2013 Los Angeles Sparks season

2013 Los Angeles Sparks season

Head Coach

Arena

Results
Record	24–10 (.706)
Place	2nd (Western)
Playoff Finish	Lost in Conference Semifinals



Media
Television	TWC SportsNet and TWC Deportes ESPN2, NBATV
Los Angeles Sparks seasons
< 2012	2014 >

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^{[n 1]}	United States United States	Kansas State
3	34	Iagupova, AlinaAlina Iagupova ^{[n 2]}	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.	#	Nat.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
4.0 !F	13	SWE !	Abdi, Farhiya	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)		05-31-1992	Sweden
2.5 !G/F	0	USA !	Beard, Alana	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	05-14-1982	Duke
2.5 !G/F	25	USA !	Coleman, Marissa	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	01-04-1987	Maryland
1.5 !G	10	USA !	Harding, Lindsey	7000172720000000000♠5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	135 lb (61 kg)	06-12-1984	Duke
4.0 !F	16	USA !	Hoffman, Ebony	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	08-27-1982	Southern California
6.0 !C	42	USA !	Lavender, Jantel	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	11-12-1988	Ohio State
1.5 !G	1	USA !	Mathies, A'dia	7000175260000000000♠5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)		03-18-1991	Kentucky
4.0 !F	30	USA !	Ogwumike, Nneka	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	07-02-1990	Stanford
2.5 !G/F	6	AUS !	O'Hea, Jenna	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	174 lb (79 kg)	06-06-1987	Australia
5.5 !F/C	3	USA !	Parker, Candace	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	04-19-1986	Tennessee
1.5 !G	20	USA !	Toliver, Kristi	7000170180000000000♠5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	130 lb (59 kg)	01-27-1987	Maryland

Head coach: Carol Ross (Mississippi)
Assistant coaches: Sandy Brondello (Australia)
Bridget Pettis (Florida)

Athletic trainer: Courtney Watson (UC Berkeley)

Strength and conditioning coach: Bruce Deziel (Ohio)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(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
#	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)

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)

June : 4–4 (Home: 4–0; Road: 0–4)

July : 7–2 (Home: 4–2; Road: 3–0)

August : 9–2 (Home: 4–0; Road: 5–2)

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

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

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.^[1]

References

↑ Kacēns, Jānis (17 April 2013). "Alina Iagupova's WNBA draft selection has been voided". LoveWomensBasketball.com. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

External links

Los Angeles Sparks

Founded in 1997 Based in Los Angeles, California

Franchise	Franchise Current season

Arenas	Great Western Forum Staples Center

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

Administration	Owner: Guggenheim Partners General Manager: Rhonda Windham Penny Toler

All-Stars	Tamecka Dixon Chamique Holdsclaw Jantel Lavender Lisa Leslie Mwadi Mabika Taj McWilliams-Franklin DeLisha Milton-Jones Nneka Ogwumike Candace Parker Nikki Teasley Tina Thompson

Seasons	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Playoff appearances	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2008 2009 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Conference Championships	2001 2002 2003 2016

WNBA Championships	2001 2002 2016

Rivals	Detroit Shock Houston Comets New York Liberty Phoenix Mercury Sacramento Monarchs San Antonio Stars Seattle Storm

Media	TV: Time Warner Cable SportsNet (Los Angeles) Announcers: Jim Watson, Mary Murphy

2013 WNBA season by team

Draft All-Star Game Playoffs Finals

Eastern	Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever New York Liberty Washington Mystics

Western	Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury San Antonio Silver Stars Seattle Storm Tulsa Shock

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