# 2010 Los Angeles Sparks season

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 | Nationality | School/team/country |
| 1 | 8 | Andrea Riley | United States | Oklahoma State |
| 1 | 12 (from Phx.) | Bianca Thomas | United States | Mississippi |
| 2 | 20 | Angel Robinson | United States | Georgia |
| 3 | 32 | Rashidat Junaid | United States | 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.
* 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.
* 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 | Trade |
| March 26, 2009 | To Los Angeles Sparks | To Phoenix Mercury |
| March 26, 2009 | first-round pick in 2010 draft | Temeka Johnson |
| May 5, 2009 | To Los Angeles Sparks | To Minnesota Lynx |
| May 5, 2009 | Noelle Quinn | Rafaella Masciadri and a first-round pick in 2010 draft |
| May 13, 2010 | To Los Angeles Sparks | To Chicago Sky |
| May 13, 2010 | Kristi Toliver | second-round pick in 2011 draft |

### Free agents
## Roster
### Depth

| Pos. | Starter | Bench |
| C | Tina Thompson | Chanel Mokango / Candace Parker |
| PF | Delisha Milton-Jones | Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton |
| SF | Noelle Quinn | Betty Lennox |
| SG | Marie Ferdinand-Harris | Kristi Toliver |
| PG | Ticha Penicheiro | Andrea Riley |

## Season standings

| Western Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| Seattle Storm $^x$ | 28 | 6 | .824 | – | 17–0 | 11–6 | 20–2 |
| Phoenix Mercury $^x$ | 15 | 19 | .441 | 13.0 | 9–8 | 6–11 | 13–9 |
| San Antonio Silver Stars $^x$ | 14 | 20 | .412 | 14.0 | 8–9 | 6–11 | 11–11 |
| Los Angeles Sparks $^x$ | 13 | 21 | .382 | 15.0 | 8–9 | 5–12 | 10–12 |
| Minnesota Lynx $^o$ | 13 | 21 | .382 | 15.0 | 7–10 | 6–11 | 8–14 |
| Tulsa Shock $^o$ | 6 | 28 | .176 | 22.0 | 4–13 | 2–15 | 4–18 |

## Schedule
### Preseason

2010 Game Log: Preseason
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 110:00pmChina National Team78-58Junaid (15)Mohammed (12)Penicheiro (7)Viejas Arena 3,8741-0
2May 83:30pmSan Antonio77-86Ferdinand-Harris (13)3 players (5)Bobbitt, Quinn (4)Walter Pyramid 1,5211-1 :

### Regular season

2010 Game Log: Regular Season :
May
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 152:00pm@ PhoenixESPN277-78Parker (24)Parker (12)Riley (4)US Airways Center 14,7720-1
2May 169:00pm@ SeattleKONG67-81Thompson (19)Parker (11)Penicheiro (6)KeyArena 9,6860-2
3May 228:00pm@ San AntonioNBATV FS-SW81-88Milton-Jones (20)Parker, Thompson (10)Milton-Jones (6)AT&T Center 7,8620-3
4May 2810:30pmWashingtonPRIME81-75Parker (30)Parker (10)Parker (5)STAPLES Center 13,1541-3
5May 308:00pmAtlanta82-101Parker (32)Parker (12)Penicheiro (6)STAPLES Center 8,4041-4 :
June
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
6June 410:00pm@ Phoenix89-90Parker (26)Parker (12)Penicheiro (10)US Airways Center 6,4851-5
7June 511:00pmSeattleNBATV FS-W75-79Parker (24)Parker (8)Lennox, Parker (4)Home Depot Center 6,0261-6
8June 810:30pmPhoenixPRIME92-91Parker (22)Parker (12)Quinn (7)STAPLES Center 7,9932-6
9June 1110:00pm@ SeattleKONG60-82Parker (13)Parker (7)4 players (2)KeyArena 7,2862-7
10June 133:00pmMinnesota88-84Milton-Jones (22)Parker (7)Penicheiro (5)STAPLES Center 7,0053-7
11June 1810:30pmConnecticut75-78Thompson (24)Milton-Jones, Quinn (6)Penicheiro (8)STAPLES Center 8,8523-8
12June 247:00pm@ WashingtonCSN-MA53-68Toliver (11)Quinn (7)Penicheiro (6)Verizon Center 8,1603-9
13June 273:00pm@ AtlantaNBATV SSO81-89Milton-Jones, Toliver (19)Milton-Jones (11)Penicheiro (10)Philips Arena 7,8553-10
14June 2910:30pmNew YorkNBATV PRIME68-80Quinn (24)Thompson (6)Ferdinand-Harris, Quinn (4)STAPLES Center 8,6023-11 :
July
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
15July 110:30pmSan Antonio73-63Thompson (24)Thompson (10)Penicheiro (4)STAPLES Center 7,8034-11
16July 35:00pmSeattleESPN262-75Toliver (18)Thompson, Wisdom-Hylton (10)Penicheiro (5)STAPLES Center 9,3194-12
17July 610:00pmPhoenixESPN289-98Milton-Jones (20)Milton-Jones (8)Milton-Jones (6)STAPLES Center 8,3364-13
18July 137:00pm@ TulsaESPN287-71Thompson (24)Penicheiro (7)Penicheiro (9)BOK Center 7,0735-13
19July 168:30pm@ ChicagoCN10068-80Milton-Jones (21)Quinn (6)Penicheiro (9)Allstate Arena 4,8415-14
20July 183:00pm@ San Antonio73-83Thompson (23)Thompson (8)Penicheiro, Quinn (6)AT&T Center 6,5425-15
21July 203:00pmTulsa86-83 (OT)Milton-Jones (23)Penicheiro (7)Penicheiro (13)STAPLES Center 14,4136-15
22July 227:00pm@ IndianaESPN257-76Thompson (19)Milton-Jones, Thompson (8)Penicheiro (6)Conseco Fieldhouse 7,8986-16
23July 247:00pm@ Connecticut89-80Milton-Jones (20)Penicheiro, Quinn (7)Milton-Jones, Penicheiro (7)Mohegan Sun Arena 8,0977-16
24July 278:00pm@ Minnesota71-58Thompson (24)Milton-Jones, Quinn, Thompson (8)Penicheiro (9)Target Center 6,2158-16
25July 307:30pm@ New York79-88Thompson (18)Wisdom-Hylton (6)Penicheiro (7)Madison Square Garden 14,3078-17 :
August
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
26August 410:30pmChicagoNBATV CN10082-77Milton-Jones (22)Wisdom-Hylton (13)Penicheiro (15)STAPLES Center 9,7329-17
27August 610:30pmTulsa77-70Milton-Jones (23)Milton-Jones, Penicheiro, Quinn (7)Penicheiro (13)STAPLES Center 8,96210-17
28August 88:00pmSan AntonioNBATV FS-W FSSW83-92Thompson (23)Penicheiro (9)Penicheiro (8)STAPLES Center 9,79310-18
29August 1010:00pmIndianaESPN276-82Thompson (21)Thompson (13)Riley (6)STAPLES Center 10,58610-19
30August 128:00pm@ Minnesota78-77Milton-Jones (21)Thompson (8)Penicheiro (10)Target Center 7,86711-19
31August 148:00pm@ TulsaCOX92-87Thompson (24)Thompson (11)Penicheiro (9)BOK Center 5,71912-19
32August 1710:30pmPhoenixNBATV PRIME84-90Thompson (33)Penicheiro (9)Penicheiro (11)STAPLES Center 8,81712-20
33August 2010:30pmMinnesota98-91Thompson (26)Thompson (9)Penicheiro (12)STAPLES Center 13,15413-20
34August 2111:00pm@ SeattleESPN275-76Thompson (20)Milton-Jones (9)Penicheiro (8)KeyArena 9,68613-21 :
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess :

