2003 Los Angeles Sparks Statistics

Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Team Record: 24-10
Finishing 1st in the WNBA's Western Conference
Postseason: 5-4 Lost Championship

First Round - Defeated Minnesota Lynx 2-1
Conference Finals - Defeated Sacramento Monarchs 2-1
Finals - Lost to Detroit Shock 2-1
Coach: Michael Cooper (24-10)
Location: Los Angeles, California
Attendance: 155,578, Avg. 9,152 in 17 home dates

2003 Los Angeles Sparks Roster

The Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association ended the 2003 season with a record of 24 wins and 10 losses, finishing first in the WNBA's Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 5-4.

Los Angeles poured in 2,499 points and allowed 2,432. Mwadi Mabika scored a team-leading 441 points for the Sparks, while Tamecka Dixon and DeLisha Milton-Jones netted 12 or more per game as well. Lisa Leslie contributed 231 rebounds. Nikki Teasley dished out 214 assists for the squad.

On defense, DeLisha Milton-Jones added 49 steals, and Lisa Leslie blocked 63 shots.

Michael Cooper coached the team. The 2003 Los Angeles Sparks lost in the Championship of the playoffs.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Mwadi Mabika	G-F	32	30	1042	388	158	106	28	112	97	34	107	141	82	30	18	74	105	441
Lisa Leslie	C	23	23	792	373	165	37	12	133	82	76	155	231	46	31	63	65	93	424
DeLisha Milton-Jones	F	31	30	1086	328	139	61	23	143	115	59	161	220	64	49	41	79	109	416
Tamecka Dixon	G	30	30	1042	364	159	52	11	94	83	41	85	126	89	35	10	69	83	412
Nikki Teasley	G	34	34	1189	288	112	165	70	112	98	30	145	175	214	39	15	108	68	392
Jennifer Gillom	F-C	33	10	397	97	40	26	7	21	16	18	37	55	21	16	3	9	65	103
Nicky McCrimmon	G	33	1	299	63	28	12	5	8	7	7	22	29	32	19	1	17	20	68
Rhonda Mapp	C	24	4	255	60	30	1	0	4	2	26	42	68	6	7	6	12	45	62
Sophia Witherspoon	G	23	2	235	53	17	29	10	14	12	6	13	19	4	7	0	7	17	56
Shaquala Williams	G	25	3	229	53	19	16	1	14	10	11	21	32	19	6	0	7	25	49
Vanessa Nygaard	F	11	3	168	36	16	17	6	4	3	11	8	19	5	3	0	4	22	41
Latasha Byears	G-F	5	0	72	25	10	1	0	11	8	12	9	21	2	0	2	2	12	28
Chandra Johnson	C	8	0	45	5	1	5	1	4	3	2	4	6	3	0	1	4	6	6
Lynn Pride	F-G	4	0	28	5	0	0	0	4	1	3	3	6	0	0	0	3	9	1
Jenny Mowe	C	1	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	3	0
Totals		317	170	6900	2140	894	528	174	678	537	336	813	1149	587	242	161	461	682	2499

