2011 Los Angeles Sparks season explained

The 2011 WNBA season is the 15th season for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Transactions

WNBA draft

The following are the Sparks' selections in the 2011 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	School/team/country
1	5	Jantel Lavender	Ohio State
3	29	Elina Babkina (pick later voided)	Latvia

Transaction log

February 1: The Sparks traded Andrea Riley to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2012 draft.^[1]
February 2: The Sparks signed Ebony Hoffman, LaToya Pringle and Natasha Lacy and re-signed Ticha Penicheiro and Noelle Quinn.
February 3: The Sparks signed Loree Moore.^[2]
February 8: The Sparks signed Courtney Paris and re-signed Chanel Mokango.^[3]
March 31: The Sparks signed Jenna O'Hea.^[4]
May 21: The Sparks waived Chanel Mokango.
May 25: The Sparks waived Loree Moore.
June 1: The Sparks traded Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton to the Chicago Sky in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2012 draft.^[5]
June 2: The Sparks waived Courtney Paris.^[6]
July 11: The Sparks announced that Jennifer Gillom was relieved of her head coaching duties. Assistant coach Joe Bryant was named head coach.

Trades

Date	Trade
February 1, 2011	width=375	To Los Angeles Sparks	width=375	To Tulsa Shock
February 1, 2011	second-round pick in 2012 draft	Andrea Riley
June 1, 2011	width=375	To Los Angeles Sparks	width=375	To Chicago Sky
June 1, 2011	second-round pick in 2012 draft	Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton

Personnel changes

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Ebony Hoffman	February 2, 2011	Indiana Fever
LaToya Pringle	February 2, 2011	free agent
Natasha Lacy	February 2, 2011	free agent
Jenna O'Hea	March 31, 2011	free agent
Jantel Lavender	April 11, 2011

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Andrea Riley	February 1, 2011
Marie Ferdinand-Harris	February 24, 2011
Betty Lennox	May 3, 2011
Chanel Mokango	May 21, 2011
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton	June 1, 2011

Roster

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Candace Parker	Jantel Lavender
PF	Tina Thompson	Ebony Hoffman LaToya Pringle
SF	Delisha Milton-Jones	Jenna O'Hea
SG	Noelle Quinn	Kristi Toliver
PG	Ticha Penicheiro	Natasha Lacy

Schedule

Preseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 1 || May 25 || 3:00pm || Seattle || 71-66 || Parker (17) || O'Hea, Lacy (6) || Penicheiro (4) || Torodome
3,212 || 1-0|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 2 || May 28 || 10:00pm || Phoenix || 83-72 || Milton-Jones (14) || Milton-Jones (6) || Lavender, Penicheiro (4) || The Pit
N/A || 2-0|-

