2001 Los Angeles Sparks season explained

The 2001 WNBA season was the fifth season for the Los Angeles Sparks. The Sparks won their first WNBA Finals.

Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2001 WNBA draft.

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
116Camille CooperPurdue
232Nicole LevanduskyXavier
348Kelley SiemonNotre Dame
464Beth RecordSyracuse

Transactions

DateTransaction
April 20, 2001Drafted Camille Cooper, Nicole Levandusky, Kelley Siemon and Beth Record in the 2001 WNBA Draft[1]
April 30, 2001Signed Kiesha Brown and Wendi Willits
May 9, 2001Waived Beth Record
May 18, 2001Waived E.C. Hill, Kiesha Brown and Paige Sauer
May 27, 2001Suspended contract of Kelley Siemon
June 5, 2001Traded Camille Cooper to the New York Liberty in exchange for a 2002 2nd Round Pick

Schedule

Regular season

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 1| May 28| @ Houston| W 66–63| Byears
Leslie (15)| Latasha Byears (10)| Lisa Leslie (4)| Compaq Center| 1–0|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 2| June 1| @ Orlando| W 68–62| Tamecka Dixon (21)| Lisa Leslie (12)| Mwadi Mabika (8)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 2–0|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 3| June 2| @ Charlotte| W 76–67| Lisa Leslie (20)| Lisa Leslie (9)| Tamecka Dixon (4)| Charlotte Coliseum| 3–0|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 4| June 5| Cleveland| W 58–50| Lisa Leslie (23)| Lisa Leslie (8)| Tamecka Dixon (6)| Staples Center| 4–0|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 5| June 9| @ Minnesota| W 62–60| Lisa Leslie (17)| Lisa Leslie (16)| Dixon
Mabika (4)| Target Center| 5–0|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 6| June 14| Orlando| W 84–68| Tamecka Dixon (18)| DeLisha Milton-Jones (7)| Figgs
Mabika (5)| Staples Center| 6–0|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 7| June 16| @ Seattle| W 73–60| Lisa Leslie (22)| Lisa Leslie (11)| Dixon
McCrimmon (6)| KeyArena| 7–0|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 8| June 17| Portland| W 90–75| Dixon
Leslie (13)| Mwadi Mabika (9)| Figgs
Milton-Jones (4)| Staples Center| 8–0|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 9| June 19| Charlotte| W 73–69| Lisa Leslie (19)| Lisa Leslie (13)| Dixon
Figgs (5)| Staples Center| 9–0|- style="background:#fcc;"| 10| June 21| @ Houston| L 65–69| Lisa Leslie (17)| Lisa Leslie (14)| Tamecka Dixon (8)| Compaq Center| 9–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 11| June 22| @ Cleveland| L 70–74| Lisa Leslie (21)| Byears
Dixon
Leslie
Milton-Jones (4)| DeLisha Milton-Jones (3)| Gund Arena| 9–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 12| June 24| @ New York| L 69–82| Lisa Leslie (26)| Lisa Leslie (11)| Dixon
Leslie
Mabika
McCrimmon
Milton-Jones (2)| Madison Square Garden| 9–3|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 13| June 26| @ Detroit| W 98–89 (OT)| Lisa Leslie (28)| Lisa Leslie (11)| Lisa Leslie (3)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 10–3|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 14| July 1| Miami| W 86–60| DeLisha Milton-Jones (19)| Latasha Byears (11)| Tamecka Dixon (6)| Staples Center| 11–3|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 15| July 3| Utah| W 84–71| Lisa Leslie (18)| Latasha Byears (7)| Tamecka Dixon (7)| Staples Center| 12–3|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 16| July 5| Phoenix| W 73–50| Lisa Leslie (23)| Lisa Leslie (15)| Figgs
Leslie (5)| Staples Center| 13–3|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 17| July 8| Minnesota| W 100–95 (OT)| Lisa Leslie (32)| Lisa Leslie (13)| Ukari Figgs (9)| Staples Center| 14–3|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 18| July 10| @ Utah| W 79–67| Mwadi Mabika (19)| Lisa Leslie (8)| Lisa Leslie (5)| Delta Center| 15–3 |- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 19| July 11| @ Phoenix| W 75–61| Ukari Figgs (16)| DeLisha Milton-Jones (11)| Ukari Figgs (6)| America West Arena| 16–3 |- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 20| July 14| @ Washington| W 62–50| Lisa Leslie (18)| Lisa Leslie (12)| Ukari Figgs (8)| MCI Center| 17–3 |- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 21| July 19| @ Sacramento| W 83–68| Lisa Leslie (23)| Lisa Leslie (14)| Dixon
Figgs
Leslie
McCrimmon (4)| ARCO Arena| 18–3|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 22| July 21| Seattle| W 85–79| Lisa Leslie (19)| DeLisha Milton-Jones (7)| Tamecka Dixon (7)| Staples Center| 19–3|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 23| July 25| Sacramento| W 80–78| Mwadi Mabika (18)| Latasha Byears (16)| Ukari Figgs (8)| Staples Center| 20–3|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 24| July 28| @ Portland| W 88–83| Lisa Leslie (31)| Lisa Leslie (11)| Mwadi Mabika (6)| Rose Garden| 21–3|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 25| July 28| Minnesota| W 78–69| Lisa Leslie (28)| Lisa Leslie (8)| Ukari Figgs (5)| Staples Center| 22–3|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 26| August 2| Sacramento| W 67–62| Lisa Leslie (23)| Leslie
Mabika (9)| Mwadi Mabika (6)| Staples Center| 23–3|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 27| August 4| Seattle| W 79–60| Lisa Leslie (22)| Lisa Leslie (13)| Ukari Figgs (9)| Staples Center| 24–3|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 28| August 6| Indiana| W 81–66| Lisa Leslie (23)| Lisa Leslie (13)| Leslie
McCrimmon (7)| Staples Center| 25–3|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 29| August 8| Phoenix| W 79–67| Lisa Leslie (24)| Byears
Leslie
Mabika (6)| Mwadi Mabika (8)| Staples Center| 26–3|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 30| August 11| Houston| W 65–54| Mwadi Mabika (22)| Latasha Byears (17)| Ukari Figgs (6)| Staples Center| 27–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 31| August 13| @ Utah| L 78–80 (OT)| Tamecka Dixon (24)| Lisa Leslie (10)| Tamecka Dixon (6)| Delta Center| 27–4|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 32| August 14| @ Portland| W 67–58| Mwadi Mabika (21)| Lisa Leslie (10)| Nicky McCrimmon (5)| Rose Garden| 28–4

