The 2020 Los Angeles Sparks season was the 24th season for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association. The season tipped off on July 25, 2020, versus the Phoenix Mercury.
This WNBA season was set to feature an all-time high 36 regular-season games. However, the plan for expanded games was put on hold on April 3, when the WNBA postponed its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Under a plan approved on June 15, the league is scheduled to hold a shortened 22-game regular season at IMG Academy, without fans present, starting on July 24.
The Sparks' season started slowly, with the team going 3âÂÂ3 in their first six games. Every win was followed by a loss during that streak. Then the team warmed up and won nine games in a row, before losing the last game in August to go into the final month of the season 12âÂÂ4, and already having secured a playoff berth. September was not kind to the Sparks, as they went 3âÂÂ3 to finish out the season. Their final record of 15âÂÂ7 was good enough for the third seed in the playoffs.
As the third seed, the Sparks were awarded a First Round bye and awaited the lowest remaining seed in the second round. They played the seventh seeded Connecticut Sun and suffered a disappointing 59âÂÂ73 loss to end their season.
|- | 1 | July 25 | Phoenix Mercury | W 99âÂÂ76 | N. Ogwumike (21) | Tied (7) | Gray (7) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 1âÂÂ0 |- | 2 | July 28 | Chicago Sky | 78âÂÂ96 | Sykes (16) | Parker (9) | Gray (7) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 1âÂÂ1 |- | 3 | July 30 | Connecticut Sun | W 81âÂÂ76 | Gray (15) | Parker (11) | Gray (6) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 2âÂÂ1
|- | 4 | August 1 | Seattle Storm | L 75âÂÂ81 | Parker (19) | Parker (12) | Gray (5) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 2âÂÂ2 |- | 5 | August 5 | Indiana Fever | W 86âÂÂ75 | Parker (18) | Parker (11) | Gray (5) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 3âÂÂ2 |- | 6 | August 7 | Las Vegas Aces | L 82âÂÂ86 | Parker (20) | Parker (12) | Tied (4) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 3âÂÂ3 |- | 7 | August 9 | Minnesota Lynx | W 97âÂÂ81 | Williams (21) | Parker (10) | Parker (9) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 4âÂÂ3 |- | 8 | August 11 | New York Liberty | W 93âÂÂ78 | Tied (17) | Parker (6) | Tied (4) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 5-3 |- | 9 | August 13 | Washington Mystics | W 81-64 | Williams (13) | Parker (9) | Tied (3) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 6-3 |- | 10 | August 15 | Indiana Fever | W 90-76 | Williams (21) | Tied (5) | Tied (5) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 7-3 |- | 11 | August 19 | Phoenix Mercury | W 83âÂÂ74 | 3 tied (16) | Parker (12) | Gray (6) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 8âÂÂ3 |- | 12 | August 21 | Atlanta Dream | 92-85 (OT) | Gray (20) | Parker (9) | Parker (5) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 9-3 |- | 13 | August 23 | Dallas Wings | W 84-81 | Sykes (23) | Parker (14) | Parker (6) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 10-3 |- | 14 | August 28 | Connecticut Sun | W 80-76 | Gray (27) | Cooper (6) | Parker (7) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 11-3 |- | 15 | August 30 | Atlanta Dream | W 84âÂÂ79 | Sykes (15) | Parker (10) | Parker (7) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 12âÂÂ3 |- | 16 | August 31 | Minnesota Lynx | L 78âÂÂ96 | Gray (18) | Parker (9) | Gray (5) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 12âÂÂ4
|- | 17 | September 2 | Dallas Wings | W 91âÂÂ83 | Parker (22) | Parker (10) | Parker (6) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 13-4 |- | 18 | September 4 | Seattle Storm | L 90âÂÂ89 | Parker (25) | Parker (7) | Parker<br>Gray (6) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 13-5 |- | 19 | September 6 | Chicago Sky | W 86âÂÂ80 | Parker (24) | Parker (15) | Gray (7) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 14-5 |- | 20 | September 8 | New York Liberty | W 96âÂÂ70 | Tied (20) | N.Ogwumike (8) | Parker (7) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 15-5 |- | 21 | September 10 | Washington Mystics | L 72âÂÂ80 | Gray (21) | Parker (17) | Parker (6) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 15âÂÂ6 |- | 22 | September 12 | Las Vegas Aces | L 70âÂÂ84 | N.Ogwumike (24) | Parker (10) | Gray (11) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 15âÂÂ7
|- |1 |September 17 | Connecticut Sun | L 73âÂÂ59 | Parker (22) | Parker (14) | Parker (5) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 0âÂÂ1