2012 Los Angeles Sparks season

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2012 Los Angeles Sparks season
Head Coach Carol Ross
Arena Staples Center
Results
Record 24–10
(.706)
Place 2nd (Western)
Playoff Finish Lost in Conference Finals
Media
Television KDOC, TWC101
ESPN2, NBATV
Los Angeles Sparks seasons
< 2011 2013 >

The 2012 WNBA season is the 16th season for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Contents

Transactions [edit]

WNBA Draft [edit]

The following are the Sparks' selections in the 2012 WNBA Draft.

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 1 Nneka Ogwumike  United States Stanford
2 13 (from Tul.) Farhiya Abdi  Sweden Frisco Sika (Czech Republic)
2 15 (from Chi.) Khadijah Rushdan  United States Rutgers
2 16 Tyra White  United States Texas A&M
3 28 April Sykes  United States Rutgers

Transaction log [edit]

  • February 1, 2011: The Sparks acquired a second-round pick from the Tulsa Shock as part of the Andrea Riley trade.
  • April 11, 2011: The Sparks acquired a second-round pick from the Chicago Sky as part of the Lindsay Widsom-Hylton trade.
  • February 1: The Sparks traded Noelle Quinn to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Marissa Coleman.
  • February 8: The Sparks signed Alana Beard.
  • February 23: The Sparks traded Natasha Lacy and LaToya Pringle to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Nicky Anosike.
  • February 23: The Sparks signed Sharnee Zoll.
  • March 9: The Sparks signed Ashley Shields.
  • April 9: The Sparks signed Darxia Morris.
  • April 23: The Sparks signed draft picks Khadijah Rushdan and April Sykes.
  • April 24: The Sparks signed Rashidat Junaid.
  • April 25: The Sparks re-signed Candace Parker to a multi-year contract.
  • April 26: The Sparks signed draft picks Nneka Ogwumike and Tyra White.
  • May 8: The Sparks waived Tyra White and Rashidat Junaid.
  • May 15: The Sparks waived Khadijah Rushdan, Ashley Shields, and Darxia Morris.
  • June 8: The Sparks signed Coco Miller and waived Sharnee Zoll.
  • July 2: The Sparks waived Coco Miller.
  • July 5: The Sparks signed Andrea Riley.

Trades [edit]

Date Trade
February 1, 2012 To Los Angeles Sparks To Washington Mystics
Marissa Coleman Noelle Quinn
February 23, 2012 To Los Angeles Sparks To Washington Mystics
Nicky Anosike Natasha Lacy and LaToya Pringle

Personnel changes [edit]

Additions [edit]

Player Signed Former team
Marissa Coleman February 1, 2012 Washington Mystics
Alana Beard February 8, 2012 Washington Mystics
Nicky Anosike February 23, 2012 Washington Mystics
Nneka Ogwumike April 16, 2012 draft pick
April Sykes April 16, 2012 draft pick

Subtractions [edit]

Player Left New team
Noelle Quinn February 1, 2012 Washington Mystics
Ticha Penicheiro February 22, 2012 Chicago Sky
Natasha Lacy February 23, 2012 Washington Mystics
LaToya Pringle February 23, 2012 Washington Mystics
Tina Thompson February 24, 2012 Seattle Storm

Roster [edit]

Los Angeles Sparks roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
G/F 0 United States Beard, Alana 5' 11" (1.8m) 160 lb (73kg) 05-14-1982 Duke 8
G/F 25 United States Coleman, Marissa 6' 1" (1.85m) 160 lb (73kg) 01-04-1987 Maryland 3
G 10 United States Harding, Lindsey 5' 8" (1.73m) 139 lb (63kg) 06-12-1984 Duke 5
F 16 United States Hoffman, Ebony 6' 2" (1.88m) 215 lb (98kg) 08-27-1982 Southern California 8
C 42 United States Lavender, Jantel 6' 4" (1.93m) 185 lb (84kg) 11-12-1988 Ohio State 1
F 30 United States Ogwumike, Nneka 6' 2" (1.88m) – 07-02-1990 Stanford R
G/F 6 Australia O'Hea, Jenna 6' 1" (1.85m) 174 lb (79kg) 06-06-1987 Australia 1
F 3 United States Parker, Candace 6' 4" (1.93m) 175 lb (79kg) 04-19-1986 Tennessee 4
G 20 United States Toliver, Kristi 5' 7" (1.7m) 130 lb (59kg) 01-27-1987 Maryland 3



