2020 Los Angeles Sparks season

The 2020 WNBA season will be the 24th season for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association. The season will tip off on July 25, 2020, versus the Phoenix Mercury.[1]

2020 Los Angeles Sparks season
Coach	Derek Fisher
Arena	Originally: Staples Center Rescheduled to: IMG Academy gymnasiums, Bradenton, Florida
Attendance	0 per game
Results
Record	7–3 (.700)
Place	T–3rd (Western)
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This WNBA season will feature an all-time high 36 regular-season games.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4][5]

Transactions

WNBA Draft

See also: 2020 WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
2	20	Beatrice Mompremier	United States	Miami (FL)
2	22	Leonie Fiebich	Germany	Wasserburg (Germany)
3	34	Tynice Martin	United States	West Virginia

Trades/Roster Changes

Date	Details
February 10, 2020	Signed G Kristi Toliver[6]
	Traded C Kalani Brown to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for G Brittney Sykes and C Marie Gülich[7]
February 11, 2020	Re-signed G/F Tierra Ruffin-Pratt[8]
February 20, 2020	Signed G/F Seimone Augustus[9]
February 21, 2020	Traded G Marina Mabrey to Dallas in exchange for Dallas' Second round pick in the 2021 WNBA draft[10]
February 28, 2020	Re-signed G Chelsea Gray[11]
May 15, 2020	Signed G Sydney Wiese to a contract extension.[12]
May 26, 2020	Traded the second round pick acquired in the February 21st trade to Dallas in exchange for C Kristine Anigwe and a third round pick in the 2021 Draft.[13]
June 26, 2020	G Kristi Toliver opts out of the 2020 season.[14]
	F/C Chiney Ogwumike opts out of the 2020 season.[15]
June 27, 2020	Signed F Reshanda Gray.[16]
June 28, 2020	Signed G Te'a Cooper.[17]

Roster

Los Angeles Sparks roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs F 31 Anigwe, Kristine 6' 4" (1.93m) 200 lb (91kg) 03-31-1997 California 1 G/F 33 Augustus, Seimone 6' 0" (1.83m) 174 lb (79kg) 04-30-1984 LSU 14 G 4 Cooper, Te'a 5' 8" (1.73m) 160 lb (73kg) 04-16-1997 Baylor R G 12 Gray, Chelsea 5' 11" (1.8m) 170 lb (77kg) 10-08-1992 Duke 5 F 1 Gray, Reshanda 6' 2" (1.88m) 192 lb (87kg) 06-01-1993 California 3 C 24 Gülich, Marie 6' 5" (1.96m) 205 lb (93kg) 05-28-1994 Oregon State 2 F 30 Ogwumike, Nneka 6' 2" (1.88m) 174 lb (79kg) 07-02-1990 Stanford 8 F/C 13 Ogwumike, Chiney 6' 4" (1.93m) 173 lb (78kg) 05-22-1992 Stanford 4 F/C 3 Parker, Candace 6' 4" (1.93m) 175 lb (79kg) 04-19-1986 Tennessee 12 G 10 Ruffin-Pratt, Tierra 5' 11" (1.8m) 180 lb (82kg) 04-11-1991 North Carolina 7 G 15 Sykes, Brittney 5' 9" (1.75m) 154 lb (70kg) 02-07-1994 Syracuse 3 G 20 Toliver, Kristi 5' 7" (1.7m) 130 lb (59kg) 01-27-1987 Maryland 11 G 24 Wiese, Sydney 6' 0" (1.83m) 165 lb (75kg) 06-16-1995 Oregon State 3 G 2 Williams, Riquna 5' 7" (1.7m) 165 lb (75kg) 05-28-1990 Miami 7	Head coach Derek Fisher (Little Rock) Assistant coaches Latricia Trammell (East Central University) Fred Williams (Boise State) Athletic trainer Courtney Watson (California) Strength and conditioning coach Kelly Dormandy (Springfield College) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured   WNBA roster page
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Game log

