2002 Los Angeles Sparks season

The 2002 WNBA season was the sixth season for the Los Angeles Sparks. The Sparks ended the season winning the WNBA Finals for the second straight year.

Transactions

WNBA draft

Transactions

Roster

Schedule

Regular season

|- | 1 | May 25 | New York | W 72–64 | Leslie <br> Mabika <br> Witherspoon (14) | Lisa Leslie (14) | Tamecka Dixon (7) | Staples Center | 1–0 |- | 2 | May 27 | @ Houston | W 68–55 | Lisa Leslie (22) | Lisa Leslie (17) | Sophia Witherspoon (4) | Compaq Center | 2–0 |- | 3 | May 30 | @ Miami | W 69–65 | Mwadi Mabika (17) | DeLisha Milton-Jones (8) | Nikki Teasley (5) | American Airlines Arena | 3–0

|- | 4 | June 1 | @ Charlotte | L 87–94 (OT) | Lisa Leslie (26) | Lisa Leslie (12) | Nikki Teasley (6) | Charlotte Coliseum | 3–1 |- | 5 | June 3 | Portland | W 89–72 | Lisa Leslie (25) | Lisa Leslie (18) | Nikki Teasley (7) | Staples Center | 4–1 |- | 6 | June 8 | @ Minnesota | W 76–72 | Mwadi Mabika (21) | Byears <br> Leslie <br> Mabika (7) | Lisa Leslie (5) | Target Center | 5–1 |- | 7 | June 11 | Detroit | W 90–80 | Leslie <br> Milton-Jones (18) | Lisa Leslie (9) | Nikki Teasley (8) | Staples Center | 6–1 |- | 8 | June 15 | @ Sacramento | W 72–66 (OT) | Mwadi Mabika (19) | Lisa Leslie (11) | Tamecka Dixon (5) | ARCO Arena | 7–1 |- | 9 | June 18 | @ Seattle | W 80–68 | Mwadi Mabika (23) | Mabika <br> Milton-Jones (9) | Dixon <br> Mabika (4) | KeyArena | 8–1 |- | 10 | June 21 | Minnesota | W 73–64 | Lisa Leslie (23) | Lisa Leslie (9) | Nikki Teasley (5) | Staples Center | 9–1 |- | 11 | June 25 | Phoenix | W 89–66 | Mwadi Mabika (20) | Lisa Leslie (12) | Nikki Teasley (9) | Staples Center | 10–1 |- | 12 | June 27 | Washington | W 73–66 | Mwadi Mabika (20) | Lisa Leslie (14) | Nikki Teasley (7) | Staples Center | 11–1 |- | 13 | June 28 | @ Phoenix | W 84–72 | Lisa Leslie (18) | Leslie <br> Milton-Jones (14) | Nikki Teasley (6) | America West Arena | 12–1 |- | 14 | June 30 | Houston | L 58–60 | Mwadi Mabika (18) | Latasha Byears (11) | Tamecka Dixon (7) | Staples Center | 12–2

