2011 Los Angeles Sparks season

February 2024 August 2023 March 2026 Los Angeles Sparks 2011 15 19 Western 5 Jennifer Gillom (4-6)Joe Bryant (11-13) Staples Center Did not qualify PRIMEESPN2, NBATV The 2011 Los Angeles Sparks season was the franchise's 15th season in the Women's National Basketball Association, and the second and final season under head coach Jennifer Gillom. 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 Ohio State 3 29 Elina Babkina (pick later voided) 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.https://www.espn.com/los-angeles/news/story?id=6080517 Sparks trade Andrea Riley for pick ESPN February 1, 2011 February 21, 2024 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.https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/sports-now/story/2011-02-03/wnba-free-agent-loree-moore-signs-with-sparks WNBA: Free agent Loree Moore signs with Sparks Melissa Rohlin Los Angeles Times February 3, 2011 February 21, 2024 February 8: The Sparks signed Courtney Paris and re-signed Chanel Mokango.https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/sports-now/story/2011-02-08/wnba-sparks-sign-free-agent-courtney-paris WNBA: Sparks sign free agent Courtney Paris Melissa Rohlin Los Angeles Times February 8, 2011 February 21, 2024 March 31: The Sparks signed Jenna O'Hea.https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/sports-now/story/2011-03-31/wnba-sparks-sign-jenna-ohea WNBA: Sparks sign Jenna O'Hea Melissa Rohlin Los Angeles Times March 31, 2011 February 21, 2024 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.https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/sports-now/story/2011-06-01/wnba-the-sparks-trade-lindsay-wisdom-hylton WNBA: The Sparks trade Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton Melissa Rohlin Los Angeles Times June 1, 2011 February 21, 2024 June 2: The Sparks waived Courtney Paris.https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/sports-now/story/2011-06-02/wnba-sparks-cut-courtney-paris-to-finalize-roster WNBA: Sparks cut Courtney Paris to finalize roster Melissa Rohlin Los Angeles Times June 2, 2011 February 21, 2024 July 11: The Sparks announced that Jennifer Gillom was relieved of her head coaching duties. Assistant coach Joe Bryant was named head coach. Trades DateTradeFebruary 1, 2011To Los Angeles SparksTo Tulsa Shock second-round pick in 2012 draft Andrea RileyJune 1, 2011To Los Angeles SparksTo Chicago Sky second-round pick in 2012 draft Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton Personnel changes 52% Additions PlayerSignedFormer team Ebony Hoffman February 2, 2011 Indiana Fever LaToya Pringle February 2, 2011 free agent Natasha Lacy February 2, 2011 free agent Jenna O'Hea March 31, 2011 free agent Jantel Lavender April 11, 2011 draft pick Subtractions PlayerLeftNew team Andrea Riley February 1, 2011 Tulsa Shock Marie Ferdinand-Harris February 24, 2011 Phoenix Mercury Betty Lennox May 3, 2011 free agent Chanel Mokango May 21, 2011 free agent Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton June 1, 2011 Chicago Sky Roster Los Angeles Sparks 2011 WNBA 16 Ebony Hoffman F 6 2 215 08-27-1982 7 USC USA 1 Natasha Lacy G 5 10 165 07-08-1985 1 Texas-El Paso USA 42 Jantel Lavender C 6 4 185 11-12-1988 R Ohio State USA 8 DeLisha Milton-Jones F 6 1 185 09-11-1974 12 Florida USA 6 Jenna O'Hea G/F 6 1 174 06-06-1987 R Australia AUS 3 Candace Parker F 6 4 175 04-19-1986 3 Tennessee USA 21 Ticha Penicheiro G 5 11 146 09-18-1974 13 Old Dominion Portugal 30 LaToya Pringle F/C 6 3 170 09-11-1986 2 North Carolina USA 45 Noelle Quinn G 6 0 175 01-03-1985 4 UCLA USA 32 Tina Thompson F 6 2 178 02-10-1975 14 USC USA 20 Kristi Toliver G 5 7 130 01-27-1987 2 Maryland USA USA Joe Bryant La Salle AUS Sandy Brondello Australia USA Courtney Watson 1 California USA Bruce Deziel 1 Ohio Depth Pos.StarterBench C Candace Parker Jantel Lavender PF Tina Thompson Ebony HoffmanLaToya Pringle SF Delisha Milton-Jones Jenna O'Hea SG Noelle Quinn Kristi Toliver PG Ticha Penicheiro Natasha Lacy Season standings LAS Schedule Preseason y background:#5c2f83; color:#FFC322 2011 Game Log: Preseason Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || May 25 || 3:00pm || Seattle || 71-66 || Parker (17) || O'Hea, Lacy (6) || Penicheiro (4) || Torodome 3,212 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || May 28 || 10:00pm || Phoenix || 83-72 || Milton-Jones (14) || Milton-Jones (6) || Lavender, Penicheiro (4) || The Pit N/A || 2-0 |- Regular season background:#5c2f83; color:#FFC322 2011 Game Log: Regular Season y background:#FFC322; color:#008080 June Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || June 3 || 11:00pm || Minnesota || NBATVPRIME || 82-74 || Parker (19) || Parker (10) || Quinn (4) || Staples Center 13,589 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || June 5 || 3:30pm || @ Minnesota || PRIMEFS-N || 69-86 || Toliver (13) || Parker (7) || Penicheiro (5) || Target Center 10,123 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || June 10 || 10:30pm || Phoenix || || 98-84 || Parker (22) || Thompson (9) || ParkerPenicheiro (5) || Staples Center 10,616 || 2-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || June 19 || 8:30pm || Seattle || PRIME || 74-50 || Hoffman (12) || Parker (7) || Toliver (5) || Staples Center 9,119 || 3-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || June 21 || 10:00pm || New York || ESPN2 || 96-91 || Milton-Jones (27) || Parker (13) || Toliver (7) || Staples Center 10,389 || 4-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || June 24 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || || 80-90 (OT) || Parker (25) || Parker (13) || Penicheiro (7) || AT&T Center 8,617 || 4-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 || June 26 || 4:00pm || @ New York || || 67-77 || Parker (16) || Parker (11) || Penicheiro (4) || Prudential Center 7,625 || 4-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 || June 28 || 8:00pm || @ Connecticut || ESPN2 || 76-79 || Toliver (19) || Thompson (9) || Milton-JonesPenicheiroQuinn (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,515 || 4-4 |- y background:#FFC322; color:#008080 July Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || July 5 || 9:00pm || @ Phoenix || ESPN2 || 82-101 || Hoffman (21) || Pringle (9) || Penicheiro (5) || US Airways Center 9,826 || 4-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || July 9 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || NBATVKONG || 80-99 || Lavender (21) || Lavender (9) || Toliver (5) || KeyArena 9,686 || 4-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || July 12 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || NBATVPRIMEFS-SW || 84-74 || Penicheiro (18) || LavenderPenicheiro (8) || Toliver (8) || AT&T Center 6,769 || 5-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || July 15 || 8:00pm || @ Tulsa || || 79-74 || Toliver (25) || Milton-Jones (9) || Toliver (6) || BOK Center 5,034 || 6-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 13 || July 17 || 8:30pm || Washington || NBATV || 85-89 (OT) || Toliver (21) || Hoffman (7) || Toliver (7) || Staples Center 10,398 || 6-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 14 || July 18 || 10:30pm || San Antonio || || 69-79 || LacyLavender (14) || O'Hea (11) || Lacy (7) || Staples Center 8,818 || 6-8 |- | colspan="11" align="center" valign="middle" | All-Star break |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 15 || July 26 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || || 72-85 || Toliver (28) || Hoffman (9) || LacyPenicheiroQuinn (2) || Target Center 8,044 || 6-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 || July 28 || 7:00pm || @ Atlanta || NBATVSSO || 80-89 || Hoffman (16) || Hoffman (8) || Penicheiro (11) || Philips Arena 6,701 || 6-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || July 30 || 8:00pm || @ Chicago || CN100 || 88-84 || Milton-Jones (19) || Lavender (6) || PenicheiroToliver (5) || Allstate Arena 5,909 || 7-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 18 || July 31 || 6:00pm || @ Indiana || NBATV || 63-98 || Hoffman (13) || Hoffman (6) || Lacy (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse 9,256 || 7-11 |- y background:#FFC322; color:#008080 August Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 