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1999 Los Angeles Sparks season

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{{WNBA season

| team = Los Angeles Sparks

| year = 1999

| attendance = 7,625

| wins = 20

| losses = 12

| conf = Western

| conf_place = 2nd

| coach = Orlando Woolridge

| arena = Great Western Forum

| playoffs = Lost Conference Finals (2-1) to Houston Comets

}}

The 1999 WNBA season was the third for the Los Angeles Sparks. The Sparks qualified for the playoffs for the first time in franchise history, but they fell in the Conference Finals to eventual champion Houston Comets.

Transactions

=Minnesota Lynx expansion draft=

The following player was selected in the Minnesota Lynx expansion draft from the Los Angeles Sparks:

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:60em"

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="10%"| Player

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="10%"| Nationality

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="10%"| School/Team/Country

Octavia Blue

| {{USA}}

| Miami (FL)

=WNBA draft=

{{see also|1999 WNBA draft}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:60em"

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="2%" | Round

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="5%" | Pick

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="10%" | Player

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="10%" | Nationality

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="10%" | School/Team/Country

1

| 4

| DeLisha Milton-Jones

| {{USA}}

| Portland Power

2

| 16

| Clarisse Machanguana

| {{flag|PR Mozambique|1975|name=Mozambique}}

| San Jose Lasers

3

|28

|Ukari Figgs

|{{USA}}

|Purdue

4

|40

|La'Keshia Frett

|{{USA}}

|Philadelphia Rage

=Transactions=

class="wikitable" style="width:80%; text-align: center;"

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Los Angeles Sparks}}" width=125" |Date

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Los Angeles Sparks}}" colspan="2" |Transaction

April 6, 1999

| Lost Octavia Blue to the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA expansion draft{{Cite web |title=1999 Los Angeles Sparks Transactions |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/LAS/1999_transactions.html |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=Basketball-Reference.com |language=en}}

May 4, 1999

| Drafted DeLisha Milton-Jones, Clarisse Machanguana, Ukari Figgs and La'Keshia Frett in the 1999 WNBA Draft

May 6, 1999

|Waived Michelle Reed

May 15, 1999

|Signed Gordana Grubin and Nina Bjedov

June 21, 1999

| Traded Jamila Wideman to the Cleveland Rockers in exchange for Jennifer Howard

June 22, 1999

|Waived Sandra Van Embricqs

Roster

{{sports roster

| team=Los Angeles Sparks

| season = 1999

| style = WNBA

| players =

{{sports roster/entry | num = 45 | first = Nina | last = Bjedov | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = 190 | DOB = 1972-05-18 | yrs = R | nat = SFR Yugoslavia}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 21 | first = Tamecka | last = Dixon | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 9 | lbs = 148 | DOB = 1975-12-14 | yrs = 2 | college = Kansas | nat = USA}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 5 | first = Allison | last = Feaster | pos = F | ft = 5 | in = 11 | lbs = 168 | DOB = 1976-02-11 | yrs = 1 | college = Harvard | nat = USA}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 15 | first = Ukari | last = Figgs | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 9 | lbs = 142 | DOB = 1977-03-31 | yrs = R | college = Purdue | nat = USA}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 0 | first = La'Keshia | last = Frett | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 170 | DOB = 1975-06-12 | yrs = R | college = Georgia | nat = USA}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 6 | first = Gordana | last = Grubin | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 11| lbs = 165| DOB = 1972-08-20 | yrs = R | nat = SFR Yugoslavia}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 9 | first = Lisa | last = Leslie | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 5 | lbs = 170 | DOB = 1972-07-07 | yrs = 2 | college = USC | nat = USA}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 4 | first = Mwadi | last = Mabika | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 11 | lbs = 165| DOB = 1976-07-27 | yrs = 2 | nat = Zaire}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 33 | first = Clarisse | last = Machanguana | pos = C/F | ft = 6 | in = 5 | lbs = 180 | DOB = 1976-10-04 | yrs = R | college = Old Dominion | nat=PR Mozambique}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 8 | first = DeLisha | last = Milton-Jones | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = 175 | DOB = 1974-09-11 | yrs = R | college = Florida | nat = USA}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 11 | first = Penny | last = Toler | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 8 | lbs = 132 | DOB = 1966-03-24 | yrs = 2 | college = Long Beach State | nat = USA}}

| head_coach =

{{sports roster/entry|nat=USA| first = Orlando | last = Woolridge| college = Notre Dame}}

| asst_coach =

}}

Schedule

=Regular season=

{{WNBA game log start|Los Angeles Sparks|end_year=1999|note=
Total: 12–18 (Home: 8–8; Road: 4–10)}}

