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.
The following player was selected in the Washington Mystics expansion draft from the Los Angeles Sparks:
See also: 1998 WNBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Allison Feaster | Harvard | ||
| 2 | 15 | Octavia Blue | Miami | ||
| 3 | 25 | Rehema Stephens | UCLA | ||
| 4 | 35 | Erica Kienast | UC Santa Barbara |
| Date | Transaction | |
|---|---|---|
| February 18, 1998 | Lost Heidi Burge to the Washington Mystics in the WNBA expansion draft[1] | |
| 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 Draft | |
| May 11, 1998 | Waived Daedra Charles and Kim Gessig | |
| Signed Erin Alexander, Eugenia Rycraw and Sandra Van Embricqs | ||
| July 10, 1998 | Waived Erin Alexander | |
| Signed Michelle Reed | ||
| July 16, 1997 | Fired Julie Rousseau as Head Coach | |
| Hired Orlando Woolridge as Head Coach | ||
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 1| June 11| @ Utah| W 89–83| Lisa Leslie (24)| Lisa Leslie (12)| Penny Toler (6)| Delta Center| 1–0|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2| June 14| @ Phoenix| L 70–60| Lisa Leslie (18)| Lisa Leslie (10)| Katrina Colleton (4)| America West Arena| 1–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 3| June 16| @ Sacramento| L 69–73| Tamecka Dixon (21)| Lisa Leslie (11)| Colleton
Dixon (3)| ARCO Arena| 1–2|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 4| June 19| New York| W 78–75| Haixia
Leslie (19)| Lisa Leslie (21)| Penny Toler (5)| Great Western Forum| 2–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 5| June 21| Houston| L 63–79| Tamecka Dixon (18)| Lisa Leslie (11)| Dixon
Toler (3)| Great Western Forum| 2–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 6| June 24| Charlotte| L 73–77| Lisa Leslie (30)| Pamela McGee (7)| Jamila Wideman (4)| Great Western Forum| 2–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 7| June 27| @ Houston| L 64–75| Tamecka Dixon (17)| Lisa Leslie (11)| Penny Toler (3)| Compaq Center| 2–5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 8| June 30| @ Sacramento| L 56–58| Lisa Leslie (21)| Lisa Leslie (8)| Jamila Wideman (4)| ARCO Arena| 2–6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 9| July 2| Utah| L 57–58| Lisa Leslie (15)| Lisa Leslie (10)| Dixon
Leslie
Mabika (4)| Great Western Forum| 2–7|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 10| July 7| Charlotte| W 86–79| Lisa Leslie (24)| Lisa Leslie (7)| Mabika
Toler (5)| Great Western Forum| 3–7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 11| July 8| Sacramento| L 71–76| Tamecka Dixon (20)| Lisa Leslie (11)| Tamecka Dixon (4)| Great Western Forum| 3–8|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 12| July 12| Cleveland| W 87–66| Penny Toler (22)| Lisa Leslie (11)| Penny Toler (9)| Great Western Forum| 4–8|- style="background:#fcc;"| 13| July 13| @ Phoenix| L 62–72| Lisa Leslie (13)| Lisa Leslie (13)| Dixon
Toler
Wideman (2)| America West Arena| 4–9|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 14| July 15| Sacramento| W 81–76 (OT)| Tamecka Dixon (22)| Lisa Leslie (7)| Leslie
Toler (6)| Great Western Forum| 5–9|- style="background:#fcc;"| 15| July 17| Houston| L 68–74| Lisa Leslie (18)| Pamela McGee (9)| Penny Toler (7)| Great Western Forum| 5–10|- style="background:#fcc;"| 16| July 21| New York| L 77–92| Lisa Leslie (24)| Lisa Leslie (9)| Dixon
Leslie
Toler (5)| Great Western Forum| 5–11 |- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 17| July 23| Phoenix| W 70–68| Tamecka Dixon (23)| Mwadi Mabika (8)| Mwadi Mabika (4)| Great Western Forum| 6–11 |- style="background:#fcc;"| 18| July 25| @ Detroit| L 67–69| Tamecka Dixon (26)| Octavia Blue (7)| Dixon
Toler
Wideman (2)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 6–12|- style="background:#fcc;"| 19| July 27| @ Cleveland| L 67–83| Mwadi Mabika (16)| Mwadi Mabika (8)| Penny Toler (6)| Gund Arena| 6–13 |- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 20| July 29| @ Washington| W 77–68| Tamecka Dixon (20)| Lisa Leslie (13)| Lisa Leslie (5)| MCI Center| 7–13 |- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 21| July 31| Phoenix| W 71–56| Leslie
Mabika (15)| Leslie
Mabika (8)| Penny Toler (8)| Great Western Forum| 8–13|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 22| August 1| @ Utah| W 73–65| Lisa Leslie (24)| Lisa Leslie (9)| Penny Toler (5)| Delta Center| 9–13|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 23| August 3| Washington| W 86–72| Lisa Leslie (21)| Mwadi Mabika (10)| Penny Toler (6)| Great Western Forum| 10–13|- style="background:#fcc;"| 24| August 5| @ Detroit| L 61–73| Lisa Leslie (30)| Pamela McGee (12)| Penny Toler (4)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 10–14|- style="background:#fcc;"| 25| August 8| @ New York| L 62–80| Penny Toler (14)| Katrina Colleton (6)| Mwadi Mabika (3)| Madison Square Garden| 10–15|- style="background:#fcc;"| 26| August 9| @ Washington| L 74–76| Lisa Leslie (23)| Lisa Leslie (16)| Penny Toler (7)| MCI Center| 10–16|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 27| August 12| @ Charlotte| W 65–52| Lisa Leslie (21)| Lisa Leslie (14)| Penny Toler (6)| Charlotte Coliseum| 11–16|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 28| August 14| Utah| W 87–67| Lisa Leslie (18)| Lisa Leslie (14)| Penny Toler (14)| Great Western Forum| 12–16|- style="background:#fcc;"| 29| August 16| Detroit| L 76–77| Lisa Leslie (30)| Lisa Leslie (14)| Penny Toler (9)| Great Western Forum| 12–17|- style="background:#fcc;"| 30| August 19| @ Houston| L 71–80| Lisa Leslie (24)| Lisa Leslie (9)| Penny Toler (6)| Compaq Center| 12–18
| 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 | 2.4 |
| Erin Alexander | 8 | 0 | 9.1 | .318 | .375 | 1.000 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2.8 |
| Michelle Reed | 9 | 0 | 5.4 | .273 | .250 | .583 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.6 |