East: ATL • CHI • CON • IND • NY • WAS | West: LA • MIN • PHO • SA • SEA • TUL
Head coach
United States Carol Ross (Mississippi)
Assistant coaches
Australia Sandy Brondello (Australia)
United States Jim Lewis (West Virginia)
Athletic trainer
United States Courtney Watson (California)
Strength and conditioning coach
United States Bruce Deziel (Ohio)
Legend
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • Injured Injured

WNBA roster page
Transactions

Depth [edit]

Pos. Starter Bench
C Candace Parker Jantel Lavender
PF Nneka Ogwumike Ebony Hoffman
Nicky Anosike
SF Delisha Milton-Jones Marissa Coleman
SG Alana Beard April Sykes
Jenna O'Hea
PG Kristi Toliver

Season standings [edit]

Western Conference
W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Minnesota Lynx z 27 7 .794 – 16–1 11–6 17–5
Los Angeles Sparks x 24 10 .706 3.0 16–1 8–9 15–7
San Antonio Silver Stars x 21 13 .618 6.0 12–5 9–8 14–8
Seattle Storm x 16 18 .471 11.0 10–7 6–11 11–11
Tulsa Shock o 9 25 .265 18.0 6–11 3–14 5–17
Phoenix Mercury o 7 27 .206 20.0 3–14 4–13 4–18

Schedule [edit]

Preseason [edit]

2012 Game Log: Preseason (May)
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
1 Sat 5 7:00 China 98-71 Ogwumike (20) Ogwumike (11) 4 players (5) Pasadena City College
1,073		 1-0
2 Thu 10 10:30 Japan 95-77 Ogwumike (17) Lavender
Ogwumike (6)		 Zoll (6) LA Southwest College
950		 2-0
3 Sun 13 5:00 @ Seattle 60-61 Coleman (11) Ogwumike (7) Zoll (8) KeyArena
4,628		 2-1

Regular season [edit]