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Mwadi Mabika	G-F	32	30	32.6	40.7	26.4	86.6	1.1	3.3	4.4	2.6	0.9	0.6	2.3	3.3	13.8
Lisa Leslie	C	23	23	34.4	44.2	32.4	61.7	3.3	6.7	10.0	2.0	1.3	2.7	2.8	4.0	18.4
DeLisha Milton-Jones	F	31	30	35.0	42.4	37.7	80.4	1.9	5.2	7.1	2.1	1.6	1.3	2.5	3.5	13.4
Tamecka Dixon	G	30	30	34.7	43.7	21.2	88.3	1.4	2.8	4.2	3.0	1.2	0.3	2.3	2.8	13.7
Nikki Teasley	G	34	34	35.0	38.9	42.4	87.5	0.9	4.3	5.1	6.3	1.1	0.4	3.2	2.0	11.5
Jennifer Gillom	F-C	33	10	12.0	41.2	26.9	76.2	0.5	1.1	1.7	0.6	0.5	0.1	0.3	2.0	3.1
Nicky McCrimmon	G	33	1	9.1	44.4	41.7	87.5	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.0	0.6	0.0	0.5	0.6	2.1
Rhonda Mapp	C	24	4	10.6	50.0	0.0	50.0	1.1	1.8	2.8	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.9	2.6
Sophia Witherspoon	G	23	2	10.2	32.1	34.5	85.7	0.3	0.6	0.8	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.7	2.4
Shaquala Williams	G	25	3	9.2	35.8	6.3	71.4	0.4	0.8	1.3	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.3	1.0	2.0
Vanessa Nygaard	F	11	3	15.3	44.4	35.3	75.0	1.0	0.7	1.7	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.4	2.0	3.7
Latasha Byears	G-F	5	0	14.4	40.0	0.0	72.7	2.4	1.8	4.2	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.4	2.4	5.6
Chandra Johnson	C	8	0	5.6	20.0	20.0	75.0	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.5	0.8	0.8
Lynn Pride	F-G	4	0	7.0	0.0		25.0	0.8	0.8	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	2.3	0.3
Jenny Mowe	C	1	0	21.0	0.0			0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	0.0
Averages		317	170	21.8	41.8	33.0	79.2	1.1	2.6	3.6	1.9	0.8	0.5	1.5	2.2	7.9

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Lisa Leslie	C	9	9	327	137	74	3	1	54	38	22	58	80	23	12	28	24	39	187
DeLisha Milton-Jones	F	9	9	338	106	47	18	10	35	27	20	37	57	25	17	13	20	40	131
Mwadi Mabika	G-F	9	9	344	121	53	34	12	13	11	10	40	50	21	14	2	20	29	129
Tamecka Dixon	G	9	9	316	94	40	12	4	27	26	8	21	29	29	14	2	11	27	110
Nikki Teasley	G	9	9	312	67	22	45	10	20	16	11	29	40	71	12	0	27	23	70
Nicky McCrimmon	G	7	0	54	18	4	6	1	0	0	0	4	4	7	2	0	4	5	9
Vanessa Nygaard	F	5	0	24	5	3	2	2	0	0	3	2	5	0	1	1	1	1	8
Lynn Pride	F-G	6	0	36	6	2	0	0	1	1	6	3	9	1	2	1	3	10	5
Sophia Witherspoon	G	5	0	14	5	1	3	0	4	3	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	1	5
Jennifer Gillom	F-C	6	0	22	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	5	0
Shaquala Williams	G	4	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Totals		78	45	1800	564	246	123	40	154	122	80	197	277	177	76	48	112	182	654

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Lisa Leslie	C	9	9	36.3	54.0	33.3	70.4	2.4	6.4	8.9	2.6	1.3	3.1	2.7	4.3	20.8
DeLisha Milton-Jones	F	9	9	37.6	44.3	55.6	77.1	2.2	4.1	6.3	2.8	1.9	1.4	2.2	4.4	14.6
Mwadi Mabika	G-F	9	9	38.2	43.8	35.3	84.6	1.1	4.4	5.6	2.3	1.6	0.2	2.2	3.2	14.3
Tamecka Dixon	G	9	9	35.1	42.6	33.3	96.3	0.9	2.3	3.2	3.2	1.6	0.2	1.2	3.0	12.2
Nikki Teasley	G	9	9	34.7	32.8	22.2	80.0	1.2	3.2	4.4	7.9	1.3	0.0	3.0	2.6	7.8
Nicky McCrimmon	G	7	0	7.7	22.2	16.7		0.0	0.6	0.6	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.6	0.7	1.3
Vanessa Nygaard	F	5	0	4.8	60.0	100.0		0.6	0.4	1.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.6
Lynn Pride	F-G	6	0	6.0	33.3		100.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.7	0.8
Sophia Witherspoon	G	5	0	2.8	20.0	0.0	75.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.2	1.0
Jennifer Gillom	F-C	6	0	3.7	0.0			0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.0
Shaquala Williams	G	4	0	3.3				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
Averages		317	45	23.1	43.6	32.5	79.2	1.0	2.5	3.6	2.3	1.0	0.6	1.4	2.3	8.4

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