15 Facts About Los Angeles Sparks

Los Angeles Sparks is an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California.

The Los Angeles Sparks compete in the Women's National Basketball Association as a member club of the league's Western Conference.

The Los Angeles Sparks won their first playoff game and series with a win over the Sacramento Monarchs.

Ultimately, the Los Angeles Sparks were playing in the shadow of the Comets, who won the first four WNBA championships.

The Los Angeles Sparks then flew through the playoffs, sweeping both the Seattle Storm and the Utah Starzz.

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The Los Angeles Sparks then faced the upstart Detroit Shock in the Finals.

However, in the Western Conference finals, the Los Angeles Sparks' season was ended by the Monarchs for the third year in a row.

The Los Angeles Sparks were on track to win game 2 of the series, but Silver Star Sophia Young made a turn-around bank-shot with a second left on the clock to force the series to a deciding game three.

The Sparks lost game three, and the Silver Stars moved on to the WNBA Finals.

The Los Angeles Sparks faced off against the Chicago Sky in the semi-finals and defeated the Sky 3 games to 1 to advance to the Finals for the first time since 2003.

The Los Angeles Sparks won their first championship since 2002 and their third championship in franchise history.

One month later, the Los Angeles Sparks announced that Derek Fisher had been hired as a replacement.

Currently, some Los Angeles Sparks games are broadcast on Spectrum SportsNet, a local television channel in the Southern California area, after agreeing to a multi-year broadcast deal with Time Warner Cable in March 2012 which was later acquired by Charter Communications in May 2016.

Previously, Los Angeles Sparks games were found on Fox Sports West and Prime Ticket and former analysts have included Derek Fisher and Ann Meyers.

Furthermore, some Los Angeles Sparks games are broadcast nationally on ESPN, ESPN2, CBS, CBS Sports Network and ABC.