2009 Los Angeles Sparks season

August 2023 March 2026 Los Angeles Sparks 2009 18 16 Western 3rd Michael Cooper STAPLES Center Lost Conference Finals Fox Sports West The 2009 Los Angeles Sparks season was the franchise's 13th season in the Women's National Basketball Association, and the third and final season under head coach Michael Cooper. Lisa Leslie announced that the 2009 season would be her last.http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/gallery/featured/GAL1151810/6/7/index.htm https://archive.today/20120715121103/http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/gallery/featured/GAL1151810/6/7/index.htm dead July 15, 2012 CNN Biggest Retirements of 2009 April 23, 2010 On June 5, the Sparks and Farmers Insurance Group of Companies announced a multi-year marketing partnership that includes a branded jersey sponsorship. The Farmers Insurance branded jersey will be worn by the players for the first time on June 6. As part of this alliance, the Farmers Insurance name and logo will appear on the front of the Sparks jerseys and will have considerable visibility in the Staples Center during home games. Los Angeles became only the second WNBA team to finalize such an agreement.http://www.spmsportspage.com/published/pr/los-angeles-sparks-and-fa.shtmlJune 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes The Sparks attempted to reach the playoffs and were successful. Offseason On May 13, Sparks star Candace Parker gave birth to a baby girl. It is the first child for the WNBA’s reigning MVP and rookie of the year and husband Shelden Williams of the Boston Celtics. Goodwin Sports Management announced the baby girl was born in Los Angeles. She weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces and was 20 inches long.https://sports.yahoo.com/wnba/news;_ylt=AlGyq05IMxe9AD_a3129nNRbvrYF?slug=ap-parker-baby&prov=ap&type=lgns Archived copy January 14, 2017 June 10, 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250610024740/https://sports.yahoo.com/wnba/news;_ylt=AlGyq05IMxe9AD_a3129nNRbvrYF/?slug=ap-parker-baby&prov=ap&type=lgns dead Dispersal Draft Based on the Sparks' 2008 record, they would pick 9th in the Houston Comets dispersal draft. The Sparks waived their pick. WNBA.com: Houston Comets dispersal draft WNBA draft The following are the Sparks' selections in the 2009 WNBA draft. Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 13 Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton Purdue 2 22 Ashley Paris Oklahoma 3 35 Britney Jordan Texas A&M-CommerceWNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Draft Board http://www.wnba.com/draft2009/draft_board.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090725061746/http://www.wnba.com/draft2009/draft_board.html 2009-07-25 dead 2009-07-23 Transactions June 5: The Sparks waived Jessica Moore. June 4: The Sparks waived Ashley Paris and Marta Fernandez. May 18: The Sparks waived Britney Jordan. May 7: The Sparks signed Kristi Harrower to a training camp contract. May 5: The Sparks then traded the pick from the Liberty and Rafaella Masciadri to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Noelle Quinn. May 5: The Sparks traded Sidney Spencer to the New York Liberty in exchange for a first round 2010 WNBA Draft pick. April 14: The Sparks signed Betty Lennox. April 14: The Sparks waived Murriel Page. March 26: The Sparks traded Temeka Johnson to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for a first-round 2010 WNBA Draft pick. March 25: The Sparks signed Marta Fernandez. March 12: The Sparks signed Tina Thompson. January 30: The Sparks traded Christi Thomas to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Vanessa Hayden-Johnson. December 17, 2008: The Sparks traded the rights to Chamique Holdsclaw to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for the 13th pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft. April 21, 2008: The Sparks traded their first-round draft pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft to the Washington Mystics as part of the Taj McWilliams-Franklin/Delisha Milton-Jones transaction. WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Transactions DateTradeDecember 