kristi	5' 7" (1.7m)	130 lb (59kg)	1987-01-27	Maryland	4

Head coach: Carol Ross (Mississippi)
Assistant coaches: Sandy Brondello (Australia); Bridget Pettis (Florida)
Athletic trainer: Courtney Watson (California)
Strength and conditioning coach: Bruce Deziel (Ohio)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Candace Parker	Jantel Lavender
PF	Nneka Ogwumike	Ebony Hoffman Farhiya Abdi
SF	Alana Beard	Marissa Coleman
SG	Kristi Toliver	Jenna O'Hea
PG	Lindsey Harding	A'dia Mathies

Season standings

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	z-Minnesota Lynx	26	8	.765	-	34
2	x-Los Angeles Sparks	24	10	.706	2	34
3	x-Phoenix Mercury	19	15	.559	7	34
4	x-Seattle Storm	17	17	.500	9	34

5	e-San Antonio Silver Stars	12	22	.353	14	34
6	e-Tulsa Shock	11	23	.324	15	34

Schedule

Preseason

2013 pre-season game log
Total: 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–0)

Pre-season: 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	May 12	Seattle	L 66–67	Ebony Hoffman (8)	Paola Ferrari (6)	Coleman, O'Hea, & Abdi (2)	Walter Pyramid at Long Beach State 1524	0–1
2	May 19	Tulsa	L 67–82	Kristi Toliver (11)	Candace Parker (7)	Lindsey Harding (4)	SRC Arena 1917	0–2

2013 season schedule

Regular season

2013 game log
Total: 24–10 (Home: 15–2; Road: 9–8)

May: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	May 26	Seattle	W 102–69	Kristi Toliver (17)	Jantel Lavender (6)	Lindsey Harding (8)	Staples Center 10090	1–0

June : 4–4 (Home: 4–0; Road: 0–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
2	June 1	@ San Antonio	L 78–83	Candace Parker (27)	Candace Parker (20)	Lindsey Harding (5)	AT&T Center 6081	1–1
3	June 8	Tulsa	W 76–69 (OT)	Kristi Toliver (21)	Candace Parker (13)	Lindsey Harding (8)	Staples Center 6110	2–1
4	June 14	@ Phoenix	L 81–97	Kristi Toliver (18)	Nneka Ogwumike (10)	Candace Parker (3)	US Airways Center 13065	2–2
5	June 15	San Antonio	W 84–48	Nneka Ogwumike (16)	Nneka Ogwumike (7)	Parker & Toliver (6)	Staples Center 6980	3–2
6	June 21	Minnesota	W 87–59	Kristi Toliver (19)	Ogwumike, Parker, & Lavender (8)	Nneka Ogwumike (5)	Staples Center 6490	4–2
7	June 23	Washington	W 79–69	Lindsey Harding (22)	Nneka Ogwumike (9)	Lindsey Harding (7)	Staples Center 9651	5–2
8	June 28	@ Minnesota	L 64–88	Candace Parker (17)	Candace Parker (11)	Candace Parker (6)	Target Center 8814	5–3
9	June 29	@ Chicago	L 82–94	Candace Parker (23)	Candace Parker (9)	Candace Parker (4)	Allstate Arena 6885	5–4

July : 7–2 (Home: 4–2; Road: 3–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
10	July 2	Minnesota	W 96–66	Candace Parker (27)	Nneka Ogwumike (10)	Kristi Toliver (9)	Staples Center 7856	6–4
11	July 4	NY Liberty	W 97–89	Kristi Toliver (29)	Candace Parker (8)	Lindsey Harding (8)	Staples Center 8565	7–4
12	July 6	San Antonio	W 93–66	Nneka Ogwumike (24)	Nneka Ogwumike (16)	Parker & Harding (3)	Staples Center 9807	8–4
13	July 11	@ Tulsa	W 94–78	Candace Parker (30)	Candace Parker (8)	Lindsey Harding (8)	BOK Center 6278	9–4
14	July 14	@ Phoenix	W 88–76	Candace Parker (21)	Nneka Ogwumike (13)	Kristi Toliver (6)	US Airways Center 8233	10–4
15	July 17	Atlanta	W 77–73	Kristi Toliver (15)	Candace Parker (10)	Lindsey Harding (6)	Staples Center 10876	11–4
16	July 18	Phoenix	L 84–90	Candace Parker (25)	Candace Parker (16)	Jenna O'Hea (5)	Staples Center 11105	11–5
17	July 20	@ Seattle	W 65–64	Nneka Ogwumike (24)	Nneka Ogwumike (9)	Lindsey Harding (8)	Key Arena 6357	12–5
18	July 25	Seattle	L 66–73	Candace Parker (24)	Candace Parker (10)	Kristi Toliver (3)	Staples Center 12651	12–6

