2010 Los Angeles Sparks season explained

The 2010 WNBA season is the 14th season for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Transactions

Dispersal draft

Based on the Sparks' 2009 record, they would pick 8th in the Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft. The Sparks waived their pick.

WNBA draft

The following are the Sparks' selections in the 2010 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	School/team/country
1	8	Andrea Riley	Oklahoma State
1	12 (from Phx.)	Bianca Thomas	Mississippi
2	20	Angel Robinson	Georgia
3	32	Rashidat Junaid	Rutgers

Transaction log

March 26, 2009: The Sparks signed-and-traded Temeka Johnson to the Phoenix Mercury for Phoenix's first-round pick in the 2010 draft.^[1]
May 5, 2009: The Sparks traded Rafaella Masciadri and a previously acquired first-round pick in the 2010 draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Noelle Quinn.
February 9: The Sparks signed free agent Ticha Penicheiro.^[2]
February 16: The Sparks signed LaToya Pringle.
April 29: The Sparks waived Angel Robinson.
May 7: The Sparks waived Vanessa Hayden.
May 11: The Sparks signed Lisa Willis and waived Karina Figueroa.
May 13: The Sparks traded a second-round pick in the 2011 Draft to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Kristi Toliver.
May 13: The Sparks waived LaToya Pringle, Lisa Willis and Rashidat Junaid.
May 14: The Sparks waived Shannon Bobbitt and Bianca Thomas.
June 1: The Sparks waived Tiffany Stansbury and signed Chanel Mokango.

Trades

Date	Trade
March 26, 2009	width=375	To Los Angeles Sparks	width=375	To Phoenix Mercury
March 26, 2009	first-round pick in 2010 draft	Temeka Johnson
May 5, 2009	width=375	To Los Angeles Sparks	width=375	To Minnesota Lynx
May 5, 2009	Noelle Quinn	Rafaella Masciadri and a first-round pick in 2010 draft
May 13, 2010	width=375	To Los Angeles Sparks	width=375	To Chicago Sky
May 13, 2010	Kristi Toliver	second-round pick in 2011 draft

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Ticha Penicheiro	February 9, 2010	Sacramento Monarchs
Kristi Toliver	May 13, 2010	Chicago Sky
Tiffany Stansbury	May 15, 2010	free agent
Chanel Mokango	June 1, 2010	free agent

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Lisa Leslie	2009	retired
Vanessa Hayden	May 7, 2009	free agent
Shannon Bobbitt	May 14, 2009	free agent
Tiffany Stansbury	June 1, 2010	free agent

Roster

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Tina Thompson
PF	Delisha Milton-Jones	Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
SF	Noelle Quinn
SG	Marie Ferdinand-Harris	Kristi Toliver
PG	Ticha Penicheiro	Andrea Riley

Schedule

Preseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 1 || May 1 || 10:00pm || China National Team || 78-58 || Junaid (15) || Mohammed (12) || Penicheiro (7) || Viejas Arena
3,874 || 1-0|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 2 || May 8 || 3:30pm || San Antonio || 77-86 || Ferdinand-Harris (13) || 3 players (5) || Bobbitt, Quinn (4) || Walter Pyramid
1,521 || 1-1|-

