1998 Los Angeles Sparks season

The 1998 WNBA season was the second for the Los Angeles Sparks. The Sparks missed out of the playoffs for the second consecutive season. It would be the last season they missed the playoffs until the 2007 season.

Transactions

Washington Mystics expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Washington Mystics expansion draft from the Los Angeles Sparks:

WNBA draft

Transactions

Roster

Schedule

Regular season

|- | 1 | June 11 | @ Utah | W 89–83 | Lisa Leslie (24) | Lisa Leslie (12) | Penny Toler (6) | Delta Center | 1–0 |- | 2 | June 14 | @ Phoenix | L 70–60 | Lisa Leslie (18) | Lisa Leslie (10) | Katrina Colleton (4) | America West Arena | 1–1 |- | 3 | June 16 | @ Sacramento | L 69–73 | Tamecka Dixon (21) | Lisa Leslie (11) | Colleton <br> Dixon (3) | ARCO Arena | 1–2 |- | 4 | June 19 | New York | W 78–75 | Haixia <br> Leslie (19) | Lisa Leslie (21) | Penny Toler (5) | Great Western Forum | 2–2 |- | 5 | June 21 | Houston | L 63–79 | Tamecka Dixon (18) | Lisa Leslie (11) | Dixon <br> Toler (3) | Great Western Forum | 2–3 |- | 6 | June 24 | Charlotte | L 73–77 | Lisa Leslie (30) | Pamela McGee (7) | Jamila Wideman (4) | Great Western Forum | 2–4 |- | 7 | June 27 | @ Houston | L 64–75 | Tamecka Dixon (17) | Lisa Leslie (11) | Penny Toler (3) | Compaq Center | 2–5 |- | 8 | June 30 | @ Sacramento | L 56–58 | Lisa Leslie (21) | Lisa Leslie (8) | Jamila Wideman (4) | ARCO Arena | 2–6

|- | 9 | July 2 | Utah | L 57–58 | Lisa Leslie (15) | Lisa Leslie (10) | Dixon <br> Leslie <br> Mabika (4) | Great Western Forum | 2–7 |- | 10 | July 7 | Charlotte | W 86–79 | Lisa Leslie (24) | Lisa Leslie (7) | Mabika <br> Toler (5) | Great Western Forum | 3–7 |- | 11 | July 8 | Sacramento | L 71–76 | Tamecka Dixon (20) | Lisa Leslie (11) | Tamecka Dixon (4) | Great Western Forum | 3–8 |- | 12 | July 12 | Cleveland | W 87–66 | Penny Toler (22) | Lisa Leslie (11) | Penny Toler (9) | Great Western Forum | 4–8 |- | 13 | July 13 | @ Phoenix | L 62–72 | Lisa Leslie (13) | Lisa Leslie (13) | Dixon <br> Toler <br> Wideman (2) | America West Arena | 4–9 |- | 14 | July 15 | Sacramento | W 81–76 (OT) | Tamecka Dixon (22) | Lisa Leslie (7) | Leslie <br> Toler (6) | Great Western Forum | 5–9 |- | 15 | July 17 | Houston | L 68–74 | Lisa Leslie (18) | Pamela McGee (9) | Penny Toler (7) | Great Western Forum | 5–10 |- | 16 | July 21 | New York | L 77–92 | Lisa Leslie (24) | Lisa Leslie (9) | Dixon <br> Leslie <br> Toler (5) | Great Western Forum | 5–11 |- | 17 | July 23 | Phoenix | W 70–68 | Tamecka Dixon (23) | Mwadi Mabika (8) | Mwadi Mabika (4) | Great Western Forum | 6–11 |- | 18 | July 25 | @ Detroit | L 67–69 | Tamecka Dixon (26) | Octavia Blue (7) | Dixon <br> Toler <br> Wideman (2) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 6–12 |- | 19 | July 27 | @ Cleveland | L 67–83 | Mwadi Mabika (16) | Mwadi Mabika (8) | Penny Toler (6) | Gund Arena | 6–13 |- | 20 | July 29 | @ Washington | W 77–68 | Tamecka Dixon (20) | Lisa Leslie (13) | Lisa Leslie (5) | MCI Center | 7–13 |- | 21 | July 31 | Phoenix | W 71–56 | Leslie <br> Mabika (15) | Leslie <br> Mabika (8) | Penny Toler (8) | Great Western Forum | 8–13

|- | 22 | August 1 | @ Utah | W 73–65 | Lisa Leslie (24) | Lisa Leslie (9) | Penny Toler (5) | Delta Center | 9–13 |- | 23 | August 3 | Washington | W 86–72 | Lisa Leslie (21) | Mwadi Mabika (10) | Penny Toler (6) | Great Western Forum | 10–13 |- | 24 | August 5 | @ Detroit | L 61–73 | Lisa Leslie (30) | Pamela McGee (12) | Penny Toler (4) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 10–14 |- | 25 | August 8 | @ New York | L 62–80 | Penny Toler (14) | Katrina Colleton (6) | Mwadi Mabika (3) | Madison Square Garden | 10–15 |- | 26 | August 9 | @ Washington | L 74–76 | Lisa Leslie (23) | Lisa Leslie (16) | Penny Toler (7) | MCI Center | 10–16 |- | 27 | August 12 | @ Charlotte | W 65–52 | Lisa Leslie (21) | Lisa Leslie (14) | Penny Toler (6) | Charlotte Coliseum | 11–16 |- | 28 | August 14 | Utah | W 87–67 | Lisa Leslie (18) | Lisa Leslie (14) | Penny Toler (14) | Great Western Forum | 12–16 |- | 29 | August 16 | Detroit | L 76–77 | Lisa Leslie (30) | Lisa Leslie (14) | Penny Toler (9) | Great Western Forum | 12–17 |- | 30 | August 19 | @ Houston | L 71–80 | Lisa Leslie (24) | Lisa Leslie (9) | Penny Toler (6) | Compaq Center | 12–18

Season standings

Statistics

Regular season

<br />^‡Waived/Released during the season <br />^â€ÂTraded during the season <br />^â‰ÂAcquired during the season

References

External links

• Sparks on Basketball Reference