# 2011 Los Angeles Sparks season

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 | Nationality | School/team/country |
| 1 | 5 | Jantel Lavender | United States | Ohio State |
| 3 | 29 | Elina Babkina (pick later voided) | Latvia | 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.
* 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.
* February 8: The Sparks signed Courtney Paris and re-signed Chanel Mokango.
* March 31: The Sparks signed Jenna O'Hea.
* 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.
* June 2: The Sparks waived Courtney Paris.
* 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 | Trade |
| February 1, 2011 | To Los Angeles Sparks | To Tulsa Shock |
| February 1, 2011 | second-round pick in 2012 draft | Andrea Riley |
| June 1, 2011 | To Los Angeles Sparks | To Chicago Sky |
| June 1, 2011 | second-round pick in 2012 draft | Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton |

### Personnel changes
## 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 |

## Season standings

| Western Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| Minnesota Lynx $^x$ | 27 | 7 | .794 | – | 14–3 | 13–4 | 18–4 |
| Seattle Storm $^x$ | 21 | 13 | .618 | 6.0 | 15–2 | 6–11 | 15–7 |
| Phoenix Mercury $^x$ | 19 | 15 | .559 | 8.0 | 11–6 | 8–9 | 11–11 |
| San Antonio Silver Stars $^x$ | 18 | 16 | .529 | 9.0 | 9–8 | 9–8 | 11–11 |
| Los Angeles Sparks $^o$ | 15 | 19 | .441 | 12.0 | 10–7 | 5–12 | 10–12 |
| Tulsa Shock $^o$ | 3 | 31 | .088 | 24.0 | 2–15 | 1–16 | 1–21 |

## Schedule
### Preseason

2011 Game Log: Preseason
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 253:00pmSeattle71-66Parker (17)O'Hea, Lacy (6)Penicheiro (4)Torodome 3,2121-0
2May 2810:00pmPhoenix83-72Milton-Jones (14)Milton-Jones (6)Lavender, Penicheiro (4)The Pit N/A2-0 :

### Regular season

2011 Game Log: Regular Season :
June
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1June 311:00pmMinnesotaNBATV PRIME82-74Parker (19)Parker (10)Quinn (4)Staples Center 13,5891-0
2June 53:30pm@ MinnesotaPRIME FS-N69-86Toliver (13)Parker (7)Penicheiro (5)Target Center 10,1231-1
3June 1010:30pmPhoenix98-84Parker (22)Thompson (9)Parker Penicheiro (5)Staples Center 10,6162-1
4June 198:30pmSeattlePRIME74-50Hoffman (12)Parker (7)Toliver (5)Staples Center 9,1193-1
5June 2110:00pmNew YorkESPN296-91Milton-Jones (27)Parker (13)Toliver (7)Staples Center 10,3894-1
6June 248:00pm@ San Antonio80-90 (OT)Parker (25)Parker (13)Penicheiro (7)AT&T Center 8,6174-2
7June 264:00pm@ New York67-77Parker (16)Parker (11)Penicheiro (4)Prudential Center 7,6254-3
8June 288:00pm@ ConnecticutESPN276-79Toliver (19)Thompson (9)Milton-Jones Penicheiro Quinn (5)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,5154-4 :
July
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
9July 59:00pm@ PhoenixESPN282-101Hoffman (21)Pringle (9)Penicheiro (5)US Airways Center 9,8264-5
10July 910:00pm@ SeattleNBATV KONG80-99Lavender (21)Lavender (9)Toliver (5)KeyArena 9,6864-6
11July 128:00pm@ San AntonioNBATV PRIME FS-SW84-74Penicheiro (18)Lavender Penicheiro (8)Toliver (8)AT&T Center 6,7695-6
12July 158:00pm@ Tulsa79-74Toliver (25)Milton-Jones (9)Toliver (6)BOK Center 5,0346-6
13July 178:30pmWashingtonNBATV85-89 (OT)Toliver (21)Hoffman (7)Toliver (7)Staples Center 10,3986-7
14July 1810:30pmSan Antonio69-79Lacy Lavender (14)O'Hea (11)Lacy (7)Staples Center 8,8186-8
All-Star break
15July 268:00pm@ Minnesota72-85Toliver (28)Hoffman (9)Lacy Penicheiro Quinn (2)Target Center 8,0446-9
16July 287:00pm@ AtlantaNBATV SSO80-89Hoffman (16)Hoffman (8)Penicheiro (11)Philips Arena 6,7016-10
17July 308:00pm@ ChicagoCN10088-84Milton-Jones (19)Lavender (6)Penicheiro Toliver (5)Allstate Arena 5,9097-10
18July 316:00pm@ IndianaNBATV63-98Hoffman (13)Hoffman (6)Lacy (4)Conseco Fieldhouse 9,2567-11 :
August
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
19August 33:00pmConnecticutNBATV70-79Milton-Jones (14)Thompson (8)Penicheiro (5)Staples Center 14,2667-12
20August 78:30pmMinnesotaNBATV78-84Milton-Jones (18)Lavender (6)Penicheiro (7)Staples Center 13,5287-13
21August 910:30pmTulsaPRIME71-66Penicheiro (23)Hoffman (8)Penicheiro (7)Staples Center 8,2558-13
22August 1210:30pmPhoenix93-90 (OT)Lavender (25)Lavender (10)Milton-Jones Penicheiro (6)Staples Center 10,5129-13
23August 1610:30pmAtlantaNBATV PRIME SSO79-84Milton-Jones (19)Parker (10)Penicheiro (10)Staples Center 7,5229-14
24August 1810:30pmIndiana75-70Hoffman (21)Hoffman (7)Parker (5)Staples Center 8,10210-14
25August 208:00pm@ Minnesota68-87Parker (18)Parker (8)O'Hea (4)Target Center 8,81610-15
26August 217:00pm@ Tulsa73-67Parker (23)Parker (9)Penicheiro (5)BOK Center 6,01211-15
27August 237:00pm@ WashingtonCSN-MA86-82 (OT)Parker (19)Thompson (10)Penicheiro (6)Verizon Center 8,44112-15
28August 2610:30pmTulsaNBATV75-77Milton-Jones (24)Milton-Jones (8)Penicheiro (10)Staples Center 8,99712-16
29August 289:00pm@ SeattleESPN263-65Parker (19)Parker (14)Penicheiro (4)KeyArena 9,68612-17
30August 3010:30pmSeattlePRIME68-62Parker (27)Parker Thompson (7)Penicheiro (5)Staples Center 9,02313-17 :
September
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
31September 310:00pm@ PhoenixNBATV77-93Parker (32)Milton-Jones (8)Penicheiro Toliver (4)US Airways Center 9,62013-18
32September 610:30pmSan AntonioNBATV PRIME FS-SW65-82Thompson (18)Milton-Jones (8)Penicheiro (7)Staples Center 8,50213-19
33September 910:30pmTulsaNBATV84-73Lavender (19)Lavender (12)Penicheiro (7)Staples Center 10,29914-19
34September 1010:30pmChicagoNBATV CN10074-67Milton-Jones (15)Lavender Pringle (6)Lacy (7)Staples Center 13,50115-19 :
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com :

## Statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Ebony Hoffman | 34 | 16 | 22.1 | .437 | .429 | .844 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 1.06 | 0.26 | 7.5 |
| Natasha Lacy | 29 | 0 | 13.6 | .429 | .333 | .540 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 0.97 | 0.31 | 5.0 |
| Jantel Lavender | 33 | 3 | 14.8 | .500 | .000 | .733 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 0.18 | 0.36 | 6.6 |
| Delisha Milton-Jones | 34 | 34 | 26.2 | .462 | .352 | .831 | 4.6 | 2.0 | 0.94 | 0.35 | 11.7 |
| Jenna O'Hea | 31 | 5 | 16.4 | .434 | .444 | .786 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.39 | 0.16 | 4.8 |
| Candace Parker | 17 | 16 | 32.6 | .511 | .419 | .736 | 8.6 | 2.8 | 1.24 | 1.59 | 18.5 |
| Ticha Penicheiro | 34 | 23 | 23.7 | .486 | .417 | .868 | 2.8 | 4.8 | 0.82 | 0.09 | 6.0 |
| LaToya Pringle | 20 | 0 | 11.1 | .473 | 1.000 | .889 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.25 | 0.65 | 3.9 |
| Noelle Quinn | 33 | 23 | 20.6 | .390 | .397 | .818 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 0.64 | 0.06 | 5.1 |
| Tina Thompson | 34 | 33 | 25.0 | .386 | .339 | .833 | 4.6 | 1.1 | 1.15 | 0.68 | 9.9 |
| Kristi Toliver | 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.