17, 2008To Los Angeles SparksTo Atlanta Dream 13th pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft rights to Chamique HoldsclawJanuary 30, 2009To Los Angeles SparksTo Minnesota Lynx Vanessa Hayden-Johnson Christi ThomasMarch 26, 2009To Los Angeles SparksTo Phoenix Mercury first-round 2010 WNBA Draft pick Temeka JohnsonMay 5, 2009To Los Angeles SparksTo New York Liberty first-round 2010 WNBA Draft pick Sidney SpencerMay 5, 2009To Los Angeles SparksTo Minnesota Lynx Noelle Quinn Rafaella Masciadri and a first-round 2010 WNBA Draft pick Free agents 52% Additions PlayerSignedFormer team Tina Thompson March 12, 2009 Houston Comets Betty Lennox April 14, 2009 Atlanta Dream Noelle Quinn May 5, 2009 Minnesota Lynx Kristi Harrower May 7, 2009 Minnesota Lynx Subtractions PlayerLeftNew team Temeka Johnson March 26, 2009 Phoenix Mercury Murriel Page April 14, 2009 free agent Kiesha Brown May 1, 2009 Washington Mystics Sidney Spencer May 5, 2009 New York Liberty Rafaella Masciadri May 5, 2009 Minnesota Lynx Britney Jordan May 18, 2009 free agent Ashley Paris June 4, 2009 free agent Jessica Moore June 5, 2009 free agent Margo Dydek 2009 free agent Roster Los Angeles Sparks 2009 WNBA 6 Shannon Bobbitt PG 5 2 130 Tennessee USA 24 Marie Ferdinand-Harris SG 5 9 153 LSU USA 10 Kristi Harrower PG 5 4 139 Australia AUS 55 Vanessa Hayden C 6 4 240 Florida USA 22 Betty Lennox SG 5 8 143 Louisiana Tech USA 9 Lisa Leslie C 6 5 170 Southern California USA 8 DeLisha Milton-Jones SF 6 1 185 Florida USA 3 Candace Parker F 6 4 175 Tennessee USA 15 LaToya Pringle F 6 3 162 North Carolina USA 45 Noelle Quinn PG 6 0 175 UCLA USA 32 Tina Thompson F 6 2 178 USC USA 14 Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton F 6 2 186 Purdue USA USA Michael Cooper New Mexico Laura Beeman Cal State San Bernardino USA Marianne Stanley 1 Immaculata University USA Bruce Deziel 1 USA Rachel Schlachet 1 Arizona State http://www.wnba.com/sparks/roster/ 2009-05-18 Season standings LAS Schedule Preseason y background:#5c2f83; color:#FFC322 2009 Game Log: Preseason Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || May 31 || 3:00pm || @ Connecticut || 80-77 || Thompson (14) || Leslie, Wisdom-Hylton (6) || Lennox (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,630 || 1-0 |- Regular season background:#5c2f83; color:#FFC322 2009 Game Log: Regular Season y background:#FFC322; color:white June Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || June 6 || 2:30pm || Detroit || ABC || 78-58 || Thompson (18) || Lennox (10) || Harrower (7) || STAPLES Center 13,154 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || June 8 || 7:30pm || @ Detroit || || 52-81 || Thompson (14) || Thompson (11) || Milton-Jones, Quinn (3) || Palace of Auburn Hills 13,915 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || June 10 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || || 76-87 || Lennox (25) || Lennox, Leslie (8) || Quinn (4) || Target Center 7,444 || 1-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 4 || June 12 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || || 61-73 || Leslie (21) || Leslie (13) || Harrower (3) || Conseco Fieldhouse 9,320 || 1-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || June 19 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || || 80-89 || Lennox (16) || Thompson (14) || Quinn (6) || US Airways Center 8,255 || 1-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || June 21 || 9:30pm || Sacramento || NBA TVFSNW || 67-47 || Hayden, Thompson (12) || Hayden, Lennox (8) || Bobbitt (5) || STAPLES Center 9,494 || 2-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 || June 26 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || || 67-69 || Thompson (20) || Milton-Jones (7) || Lennox (5) || KeyArena 9,686 || 2-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || June 28 || 9:30pm || Seattle || NBA TVFSNW || 82-55 || Ferdinand-Harris (15) || Quinn (6) || Harrower (5) || STAPLES Center 10,797 || 3-5 |- y background:#FFC322; color:white July Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || July 5 || 9:30pm || Phoenix || NBA TVFSNW || 89-104 || Lennox, Thompson (17) || Milton-Jones (7) || Bobbitt (6) || STAPLES Center 9,872 || 3-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 10 || July 9 || 7:30pm || @ New York || MSG || 69-60 || Lennox (20) || Thompson (8) || Harrower, Ferdinand-Harris (3) || Madison Square Garden 12,247 || 4-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 || July 11 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || || 63-75 || Bobbitt, Lennox (10) || Milton-Jones, Thompson (7) || Harrower (3) || Verizon Center 12,217 || 4-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 12 || July 14 || 7:00pm || @ Connecticut || ESPN2 || 71-82 || Milton-Jones (19) || Lennox (11) || Lennox, Milton-Jones, Parker (2) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,612 || 4-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 13 || July 22 || 10:30pm || @ Seattle || || 87-98 (3OT) || Thompson (22) || Lennox (12) || Parker (5) || KeyArena 7,154 || 4-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || July 28 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || || 76-70 || Thompson (30) || Parker (10) || Lennox, Thompson (4) || Target Center 7,216 || 5-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 15 || July 29 || 8:00pm|| @ Chicago || || 63-75 || Milton-Jones (15) || Parker (10) || Thompson (4) || UIC Pavilion 5,633 || 5-10 |- y background:#FFC322; color:white August Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || August 1 || 10:00pm || @ Sacramento || || 59-56 || Parker, Milton-Jones (13) || Parker (12) || Harrower (6) || ARCO Arena 7,204 || 6-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 || August 4 || 3:00pm || San Antonio || || 59-63 || Leslie, Quinn (13) || Thompson (12) || Quinn (4) || STAPLES Center 13,865 || 6-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || August 6 || 10:30pm || Seattle || || 79-75 (OT) || Quinn (23) || Parker (13) || Leslie (4) || STAPLES Center 9,735 || 7-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || August 10 || 10:30pm || Indiana || || 75-63 || Leslie (21) || Leslie (11) || Milton-Jones (4) || STAPLES Center 8,263 || 8-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 20 || August 11 || 9:00pm || New York || ESPN2 || 61-65 || Leslie (12) || Parker (11) || Bobbitt, Harrower, Quinn (2) || STAPLES Center 9,548 || 8-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 21 || August 14 || 10:30pm || Sacramento || || 79-85 || Leslie (25) || Parker (10) || Quinn (5) || STAPLES Center 10,122 || 8-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 22 || August 15 || 10:00pm || @ Sacramento || || 78-61 || Parker (18) || Leslie (9) || Milton-Jones, Quinn, Thompson (4) || ARCO Arena 7,646 || 9-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 || August 18 || 10:30pm || Washington || || 72-69 || Leslie (20) || Parker (12) || Parker, Quinn (5) || STAPLES Center 9,287 || 10-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || August 19 || 10:30pm || Minnesota || || 78-63 || Leslie (28) || Parker (10) || Quinn (7) || STAPLES Center 9,181 || 11-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 25 || August 21 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || NBA TVKMYS || 67-66 (OT) || Parker (17) || Parker, Thompson (12) || Leslie (4) || AT&T Center 9,540 || 12-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || August 23 || 3:00pm || @ Atlanta || || 91-87 || Parker (23) || Lennox, Parker (8) || Thompson (6) || Philips Arena 11,304 || 13-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || August 25 || 10:00pm || Chicago || ESPN2 || 75-63 || Leslie, Parker (21) || Parker (12) || Bobbitt, Thompson (3) || STAPLES Center 9,615 || 14-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 || August 27 || 10:30pm || Phoenix || NBA TVFSNW || 90-98 || Leslie (23) || Lennox (6) || Quinn (8) || STAPLES Center 9,586 || 14-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || August 30 || 9:30pm || Connecticut || NBA TVFSNW || 91-81 || Thompson (21) || Parker (13) || Milton-Jones, Quinn (5) || STAPLES Center 11,072 || 15-14 |- y background:#FFC322; color:white September Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 30 || September 1 || 10:30pm || Atlanta || || 79-84 || Leslie (24) || Parker (14) || Lennox (5) || STAPLES Center 8,756 || 15-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 31 || September 5 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || || 72-89 || Leslie (21) || Parker (10) || Parker (8) || AT&T Center 8,631 || 15-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || September 8 || 10:30pm || San Antonio || NBA TVKMYS || 76-68 || Leslie (18) || Parker (13) || Quinn (6) || STAPLES Center 10,476 || 16-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33 || September 11 || 10:30pm || Minnesota || NBA TVFSNW || 90-64 || Leslie, Thompson (19) || Parker (14) || Quinn (9) || STAPLES Center 13,764 || 17-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 34 || September 13 || 3:00pm || @ Phoenix || ESPN2 || 81–78 || Parker (24) || Parker (14) || Lennox (6) || US Airways Center12,968 || 18–16 |- | All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess Postseason background:#5c2f83; color:#FFC322 2009 Game Log: Postseason y background:#FFC322; color:white Western Conference Semifinals Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || September 16 || 10:00pm || Seattle || ESPN2 || 70-63 || Thompson (16) || Leslie, Parker (10) || Harrower (5) || STAPLES Center 7,919 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || September 18 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || NBA TV || 74-75 || Lennox (17) || Leslie (14) || Quinn (5) || KeyArena 8,854 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || September 20 || 5:00pm || @ Seattle || ESPN2 || 75-64 || Parker (22) || Milton-Jones (9) || Quinn (7) || KeyArena 8,159 || 2-1 |- y background:#FFC322; color:white Western Conference Finals Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || September 23 || 10:00pm || Phoenix || ESPN2 || 94-103 || Parker (28) || Parker (10) || Thompson (5) || Pauley PavilionBruin Alumnae Return To Pauley Pavilion For LA Sparks Playoff Game Wednesday, UCLABruins.com, September 22, 2009. 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Archived 2009-09-26. 6,389 ||0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || September 25 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || NBA TV || 87-76 || Parker (24) || Parker (18) || Quinn (4) || US Airways Center 7,628 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || September 26 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || NBA TV || 74-85 || Leslie (22) || Thompson (11) || Lennox, Thompson (3) || US Airways Center 7,226 || 1-2 |- Regular season statistics Player statistics Player GP GS MPG RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Bobbitt, Shannon Shannon Bobbitt 33 3 10.7 1.0 1.4 0.45 0.03 2.2 Ferdinand-Harris, Marie Marie Ferdinand-Harris 28 6 12.1 1.5 0.9 0.54 0.07 5.4 Harrower, Kristi Kristi Harrower 31 26 16.8 1.8 2.2 0.52 0.00 3.1 Hayden, Vanessa Vanessa Hayden 25 1 10.8 2.7 0.2 0.16 0.88 3.8 Lennox, Betty Betty Lennox 30 13 21.3 4.5 1.8 0.87 0.13 10.2 Leslie, Lisa Lisa Leslie 23 21 27.7 6.6 2.1 0.70 1.43 15.4 Milton-Jones, Delisha Delisha Milton-Jones 33 33 31.6 4.8 2.2 1.24 0.24 10.2 Parker, Candace Candace Parker 25 24 32.6 9.8 2.6 0.60 2.12 13.1 Quinn, Noelle Noelle Quinn34 9 27.3 3.6 3.5 1.18 0.32 8.4 Thompson, Tina Tina Thompson34 34 34.8 5.9 2.3 0.76 0.71 13.0 Wisdom-Hylton, Lindsay Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton 29 0 6.8 1.4 0.3 0.10 0.28 2.4 Team statistics Team FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG Los Angeles Sparks .430 .297 .791 36.7 17.3 6.4 4.9 16.7 17.1 74.5 Opponents .399 .335 .769 30.9 15.2 8.8 3.4 13.6 18.3 73.5 Awards and honors Candace Parker was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 17, 2009. Candace Parker was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of September 7, 2009. Lisa Leslie was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as a Western Conference starter. Tina Thompson was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as a Western Conference reserve. Candace Parker was named to the All-WNBA Second Team. Lisa Leslie was named to the All-WNBA Second Team. Candace Parker was named to the All-Defensive Second Team. References External links Category:Los Angeles Sparks seasons Los Angeles Los Angeles Sparks