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 1 || June 3 || 11:00pm || Minnesota || NBATV
PRIME || 82-74 || Parker (19) || Parker (10) || Quinn (4) || Staples Center
13,589 || 1-0|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 2 || June 5 || 3:30pm || @ Minnesota || PRIME
FS-N || 69-86 || Toliver (13) || Parker (7) || Penicheiro (5) || Target Center
10,123 || 1-1|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 3 || June 10 || 10:30pm || Phoenix || || 98-84 || Parker (22) || Thompson (9) || Parker
Penicheiro (5) || Staples Center
10,616 || 2-1|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 4 || June 19 || 8:30pm || Seattle || PRIME || 74-50 || Hoffman (12) || Parker (7) || Toliver (5) || Staples Center
9,119 || 3-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 5 || June 21 || 10:00pm || New York || ESPN2 || 96-91 || Milton-Jones (27) || Parker (13) || Toliver (7) || Staples Center
10,389 || 4-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 6 || June 24 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || || 80-90 (OT) || Parker (25) || Parker (13) || Penicheiro (7) || AT&T Center
8,617 || 4-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 7 || June 26 || 4:00pm || @ New York || || 67-77 || Parker (16) || Parker (11) || Penicheiro (4) || Prudential Center
7,625 || 4-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 8 || June 28 || 8:00pm || @ Connecticut || ESPN2 || 76-79 || Toliver (19) || Thompson (9) || Milton-Jones
Penicheiro
Quinn (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena
6,515 || 4-4 |-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 9 || July 5 || 9:00pm || @ Phoenix || ESPN2 || 82-101 || Hoffman (21) || Pringle (9) || Penicheiro (5) || US Airways Center
9,826 || 4-5|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 10 || July 9 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || NBATV
KONG || 80-99 || Lavender (21) || Lavender (9) || Toliver (5) || KeyArena
9,686 || 4-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 11 || July 12 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || NBATV
PRIME
FS-SW || 84-74 || Penicheiro (18) || Lavender
Penicheiro (8) || Toliver (8) || AT&T Center
6,769 || 5-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 12 || July 15 || 8:00pm || @ Tulsa || || 79-74 || Toliver (25) || Milton-Jones (9) || Toliver (6) || BOK Center
5,034 || 6-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 13 || July 17 || 8:30pm || Washington || NBATV || 85-89 (OT) || Toliver (21) || Hoffman (7) || Toliver (7) || Staples Center
10,398 || 6-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 14 || July 18 || 10:30pm || San Antonio || || 69-79 || Lacy
Lavender (14) || O'Hea (11) || Lacy (7) || Staples Center
8,818 || 6-8 |-| colspan="11" align="center" valign="middle" | All-Star break|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 15 || July 26 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || || 72-85 || Toliver (28) || Hoffman (9) || Lacy
Penicheiro
Quinn (2) || Target Center
8,044 || 6-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 16 || July 28 || 7:00pm || @ Atlanta || NBATV
SSO || 80-89 || Hoffman (16) || Hoffman (8) || Penicheiro (11) || Philips Arena
6,701 || 6-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 17 || July 30 || 8:00pm || @ Chicago || CN100 || 88-84 || Milton-Jones (19) || Lavender (6) || Penicheiro
Toliver (5) || Allstate Arena
5,909 || 7-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 18 || July 31 || 6:00pm || @ Indiana || NBATV || 63-98 || Hoffman (13) || Hoffman (6) || Lacy (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse
9,256 || 7-11 |-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 19 || August 3 || 3:00pm || Connecticut || NBATV || 70-79 || Milton-Jones (14) || Thompson (8) || Penicheiro (5) || Staples Center
14,266 || 7-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 20 || August 7 || 8:30pm || Minnesota || NBATV || 78-84 || Milton-Jones (18) || Lavender (6) || Penicheiro (7) || Staples Center
13,528 || 7-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 21 || August 9 || 10:30pm || Tulsa || PRIME || 71-66 || Penicheiro (23) || Hoffman (8) || Penicheiro (7) || Staples Center
8,255 || 8-13|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 22 || August 12 || 10:30pm || Phoenix || || 93-90 (OT) || Lavender (25) || Lavender (10) || Milton-Jones
Penicheiro (6) || Staples Center
10,512 || 9-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 23 || August 16 || 10:30pm || Atlanta || NBATV
PRIME
SSO || 79-84 || Milton-Jones (19) || Parker (10) || Penicheiro (10) || Staples Center
7,522 || 9-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 24 || August 18 || 10:30pm || Indiana || || 75-70 || Hoffman (21) || Hoffman (7) || Parker (5) || Staples Center
8,102 || 10-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 25 || August 20 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || || 68-87 || Parker (18) || Parker (8) || O'Hea (4) || Target Center
8,816 || 10-15|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 26 || August 21 || 7:00pm || @ Tulsa || || 73-67 || Parker (23) || Parker (9) || Penicheiro (5) || BOK Center
6,012 || 11-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 27 || August 23 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || CSN-MA || 86-82 (OT) || Parker (19) || Thompson (10) || Penicheiro (6) || Verizon Center
8,441 || 12-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 28 || August 26 || 10:30pm || Tulsa || NBATV || 75-77 || Milton-Jones (24) || Milton-Jones (8) || Penicheiro (10) || Staples Center
8,997 || 12-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 29 || August 28 || 9:00pm || @ Seattle || ESPN2 || 63-65 || Parker (19) || Parker (14) || Penicheiro (4) || KeyArena
9,686 || 12-17 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 30 || August 30 || 10:30pm || Seattle || PRIME || 68-62 || Parker (27) || Parker
Thompson (7) || Penicheiro (5) || Staples Center
9,023 || 13-17 |-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 31 || September 3 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || NBATV || 77-93 || Parker (32) || Milton-Jones (8) || Penicheiro
Toliver (4) || US Airways Center
9,620 || 13-18 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 32 || September 6 || 10:30pm || San Antonio || NBATV
PRIME
FS-SW || 65-82 || Thompson (18) || Milton-Jones (8) || Penicheiro (7) || Staples Center
8,502 || 13-19 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 33 || September 9 || 10:30pm || Tulsa || NBATV || 84-73 || Lavender (19) || Lavender (12) || Penicheiro (7) || Staples Center
10,299 || 14-19 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 34 || September 10 || 10:30pm || Chicago || NBATV
CN100 || 74-67 || Milton-Jones (15) || Lavender
Pringle (6) || Lacy (7) || Staples Center
13,501 || 15-19 |-| All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Statistics

Regular season

GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
34	16	22.1	.437	.429	.844	4.2	1.1	1.06	0.26	7.5
29	0	13.6	.429	.333	.540	2.2	1.7	0.97	0.31	5.0
33	3	14.8	.500	.000	.733	3.1	0.5	0.18	0.36	6.6
34	34	26.2	.462	.352	.831	4.6	2.0	0.94	0.35	11.7
31	5	16.4	.434	.444	.786	1.5	1.3	0.39	0.16	4.8
17	16	32.6	.511	.419	.736	8.6	2.8	1.24	1.59	18.5
34	23	23.7	.486	.417	.868	2.8	4.8	0.82	0.09	6.0
20	0	11.1	.473	1.000	.889	2.4	0.3	0.25	0.65	3.9
33	23	20.6	.390	.397	.818	1.8	2.0	0.64	0.06	5.1
34	33	25.0	.386	.339	.833	4.6	1.1	1.15	0.68	9.9
32	17	23.6	.462	.352	.831	4.6	2.0	0.94	0.35	11.7

Awards and honors

Candace Parker was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 15, 2011.
Candace Parker was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a starter.

Notes and References

News: Sparks trade Andrea Riley for pick. ESPN. February 1, 2011. February 21, 2024.
News: WNBA: Free agent Loree Moore signs with Sparks. Melissa. Rohlin. Los Angeles Times. February 3, 2011. February 21, 2024.
News: WNBA: Sparks sign free agent Courtney Paris. Melissa. Rohlin. Los Angeles Times. February 8, 2011. February 21, 2024.
News: WNBA: Sparks sign Jenna O’Hea. Melissa. Rohlin. Los Angeles Times. March 31, 2011. February 21, 2024.
News: WNBA: The Sparks trade Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton. Melissa. Rohlin. Los Angeles Times. June 1, 2011. February 21, 2024.
News: WNBA: Sparks cut Courtney Paris to finalize roster. Melissa. Rohlin. Los Angeles Times. June 2, 2011. February 21, 2024.