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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.

Essence Carson

Forward · 6′0″ 165 lb · Born 1986-07-28 in Paterson, NJ · College: Rutgers · 2008 WNBA draft, round 1, pick 7 by New York Liberty

Seasons

13

Teams

5

Championships

WNBA 2016

WNBA playoff seasons

10

WNBA WNBA career game logs →

4 × 10 min, 24-second clock, arc 22 ft 1¾ 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%
2008	Liberty	34	29	18.9	223	6.6	2.2	0.9	0.9	0.2	1.0	.376	.276	.674	.418
2009	Liberty	34	34	25.3	340	10.0	2.1	1.4	1.1	0.3	1.6	.408	.333	.917	.494
2010	Liberty	34	0	9.6	126	3.7	1.6	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.8	.407	.160	.688	.456
2011	Liberty	34	5	21.3	361	10.6	2.6	1.6	1.1	0.6	1.4	.437	.387	.738	.507
2012	Liberty	34	23	27.2	394	11.6	3.4	1.7	1.1	0.7	1.7	.400	.343	.778	.468
2013	Liberty	4	4	29.5	57	14.2	5.5	1.8	0.5	0.5	2.5	.550	.333	.857	.611
2014	Liberty	26	11	14.0	87	3.3	1.7	0.9	0.3	0.2	1.0	.354	.292	.833	.415
2015	Liberty	33	12	19.4	202	6.1	2.3	1.3	0.4	0.2	1.1	.380	.245	.773	.447
2016	Sparks	34	34	23.3	276	8.1	2.0	1.5	1.1	0.2	1.2	.449	.359	.891	.545
2017	Sparks	24	14	19.3	114	4.8	1.7	1.2	0.6	0.3	0.8	.404	.250	.875	.494
2018	Sparks	34	15	23.1	256	7.5	2.6	0.9	0.9	0.4	0.6	.435	.361	.938	.534
2019	Mercury	23	13	18.4	133	5.8	2.2	1.5	0.5	0.3	0.7	.352	.341	.784	.457
2020	Sun	11	1	11.2	35	3.2	1.5	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.5	.325	.286	.750	.418
2020	Mystics	10	0	16.7	43	4.3	1.8	0.5	0.5	0.1	1.0	.288	.261	.500	.348
Total	13 seasons	369	195	19.9	2,647	7.2	2.3	1.2	0.8	0.3	1.1	.404	.322	.792	.479

Playoffs

Season	Team	G	GS	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%
2008	Liberty	6	6	17.0	34	5.7	1.5	0.8	0.2	0.3	0.7	.485	.167	.500	.501
2010	Liberty	5	0	24.8	68	13.6	3.2	0.6	0.8	0.6	1.8	.536	.444	.800	.582
2011	Liberty	3	0	21.7	27	9.0	3.3	1.3	2.0	0.3	2.0	.357	.200	.667	.418
2012	Liberty	2	2	28.5	13	6.5	4.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	2.0	.250	.167		.271
2015	Liberty	6	0	14.2	25	4.2	1.0	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.5	.423	.333	1.000	.472
2016	Sparks	9	8	25.2	60	6.7	2.3	1.2	0.4	0.1	1.2	.333	.258	.500	.390
2017	Sparks	8	0	12.9	25	3.1	1.1	0.4	0.6	0.2	0.2	.400	.000	.714	.441
2018	Sparks	2	0	18.0	8	4.0	2.0	2.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	.231	.143	.500	.287
2019	Mercury	1	0	11.0	4	4.0	5.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	.667			.667
2020	Sun	5	0	7.8	13	2.6	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.4	.462	.200		.500
Total	10 seasons	47	16	18.1	277	5.9	1.9	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.9	.402	.235	.667	.446