1998 Los Angeles Sparks season

1998 Los Angeles Sparks season
CoachJulie Rousseau (fired Jul. 16, 7–13 record)
Orlando Woolridge (5–5 record)
ArenaGreat Western Forum
Attendance7,653 per game
Results
Record12–18 (.400)
Place3rd (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1998 WNBA season was the second for the Los Angeles Sparks. The Sparks missed out of the playoffs for the second consecutive season. It would be the last season they missed the playoffs until the 2007 season.

Transactions

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Washington Mystics expansion draft

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The following player was selected in the Washington Mystics expansion draft from the Los Angeles Sparks:

Player Nationality School/Team/Country
Heidi Burge  United States Virginia

WNBA draft

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See also: 1998 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 5 Allison Feaster  United States Harvard
2 15 Octavia Blue  United States Miami
3 25 Rehema Stephens  United States UCLA
4 35 Erica Kienast  United States UC Santa Barbara

Transactions

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Date Transaction
February 18, 1998 Lost Heidi Burge to the Washington Mystics in the WNBA expansion draft[1]
April 9, 1998 Traded Linda Burgess to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for Pamela McGee[1]
April 29, 1998 Drafted Allison Feaster, Octavia Blue, Rehema Stephens and Erica Kienast in the 1998 WNBA Draft[1]
May 11, 1998 Waived Daedra Charles and Kim Gessig[1]
Signed Erin Alexander, Eugenia Rycraw and Sandra Van Embricqs[1]
July 10, 1998 Waived Erin Alexander[1]
Signed Michelle Reed[1]
July 16, 1997 Fired Julie Rousseau as Head Coach[1]
Hired Orlando Woolridge as Head Coach[1]

Roster

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1998 Los Angeles Sparks roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
G 15 United States Alexander, Erin 5' 7" (1.7m) 140 lb (64kg) 1975-04-25 UC Santa Barbara R
F 20 United States Blue, Octavia 6' 1" (1.85m) 163 lb (74kg) 1976-04-18 Miami (FL) R
F 12 United States Colleton, Katrina 5' 0" (1.52m) 145 lb (66kg) 1968-10-14 Maryland R
G 21 United States Dixon, Tamecka 5' 9" (1.75m) 148 lb (67kg) 1975-12-14 Kansas 1
F 5 United States Feaster, Allison 5' 11" (1.8m) 168 lb (76kg) 1976-02-11 Harvard R
C 9 United States Leslie, Lisa 6' 5" (1.96m) 170 lb (77kg) 1972-07-07 USC 1
G 4 Zaire Mabika, Mwadi 5' 11" (1.8m) 165 lb (75kg) 1976-07-27 1
F/C 30 United States McGee, Pamela 6' 3" (1.91m) 180 lb (82kg) 1962-12-01 USC 1
G/F 7 United States Reed, Michelle 5' 10" (1.78m) 165 lb (75kg) 1973-05-24 Western Kentucky R
C 40 United States Rycraw, Eugenia 6' 3" (1.91m) 175 lb (79kg) 1968-12-06 Cal State Fullerton R
G 11 United States Toler, Penny 5' 8" (1.73m) 132 lb (60kg) 1966-03-24 Long Beach State 1
F/C 14 Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) Van Embricqs, Sandra 6' 3" (1.91m) 175 lb (79kg) 1968-04-18 UCLA R
F 10 United States Wideman, Jamila 5' 6" (1.68m) 135 lb (61kg) 1975-11-16 Stanford 1
C 28 China Zheng, Haixia 6' 8" (2.03m) 254 lb (115kg) 1967-03-07 1
Head coach
United States Orlando Woolridge (Notre Dame)
Assistant coaches
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Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Schedule

