1997 Los Angeles Sparks Statistics

Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Team Record: 14-14
Finishing 2nd in the WNBA's Western Conference
Coach: Linda Sharp (4-7)
Coach: Julie Rousseau (10-7)
Location: Los Angeles, California
Attendance: 125,034, Avg. 8,931 in 14 home dates

1997 Los Angeles Sparks Roster

The Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association ended the 1997 season with a record of 14 wins and 14 losses, finishing second in the WNBA's Western Conference.

The Sparks paced the league with 2,072 points. Los Angeles allowed 2,010 points. Lisa Leslie scored a team-leading 445 points for the squad, and Penny Toler averaged 12 or more per game, too. Lisa Leslie contributed 266 rebounds. Penny Toler dished out 143 assists for the team.

On defense, Tamecka Dixon added 49 steals, while Lisa Leslie blocked 59 shots.

Linda Sharp and Julie Rousseau coached the team.

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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
Lisa Leslie	C	28	28	902	371	160	46	12	189	113	63	203	266	74	39	59	109	99	445
Penny Toler	G	28	28	907	338	144	38	7	87	73	25	69	94	143	36	3	107	66	368
Tamecka Dixon	G	27	21	715	252	115	52	22	88	68	22	59	81	55	49	5	58	76	320
Haixia Zheng	C	28	21	557	178	110	0	0	59	39	32	91	123	17	11	20	46	77	259
Linda Burgess	F	28	6	492	135	73	2	1	49	36	46	71	117	9	20	13	47	46	183
Katrina Colleton	G-F	28	14	613	126	55	25	9	30	17	25	35	60	45	35	9	35	46	136
Mwadi Mabika	G-F	21	1	325	136	53	38	7	24	13	22	32	54	22	23	6	27	48	126
Heidi Burge	F	22	6	282	72	32	4	0	45	23	23	46	69	15	12	12	25	52	87
Jamila Wideman	G	28	14	633	106	25	36	7	34	27	16	41	57	103	24	1	51	44	84
Daedra Charles	F-C	28	1	282	67	27	1	0	15	10	16	32	48	12	10	10	14	41	64
Travesa Gant	C	2	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	2	4	0
Kim Gessig	F	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0
Totals		269	140	5725	1782	794	242	65	620	419	290	683	973	495	259	138	522	601	2072

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Lisa Leslie	C	28	28	32.2	43.1	26.1	59.8	2.3	7.3	9.5	2.6	1.4	2.1	3.9	3.5	15.9
Penny Toler	G	28	28	32.4	42.6	18.4	83.9	0.9	2.5	3.4	5.1	1.3	0.1	3.8	2.4	13.1
Tamecka Dixon	G	27	21	26.5	45.6	42.3	77.3	0.8	2.2	3.0	2.0	1.8	0.2	2.1	2.8	11.9
Haixia Zheng	C	28	21	19.9	61.8		66.1	1.1	3.3	4.4	0.6	0.4	0.7	1.6	2.8	9.3
Linda Burgess	F	28	6	17.6	54.1	50.0	73.5	1.6	2.5	4.2	0.3	0.7	0.5	1.7	1.6	6.5
Katrina Colleton	G-F	28	14	21.9	43.7	36.0	56.7	0.9	1.3	2.1	1.6	1.3	0.3	1.3	1.6	4.9
Mwadi Mabika	G-F	21	1	15.5	39.0	18.4	54.2	1.0	1.5	2.6	1.0	1.1	0.3	1.3	2.3	6.0
Heidi Burge	F	22	6	12.8	44.4	0.0	51.1	1.0	2.1	3.1	0.7	0.5	0.5	1.1	2.4	4.0
Jamila Wideman	G	28	14	22.6	23.6	19.4	79.4	0.6	1.5	2.0	3.7	0.9	0.0	1.8	1.6	3.0
Daedra Charles	F-C	28	1	10.1	40.3	0.0	66.7	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	1.5	2.3
Travesa Gant	C	2	0	6.5	0.0			0.0	1.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0
Kim Gessig	F	1	0	4.0				0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0
Averages		269	140	21.3	44.6	26.9	67.6	1.1	2.5	3.6	1.8	1.0	0.5	1.9	2.2	7.7

1997 Los Angeles Sparks Statistics

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