{{WNBA game log section|Los Angeles Sparks|June|first=yes

| home_wins = 2

| home_losses = 1

| road_wins = 3

| road_losses = 3

}}

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 1

| June 10

| Sacramento

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199906100LAS.html W 100–78]

| Lisa Leslie (19)

| Mwadi Mabika (6)

| Tamecka Dixon (5)

| Great Western Forum

| 1–0

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 2

| June 12

| @ Cleveland

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199906120CLE.html W 75–59]

| Lisa Leslie (30)

| Lisa Leslie (18)

| Figgs
Grubin (4)

| Gund Arena

| 2–0

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 3

| June 15

| @ Orlando

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199906150ORL.html L 86–88]

| Lisa Leslie (23)

| Lisa Leslie (9)

| Mwadi Mabika (5)

| TD Waterhouse Centre

| 2–1

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 4

| June 18

| @ New York

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199906180NYL.html L 72–84]

| Ukari Figgs (13)

| Lisa Leslie (10)

| Mwadi Mabika (4)

| Madison Square Garden

| 2–2

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 5

| June 19

| @ Charlotte

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199906190CHA.html W 73–69]

| Lisa Leslie (15)

| Leslie
Mabika (7)

| Mwadi Mabika (6)

| Charlotte Coliseum

| 3–2

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 6

| June 22

| @ Houston

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199906220HOU.html L 76–84]

| Lisa Leslie (19)

| DeLisha Milton-Jones (12)

| Dixon
Frett
Figgs
Grubin
Mabika (2)

| Compaq Center

| 3–3

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 7

| June 24

| Minnesota

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199906240LAS.html L 73–86]

| Lisa Leslie (21)

| Lisa Leslie (7)

| Ukari Figgs (4)

| Great Western Forum

| 3–4

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 8

| June 26

| @ Sacramento

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199906260SAC.html W 76–73]

| DeLisha Milton-Jones (20)

| DeLisha Milton-Jones (9)

| Dixon
Milton-Jones (4)

| ARCO Arena

| 4–4

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 9

| June 28

| Utah

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199906280LAS.html W 102–70]

| Penny Toler (21)

| Lisa Leslie (7)

| Mwadi Mabika (7)

| Great Western Forum

| 5–4

{{WNBA game log section|Los Angeles Sparks|July| home_wins = 5

| home_losses = 5

| road_wins = 1

| road_losses = 2

}}

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 10

| July 1

| @ Minnesota

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199907010MIN.html W 81–77 (2OT)]

| Gordana Grubin (20)

| DeLisha Milton-Jones (9)

| Grubin
Mabika (5)

| Target Center

| 6–4

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 11

| July 2

| @ Detroit

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199907020DET.html W 91–81]

| Lisa Leslie (18)

| Lisa Leslie (10)

| Penny Toler (7)

| The Palace of Auburn Hills

| 7–4

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 12

| July 5

| Cleveland

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199907050LAS.html W 74–72]

| Nina Bjedov (14)

| Lisa Leslie (11)

| Frett
Leslie
Toler (5)

| Great Western Forum

| 8–4

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 13

| July 7

| @ Phoenix

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199907070PHO.html W 67–61]

| Mwadi Mabika (16)

| Lisa Leslie (8)

| Penny Toler (4)

| America West Arena

| 9–4

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 14

| July 9

| Sacramento

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199907090LAS.html L 72–77]

| Leslie
Mabika (16)

| Lisa Leslie (9)

| Feaster
Toler (3)

| Great Western Forum

| 9–5

|- style="background:#ccffcc;"