|- | 15 | July 5 | Sacramento | W 87–65 | Lisa Leslie (16) | Leslie <br> Milton-Jones (9) | Nikki Teasley (5) | Staples Center | 13–2 |- | 16 | July 7 | Utah | W 102–75 | Tamecka Dixon (20) | Lisa Leslie (8) | Tamecka Dixon (8) | Staples Center | 14–2 |- | 17 | July 11 | @ Seattle | L 60–79 | Lisa Leslie (21) | DeLisha Milton-Jones (10) | Mabika <br> Teasley (3) | KeyArena | 14–3 |- | 18 | July 12 | @ Portland | W 82–76 (OT) | Mwadi Mabika (32) | DeLisha Milton-Jones (13) | Mwadi Mabika (6) | Rose Garden | 15–3 |- | 19 | July 17 | @ Indiana | W 73–58 | Mwadi Mabika (27) | Lisa Leslie (14) | Nikki Teasley (4) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 16–3 |- | 20 | July 18 | @ New York | L 59–72 | Lisa Leslie (16) | Lisa Leslie (11) | Tamecka Dixon (4) | Madison Square Garden | 16–4 |- | 21 | July 20 | @ Cleveland | W 63–50 | Mwadi Mabika (15) | DeLisha Milton-Jones (10) | Nikki Teasley (8) | Gund Arena | 17–4 |- | 22 | July 22 | Orlando | W 92–84 | Lisa Leslie (24) | Lisa Leslie (21) | Lisa Leslie (8) | Staples Center | 18–4 |- | 23 | July 24 | Portland | W 73–69 | Lisa Leslie (21) | DeLisha Milton-Jones (13) | Dixon <br> Mabika <br> McCrimmon <br> Milton-Jones (3) | Staples Center | 19–4 |- | 24 | July 28 | Indiana | W 80–62 | Mwadi Mabika (22) | Lisa Leslie (9) | Nikki Teasley (7) | Staples Center | 20–4 |- | 25 | July 30 | Miami | L 73–82 | Mwadi Mabika (17) | Lisa Leslie (8) | Nicky McCrimmon (6) | Staples Center | 20–5

|- | 26 | August 1 | Seattle | L 76–81 | Lisa Leslie (30) | Lisa Leslie (16) | Nikki Teasley (7) | Staples Center | 20–6 |- | 27 | August 3 | @ Sacramento | W 81–71 | Mwadi Mabika (20) | Lisa Leslie (9) | Mwadi Mabika (9) | ARCO Arena | 21–6 |- | 28 | August 4 | Utah | W 90–86 | Lisa Leslie (26) | Mwadi Mabika (7) | Mwadi Mabika (6) | Staples Center | 22–6 |- | 29 | August 8 | Houston | L 64–67 | Mwadi Mabika (27) | Leslie <br> Milton-Jones (12) | Tamecka Dixon (5) | Staples Center | 22–7 |- | 30 | August 9 | @ Utah | W 85–77 | Lisa Leslie (19) | Mwadi Mabika (9) | Nikki Teasley (6) | Delta Center | 23–7 |- | 31 | August 11 | @ Minnesota | W 69–58 | Mwadi Mabika (16) | Nikki Teasley (6) | Tamecka Dixon (7) | Target Center | 24–7 |- | 32 | August 13 | @ Phoenix | W 63–56 | Lisa Leslie (23) | Lisa Leslie (11) | Mabika <br> Milton-Jones (3) | America West Arena | 25–7

Playoffs

|- | 1 | August 15 | @ Seattle | W 78–61 | Lisa Leslie (24) | Lisa Leslie (9) | Nikki Teasley (8) | KeyArena | 1–0 |- | 2 | August 17 | Seattle | W 69–59 | Lisa Leslie (23) | DeLisha Milton-Jones (10) | Mabika <br> Teasley (4) | Staples Center | 2–0

|- | 1 | August 22 | @ Utah | W 75–67 | DeLisha Milton-Jones (17) | Lisa Leslie (8) | DeLisha Milton-Jones (5) | Delta Center | 1–0 |- | 2 | August 24 | Utah | W 103–77 | Lisa Leslie (25) | Mwadi Mabika (9) | Nikki Teasley (9) | Staples Center | 2–0

|- | 1 | August 29 | @ New York | W 71–63 | Mwadi Mabika (20) | Latasha Byears (11) | Nikki Teasley (11) | Madison Square Garden | 1–0 |- | 2 | August 31 | New York | W 69–66 | Lisa Leslie (17) | Latasha Byears (11) | Nikki Teasley (11) | Staples Center | 2–0

Season standings

Statistics

Regular season

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

Awards and honors

• Lisa Leslie, Best WNBA Player ESPY Award

References

Sparks on Basketball Reference