19 || August 3 || 3:00pm || Connecticut || NBATV || 70-79 || Milton-Jones (14) || Thompson (8) || Penicheiro (5) || Staples Center 14,266 || 7-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 20 || August 7 || 8:30pm || Minnesota || NBATV || 78-84 || Milton-Jones (18) || Lavender (6) || Penicheiro (7) || Staples Center 13,528 || 7-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || August 9 || 10:30pm || Tulsa || PRIME || 71-66 || Penicheiro (23) || Hoffman (8) || Penicheiro (7) || Staples Center 8,255 || 8-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 22 || August 12 || 10:30pm || Phoenix || || 93-90 (OT) || Lavender (25) || Lavender (10) || Milton-JonesPenicheiro (6) || Staples Center 10,512 || 9-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 23 || August 16 || 10:30pm || Atlanta || NBATVPRIMESSO || 79-84 || Milton-Jones (19) || Parker (10) || Penicheiro (10) || Staples Center 7,522 || 9-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || August 18 || 10:30pm || Indiana || || 75-70 || Hoffman (21) || Hoffman (7) || Parker (5) || Staples Center 8,102 || 10-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || August 20 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || || 68-87 || Parker (18) || Parker (8) || O'Hea (4) || Target Center 8,816 || 10-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || August 21 || 7:00pm || @ Tulsa || || 73-67 || Parker (23) || Parker (9) || Penicheiro (5) || BOK Center 6,012 || 11-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || August 23 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || CSN-MA || 86-82 (OT) || Parker (19) || Thompson (10) || Penicheiro (6) || Verizon Center 8,441 || 12-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 || August 26 || 10:30pm || Tulsa || NBATV || 75-77 || Milton-Jones (24) || Milton-Jones (8) || Penicheiro (10) || Staples Center 8,997 || 12-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 29 || August 28 || 9:00pm || @ Seattle || ESPN2 || 63-65 || Parker (19) || Parker (14) || Penicheiro (4) || KeyArena 9,686 || 12-17 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || August 30 || 10:30pm || Seattle || PRIME || 68-62 || Parker (27) || ParkerThompson (7) || Penicheiro (5) || Staples Center 9,023 || 13-17 |- y background:#FFC322; color:#008080 September Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 31 || September 3 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || NBATV || 77-93 || Parker (32) || Milton-Jones (8) || PenicheiroToliver (4) || US Airways Center 9,620 || 13-18 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 32 || September 6 || 10:30pm || San Antonio || NBATVPRIMEFS-SW || 65-82 || Thompson (18) || Milton-Jones (8) || Penicheiro (7) || Staples Center 8,502 || 13-19 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33 || September 9 || 10:30pm || Tulsa || NBATV || 84-73 || Lavender (19) || Lavender (12) || Penicheiro (7) || Staples Center 10,299 || 14-19 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 34 || September 10 || 10:30pm || Chicago || NBATVCN100 || 74-67 || Milton-Jones (15) || LavenderPringle (6) || Lacy (7) || Staples Center 13,501 || 15-19 |- | 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 Hoffman, Ebony Ebony Hoffman34 16 22.1 .437 .429 .844 4.2 1.1 1.06 0.26 7.5 Lacy, Natasha Natasha Lacy 29 0 13.6 .429 .333 .540 2.2 1.7 0.97 0.31 5.0 Lavender, Jantel Jantel Lavender 33 3 14.8 .500 .000 .733 3.1 0.5 0.18 0.36 6.6 Milton-Jones, Delisha Delisha Milton-Jones34 34 26.2 .462 .352 .831 4.6 2.0 0.94 0.35 11.7 O'Hea, Jenna Jenna O'Hea 31 5 16.4 .434 .444 .786 1.5 1.3 0.39 0.16 4.8 Parker, Candace Candace Parker 17 16 32.6 .511 .419 .736 8.6 2.8 1.24 1.59 18.5 Penicheiro, Ticha Ticha Penicheiro34 23 23.7 .486 .417 .868 2.8 4.8 0.82 0.09 6.0 Pringle, LaToya LaToya Pringle 20 0 11.1 .473 1.000 .889 2.4 0.3 0.25 0.65 3.9 Quinn Noelle Quinn 33 23 20.6 .390 .397 .818 1.8 2.0 0.64 0.06 5.1 Thompson Tina Thompson34 33 25.0 .386 .339 .833 4.6 1.1 1.15 0.68 9.9 Toliver 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. References External links Category:Los Angeles Sparks seasons Los Angeles Los Angeles Sparks