2012 Game Log: Regular Season
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com
May (4–1)
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
1 Fri 18 10:00 @ Seattle NBATV
KDOC		 72-66 Toliver (25) Milton-Jones (7) Toliver (6) KeyArena
9,686		 1-0
2 Tue 22 10:30 Seattle KDOC
KONG		 74-61 Parker (21) Parker (10) Parker
Toliver (4)		 Staples Center
9,238		 2-0
3 Thu 24 8:00 @ Minnesota 84-92 Parker
Toliver (23)		 Ogwumike (9) Toliver (4) Target Center
7,923		 2-1
4 Sat 26 10:00 @ Phoenix KDOC 99-88 Parker (27) Parker (11) Beard
Toliver (4)		 US Airways Center
10,200		 3-1
5 Tue 29 10:30 Tulsa TWC101 76-75 Milton-Jones
Toliver (16)		 Parker (10) Toliver (5) Staples Center
8,312		 4-1
June (6-5)
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
6 Sun 3 8:30 Seattle KDOC
KONG		 67-65 Toliver (23) Parker (13) Toliver (7) Staples Center
12,639		 5-1
7 Fri 8 11:00 Phoenix TWC101 90-74 Ogwumike (25) Ogwumike (12) Toliver (9) Staples Center
11,198		 6-1
8 Wed 13 8:00 @ Connecticut ESPN2 87-81 Parker (33) Parker (16) Parker (8) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,058		 7-1
9 Fri 15 7:30 @ Atlanta SSO 59-92 Ogwumike (13) Ogwumike (10) Coleman (4) Philips Arena
8,872		 7-2
10 Sat 16 8:00 @ San Antonio KDOC
FS-SW		 85-98 (OT) Beard (23) Parker
Lavender (11)		 Toliver (5) AT&T Center
8,234		 7-3
11 Mon 18 10:30 Washington TWC101 101-70 Ogwumike (24) Parker (8) Toliver (6) Staples Center
8,612		 8-3
12 Wed 20 10:30 Tulsa TWC101 95-79 Parker (33) Parker (8) Toliver (6) Staples Center
8,388		 9-3
13 Sat 23 8:00 @ Phoenix ESPN 93-84 Toliver (29) Lavender (9) Toliver (4) US Airways Center
9,670		 10-3
14 Sun 24 8:30 San Antonio KDOC 71-91 Parker (15) Parker (15) Beard (4) Staples Center
11,301		 10-4
15 Tue 26 8:00 @ Tulsa 75-91 Toliver (21) Ogwumike
Lavender (7)		 Toliver (7) BOK Center
4,102		 10-5
16 Thu 28 12:30 @ San Antonio FS-SW 80-94 Parker (25) Parker (13) Beard (10) AT&T Center
15,184		 10-6
July (5–0)
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
17 Thu 5 3:00 Minnesota NBATV
TWC101		 96-90 Toliver (29) Parker (13) Toliver (6) Staples Center
11,256		 11-6
18 Sat 7 10:00 Seattle ESPN2 83-59 Toliver (23) Parker (14) Parker (7) Staples Center
12,229		 12-6
19 Sun 8 8:30 Atlanta NBATV
KDOC		 79-63 Toliver (19) Parker (12) Beard (7) Staples Center
11,019		 13-6
20 Tue 10 3:30 @ Phoenix 90-71 Parker (22) Ogwumike
Parker (14)		 Beard (7) US Airways Center
9,336		 14-6
21 Thu 12 7:00 @ Indiana ESPN2 77-74 Ogwumike (22) Ogwumike (20) Toliver (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
7,244		 15-6
Summer Olympic break
August (4–1)
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
Summer Olympic break
22 Sat 18 10:00 @ Seattle NBATV
KDOC		 82-71 Toliver (22) Parker (12) Toliver (5) KeyArena
9,127		 16-6
23 Tue 21 10:30 Indiana TWC101 79-69 Toliver (21) Ogwumike (10) Beard
Milton-Jones (5)		 Staples Center
8,402		 17-6
24 Thu 23 10:30 San Antonio TWC101 101-77 Toliver (29) Parker (10) Parker
Toliver (6)		 Staples Center
8,696		 18-6
25 Sat 25 10:30 New York NBATV
TWC101		 87-62 Toliver (29) Ogwumike (7) Ogwumike (5) Staples Center
12,433		 19-6
26 Thu 30 8:00 @ Tulsa 85-99 Toliver (21) Milton-Jones (7) Toliver (8) BOK Center
5,275		 19-7
September (0–0)
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
27 Sun 2 6:00 @ Chicago KDOC
CN100		 85-74 Toliver Parker (8) Ogwumike (6) Allstate Arena
28 Tue 4 8:00 @ Minnesota NBATV 88-77 Lavender (8) Toliver (6) Target Center
29 Fri 7 7:00 @ Washington CSN-MA 96-68 Verizon Center
 20-9
30 Sun 9 4:00 @ New York KDOC
MSG		 73-71 Prudential Center
 20-10
31 Thu 13 10:30 Chicago NBATV
TWC101
CN100		 86-77 Staples Center
 21-10
32 Fri 14 11:00 Connecticut NBATV
TWC101
CPTV-S		 93-82 Staples Center
 22-10
33 Tue 18 10:30 Phoenix NBATV
TWC101		 101-76 Staples Center
 23-10
34 Thu 20 10:30 Minnesota NBATV
TWC101		 92-76 Toliver (8) Staples Center
 24-10

Statistics [edit]

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

Regular season [edit]

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG

Awards and honors [edit]

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References [edit]

External links [edit]
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Media

TV: Time Warner Cable SoCal 101 (TWC101), KDOC-TV (KDOC)
2012 WNBA season by team
Draft • Playoffs • Finals
Eastern Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever New York Liberty Washington Mystics
Western Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury San Antonio Silver Stars Seattle Storm Tulsa Shock
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