2003 Los Angeles Sparks season explained

The 2003 WNBA season was the seventh season for the Los Angeles Sparks franchise. The Sparks reached the WNBA Finals for the third consecutive season, but fell to the Detroit Shock in three games.

Offseason

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalityCollege/School/Team
227Schuye LaRue (F)Virginia
342Mary Jo Noon (C)Purdue

Regular season

Season schedule

DateOpponentScoreResultRecord
May 24 82-73 Win 1-0
May 27 79-71 Win 2-0
May 28 83-80 Win 3-0
May 30 77-74 (OT) Win 4-0
June 5 63-61 Win 5-0
June 7 79-61 Win 6-0
June 10 76-75 Win 7-0
June 12 74-66 Win 8-0
June 14 67-60 Win 9-0
June 17 78-87 (OT) Loss 9-1
June 19 67-69 Loss 9-2
June 21 54-48 Win 10-2
June 24 71-62 Win 11-2
June 26 67-58 Win 12-2
June 28 60-69 Loss 12-3
July 5 84-75 Win 13-3
July 7 81-75 Win 14-3
July 9 97-91 Win 15-3
July 15 80-77 (OT) Win 16-3
July 18 74-79 Loss 16-4
July 20 73-76 Loss 16-5
July 22 77-73 Win 17-5
July 24 82-65 Win 18-5
July 30 62-70 Loss 18-6
July 31 75-83 Loss 18-7
August 2 73-84 Loss 18-8
August 6 56-92 Loss 18-9
August 8 67-64 Win 19-9
August 9 52-69 Loss 19-10
August 14 87-83 Win 20-10
August 16 64-63 Win 21-10
August 21 88-65 Win 22-10
August 23 83-70 Win 23-10
August 25 67-64 Win 24-10
August 28
1st Round, G1
72-74 Loss 0-1
August 30
1st Round, G2
80-69 Win 1-1
September 1
1st Round, G3
74-64 Win 2-1
September 5
West Finals, G1
69-77 Loss 2-2
September 7
West Finals, G2
79-54 Win 3-2
September 8
West Finals, G3
66-63 Win 4-2
September 12
WNBA Finals, G1
75-63 Win 5-2
September 14
WNBA Finals, G2
61-62 Loss 5-3
September 16
WNBA Finals, G3
78-83 Loss 5-4

Player stats

PlayerGames PlayedReboundsAssistsStealsBlocksPoints
Mwadi Mabika 32 141 82 30 18 441
Lisa Leslie 23 231 46 31 63 424
DeLisha Milton-Jones 31 220 64 49 41 416
Tamecka Dixon 30 126 89 35 10 412
Nikki Teasley 34 175 214 39 15 392
Jennifer Gillom 33 55 21 16 3 103
Nicky McCrimmon 33 29 32 19 1 68
Rhonda Mapp 24 68 6 7 6 62
Sophia Witherspoon 23 19 4 7 0 56
Shaquala Williams 25 32 19 6 0 49
Vanessa Nygaard 11 19 5 3 0 41
Latasha Byears 5 21 2 0 2 28
Chandra Johnson 8 6 3 0 1 6
Lynn Pride 4 6 0 0 0 1
Jenny Mowe 1 1 0 0 1 0
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2003 Los Angeles Sparks Stats.