1999 Los Angeles Sparks season

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:

WNBA draft

Transactions

Roster

Schedule

Regular season

|- | 1 | June 10 | Sacramento | W 100–78 | Lisa Leslie (19) | Mwadi Mabika (6) | Tamecka Dixon (5) | Great Western Forum | 1–0 |- | 2 | June 12 | @ Cleveland | W 75–59 | Lisa Leslie (30) | Lisa Leslie (18) | Figgs <br> Grubin (4) | Gund Arena | 2–0 |- | 3 | June 15 | @ Orlando | L 86–88 | Lisa Leslie (23) | Lisa Leslie (9) | Mwadi Mabika (5) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 2–1 |- | 4 | June 18 | @ New York | L 72–84 | Ukari Figgs (13) | Lisa Leslie (10) | Mwadi Mabika (4) | Madison Square Garden | 2–2 |- | 5 | June 19 | @ Charlotte | W 73–69 | Lisa Leslie (15) | Leslie <br> Mabika (7) | Mwadi Mabika (6) | Charlotte Coliseum | 3–2 |- | 6 | June 22 | @ Houston | L 76–84 | Lisa Leslie (19) | DeLisha Milton-Jones (12) | Dixon <br> Frett <br> Figgs <br> Grubin <br> Mabika (2) | Compaq Center | 3–3 |- | 7 | June 24 | Minnesota | L 73–86 | Lisa Leslie (21) | Lisa Leslie (7) | Ukari Figgs (4) | Great Western Forum | 3–4 |- | 8 | June 26 | @ Sacramento | W 76–73 | DeLisha Milton-Jones (20) | DeLisha Milton-Jones (9) | Dixon <br> Milton-Jones (4) | ARCO Arena | 4–4 |- | 9 | June 28 | Utah | W 102–70 | Penny Toler (21) | Lisa Leslie (7) | Mwadi Mabika (7) | Great Western Forum | 5–4

|- | 10 | July 1 | @ Minnesota | W 81–77 (2OT) | Gordana Grubin (20) | DeLisha Milton-Jones (9) | Grubin <br> Mabika (5) | Target Center | 6–4 |- | 11 | July 2 | @ Detroit | W 91–81 | Lisa Leslie (18) | Lisa Leslie (10) | Penny Toler (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 7–4 |- | 12 | July 5 | Cleveland | W 74–72 | Nina Bjedov (14) | Lisa Leslie (11) | Frett <br> Leslie <br> Toler (5) | Great Western Forum | 8–4 |- | 13 | July 7 | @ Phoenix | W 67–61 | Mwadi Mabika (16) | Lisa Leslie (8) | Penny Toler (4) | America West Arena | 9–4 |- | 14 | July 9 | Sacramento | L 72–77 | Leslie <br> Mabika (16) | Lisa Leslie (9) | Feaster <br> Toler (3) | Great Western Forum | 9–5 |- style="background:#ccffcc;" | 15 | July 11 | Phoenix | W 68–57 | DeLisha Milton-Jones (14) | DeLisha Milton-Jones (8) | La'Keshia Frett (5) | Great Western Forum | 10–5 |- | 16 | July 17 | @ Phoenix | L 76–84 | Lisa Leslie (21) | Lisa Leslie (8) | Mwadi Mabika (7) | America West Arena | 10–6 |- | 17 | July 18 | Houston | W 78–65 | Lisa Leslie (20) | Lisa Leslie (12) | Gordana Grubin (6) | Great Western Forum | 11–6 |- | 18 | July 21 | Phoenix | W 84–63 | Lisa Leslie (18) | Nina Bjedov (8) | Tamecka Dixon (6) | Great Western Forum | 12–6 |- | 19 | July 24 | New York | W 75–72 (OT) | Lisa Leslie (22) | Mwadi Mabika (11) | Grubin <br> Leslie (4) | Great Western Forum | 13–6 |- | 20 | July 27 | Orlando | W 81–60 | Lisa Leslie (19) | Leslie <br> Milton-Jones (10) | Lisa Leslie (5) | Great Western Forum | 14–6 |- | 21 | July 30 | Utah | W 87–77 | Lisa Leslie (24) | Leslie <br> Mabika (10) | Mwadi Mabika (7) | Great Western Forum | 15–6 |- | 22 | July 31 | Washington | W 81–64 | Lisa Leslie (15) | Mwadi Mabika (11) | Mwadi Mabika (5) | Great Western Forum | 16–6

|- | 23 | August 3 | @ Utah | L 75–81 | Gordana Grubin (20) | Lisa Leslie (8) | Gordana Grubin (5) | Delta Center | 16–7 |- | 24 | August 6 | @ Minnesota | W 77–59 | Lisa Leslie (29) | Lisa Leslie (15) | La'Keshia Frett (8) | Target Center | 17–7 |- | 25 | August 9 | Detroit | L 59–84 | DeLisha Milton-Jones (16) | DeLisha Milton-Jones (8) | Figgs <br> Mabika (3) | Great Western Forum | 17–8 |- | 26 | August 10 | @ Sacramento | L 80–82 | Mwadi Mabika (20) | Leslie <br> Milton-Jones (8) | Gordana Grubin (6) | ARCO Arena | 17–9 |- | 27 | August 12 | @ Houston | L 61–83 | Gordana Grubin (10) | Lisa Leslie (8) | Figgs <br> La'Keshia Frett (6) | Compaq Center | 17–10 |- | 28 | August 14 | @ Washington | L 53–55 | DeLisha Milton-Jones (13) | Leslie <br> Mabika (6) | Frett <br> Grubin <br> Mabika <br> Toler (3) | MCI Center | 17–11 |- | 29 | August 16 | Charlotte | W 76–65 | Lisa Leslie (25) | La'Keshia Frett (10) | La'Keshia Frett (6) | Great Western Forum | 18–11 |- | 30 | August 18 | Minnesota | W 72–54 | Allison Feaster (16) | DeLisha Milton-Jones (9) | Mabika <br> Toler (3) | Great Western Forum | 19–11 |- | 31 | August 20 | Houston | W 68–64 | DeLisha Milton-Jones (18) | DeLisha Milton-Jones (7) | Gordana Grubin (6) | Great Western Forum | 20–11 |- | 32 | August 21 | @ Utah | L 81–89 | Allison Feaster (14) | Mwadi Mabika (4) | Mwadi Mabika (7) | Delta Center | 20–12

Playoffs

|- | 1 | August 24 | Sacramento | W 71–58 | Lisa Leslie (22) | Lisa Leslie (12) | Gordana Grubin (9) | Great Western Forum | 1–0

|- | 1 | August 26 | Houston | W 75–60 | Lisa Leslie (23) | Frett <br> Leslie (7) | Gordana Grubin (7) | Great Western Forum | 1–0 |- | 2 | August 29 | @ Houston | L 55–83 | Lisa Leslie (11) | Lisa Leslie (8) | Lisa Leslie (4) | Compaq Center | 1–1 |- | 3 | August 30 | @ Houston | L 62–72 | Lisa Leslie (20) | Leslie <br> Mabika (7) | Mwadi Mabika (5) | Compaq Center | 1–2

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