Playoffs

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 1| August 18| @ Houston| W 64–59| Lisa Leslie (19)| Lisa Leslie (11)| Ukari Figgs (4)| Compaq Center| 1–0|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 2| August 20| Houston| W 70–58| Lisa Leslie (28)| Lisa Leslie (18)| Ukari Figgs (9)| Staples Center| 2–0|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 1| August 25| @ Sacramento| W 74–73| Mabika
Milton-Jones (15)| Lisa Leslie (10)| Dixon
Figgs (6)| ARCO Arena| 1–0|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2| August 26| Sacramento| L 60–80| Lisa Leslie (13)| Mwadi Mabika (11)| Ukari Figgs (6)| Staples Center| 1–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 3| August 27| Sacramento| W 93–62| Lisa Leslie (35)| Lisa Leslie (16)| Ukari Figgs (10)| Staples Center| 2–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 1| August 30| @ Charlotte| W 75–66| Lisa Leslie (24)| Leslie
Milton-Jones (8)| DeLisha Milton-Jones (5)| Charlotte Coliseum| 1–0|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 2| September 1| Charlotte| W 82–54| Lisa Leslie (24)| Lisa Leslie (13)| Tamecka Dixon (7)| Staples Center| 2–0

Season standings

Statistics

Regular Season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Lisa Leslie313133.3.473.367.7369.62.41.12.319.5
Tamecka Dixon292931.9.417.176.7912.93.90.90.111.7
Mwadi Mabika282429.6.387.382.8614.63.11.40.411.2
DeLisha Milton-Jones322729.3.453.343.7945.32.11.50.910.3
Ukari Figgs322929.1.425.462.8103.13.91.30.18.0
Latasha Byears321323.1.602.333.5775.70.91.30.49.3
Rhonda Mapp30013.2.415.000.7502.60.50.50.24.2
Nicky McCrimmon28012.5.444.417.4290.42.30.80.02.3
Vedrana Grgin-Fonseca2479.3.431.316.6431.50.50.20.03.0
Nicole Levandusky1305.2.318.2941.0000.70.50.40.11.5
Wendi Willits1303.6.300.154.7500.40.20.10.01.3

‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season

Awards and honors

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2001 Indiana Fever Transactions . 2024-08-18 . Basketball-Reference.com . en.

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