2021 Los Angeles Sparks season

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2021 Los Angeles Sparks season
Head Coach Derek Fisher
Arena Los Angeles Convention Center
Staples Center
Attendance 1,221 per game
Results
Record 12–20
(.375)
Place 6th (Western)
Playoff Finish Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points Nneka Ogwumike – 14.5 ppg
Rebounds Nneka Ogwumike – 6.5 rpg
Assists Erica Wheeler – 4.8 apg
Media
Television Spectrum SportsNet
ESPN2, CBSSN, NBATV
Los Angeles Sparks seasons
< 2020 2022 >

The 2021 WNBA season was the 25th season for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association. The season tipped off on May 14, 2021 versus the Dallas Wings.[1]

The Sparks split time in two arenas during the 2021 season. They played at the Los Angeles Convention Center from May until July and then played at the Staples Center after the league took its Olympic break.[2]

The Sparks started the season slowly, losing the first two games. However, they won the next two to finish May with a 2–2 record. June proved difficult, as the team couldn't sustain a winning streak, as wins were followed by two losses frequently. They finished June 4–7 and 6–9 overall. The Sparks went into the Olympic break on a low note when they lost all four games in July. After the break, a favorable schedule contributed to a four game winning streak to begin the August schedule, with wins over Indiana and Atlanta who finished in the bottom two of the final regular season standings. Once the winning streak ended, the Sparks lost six straight games to slide to 10–19 going into the final three games of the season. Despite winning two of the last three, a final day loss meant the Sparks finished outside the playoff places with a 12–20 overall record.

Transactions

WNBA draft

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See also: 2021 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 7 Jasmine Walker  United States Alabama
1 10 Stephanie Watts  United States North Carolina
2 22 Arella Guirantes  Puerto Rico Rutgers
3 28 Ivana Raca  Serbia Wake Forest
3 34 Aina Ayuso  Spain Casademont Zaragoza (Spain)

Trades/Roster Changes

Date Details
December 31, 2020 Renounced rights to G Ángela Salvadores[3]
January 6, 2021 Extended Qualifying Offers to G Brittney Sykes and C Marianna Tolo[4]
January 7, 2021 Extended Qualifying Offer to G Te'a Cooper[5]
January 11, 2021 Re-Signed G Te'a Cooper[6]
January 13, 2021 Cored F Nneka Ogwumike[7]
February 2, 2021 Signed G Erica Wheeler[8]
February 8, 2021 Re-Signed G Brittney Sykes[9]
February 11, 2021 Signed C Amanda Zahui B.[10]
February 19, 2021 Signed G Bria Holmes[11]
February 22, 2021 Re-Signed G/F Seimone Augustus[12]
February 25, 2021 Re-Signed F/C Chiney Ogwumike[13]
March 2, 2021 Re-Signed F Nneka Ogwumike[14]
March 4, 2021 Signed G Nia Coffey to a Training Camp Contract[15]
March 16, 2021 Waived C Marie Gülich[16]
April 14, 2021 Acquired the 7th pick in the 2021 WNBA draft and Dallas's 2md Round pick in the 2022 WNBA draft in exchange for the Sparks' 2022 1st Round pick.[17]
April 18, 2021 Waived G Tierra Ruffin-Pratt[18]
April 19, 2021 Signed G Stephanie Watts to a Rookie Scale Contract[19]
April 20, 2021 Signed F Jasmine Walker to a Rookie Scale Contract[20]
May 6, 2021 Signed G Arella Guirantes to a Rookie Scale Contract[21]
May 9, 2021 Traded G Stephanie Watts and the rights to G Leonie Fiebich to Chicago in exchange for G/F Gabby Williams[22]
May 13, 2021 G Seimone Augustus retires and is named an Assistant Coach[23]
Traded G Sydney Wiese to Washington in exchange for a 2022 2nd Round Pick.[24]
Waived F Kristine Anigwe.[25]
Temporarily Suspend C Maria Vadeeva.[26]
May 14, 2021 Signed G/F Gabby Williams to a Contract Extension[27]
June 4, 2021 Signed G Karlie Samuelson and C Kristine Anigwe to Hardship Contracts[28]
June 28, 2021 Released C Kristine Anigwe from the Hardship Contract and Waived G Bria Holmes[29]
June 29, 2021 Released G Karlie Samuelson from the Hardship Contract[30]
June 30, 2021 Signed C Lauren Cox[31]
Signed G Karlie Samuelson to a Hardship Contract[32]
Signed G Bria Holmes to a Hardship Contract[33]
August 3, 2021 Terminated the Hardship Contracts of Bria Holmes and Karlie Samuelson[34]
Signed G Karlie Samuelson to a 7-Day Contract[35]

