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This day in women's basketball · September 16, 2003: the Los Angeles Sparks visited the Detroit Shock, in the WNBA playoffs. Detroit Shock 83, Los Angeles Sparks 78. WWikipedia↗

From the vault · September 16, 2010 · 2010 WNBA Finals, Game 3: The Seattle Storm beat the Atlanta Dream 87–84 in Game 3 to win the 2010 WNBA Finals 3–0.

Vanessa Nygaard

Forward · 6′1″ 175 lb · Born 1975-03-13 · College: Stanford · 1998 WNBA draft, round 4, pick 9 (No. 39 overall) by New York Liberty

Seasons

5

Teams

5

WNBA playoff seasons

1

WNBA WNBA career game logs →

2 × 20 min, 30-second clock, arc 19 ft 9 in. Per-game and shooting figures are this league's alone.

Season	Team	G	GS	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%
1999	Rockers	4		5.0	3	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	.500	.500		.750
2000	Fire	32		26.3	253	7.9	3.8	0.9	0.5	0.2	1.2	.435	.333	.759	.539
2001	Fire	31		8.5	76	2.5	1.1	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.5	.389	.388	.333	.518
2002	Sol	29	1	15.3	120	4.1	2.3	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.4	.426	.375	.769	.560
2003	Sparks	11	3	15.1	41	3.7	1.7	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.4	.444	.353	.750	.541
Total	5 seasons	107	4	16.2	493	4.6	2.3	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.7	.426	.360	.743	.542

On the roster (no figures on file): Silver Stars 2003

Playoffs

Season	Team	G	GS	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%
2003	Sparks	7	0	3.4	8	1.1	0.7	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	.600	1.000		.800

Coaching

Season	Team	Role
2022	Mercury	Head Coach