August : 9–2 (Home: 4–0; Road: 5–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
All-Star Break
19	August 2	@ Tulsa	L 89–96	Kristi Toliver (23)	Nneka Ogwumike (11)	Lindsey Harding (6)	BOK Center 6168	12–7
20	August 4	@ Washington	W 75–57	Nneka Ogwumike (22)	Jantel Lavender (11)	Lindsey Harding (14)	Verizon Center 7092	13–7
21	August 6	@ Connecticut	W 74–72	Kristi Toliver (19)	Ogwumike & Toliver (9)	Toliver & Harding (4)	Mohegan Sun Arena 5792	14–7
22	August 8	@ Indiana	W 74–64	Jantel Lavender (18)	Jantel Lavender (9)	Lindsey Harding (5)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7076	15–7
23	August 10	@ NY Liberty	W 85–67	Jantel Lavender (18)	Jantel Lavender (8)	Lindsey Harding (4)	Prudential Center 7569	16–7
24	August 13	Chicago	W 80–76	Candace Parker (18)	Ogwumike, Parker, & Lavender (7)	Parker, Toliver, & Coleman (4)	Staples Center 10553	17–7
25	August 16	Indiana	W 94–72	Kristi Toliver (28)	Nneka Ogwumike (7)	Lindsey Harding (7)	Staples Center 11801	18–7
26	August 20	@ Seattle	L 57–77	Nneka Ogwumike (12)	Candace Parker (10)	Parker & Harding (3)	Key Arena 6738	18–8
27	August 25	Tulsa	W 90–88 (2OT)	Candace Parker (26)	Candace Parker (11)	Candace Parker (9)	Staples Center 9973	19–8
28	August 27	Connecticut	W 91–78	Candace Parker (28)	Nneka Ogwumike (12)	Candace Parker (7)	Staples Center 11401	20–8
29	August 31	@ San Antonio	W 80–67	Nneka Ogwumike (19)	Candace Parker (11)	Kristi Toliver (7)	AT&T Center 8086	21–8

September : 3–2 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
30	September 2	@ Atlanta	L 82–92	Nneka Ogwumike (17)	Nneka Ogwumike (10)	Kristi Toliver (9)	Philips Arena 5504	21–9
31	September 4	@ Minnesota	L 74–83	Candace Parker (25)	Candace Parker (8)	Nneka Ogwumike (4)	Target Center 9314	21–10
32	September 6	@ Tulsa	W 74–70	Candace Parker (20)	Candace Parker (9)	Lindsey Harding (10)	BOK Center 6704	22–10
33	September 12	Minnesota	W 85–84	Nneka Ogwumike (25)	Nneka Ogwumike (11)	Parker & Toliver (4)	Staples Center 11553	23–10
34	September 15	Phoenix	W 89–55	Parker & Lavender (16)	Jantel Lavender (9)	Lindsey Harding (5)	Staples Center 12311	24–10

2013 season schedule

Playoffs

2013 playoff game log
Total: 1–2 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–0)

Conference Semifinals: 1–2 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	September 19	Phoenix	L 75–86	Candace Parker (28)	Nneka Ogwumike (14)	Lindsey Harding (5)	Staples Center 8500	0–1
2	September 21	@ Phoenix	W 82–73	Candace Parker (31)	Ogwumike & Parker (11)	Lindsey Harding (4)	US Airways Center 11110	1–1
3	September 23	Phoenix	L 77–78	Kristi Toliver (22)	Nneka Ogwumike (10)	Toliver & Coleman (3)	Staples Center 9321	1–2

2013 season schedule

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

Awards and honors

Footnotes

^ Brittany Chambers was released by the Sparks before the start of the season.
^ Los Angeles's selection of Alina Iagupova was subsequently voided by the league due to her age, under Article XIII, section 1(d) of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

References

^ Kacēns, Jānis (April 17, 2013). "Alina Iagupova's WNBA draft selection has been voided". LoveWomensBasketball.com. Archived from the original on June 19, 2013. Retrieved September 19, 2013.

External links

[1] Brittany Chambers was released by the Sparks before the start of the season.

[3] Los Angeles's selection of Alina Iagupova was subsequently voided by the league due to her age, under Article XIII, section 1(d) of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

[2] Kacēns, Jānis (April 17, 2013). "Alina Iagupova's WNBA draft selection has been voided". LoveWomensBasketball.com. Archived from the original on June 19, 2013. Retrieved September 19, 2013.

v t e Los Angeles Sparks
Founded in 1997 Based in Los Angeles, California
Franchise	Franchise Current season
Arenas	Kia Forum Crypto.com Arena
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 Derek Fisher Fred Williams Curt Miller Lynne Roberts
Administration	Owners Jerry Buss Gemini Basketball Williams Group Holdings Guggenheim Partners General Managers Rhonda Windham Penny Toler Derek Fisher Karen Bryant Raegan Pebley
All-Stars	Alana Beard Tamecka Dixon Chelsea Gray Dearica Hamby Chamique Holdsclaw Jantel Lavender Lisa Leslie Mwadi Mabika Taj McWilliams-Franklin DeLisha Milton-Jones Nneka Ogwumike Candace Parker Nikki Teasley Tina Thompson Kristi Toliver
Seasons	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Playoff appearances	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2008 2009 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Conference Championships	2001 2002 2003 2016 2017
WNBA Championships	2001 2002 2016
Rivals	Detroit Shock Houston Comets New York Liberty Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury Sacramento Monarchs Las Vegas Aces Seattle Storm
Media	TV: Spectrum SportsNet (Los Angeles) Announcers: Jim Watson, Mary Murphy

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