Roster

2021 Los Angeles Sparks roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From
F 12 United States Coffey, Nia 6' 1" (1.85m) 182 lb (83kg) 1995-06-11 Northwestern 4
G 2 United States Cooper, Te'a 5' 8" (1.73m) 160 lb (73kg) 1997-04-16 Baylor 1
F 13 United States Cox, Lauren 6' 4" (1.93m) 205 lb (93kg) 1998-04-20 Baylor 1
G 22 Puerto Rico Guirantes, Arella 5' 11" (1.8m) 165 lb (75kg) 1997-10-15 Rutgers R
F 30 United States Ogwumike, Nneka 6' 2" (1.88m) 174 lb (79kg) 1990-07-02 Stanford 9
F/C 31 United States Ogwumike, Chiney 6' 3" (1.91m) 183 lb (83kg) 1992-03-21 Stanford 4
G 15 United States Sykes, Brittney 5' 9" (1.75m) 154 lb (70kg) 1994-02-07 Syracuse 4
G 20 United States Toliver, Kristi 5' 7" (1.7m) 130 lb (59kg) 1987-01-27 Maryland 11
C 7 Russia Vadeeva, Maria (S) 6' 4" (1.93m) 185 lb (84kg) 1998-07-16 Russia 2
F 40 United States Walker, Jasmine Injured 6' 3" (1.91m) 182 lb (83kg) 1998-02-03 Alabama R
G 17 United States Wheeler, Erica 5' 7" (1.7m) 143 lb (65kg) 1991-05-02 Rutgers 5
C 1 Sweden Zahui B., Amanda 6' 5" (1.96m) 184 lb (83kg) 1993-09-08 Minnesota 6
Head coach
United States Derek Fisher (Arkansas-Little Rock)
Assistant coaches
United States Latricia Trammell (East Central University)
United States Fred Williams (Boise State)
United States Seimone Augustus (LSU)
Athletic trainer
United States Courtney Watson (California)
Strength and conditioning coach
United States Kelly Dormandy (Springfield College)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Game log

Preseason

2021 pre-season game log
2021 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2021 game log
2021 season schedule

Standings

# Team W L PCT GB Conf. Home Road Cup
1 x – Connecticut Sun 26 6 .813 – 12–3 15–1 11–5 9–1
2 x – Las Vegas Aces 24 8 .750 2 11–4 13–3 11–5 6–4
3 x – Minnesota Lynx 22 10 .688 4 10–5 13–3 9–7 7–3
4 x – Seattle Storm 21 11 .656 5 9–6 11–5 10–6 8–2
5 x – Phoenix Mercury 19 13 .594 7 6–9 7–9 12–4 5–5
6 x – Chicago Sky 16 16 .500 10 10–5 6–10 10–6 6–4
7 x – Dallas Wings 14 18 .438 12 7–8 7–9 7–9 3–7
8 x – New York Liberty 12 20 .375 14 6–9 7–9 5–11 5–5
9 e – Washington Mystics 12 20 .375 14 7–8 8–8 4–12 4–6
10 e – Los Angeles Sparks 12 20 .375 14 2–13 8–8 4–12 1–9
11 e – Atlanta Dream 8 24 .250 18 6–9 4–12 4–12 4–6
12 e – Indiana Fever 6 26 .188 20 4–11 4–12 2–14 2–8

Notes

(#) – League Standing
x – Clinched playoff berth
e – Eliminated from playoff contention
Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings


Statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage  TO  Turnovers per game
 PF  Fouls per game Team leader League leader

Source:[36]

Regular Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Nneka Ogwumike 18 18 31.7 53.2 36.7 80.0 6.5 2.7 1.4 0.3 14.5
Erica Wheeler 32 32 30.2 41.7 35.5 82.7 3.1 4.8 1.3 0.3 13.6
Kristi Toliver 19 19 27.6 41.4 33.7 84.2 1.4 2.9 0.7 0.0 9.4
Brittney Sykes 32 20 29.3 40.5 26.2 77.2 4.6 2.2 1.8 0.5 9.4
Amanda Zahui B 30 27 23.8 42.7 28.0 76.7 5.1 1.0 0.6 1.2 9.2
Te'a Cooper 31 13 22.0 37.9 32.4 75.0 1.7 1.4 0.9 0.2 9.1
Nia Coffey 32 17 25.2 42.1 41.7 77.8 3.8 0.9 0.8 1.2 8.3
Chiney Ogwumike 7 3 19.1 40.8 75.0 75.0 4.1 1.1 0.9 0.4 7.0
Lauren Cox 15 0 14.0 41.3 20.0 77.8 3.7 0.6 0.7 0.9 3.5
Arella Guirantes 25 2 11.6 27.4 22.2 80.8 1.3 0.6 0.3 0.2 3.2
Jasmine Walker 2 0 10.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.0
Maria Vadeeva 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Brittney Sykes WNBA All-Defensive First Team September 26 [37]
Nneka Ogwumike Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award October 3 [38]

References

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