Regular season

2020 game log Total: 7–3
July Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 July 25 Phoenix Mercury W 99–76 N. Ogwumike (21) Tied (7) Gray (7) IMG Academy 0 1–0 2 July 28 Chicago Sky 78–96 Sykes (16) Parker (9) Gray (7) IMG Academy 0 1–1 3 July 30 Connecticut Sun W 81–76 Gray (15) Parker (11) Gray (6) IMG Academy 0 2–1
August Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 4 August 1 Seattle Storm L 75–81 Parker (19) Parker (12) Gray (5) IMG Academy 0 2–2 5 August 5 Indiana Fever W 86–75 Parker (18) Parker (11) Gray (5) IMG Academy 0 3–2 6 August 7 Las Vegas Aces L 82–86 Parker (20) Parker (12) Tied (4) IMG Academy 0 3–3 7 August 9 Minnesota Lynx W 97–81 Williams (21) Parker (10) Parker (9) IMG Academy 0 4–3 8 August 11 New York Liberty W 93–78 Tied (17) Parker (6) Tied (4) IMG Academy 0 5-3 9 August 13 Washington Mystics W 81-64 Williams (13) Parker (9) Tied (3) IMG Academy 0 6-3 10 August 15 Indiana Fever W 90-76 Williams (21) Tied (5) Tied (5) IMG Academy 0 7-3 11 August 19 Phoenix Mercury IMG Academy 0 0–0 12 August 21 Atlanta Dream IMG Academy 0 0–0 13 August 23 Dallas Wings IMG Academy 0 0–0 14 August 26 Minnesota Lynx IMG Academy 0 0–0 15 August 28 Connecticut Sun IMG Academy 0 0–0 16 August 30 Atlanta Dream IMG Academy 0 0–0
September Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 17 September 2 Dallas Wings IMG Academy 0 0–0 18 September 4 Seattle Storm IMG Academy 0 0–0 19 September 6 Chicago Sky IMG Academy 0 0–0 20 September 8 New York Liberty IMG Academy 0 0–0 21 September 10 Washington Mystics IMG Academy 0 0–0 22 September 12 Las Vegas Aces IMG Academy 0 0–0
2020 season schedule

Standings

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Conf.
1	Seattle Storm	9	1	.900	–	4–0
2	Las Vegas Aces	8	2	.800	1	3–1
3	Los Angeles Sparks	7	3	.700	2	2–2
3	Minnesota Lynx	7	3	.700	2	0–3
5	Chicago Sky	6	4	.600	3	2–1
5	Phoenix Mercury	6	4	.600	3	2–2
7	Indiana Fever	4	6	.400	5	3–1
7	Connecticut Sun	4	6	.400	5	2–2
9	Washington Mystics	3	7	.300	6	2–3
9	Dallas Wings	3	7	.300	6	0–3
11	Atlanta Dream	2	8	.200	7	1–2
12	New York Liberty	1	9	.100	8	1–2

References

1. "2020 Los Angeles Sparks Schedule". sparks.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
2. "Atlanta Dream Announce 2020 Schedule - Atlanta Dream". dream.wnba.com. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
3. "WNBA Statement Regarding the Start of the 2020 Regular Season". 2020-04-03. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
4. "WNBA Announces Plan To Tip Off 2020 Season". WNBA. 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
5. "WNBA announces plans for 2020 season to start late July in Florida". NBC Sports Washington. 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
6. "Sparks Sign Kristi Toliver". sparks.wnba.com. WNBA. February 10, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
7. "Sparks Acquire Brittney Sykes and Marie Gülich from Atlanta Dream". sparks.wnba.com. WNBA. February 10, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
8. "Sparks Re-Sign Tierra Ruffin-Pratt". sparks.wnba.com. WNBA. February 11, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
9. "Sparks Sign Four-Time WNBA Champion Seimone Augustus". sparks.wnba.com. WNBA. February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
10. "Sparks Acquire 2021 Second Round Pick from Dallas Wings". sparks.wnba.com. WNBA. February 21, 2020. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
11. "Sparks Re-Sign All-WNBA Guard Chelsea Gray". sparks.wnba.com. WNBA. February 28, 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
12. "Sparks Sign Sydney Wiese To Contract Extension". sparks.wnba.com. WNBA. May 15, 2020. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
13. "Sparks Acquire Kristine Anigwe from Dallas Wings". sparks.wnba.com. WNBA. May 26, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
14. "Kristi Toliver To Opt Out of 2020 WNBA Season". sparks.wnba.com. WNBA. June 26, 2020. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
15. "Chiney Ogwumike To Opt Out of 2020 WNBA Season". sparks.wnba.com. WNBA. June 26, 2020. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
16. "Sparks Sign Reshanda Gray". sparks.wnba.com. WNBA. June 27, 2020. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
17. "Sparks Sign Rookie Te'a Cooper". sparks.wnba.com. WNBA. June 28, 2020. Retrieved June 29, 2020.

External links

• Official website
• Los Angeles Sparks at ESPN.com