1997 Los Angeles Sparks Stats

Record: 14-14, 2nd in WNBA Western Conference

Coach: Linda Sharp (4-7), Julie Rousseau (10-7)

Executive: Rhonda Windham

PTS/G: 74.0 (1st of 8) Opp PTS/G: 71.8 (6th of 8)

Pace: 77.1 (1st of 8)

Off Rtg: 93.9 (3rd of 8) Def Rtg: 91.1 (4th of 8) Net Rtg: +2.8 (4th of 8)

Expected W-L: 16-12

Arena: Great Western Forum

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Exp	College
34	Heidi Burge	F-C	6-5	185	November 12, 1971	R	Virginia
42	Linda Burgess	F	6-1	173	July 27, 1969	R	Alabama
32	Daedra Charles	F-C	6-3	225	November 22, 1968	R	Tennessee
12	Katrina Colleton	F	5-10	145	March 17, 1971	R	Maryland
21	Tamecka Dixon	G	5-9	148	December 14, 1975	R	Kansas
34	Travesa Gant	C			October 10, 1971	R	Lamar
43	Kim Gessig	F	6-3		December 29, 1970	R	USC
9	Lisa Leslie	C	6-5	170	July 7, 1972	R	USC
4	Mwadi Mabika	G	5-11	165	July 27, 1976	R
11	Penny Toler	G	5-8	132	March 24, 1966	R	San Diego State, Cal State Long Beach
10	Jamila Wideman	G	5-6	135	October 16, 1975	R	Stanford
28	Haixia Zheng	C	6-8	254	March 7, 1967	R

Ranks are per game and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Penny Toler	31	28	28	32.4	5.1	12.1	.426	0.3	1.4	.184	4.9	10.7	.457	2.6	3.1	.839	0.9	2.5	3.4	5.1	1.3	0.1	3.8	2.4	13.1
2	Lisa Leslie	24	28	28	32.2	5.7	13.3	.431	0.4	1.6	.261	5.3	11.6	.455	4.0	6.8	.598	2.3	7.3	9.5	2.6	1.4	2.1	3.9	3.5	15.9
3	Tamecka Dixon	21	27	21	26.5	4.3	9.3	.456	0.8	1.9	.423	3.4	7.4	.465	2.5	3.3	.773	0.8	2.2	3.0	2.0	1.8	0.2	2.1	2.8	11.9
4	Jamila Wideman	21	28	14	22.6	0.9	3.8	.236	0.3	1.3	.194	0.6	2.5	.257	1.0	1.2	.794	0.6	1.5	2.0	3.7	0.9	0.0	1.8	1.6	3.0
5	Katrina Colleton	26	28	14	21.9	2.0	4.5	.437	0.3	0.9	.360	1.6	3.6	.455	0.6	1.1	.567	0.9	1.3	2.1	1.6	1.3	0.3	1.3	1.6	4.9
6	Haixia Zheng	30	28	21	19.9	3.9	6.4	.618	0.0	0.0		3.9	6.4	.618	1.4	2.1	.661	1.1	3.3	4.4	0.6	0.4	0.7	1.6	2.8	9.3
7	Linda Burgess	27	28	6	17.6	2.6	4.8	.541	0.0	0.1	.500	2.6	4.8	.541	1.3	1.8	.735	1.6	2.5	4.2	0.3	0.7	0.5	1.7	1.6	6.5
8	Mwadi Mabika	20	21	1	15.5	2.5	6.5	.390	0.3	1.8	.184	2.2	4.7	.469	0.6	1.1	.542	1.0	1.5	2.6	1.0	1.1	0.3	1.3	2.3	6.0
9	Heidi Burge	25	22	6	12.8	1.5	3.3	.444	0.0	0.2	.000	1.5	3.1	.471	1.0	2.0	.511	1.0	2.1	3.1	0.7	0.5	0.5	1.1	2.4	4.0
10	Daedra Charles	28	28	1	10.1	1.0	2.4	.403	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	2.4	.409	0.4	0.5	.667	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	1.5	2.3
11	Travesa Gant	25	2	0	6.5	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	1.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0
12	Kim Gessig	26	1	0	4.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Penny Toler	31	28	28	907	144	338	.426	7	38	.184	137	300	.457	73	87	.839	25	69	94	143	36	3	107	66	368
2	Lisa Leslie	24	28	28	902	160	371	.431	12	46	.261	148	325	.455	113	189	.598	63	203	266	74	39	59	109	99	445
3	Tamecka Dixon	21	27	21	715	115	252	.456	22	52	.423	93	200	.465	68	88	.773	22	59	81	55	49	5	58	76	320
4	Jamila Wideman	21	28	14	633	25	106	.236	7	36	.194	18	70	.257	27	34	.794	16	41	57	103	24	1	51	44	84
5	Katrina Colleton	26	28	14	613	55	126	.437	9	25	.360	46	101	.455	17	30	.567	25	35	60	45	35	9	35	46	136
6	Haixia Zheng	30	28	21	557	110	178	.618	0	0		110	178	.618	39	59	.661	32	91	123	17	11	20	46	77	259
7	Linda Burgess	27	28	6	492	73	135	.541	1	2	.500	72	133	.541	36	49	.735	46	71	117	9	20	13	47	46	183
8	Mwadi Mabika	20	21	1	325	53	136	.390	7	38	.184	46	98	.469	13	24	.542	22	32	54	22	23	6	27	48	126
9	Heidi Burge	25	22	6	282	32	72	.444	0	4	.000	32	68	.471	23	45	.511	23	46	69	15	12	12	25	52	87
10	Daedra Charles	28	28	1	282	27	67	.403	0	1	.000	27	66	.409	10	15	.667	16	32	48	12	10	10	14	41	64
11	Travesa Gant	25	2	0	13	0	1	.000	0	0		0	1	.000	0	0		0	3	3	0	0	0	2	4	0
12	Kim Gessig	26	1	0	4	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0
			28		5725	794	1782	.446	65	242	.269	729	1540	.473	419	620	.676	290	683	973	495	259	138	528	601	2072

