# 2005 Los Angeles Sparks season

The 2005 WNBA season was the ninth for the Los Angeles Sparks. Despite making the playoffs, they played mediocre basketball all season long, and they were not considered a playoff factor, as they were swept in the Conference Semifinals to eventual champion Sacramento Monarchs.

## Offseason
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Club Team |
| 2 | 26 | DeeDee Wheeler (G) | United States | Arizona |
| 3 | 39 | Heather Schreiber (F) | United States | Texas |

## Regular season
### Season standings

| Western Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| Sacramento Monarchs $^x$ | 25 | 9 | .735 | – | 15–2 | 10–7 | 17–5 |
| Seattle Storm $^x$ | 20 | 14 | .588 | 5.0 | 14–3 | 6–11 | 13–9 |
| Houston Comets $^x$ | 19 | 15 | .559 | 6.0 | 11–6 | 8–9 | 11–11 |
| Los Angeles Sparks $^x$ | 17 | 17 | .500 | 8.0 | 11–6 | 6–11 | 12–10 |
| Phoenix Mercury $^o$ | 16 | 18 | .471 | 9.0 | 11–6 | 5–12 | 12–10 |
| Minnesota Lynx $^o$ | 14 | 20 | .412 | 11.0 | 11–6 | 3–14 | 9–13 |
| San Antonio Silver Stars $^o$ | 7 | 27 | .206 | 18.0 | 5–12 | 2–15 | 3–19 |

### Season schedule

| Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
| May 21 | @ Seattle | 68-50 | Win | 1-0 |
| May 25 | @ Minnesota | 65-68 | Loss | 1-1 |
| May 26 | @ Washington | 84-75 | Win | 2-1 |
| May 28 | @ Charlotte | 75-84 | Loss | 2-2 |
| May 31 | San Antonio | 81-70 | Win | 3-2 |
| June 4 | @ Sacramento | 53-81 | Loss | 3-3 |
| June 8 | Phoenix | 63-66 | Loss | 3-4 |
| June 11 | Sacramento | 81-74 | Win | 4-4 |
| June 15 | Houston | 83-64 | Win | 5-4 |
| June 18 | Minnesota | 69-56 | Win | 6-4 |
| June 20 | Connecticut | 70-90 | Loss | 6-5 |
| June 24 | Seattle | 76-65 | Win | 7-5 |
| June 26 | @ Detroit | 73-79 | Loss | 7-6 |
| June 28 | @ Indiana | 61-58 | Win | 8-6 |
| July 2 | Phoenix | 86-63 | Win | 9-6 |
| July 5 | New York | 55-67 | Loss | 9-7 |
| July 12 | Charlotte | 71-59 | Win | 10-7 |
| July 16 | Seattle | 70-78 | Loss | 10-8 |
| July 19 | Washington | 68-74 | Loss | 10-9 |
| July 23 | @ Houston | 69-59 | Win | 11-9 |
| July 26 | @ Phoenix | 60-77 | Loss | 11-10 |
| July 29 | @ Sacramento | 59-79 | Loss | 11-11 |
| July 31 | @ Seattle | 72-77 | Loss | 11-12 |
| August 5 | @ San Antonio | 66-63 | Win | 12-12 |
| August 7 | @ Minnesota | 72-76 | Loss | 12-13 |
| August 9 | @ Connecticut | 51-64 | Loss | 12-14 |
| August 10 | @ New York | 69-74 | Loss | 12-15 |
| August 13 | Indiana | 69-59 | Win | 13-15 |
| August 16 | Sacramento | 63-72 | Loss | 13-16 |
| August 19 | Detroit | 74-67 | Win | 14-16 |
| August 21 | Houston | 55-50 | Win | 15-16 |
| August 23 | Minnesota | 74-63 | Win | 16-16 |
| August 26 | @ San Antonio | 70-67 | Win | 17-16 |
| August 27 | @ Houston | 51-77 | Loss | 17-17 |

## Playoffs

| Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
| Western Conference Semifinals ||||||
| 1 | August 31 | Sacramento | 72-75 | Loss | 0-1 |
| 2 | September 2 | @ Sacramento | 63-81 | Loss | 0-2 |

## Player stats

| Player | GP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS |
| Chamique Holdsclaw | 33 | 223 | 104 | 38 | 16 | 561 |
| Lisa Leslie | 34 | 248 | 87 | 67 | 71 | 517 |
| Tamika Whitmore | 34 | 143 | 42 | 33 | 14 | 327 |
| Doneeka Lewis | 32 | 47 | 77 | 18 | 7 | 178 |
| Tamecka Dixon | 30 | 67 | 77 | 24 | 2 | 160 |
| Nikki Teasley | 19 | 53 | 70 | 23 | 4 | 141 |
| Christi Thomas | 32 | 104 | 17 | 11 | 19 | 122 |
| Raffaella Masciadri | 33 | 47 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 122 |
| Mwadi Mabika | 17 | 27 | 29 | 15 | 0 | 99 |
| Laura Macchi | 13 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 63 |
| Edniesha Curry | 13 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 23 |
| Jessica Moore | 15 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| Marlous Nieuwveen | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Gordana Grubin | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |