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2010 Los Angeles Sparks season
Coach	Jennifer Gillom
Arena	Staples Center
Attendance	9,468 per game
Results
Record	13–21 (.382)
Place	4th (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost Conference Semifinals
Team Leaders
Points	Thompson (16.6)
Rebounds	Thompson (6.2)
Assists	Penicheiro (6.9)
Media
Television	FS-W, PRIME NBATV, ESPN2
← 2009 season 2011 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. ^[1]
• 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. ^[2]
• 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
March 26, 2009	To Los Angeles Sparks	To Phoenix Mercury
	first-round pick in 2010 draft	Temeka Johnson
May 5, 2009	To Los Angeles Sparks	To Minnesota Lynx
	Noelle Quinn	Rafaella Masciadri and a first-round pick in 2010 draft
May 13, 2010	To Los Angeles Sparks	To Chicago Sky
	Kristi Toliver	second-round pick in 2011 draft

Free agents

Roster

Los Angeles Sparks roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs SG 24 Ferdinand-Harris, Marie 5' 9" (1.75m) 153 lb (69kg) LSU SG 22 Lennox, Betty  5' 8" (1.73m) 143 lb (65kg) Louisiana Tech SF 8 Milton-Jones, DeLisha 6' 1" (1.85m) 185 lb (84kg) Florida F 15 Mokango, Chanel 6' 5" (1.96m) – Mississippi State F 3 Parker, Candace  6' 4" (1.93m) 175 lb (79kg) Tennessee PG 21 Penicheiro, Ticha 5' 11" (1.8m) 146 lb (66kg) Old Dominion PG 45 Quinn, Noelle 6' 0" (1.83m) 175 lb (79kg) UCLA G 10 Riley, Andrea 5' 5" (1.65m) 136 lb (62kg) Oklahoma State G 7 Toliver, Kristi 5' 7" (1.7m) 130 lb (59kg) Maryland F 32 Thompson, Tina 6' 2" (1.88m) 178 lb (81kg) USC F 14 Wisdom-Hylton, Lindsay 6' 2" (1.88m) 186 lb (84kg) Purdue	Head coach Jennifer Gillom ( Mississippi) Assistant coaches Steve Smith Jim Saia Athletic trainer Courtney Watson ( California) Strength and conditioning coach Bruce Deziel Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

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 Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 May 1 10:00pm China National Team 78-58 Junaid (15) Mohammed (12) Penicheiro (7) Viejas Arena 3,874 1-0 2 May 8 3:30pm San Antonio 77-86 Ferdinand-Harris (13) 3 players (5) Bobbitt, Quinn (4) Walter Pyramid 1,521 1-1

Regular season

2010 Game Log: Regular Season
May Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 May 15 2:00pm @ Phoenix ESPN2 77-78 Parker (24) Parker (12) Riley (4) US Airways Center 14,772 0-1 2 May 16 9:00pm @ Seattle KONG 67-81 Thompson (19) Parker (11) Penicheiro (6) KeyArena 9,686 0-2 3 May 22 8:00pm @ San Antonio NBATV FS-SW 81-88 Milton-Jones (20) Parker, Thompson (10) Milton-Jones (6) AT&T Center 7,862 0-3 4 May 28 10:30pm Washington PRIME 81-75 Parker (30) Parker (10) Parker (5) STAPLES Center 13,154 1-3 5 May 30 8:00pm Atlanta 82-101 Parker (32) Parker (12) Penicheiro (6) STAPLES Center 8,404 1-4
June Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 6 June 4 10:00pm @ Phoenix 89-90 Parker (26) Parker (12) Penicheiro (10) US Airways Center 6,485 1-5 7 June 5 11:00pm Seattle NBATV FS-W 75-79 Parker (24) Parker (8) Lennox, Parker (4) Home Depot Center 6,026 1-6 8 June 8 10:30pm Phoenix PRIME 92-91 Parker (22) Parker (12) Quinn (7) STAPLES Center 7,993 2-6 9 June 11 10:00pm @ Seattle KONG 60-82 Parker (13) Parker (7) 4 players (2) KeyArena 7,286 2-7 10 June 13 3:00pm Minnesota 88-84 Milton-Jones (22) Parker (7) Penicheiro (5) STAPLES Center 7,005 3-7 11 June 18 10:30pm Connecticut 75-78 Thompson (24) Milton-Jones, Quinn (6) Penicheiro (8) STAPLES Center 8,852 3-8 12 June 24 7:00pm @ Washington CSN-MA 53-68 Toliver (11) Quinn (7) Penicheiro (6) Verizon Center 8,160 3-9 13 June 27 3:00pm @ Atlanta NBATV SSO 81-89 Milton-Jones, Toliver (19) Milton-Jones (11) Penicheiro (10) Philips Arena 7,855 3-10 14 June 29 10:30pm New York NBATV PRIME 68-80 Quinn (24) Thompson (6) Ferdinand-Harris, Quinn (4) STAPLES Center 8,602 3-11
July Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 15 July 1 10:30pm San Antonio 73-63 Thompson (24) Thompson (10) Penicheiro (4) STAPLES Center 7,803 4-11 16 July 3 5:00pm Seattle ESPN2 62-75 Toliver (18) Thompson, Wisdom-Hylton (10) Penicheiro (5) STAPLES Center 9,319 4-12 17 July 6 10:00pm Phoenix ESPN2 89-98 Milton-Jones (20) Milton-Jones (8) Milton-Jones (6) STAPLES Center 8,336 4-13 18 July 13 7:00pm @ Tulsa ESPN2 87-71 Thompson (24) Penicheiro (7) Penicheiro (9) BOK Center 7,073 5-13 19 July 16 8:30pm @ Chicago CN100 68-80 Milton-Jones (21) Quinn (6) Penicheiro (9) Allstate Arena 4,841 5-14 20 July 18 3:00pm @ San Antonio 73-83 Thompson (23) Thompson (8) Penicheiro, Quinn (6) AT&T Center 6,542 5-15 21 July 20 3:00pm Tulsa 86-83 (OT) Milton-Jones (23) Penicheiro (7) Penicheiro (13) STAPLES Center 14,413 6-15 22 July 22 7:00pm @ Indiana ESPN2 57-76 Thompson (19) Milton-Jones, Thompson (8) Penicheiro (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,898 6-16 23 July 24 7:00pm @ Connecticut 89-80 Milton-Jones (20) Penicheiro, Quinn (7) Milton-Jones, Penicheiro (7) Mohegan Sun Arena 8,097 7-16 24 July 27 8:00pm @ Minnesota 71-58 Thompson (24) Milton-Jones, Quinn, Thompson (8) Penicheiro (9) Target Center 6,215 8-16 25 July 30 7:30pm @ New York 79-88 Thompson (18) Wisdom-Hylton (6) Penicheiro (7) Madison Square Garden 14,307 8-17
August Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 26 August 4 10:30pm Chicago NBATV CN100 82-77 Milton-Jones (22) Wisdom-Hylton (13) Penicheiro (15) STAPLES Center 9,732 9-17 27 August 6 10:30pm Tulsa 77-70 Milton-Jones (23) Milton-Jones, Penicheiro, Quinn (7) Penicheiro (13) STAPLES Center 8,962 10-17 28 August 8 8:00pm San Antonio NBATV FS-W FSSW 83-92 Thompson (23) Penicheiro (9) Penicheiro (8) STAPLES Center 9,793 10-18 29 August 10 10:00pm Indiana ESPN2 76-82 Thompson (21) Thompson (13) Riley (6) STAPLES Center 10,586 10-19 30 August 12 8:00pm @ Minnesota 78-77 Milton-Jones (21) Thompson (8) Penicheiro (10) Target Center 7,867 11-19 31 August 14 8:00pm @ Tulsa COX 92-87 Thompson (24) Thompson (11) Penicheiro (9) BOK Center 5,719 12-19 32 August 17 10:30pm Phoenix NBATV PRIME 84-90 Thompson (33) Penicheiro (9) Penicheiro (11) STAPLES Center 8,817 12-20 33 August 20 10:30pm Minnesota 98-91 Thompson (26) Thompson (9) Penicheiro (12) STAPLES Center 13,154 13-20 34 August 21 11:00pm @ Seattle ESPN2 75-76 Thompson (20) Milton-Jones (9) Penicheiro (8) KeyArena 9,686 13-21
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess

Postseason

2010 Game Log: Postseason
Western Conference Semifinals Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series 1 August 25 11:00pm @ Seattle ESPN2 66-79 Ferdinand-Harris (18) Milton-Jones (8) Toliver (5) KeyArena 10,589 0-1 2 August 28 3:00pm Seattle ESPN2 66-81 Thompson (18) Milton-Jones (9) Thompson (5) STAPLES Center 8,326 0-2

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
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.

References

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