TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction History Makers 4 Chapter 1 Becoming Superstars 8 Chapter 2 Greatest Moments 14 Chapter 3 Winning by the Numbers 20 Chapter 4 And the Winner Is 24 Smackdown Breakdown 28 Glossary 30 31 Index
sparks Lisa Leslie INTRODUCTION HISTORY MAKERS Los Angeles Sparks center Lisa Leslie made history on July 30 2002 Her team faced the Miami Sol in Los Angeles California Leslie quickly gave the hometown fans something to cheer about Fast Facts Lisa Leslie won two Women’s National Basketball Association WNBA titles Leslie is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Tina Charles is the fourth WNBA player to score at least 7,000 career points Charles has won three gold medals in the Olympic Games with Team USA
on etra seattle 31 With less than five minutes to play in the first quarter the Sol missed a shot The ball bounced to Sparks player Latasha Byears She threw a long pass to Leslie who stood alone near center court Leslie dribbled to the basket She leaped for a slam dunk Fans jumped to their feet and cheered Leslie had just made the first slam dunk in WNBA history The Sol won the game 82 73 But WNBA fans and players remember Leslie’s dunk as one of the most exciting moments in league history She was one of the WNBA’s first true superstars Tina Charles