| 15

| July 11

| Phoenix

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199907110LAS.html W 68–57]

| DeLisha Milton-Jones (14)

| DeLisha Milton-Jones (8)

| La'Keshia Frett (5)

| Great Western Forum

| 10–5

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 16

| July 17

| @ Phoenix

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199907170PHO.html L 76–84]

| Lisa Leslie (21)

| Lisa Leslie (8)

| Mwadi Mabika (7)

| America West Arena

| 10–6

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 17

| July 18

| Houston

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199907180LAS.html W 78–65]

| Lisa Leslie (20)

| Lisa Leslie (12)

| Gordana Grubin (6)

| Great Western Forum

| 11–6

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 18

| July 21

| Phoenix

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199907210LAS.html W 84–63]

| Lisa Leslie (18)

| Nina Bjedov (8)

| Tamecka Dixon (6)

| Great Western Forum

| 12–6

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 19

| July 24

| New York

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199907240LAS.html W 75–72 (OT)]

| Lisa Leslie (22)

| Mwadi Mabika (11)

| Grubin
Leslie (4)

| Great Western Forum

| 13–6

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 20

| July 27

| Orlando

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199907270LAS.html W 81–60]

| Lisa Leslie (19)

| Leslie
Milton-Jones (10)

| Lisa Leslie (5)

| Great Western Forum

| 14–6

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 21

| July 30

| Utah

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199907300LAS.html W 87–77]

| Lisa Leslie (24)

| Leslie
Mabika (10)

| Mwadi Mabika (7)

| Great Western Forum

| 15–6

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 22

| July 31

| Washington

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199907310LAS.html W 81–64]

| Lisa Leslie (15)

| Mwadi Mabika (11)

| Mwadi Mabika (5)

| Great Western Forum

| 16–6

{{WNBA game log section|Los Angeles Sparks|August| home_wins = 2

| home_losses = 1

| road_wins = 2

| road_losses = 4

}}

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 23

| August 3

| @ Utah

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199908050UTA.html L 75–81]

| Gordana Grubin (20)

| Lisa Leslie (8)

| Gordana Grubin (5)

| Delta Center

| 16–7

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 24

| August 6

| @ Minnesota

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199908060MIN.html W 77–59]

| Lisa Leslie (29)

| Lisa Leslie (15)

| La'Keshia Frett (8)

| Target Center

| 17–7

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 25

| August 9

| Detroit

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199908090LAS.html L 59–84]

| DeLisha Milton-Jones (16)

| DeLisha Milton-Jones (8)

| Figgs
Mabika (3)

| Great Western Forum

| 17–8

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 26

| August 10

| @ Sacramento

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199908100SAC.html L 80–82]

| Mwadi Mabika (20)

| Leslie
Milton-Jones (8)

| Gordana Grubin (6)

| ARCO Arena

| 17–9

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 27

| August 12

| @ Houston

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199908120HOU.html L 61–83]

| Gordana Grubin (10)

| Lisa Leslie (8)

| Figgs
La'Keshia Frett (6)

| Compaq Center

| 17–10

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 28

| August 14

| @ Washington

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199908140WAS.html L 53–55]

| DeLisha Milton-Jones (13)

| Leslie
Mabika (6)

| Frett
Grubin
Mabika
Toler (3)

| MCI Center

| 17–11

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 29

| August 16

| Charlotte

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199908160LAS.html W 76–65]

| Lisa Leslie (25)

| La'Keshia Frett (10)

| La'Keshia Frett (6)

| Great Western Forum

| 18–11

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 30

| August 18

| Minnesota

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199908180LAS.html W 72–54]

| Allison Feaster (16)

| DeLisha Milton-Jones (9)

| Mabika
Toler (3)

| Great Western Forum

| 19–11

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 31

| August 20

| Houston

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199908200LAS.html W 68–64]

| DeLisha Milton-Jones (18)

| DeLisha Milton-Jones (7)

| Gordana Grubin (6)

| Great Western Forum

| 20–11

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 32

| August 21

| @ Utah

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199908210UTA.html L 81–89]

| Allison Feaster (14)

| Mwadi Mabika (4)

| Mwadi Mabika (7)

| Delta Center

| 20–12

{{WNBA game log end|las|end_year=1999}}

=Playoffs=

{{WNBA game log start|Los Angeles Sparks|playoffs=yes|end_year=1999}}

{{WNBA game log section|Los Angeles Sparks|First round vs. Sacramento Monarchs
Won Series: 1–0|playoffs=yes|first=yes|show=no}}