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Regular season

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1998 game log
Total: 12–18 (Home: 8–8; Road: 4–10)
June: 2–6 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 June 11 @ Utah W 89–83 Lisa Leslie (24) Lisa Leslie (12) Penny Toler (6) Delta Center 1–0
2 June 14 @ Phoenix L 70–60 Lisa Leslie (18) Lisa Leslie (10) Katrina Colleton (4) America West Arena 1–1
3 June 16 @ Sacramento L 69–73 Tamecka Dixon (21) Lisa Leslie (11) Colleton
Dixon (3) 		ARCO Arena 1–2
4 June 19 New York W 78–75 Haixia
Leslie (19) 		Lisa Leslie (21) Penny Toler (5) Great Western Forum 2–2
5 June 21 Houston L 63–79 Tamecka Dixon (18) Lisa Leslie (11) Dixon
Toler (3) 		Great Western Forum 2–3
6 June 24 Charlotte L 73–77 Lisa Leslie (30) Pamela McGee (7) Jamila Wideman (4) Great Western Forum 2–4
7 June 27 @ Houston L 64–75 Tamecka Dixon (17) Lisa Leslie (11) Penny Toler (3) Compaq Center 2–5
8 June 30 @ Sacramento L 56–58 Lisa Leslie (21) Lisa Leslie (8) Jamila Wideman (4) ARCO Arena 2–6
July: 6–7 (Home: 5–5; Road: 1–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
9 July 2 Utah L 57–58 Lisa Leslie (15) Lisa Leslie (10) Dixon
Leslie
Mabika (4) 		Great Western Forum 2–7
10 July 7 Charlotte W 86–79 Lisa Leslie (24) Lisa Leslie (7) Mabika
Toler (5) 		Great Western Forum 3–7
11 July 8 Sacramento L 71–76 Tamecka Dixon (20) Lisa Leslie (11) Tamecka Dixon (4) Great Western Forum 3–8
12 July 12 Cleveland W 87–66 Penny Toler (22) Lisa Leslie (11) Penny Toler (9) Great Western Forum 4–8
13 July 13 @ Phoenix L 62–72 Lisa Leslie (13) Lisa Leslie (13) Dixon
Toler
Wideman (2) 		America West Arena 4–9
14 July 15 Sacramento W 81–76 (OT) Tamecka Dixon (22) Lisa Leslie (7) Leslie
Toler (6) 		Great Western Forum 5–9
15 July 17 Houston L 68–74 Lisa Leslie (18) Pamela McGee (9) Penny Toler (7) Great Western Forum 5–10
16 July 21 New York L 77–92 Lisa Leslie (24) Lisa Leslie (9) Dixon
Leslie
Toler (5) 		Great Western Forum 5–11
17 July 23 Phoenix W 70–68 Tamecka Dixon (23) Mwadi Mabika (8) Mwadi Mabika (4) Great Western Forum 6–11
18 July 25 @ Detroit L 67–69 Tamecka Dixon (26) Octavia Blue (7) Dixon
Toler
Wideman (2) 		The Palace of Auburn Hills 6–12
19 July 27 @ Cleveland L 67–83 Mwadi Mabika (16) Mwadi Mabika (8) Penny Toler (6) Gund Arena 6–13
20 July 29 @ Washington W 77–68 Tamecka Dixon (20) Lisa Leslie (13) Lisa Leslie (5) MCI Center 7–13
21 July 31 Phoenix W 71–56 Leslie
Mabika (15) 		Leslie
Mabika (8) 		Penny Toler (8) Great Western Forum 8–13
August: 4–5 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
22 August 1 @ Utah W 73–65 Lisa Leslie (24) Lisa Leslie (9) Penny Toler (5) Delta Center 9–13
23 August 3 Washington W 86–72 Lisa Leslie (21) Mwadi Mabika (10) Penny Toler (6) Great Western Forum 10–13
24 August 5 @ Detroit L 61–73 Lisa Leslie (30) Pamela McGee (12) Penny Toler (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 10–14
25 August 8 @ New York L 62–80 Penny Toler (14) Katrina Colleton (6) Mwadi Mabika (3) Madison Square Garden 10–15
26 August 9 @ Washington L 74–76 Lisa Leslie (23) Lisa Leslie (16) Penny Toler (7) MCI Center 10–16
27 August 12 @ Charlotte W 65–52 Lisa Leslie (21) Lisa Leslie (14) Penny Toler (6) Charlotte Coliseum 11–16
28 August 14 Utah W 87–67 Lisa Leslie (18) Lisa Leslie (14) Penny Toler (14) Great Western Forum 12–16
29 August 16 Detroit L 76–77 Lisa Leslie (30) Lisa Leslie (14) Penny Toler (9) Great Western Forum 12–17
30 August 19 @ Houston L 71–80 Lisa Leslie (24) Lisa Leslie (9) Penny Toler (6) Compaq Center 12–18
1998 season schedule

Season standings

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Western Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Houston Comets x 27 3 .900 15–1 –
Phoenix Mercury x 19 11 .633 10–6 8.0
Los Angeles Sparks o 12 18 .400 6–10 15.0
Sacramento Monarchs o 8 22 .267 5–11 19.0
Utah Starzz o 8 22 .267 4–12 19.0

Statistics

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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

Regular Season

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Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Tamecka Dixon 22 22 32.3 .438 .356 .779 2.5 2.5 1.1 0.4 16.2
Lisa Leslie 28 28 32.1 .478 .391 .768 10.2 2.5 1.5 2.1 19.6
Penny Toler 30 30 31.5 .415 .417 .743 3.5 4.8 1.1 0.1 12.3
Mwadi Mabika 29 23 24.5 .339 .308 .698 4.4 1.5 1.0 0.3 8.2
Katrina Colleton 30 14 19.2 .303 .263 .833 1.7 1.6 0.6 0.4 2.7
Pamela McGee 30 22 19.0 .437 .000 .614 4.8 0.4 0.8 0.8 6.8
Sandra Van Embricqs 28 2 16.8 .483 N/A .500 2.7 0.6 0.9 0.3 3.4
Zheng Haixia 6 2 16.3 .625 N/A .714 4.3 0.5 0.0 0.2 7.5
Allison Feaster 3 0 13.7 .214 .200 1.000 0.7 1.0 0.7 0.0 3.3
Jamila Wideman 25 0 13.2 .279 .250 .724 0.9 2.3 0.4 0.0 1.9
Eugenia Rycraw 20 4 11.3 .469 N/A .727 2.5 0.2 0.4 0.9 2.3
Octavia Blue 30 3 11.0 .338 .286 .625 1.6 0.3 0.4 0.1 2.4
Erin Alexander 8 0 9.1 .318 .375 1.000 1.9 0.8 0.3 0.0 2.8
Michelle Reed 9 0 5.4 .273 .250 .583 1.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 1.6


‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "1998 Los Angeles Sparks Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
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