Storm-Sparks 2008 Series
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Get Storm Headlines!The Storm went to the locker room feeling good about nearly playing Los Angles to a draw in a first half that ended with the Sparks holding a slim two-point lead at the STAPLES Center. However, the third quarter proved ruinous for the Storm, who fell behind by 14 points and lost by the same margin, 76-62. The Storm managed just 10 points in the third quarter;
Marie Ferdinand-Harris (nine) nearly matched that total all by herself. The Storm got within nine by the five-minute mark when Brian Agler returned his starters to the game. However, a 6-2 Los Angeles run effectively sealed the game before Candace Parker made history with her second dunk in as many games inside the final minute.
 Tanisha Wright led the Storm in minutes and assists against the Sparks. Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/Getty Images |
Lauren Jackson could never get untracked, scoring 10 points on 3-of-10 shooting. 
Sue Bird's 14 points led the team. Parker had 22 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Sparks, while DeLisha Milton-Jones scored 19 and Ferdinand-Harris added 16. The Storm did quiet Lisa Leslie, who had seven points and nine rebounds but shot 2-of-10 from the field.Game at a Glance | Box Score | Recap | Quotes/Notes | 
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Saturday, July 12 - at Storm 70, Los Angeles 52
The Sparks paid their only visit of the regular season to KeyArena on July 12, falling 70-52 to the Storm in one of their most lopsided losses of the year. After a close, defensive first half, the Storm found more offense following halftime to pull away. The 52 Sparks points were a season low and one of the worst scoring outputs in franchise history. The Storm limited Los Angeles to 34.0 percent shooting and forced 20 turnovers.
Reigning Defensive Player of the Year Jackson made life miserable for Parker, blocking five shots. Parker shot 6-of-14 from the field and had five turnovers, while Leslie was held to 2-of-11 shooting and also turned it over five times. Led by 18 points from Bird, four Storm starters scored double-figures. The fifth, 
Yolanda Griffith, handled the matchup with Leslie and pulled down 12 boards.
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Sunday, Sept. 14 - at Los Angeles 65, Storm 48
With their playoff series set to begin five days later, the Storm and Sparks took different approaches to Sunday's nationally-televised regular-season finale. While L.A. Head Coach Michael Cooper prepared to use his normal rotation, Agler chose to rest starters Bird and Griffith. Both started the game, but left for good before the midway point of the first quarter. By then, the Sparks had already taken command, scoring the game's first 11 points and taking a 15-point lead after one quarter. The Storm never got back in the game, falling 65-48.
The 48 points were a season low for the Storm and the first time the team was held under the half-century mark since August 2003. 
Shyra Ely was the lone offensive bright spot, scoring a career-high 16 points on 7-of-11 shooting. Her eight rebounds also tied a career high. Ely was the only Storm player to reach double-figures. The Sparks got 40 points from their bench, which played extended minutes because of the lopsided score. Ferdinand-Harris led the way with 14 points, while Sidney Spencer scored 11.