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 1

| August 24

| Sacramento

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199908240LAS.html W 71–58]

| Lisa Leslie (22)

| Lisa Leslie (12)

| Gordana Grubin (9)

| Great Western Forum

| 1–0

{{WNBA game log section|Los Angeles Sparks|Conference Finals vs. Houston Comets
Lost Series: 1–2|playoffs=yes|show=no}}

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 1

| August 26

| Houston

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199908260LAS.html W 75–60]

| Lisa Leslie (23)

| Frett
Leslie (7)

| Gordana Grubin (7)

| Great Western Forum

| 1–0

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 2

| August 29

| @ Houston

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199908290HOU.html L 55–83]

| Lisa Leslie (11)

| Lisa Leslie (8)

| Lisa Leslie (4)

| Compaq Center

| 1–1

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 3

| August 30

| @ Houston

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199908300HOU.html L 62–72]

| Lisa Leslie (20)

| Leslie
Mabika (7)

| Mwadi Mabika (5)

| Compaq Center

| 1–2

{{WNBA game log end|LAS|playoffs=yes|end_year=1999}}

=Season standings=

{{1999 WNBA Western Conference standings|team=LAS}}

Statistics

{{WNBA roster statistics legend}}

=Regular Season=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
style="{{WNBA color cell|Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="6%" | Player

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="6%" | GP

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="6%" | GS

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="6%" | MPG

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="6%" | FG%

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="6%" | 3P%

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="6%" | FT%

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="6%" | RPG

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="5%" | APG

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="6%" | SPG

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="6%" | BPG

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Los Angeles Sparks}}" width="6%" | PPG

Mwadi Mabika

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 32

| 28

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 29.3

| .372

| .281

| .718

| 4.8

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 3.5

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 1.4

| 0.5

| 10.8

Lisa Leslie

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 32

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 32

| 29.1

| .467

| .423

| .731

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 7.8

| 1.8

| 1.1

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 1.5

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 15.6

DeLisha Milton-Jones

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 32

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 32

| 26.1

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| .530

| .000

| .791

| 5.5

| 1.6

| 1.5

| 0.5

| 9.9

Gordana Grubin

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 32

| 18

| 22.1

| .405

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| .430

| .765

| 2.2

| 2.8

| 0.8

| 0.1

| 8.9

La'Keshia Frett

| 31

| 18

| 21.2

| .478

| N/A

| .791

| 3.0

| 2.1

| 0.3

| 0.2

| 6.1

Tamecka Dixon

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 32

| 14

| 17.6

| .378

| .313

| .738

| 2.1

| 1.7

| 0.5

| 0.1

| 6.8

Nina Bjedov

| 27

| 0

| 16.0

| .520

| .421

| .500

| 2.6

| 0.6

| 0.3

| 0.8

| 4.5

Ukari Figgs

| 22

| 10

| 15.0

| .366

| .298

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| .875

| 1.6

| 1.5

| 0.7

| 0.0

| 4.3

Penny Toler

| 30

| 4

| 14.2

| .340

| .154

| .867

| 1.4

| 2.2

| 0.4

| 0.0

| 4.8

Allison Feaster

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 32

| 4

| 12.8

| .495

| .368

| .684

| 1.8

| 1.0

| 0.5

| 0.2

| 5.1

Clarisse Machanguana

| 28

| 0

| 8.8

| .490

| N/A

| .722

| 1.8

| 0.4

| 0.3

| 0.1

| 2.6


‡Waived/Released during the season


†Traded during the season


≠Acquired during the season

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/LAS/1999.html Sparks on Basketball Reference]

{{Los Angeles Sparks}}

{{1999 WNBA season by team}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1999 Los Angeles Sparks Season}}

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