### Postseason

2010 Game Log: Postseason :
Western Conference Semifinals
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1August 2511:00pm@ SeattleESPN266-79Ferdinand-Harris (18)Milton-Jones (8)Toliver (5)KeyArena 10,5890-1
2August 283:00pmSeattleESPN266-81Thompson (18)Milton-Jones (9)Thompson (5)STAPLES Center 8,3260-2 :

## Statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Marie Ferdinand-Harris | 30 | 24 | 24.3 | .409 | .292 | .839 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 0.87 | 0.17 | 8.9 |
| Betty Lennox | 11 | 0 | 11.6 | .391 | .361 | .833 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.18 | 0.00 | 4.9 |
| Delisha Milton-Jones | 34 | 34 | 32.2 | .470 | .317 | .866 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 1.09 | 0.65 | 15.4 |
| Chanel Mokango | 21 | 0 | 3.4 | .176 | .000 | .750 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.10 | 0.48 | 0.4 |
| Candace Parker | 10 | 10 | 33.5 | .500 | .250 | .732 | 10.1 | 2.2 | 1.00 | 2.20 | 20.6 |
| Ticha Penicheiro | 32 | 30 | 26.3 | .410 | .111 | .819 | 4.0 | 6.9 | 1.34 | 0.06 | 4.9 |
| Noelle Quinn | 34 | 34 | 32.5 | .443 | .402 | .776 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 1.03 | 0.32 | 10.2 |
| Andrea Riley | 29 | 0 | 7.7 | .303 | .294 | .838 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.48 | 0.03 | 3.4 |
| Tiffany Stansbury | 5 | 0 | 2.8 | .333 | .000 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.6 |
| Kristi Toliver | 34 | 4 | 20.7 | .438 | .349 | .815 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.53 | 0.06 | 8.6 |
| Tina Thompson | 33 | 33 | 33.2 | .446 | .352 | .872 | 6.2 | 1.8 | 1.15 | 0.73 | 16.6 |
| Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton | 32 | 1 | 15.1 | .500 | .000 | .706 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 0.56 | 0.75 | 4.5 |

### Postseason

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Marie Ferdinand-Harris | 2 | 2 | 32.5 | .391 | .429 | 1.000 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 12.5 |
| Delisha Milton-Jones | 2 | 2 | 35.5 | .360 | 1.000 | .500 | 8.5 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 10.5 |
| Ticha Penicheiro | 2 | 2 | 29.5 | .455 | .000 | 1.000 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.50 | 0.00 | 6.0 |
| Noelle Quinn | 2 | 2 | 34.0 | .368 | .500 | 1.000 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 9.5 |
| Andrea Riley | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| Kristi Toliver | 2 | 0 | 22.5 | .545 | .600 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 8.0 |
| Tina Thompson | 2 | 2 | 39.0 | .333 | .286 | 1.000 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 1.50 | 2.00 | 17.0 |
| Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton | 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.