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Head-to-Head Stats
PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG
Jackson 2 2 56 7 23 .304 1 7 .143 9 10 .900 4 8 12 0 8 0 3 3 5 24 12.0
Cash 2 2 57 9 26 .346 0 0 --- 4 4 1.000 4 8 12 3 5 0 2 3 3 22 11.0
Bird 3 3 64 12 29 .414 3 9 .333 2 2 1.000 1 4 5 7 2 0 2 6 0 29 9.7
Swoopes 2 2 52 7 14 .500 0 3 .000 5 8 .625 2 9 11 6 6 0 1 3 1 19 9.5
Wright 3 1 71 9 35 .257 1 4 .250 4 6 .667 4 7 11 8 10 0 4 4 2 23 7.7
Ely 3 0 43 7 14 .500 2 4 .500 0 0 --- 2 8 10 0 3 0 0 4 1 16 5.3
Beck 2 0 33 3 4 .750 3 4 .750 1 2 .500 1 5 6 3 1 0 2 2 0 10 5.0
Gearlds 3 1 58 4 16 .250 3 10 .300 0 0 --- 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 0 11 3.7
Griffith 3 3 47 5 9 .556 0 0 --- 0 4 .000 5 11 16 3 8 0 5 4 1 10 3.3
Little 2 1 33 4 7 .571 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 2 1 3 1 4 0 1 4 0 8 4.0
Robinson 3 0 55 2 8 .250 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 8 5 13 5 5 0 0 5 2 4 1.3
Santos 3 0 29 2 9 .222 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 3 4 7 1 8 0 1 3 1 4 1.3
O'Neill 1 0 2 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
STORM 3 - 600 71 194 .366 13 42 .310 25 36 .694 36 73 109 39 61 0 22 49 16 180 60.0
SPARKS 3 - 600 74 192 .385 6 31 .194 39 55 .709 34 73 107 47 43 0 21 47 17 193 64.3
-- SINGLE-GAME HIGHS -- ----------- AVERAGE PER GAME ------------ -CAREER HIGHS (C=SET, T=TIED THIS SEASON)-
PLAYER MIN REB AST ST TO BL PTS MIN REB AST STL TO BLK PTS FG FGA FT FTA REB AST PTS
Jackson 30 7 0 3 2 5 14 28.0 6.0 0.0 1.50 1.5 2.50 12.0 17 23 15 16 15 4 35
Cash 30 7 2 2 3 3 12 28.5 6.0 1.5 1.00 1.5 1.50 11.0 7 18 11 13 10 7 20
Bird 34 4 4 2 4 0 18 21.3 1.7 2.3 0.67 2.0 0.00 9.7 11 20 10 11 5 12 27
Swoopes 28 8 4 1 2 1 13 26.0 5.5 3.0 0.50 1.5 0.50 9.5 11 29 14 15 10 6 31
Wright 27 4 4 3 2 1 10 23.7 3.7 2.7 1.33 1.3 0.67 7.7 5 14C 5 7 4T 5 11
Ely 29 8 0 0 2 1 16 14.3 3.3 0.0 0.00 1.3 0.33 5.3 7C 11T 3 4 8C 3 16C
Beck 24 4 2 2 1 0 7 16.5 3.0 1.5 1.00 1.0 0.00 5.0 2C 3C 1C 2C 4C 2C 7C
Gearlds 35 2 2 1 1 0 6 19.3 1.0 0.7 0.33 0.7 0.00 3.7 2T 10C 1 1 2C 2T 6T
Griffith 31 12 3 4 3 1 6 15.7 5.3 1.0 1.67 1.3 0.33 3.3 11 20 13 16 16 5 28
Little 29 4 1 1 4 1 8 16.3 2.3 0.3 0.33 1.3 0.33 3.3 4T 9 2 4 7 1T 8T
Robinson 27 5 3 0 4 1 4 18.3 4.3 1.7 0.00 1.7 0.67 1.3 3 7T 2 4 7 3C 7
Santos 20 5 1 1 2 1 2 9.7 2.3 0.3 0.33 1.0 0.33 1.3 1T 8C 2 2 5C 1T 4
O'Neill 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0C 0C 0C 0C 0C 0C 0C
STORM 200 47 15 12 21 7 70 200.0 36.3 13.0 7.33 16.3 5.33 60.0 37 76 28 37 47C 21 97
SPARKS 200 44 21 10 20 7 76 200.0 35.7 15.7 7.00 15.7 5.67 64.3 34 74 23 35 48 27 85
-FIELD GOALS- -3-POINT FG-- -FREE THROWS- --REBOUNDS--
PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG
Parker 3 3 72 17 36 .472 1 2 .500 10 14 .714 9 11 20 7 4 0 7 9 7 45 15.0
Milton-Jones 3 3 82 17 28 .607 2 5 .400 6 7 .857 7 10 17 3 9 0 4 5 0 42 14.0
Ferdinand-Harris 3 2 77 15 37 .405 1 3 .333 5 6 .833 4 7 11 3 7 0 2 5 1 36 12.0
Leslie 3 3 73 5 24 .208 0 1 .000 8 16 .500 5 17 22 6 5 0 2 9 6 18 6.0
Dydek 1 0 12 2 4 .500 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4.0
Spencer 3 0 46 5 10 .500 1 4 .250 0 0 --- 0 1 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 11 3.7
Johnson 2 0 30 3 10 .300 0 2 .000 1 2 .500 1 4 5 5 1 0 1 4 0 7 3.5
Masciadri 2 0 25 3 9 .333 0 4 .000 1 2 .500 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 3.5
Brown 3 2 44 3 9 .333 0 1 .000 4 4 1.000 1 3 4 4 3 0 0 3 0 10 3.3
Jacobs 1 0 11 0 2 .000 0 0 --- 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 2.0
Moore 1 0 26 1 3 .333 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 6 6 3 1 0 0 2 1 2 2.0
Page 2 0 31 1 5 .200 0 0 --- 2 2 1.000 2 4 6 2 2 0 2 2 0 4 2.0
Bobbitt 3 2 51 1 13 .077 1 9 .111 0 0 --- 1 4 5 8 3 0 2 3 0 3 1.0
Thomas 2 0 20 1 2 .500 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 1 4 5 1 3 0 0 0 2 2 1.0
SPARKS 3 - 600 74 192 .385 6 31 .194 39 55 .709 34 73 107 47 43 0 21 47 17 193 64.3
STORM 3 - 600 71 194 .366 13 42 .310 25 36 .694 36 73 109 39 61 0 22 49 16 180 60.0
-- SINGLE-GAME HIGHS -- ----------- AVERAGE PER GAME ------------ -CAREER HIGHS (C=SET, T=TIED THIS SEASON)-
PLAYER MIN REB AST ST TO BL PTS MIN REB AST STL TO BLK PTS FG FGA FT FTA REB AST PTS
Parker 34 11 4 4 5 3 22 24.0 6.7 2.3 2.33 3.0 2.33 15.0 7C 15C 7C 8C 11C 4C 22C
Milton-Jones 31 6 3 2 3 0 19 27.3 5.7 1.0 1.33 1.7 0.00 14.0 7T 16 8 12 10 4 22
Ferdinand-Harris 27 5 2 1 2 1 16 25.7 3.7 1.0 0.67 1.7 0.33 12.0 8 19 9 13 7 6 25
Leslie 35 11 3 1 5 4 9 24.3 7.3 2.0 0.67 3.0 2.00 6.0 14 24 8 11 16 5 31
Dydek 12 3 0 0 0 0 4 12.0 3.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 4.0 10 14 10 10 14 5 22
Spencer 27 1 2 1 0 0 11 15.3 0.3 1.0 0.33 0.0 0.00 3.7 7 12 6 6 6 2T 25
Johnson 20 4 4 1 4 0 7 15.0 2.5 2.5 0.50 2.0 0.00 3.5 5 11 2 2T 8 11 12
Masciadri 16 1 1 0 0 0 4 12.5 0.5 0.5 0.00 0.0 0.00 3.5 3 7C 1C 2C 4 3 7
Brown 21 2 3 0 2 0 6 14.7 1.3 1.3 0.00 1.0 0.00 3.3 6 7 2T 2T 3 3T 16
Jacobs 11 1 1 0 3 0 2 11.0 1.0 1.0 0.00 3.0 0.00 2.0 3 8 2T 2T 3 7 7
Moore 26 6 3 0 2 1 2 26.0 6.0 3.0 0.00 2.0 1.00 2.0 4 7 3 4 6C 3T 9
Page 17 3 2 2 2 0 2 15.5 3.0 1.0 1.00 1.0 0.00 2.0 6 10 2T 4 9 7 12
Bobbitt 24 3 5 2 1 0 3 17.0 1.7 2.7 0.67 1.0 0.00 1.0 1C 5C 0C 0C 3C 5C 3C
Thomas 10 5 1 0 0 2 2 10.0 2.5 0.5 0.00 0.0 1.00 1.0 5 8 5 6 9 3 12
SPARKS 200 44 21 10 20 7 76 200.0 35.7 15.7 7.00 15.7 5.67 64.3 34 74 23 35 48 27 85
STORM 200 47 15 12 21 7 70 200.0 36.3 13.0 7.33 16.3 5.33 60.0 37 76 28 37 47C 21 97