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 1 || May 15 || 2:00pm || @ Phoenix || ESPN2 || 77-78 || Parker (24) || Parker (12) || Riley (4) || US Airways Center
14,772 || 0-1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 2 || May 16 || 9:00pm || @ Seattle || KONG || 67-81 || Thompson (19) || Parker (11) || Penicheiro (6) || KeyArena
9,686 || 0-2|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 3 || May 22 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || NBATV
FS-SW || 81-88 || Milton-Jones (20) || Parker, Thompson (10) || Milton-Jones (6) || AT&T Center
7,862 || 0-3|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 4 || May 28 || 10:30pm || Washington || PRIME || 81-75 || Parker (30) || Parker (10) || Parker (5) || STAPLES Center
13,154 || 1-3|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 5 || May 30 || 8:00pm || Atlanta || || 82-101 || Parker (32) || Parker (12) || Penicheiro (6) || STAPLES Center
8,404 || 1-4|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 6 || June 4 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || || 89-90 || Parker (26) || Parker (12) || Penicheiro (10) || US Airways Center
6,485 || 1-5|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 7 || June 5 || 11:00pm || Seattle || NBATV
FS-W || 75-79 || Parker (24) || Parker (8) || Lennox, Parker (4) || Home Depot Center
6,026 || 1-6|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 8 || June 8 || 10:30pm || Phoenix || PRIME || 92-91 || Parker (22) || Parker (12) || Quinn (7) || STAPLES Center
7,993 || 2-6|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 9 || June 11 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || KONG || 60-82 || Parker (13) || Parker (7) || 4 players (2) || KeyArena
7,286 || 2-7|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 10 || June 13 || 3:00pm || Minnesota || || 88-84 || Milton-Jones (22) || Parker (7) || Penicheiro (5) || STAPLES Center
7,005 || 3-7|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 11 || June 18 || 10:30pm || Connecticut || || 75-78 || Thompson (24) || Milton-Jones, Quinn (6) || Penicheiro (8) || STAPLES Center
8,852 || 3-8|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 12 || June 24 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || CSN-MA || 53-68 || Toliver (11) || Quinn (7) || Penicheiro (6) || Verizon Center
8,160 || 3-9|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 13 || June 27 || 3:00pm || @ Atlanta || NBATV
SSO || 81-89 || Milton-Jones, Toliver (19) || Milton-Jones (11) || Penicheiro (10) || Philips Arena
7,855 || 3-10|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 14 || June 29 || 10:30pm || New York || NBATV
PRIME || 68-80 || Quinn (24) || Thompson (6) || Ferdinand-Harris, Quinn (4) || STAPLES Center
8,602 || 3-11|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 15 || July 1 || 10:30pm || San Antonio || || 73-63 || Thompson (24) || Thompson (10) || Penicheiro (4) || STAPLES Center
7,803 || 4-11|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 16 || July 3 || 5:00pm || Seattle || ESPN2 || 62-75 || Toliver (18) || Thompson, Wisdom-Hylton (10) || Penicheiro (5) || STAPLES Center
9,319 || 4-12|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 17 || July 6 || 10:00pm || Phoenix || ESPN2 || 89-98 || Milton-Jones (20) || Milton-Jones (8) || Milton-Jones (6) || STAPLES Center
8,336 || 4-13|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 18 || July 13 || 7:00pm || @ Tulsa || ESPN2 || 87-71 || Thompson (24) || Penicheiro (7) || Penicheiro (9) || BOK Center
7,073 || 5-13|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 19 || July 16 || 8:30pm || @ Chicago || CN100 || 68-80 || Milton-Jones (21) || Quinn (6) || Penicheiro (9) || Allstate Arena
4,841 || 5-14|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 20 || July 18 || 3:00pm || @ San Antonio || || 73-83 || Thompson (23) || Thompson (8) || Penicheiro, Quinn (6) || AT&T Center
6,542 || 5-15|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 21 || July 20 || 3:00pm || Tulsa || || 86-83 (OT) || Milton-Jones (23) || Penicheiro (7) || Penicheiro (13) || STAPLES Center
14,413 || 6-15|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 22 || July 22 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || ESPN2 || 57-76 || Thompson (19) || Milton-Jones, Thompson (8) || Penicheiro (6) || Conseco Fieldhouse
7,898 || 6-16|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 23 || July 24 || 7:00pm || @ Connecticut || || 89-80 || Milton-Jones (20) || Penicheiro, Quinn (7) || Milton-Jones, Penicheiro (7) || Mohegan Sun Arena
8,097 || 7-16|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 24 || July 27 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || || 71-58 || Thompson (24) || Milton-Jones, Quinn, Thompson (8) || Penicheiro (9) || Target Center
6,215 || 8-16|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 25 || July 30 || 7:30pm || @ New York || || 79-88 || Thompson (18) || Wisdom-Hylton (6) || Penicheiro (7) || Madison Square Garden
14,307 || 8-17|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 26 || August 4 || 10:30pm || Chicago || NBATV
CN100 || 82-77 || Milton-Jones (22) || Wisdom-Hylton (13) || Penicheiro (15) || STAPLES Center
9,732 || 9-17|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 27 || August 6 || 10:30pm || Tulsa || || 77-70 || Milton-Jones (23) || Milton-Jones, Penicheiro, Quinn (7) || Penicheiro (13) || STAPLES Center
8,962 || 10-17|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 28 || August 8 || 8:00pm || San Antonio || NBATV
FS-W
FSSW || 83-92 || Thompson (23) || Penicheiro (9) || Penicheiro (8) || STAPLES Center
9,793 || 10-18|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 29 || August 10 || 10:00pm || Indiana || ESPN2 || 76-82 || Thompson (21) || Thompson (13) || Riley (6) || STAPLES Center
10,586 || 10-19|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 30 || August 12 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || || 78-77 || Milton-Jones (21) || Thompson (8) || Penicheiro (10) || Target Center
7,867 || 11-19|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 31 || August 14 || 8:00pm || @ Tulsa || COX || 92-87 || Thompson (24) || Thompson (11) || Penicheiro (9) || BOK Center
5,719 || 12-19|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 32 || August 17 || 10:30pm || Phoenix || NBATV
PRIME || 84-90 || Thompson (33) || Penicheiro (9) || Penicheiro (11) || STAPLES Center
8,817 || 12-20|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 33 || August 20 || 10:30pm || Minnesota || || 98-91 || Thompson (26) || Thompson (9) || Penicheiro (12) || STAPLES Center
13,154 || 13-20|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 34 || August 21 || 11:00pm || @ Seattle || ESPN2 || 75-76 || Thompson (20) || Milton-Jones (9) || Penicheiro (8) || KeyArena
9,686 || 13-21|-| All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess

Postseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 1 || August 25 || 11:00pm || @ Seattle || ESPN2 || 66-79 || Ferdinand-Harris (18) || Milton-Jones (8) || Toliver (5) || KeyArena
10,589 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 2 || August 28 || 3:00pm || Seattle || ESPN2 || 66-81 || Thompson (18) || Milton-Jones (9) || Thompson (5) || STAPLES Center
8,326 || 0-2 |-

Statistics

Regular season

GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
30	24	24.3	.409	.292	.839	2.7	1.2	0.87	0.17	8.9
11	0	11.6	.391	.361	.833	1.7	1.5	0.18	0.00	4.9
34	34	32.2	.470	.317	.866	4.7	2.5	1.09	0.65	15.4
21	0	3.4	.176	.000	.750	0.6	0.0	0.10	0.48	0.4
10	10	33.5	.500	.250	.732	10.1	2.2	1.00	2.20	20.6
32	30	26.3	.410	.111	.819	4.0	6.9	1.34	0.06	4.9
34	34	32.5	.443	.402	.776	4.0	2.8	1.03	0.32	10.2
29	0	7.7	.303	.294	.838	0.8	1.0	0.48	0.03	3.4
5	0	2.8	.333	.000	.500	0.0	0.0	0.20	0.00	0.6
34	4	20.7	.438	.349	.815	2.2	1.3	0.53	0.06	8.6
33	33	33.2	.446	.352	.872	6.2	1.8	1.15	0.73	16.6
32	1	15.1	.500	.000	.706	3.4	0.4	0.56	0.75	4.5

Postseason

GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2	2	32.5	.391	.429	1.000	2.0	0.5	1.50	0.00	12.5
2	2	35.5	.360	1.000	.500	8.5	1.0	0.50	0.50	10.5
2	2	29.5	.455	.000	1.000	2.5	2.5	2.50	0.00	6.0
2	2	34.0	.368	.500	1.000	4.0	0.5	1.00	0.00	9.5
1	0	2.0	.000	.000	.000	1.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
2	0	22.5	.545	.600	1.000	0.0	4.0	0.50	0.00	8.0
2	2	39.0	.333	.286	1.000	6.0	3.0	1.50	2.00	17.0
2	0	6.0	.667	.000	.500	2.5	0.0	0.00	0.00	2.5

Awards and honors

Candace Parker was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of May 22, 2010.
Tina Thompson was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 7, 2010.
Tina Thompson was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 14, 2010.
Tina Thompson was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Month for August.

Notes and References

News: Johnson goes to Mercury for draft pick. ESPN. March 26, 2009. February 21, 2024.
News: Sparks sign veteran point guard Ticha Penicheiro. Austin. Knoblauch. Los Angeles Times. February 9, 2010. February 21, 2024.