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/40
1	Penny Toler	31	28	907	16.2	.489	.436	.112	.257	3.6	8.7	6.3	29.5	2.1	0.3	22.1	23.6	92	95	1.4	0.7	2.1	.093
2	Lisa Leslie	24	28	902	21.6	.490	.447	.124	.509	9.0	25.6	17.8	15.9	2.2	5.1	19.4	27.7	91	85	1.4	2.2	3.5	.157
3	Tamecka Dixon	21	27	715	19.2	.550	.500	.206	.349	4.0	9.4	6.9	14.4	3.6	0.5	16.6	21.6	103	91	2.3	1.0	3.3	.183
4	Jamila Wideman	21	28	633	7.3	.347	.269	.340	.321	3.3	7.4	5.4	24.9	2.0	0.1	29.7	12.0	79	96	-0.4	0.4	0.0	-0.001
5	Katrina Colleton	26	28	613	11.5	.489	.472	.198	.238	5.3	6.5	5.9	12.2	3.0	1.1	20.1	12.6	94	93	0.6	0.6	1.2	.081
6	Haixia Zheng	30	28	557	20.2	.635	.618	.000	.331	7.4	18.6	13.4	6.2	1.0	2.8	18.4	19.9	107	92	2.0	0.8	2.7	.195
7	Linda Burgess	27	28	492	17.0	.584	.544	.015	.363	12.1	16.4	14.4	3.4	2.1	2.1	23.1	18.3	98	91	1.0	0.7	1.7	.139
8	Mwadi Mabika	20	21	325	14.2	.430	.415	.279	.176	8.7	11.2	10.0	12.8	3.7	1.4	15.6	23.7	86	90	0.1	0.5	0.6	.078
9	Heidi Burge	25	22	282	12.7	.474	.444	.056	.625	10.5	18.6	14.8	9.2	2.2	3.3	21.4	18.4	88	89	0.1	0.5	0.7	.094
10	Daedra Charles	28	28	282	9.6	.435	.403	.015	.224	7.3	12.9	10.3	7.1	1.8	2.8	16.0	13.8	89	92	0.1	0.4	0.5	.071
11	Travesa Gant	25	2	13	-13.4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	26.3	14.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	66.7	10.2	0	92	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.247
12	Kim Gessig	26	1	4	-19.6					0.0	28.5	15.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	11.1	0	90	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.305

Qualified players in the top 20 · Includes full-season stats for all players who saw court time during the regular season or playoffs.

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