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{{short description|American basketball player (born 1972)}}
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{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Lisa Leslie
| image = LisaLeslieDec10.jpg
| caption = Leslie in 2010
| position = 
| league = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|7|7}}<ref name="wnba.com">{{cite web |title=Lisa Leslie Playerfile |url=http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/lisa_leslie/ |publisher=WNBA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002085133/http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/lisa_leslie/ |access-date=21 June 2021 |archive-date=October 2, 2009}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Compton, California]], U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 5
| weight_lbs = 170
| high_school = [[Morningside High School|Morningside]] ([[Inglewood, California]])
| college = [[USC Trojans women's basketball|USC]] (1990–1994)
| draft_year = 1997
| draft = Allocated
| draft_team = [[Los Angeles Sparks]]
| draft_league = WNBA
| career_start = 1997
| career_end = 2009
| career_position = [[Center (basketball)|Center]]
| career_number = 9
| years1 = {{wnbay|1997}}–{{wnbay|2009}}
| team1 = [[Los Angeles Sparks]]
| cyears1 = [[2019 Big3 season|2019]]–2024
| cteam1 = [[Triplets (basketball)|Triplets]]
| highlights =
'''As player:'''
* 2× [[List of WNBA champions|WNBA champion]] ([[2001 WNBA Finals|2001]], [[2002 WNBA Finals|2002]])
* 2× [[WNBA Finals MVP]] ([[2001 WNBA Finals|2001]], [[2002 WNBA Finals|2002]])
* 3× [[WNBA MVP Award|WNBA MVP]] ({{WNBA Year|2001}}, {{WNBA Year|2004}}, {{WNBA Year|2006}})
* 8× [[WNBA All-Star Game|WNBA All-Star]] ([[1999 WNBA All-Star Game|1999]]–[[2003 WNBA All-Star Game|2003]], [[2005 WNBA All-Star Game|2005]], [[2006 WNBA All-Star Game|2006]], [[2009 WNBA All-Star Game|2009]])
* 3× [[WNBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award|WNBA All-Star Game MVP]] ([[1999 WNBA All-Star Game|1999]], [[2001 WNBA All-Star Game|2001]], [[2002 WNBA All-Star Game|2002]])
* 8× [[All-WNBA Team|All-WNBA First Team]] ({{WNBA Year|1997}}, {{WNBA Year|2000}}–{{WNBA Year|2004}}, {{WNBA Year|2006}}, {{WNBA Year|2008}})
* 4× [[All-WNBA Team|All-WNBA Second Team]] ({{WNBA Year|1998}}, {{WNBA Year|1999}}, {{WNBA Year|2005}}, {{WNBA Year|2009}})
* 2× [[WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award|WNBA Defensive Player of the Year]] ({{WNBA Year|2004}}, {{WNBA Year|2008}})
* 2× [[WNBA All-Defensive Team|WNBA All-Defensive First Team]] ({{WNBA Year|2006}}, {{WNBA Year|2008}})
* 2× [[WNBA All-Defensive Team|WNBA All-Defensive Second Team]] ({{WNBA Year|2005}}, {{WNBA Year|2009}})
* 2× [[List of Women's National Basketball Association season blocks leaders|WNBA blocks leader]] ({{WNBA Year|2004}}, {{WNBA Year|2008}})
* 3× [[List of Women's National Basketball Association season rebounding leaders|WNBA rebounding champion]] ({{WNBA Year|1997}}, {{WNBA Year|1998}}), {{WNBA Year|2004}})
* [[WNBA Peak Performers|WNBA Peak Performer]] ({{WNBA Year|2004}})
* [[WNBA All-Decade Team|WNBA 10th Anniversary Team]] ({{WNBA Year|2006}})
* [[WNBA's Top 15 Players of All Time|WNBA 15th Anniversary Team]] ({{WNBA Year|2011}})
* [[WNBA Top 20@20|WNBA 20th Anniversary Team]] ({{WNBA Year|2016}})
* [[The W25|WNBA 25th Anniversary Team]] ({{WNBA Year|2021}})
* No. 9 [[Los Angeles Sparks#Retired numbers|retired by Los Angeles Sparks]]
* No. 33 [[USC Trojans women's basketball#Retired numbers|retired by USC]]
* [[FIBA World Championship for Women|FIBA World Championship]] MVP (2002)
* [[Honda Sports Award]] (1994)
* [[Naismith College Player of the Year]] (1994)
* [[USBWA Women's National Player of the Year|USBWA National Player of the Year]] (1994)
* [[WBCA Player of the Year]] (1994)
* [[Women's Basketball Coaches Association|Kodak]] All-American (1994)
* 3× [[USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year]] (1993, 1998, 2002)
* 2× All-American – [[United States Basketball Writers Association|USBWA]] (1993, 1994)
* 4× [[List of All-Pac-12 Conference women's basketball teams|All Pac-10]] (1991-1994)
* [[Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award|Naismith Prep Player of the Year]] (1990)
* [[Gatorade Player of the Year awards|Gatorade National Player of the Year]] (1990)
'''As head coach:'''
* [[BIG3|BIG3 champion]] ([[2019 Big3 season|2019]])
| stats_league = WNBA
| stat1label = [[Point (basketball)|Points]]
| stat1value = 6,263 (17.3 ppg)
| stat2label = [[Rebound (basketball)|Rebounds]]
| stat2value = 3,307 (9.1 rpg)
| stat3label = [[Block (basketball)|Blocks]]
| stat3value = 822 (2.3 bpg)
| wnba_profile = Lisa_Leslie
| HOF_player = Lisa-Leslie
| womensHOF = lisa-leslie
| medal_templates = 
{{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]]|[[Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics|National Team]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]]|[[Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics|National Team]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]|[[Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics|National Team]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]|[[Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics|National Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA World Championship for Women|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1998 FIBA World Championship for Women|1998 Germany]]|[[United States women's national basketball team|National Team]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2002 FIBA World Championship for Women|2002 China]]|[[United States women's national basketball team|National Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1994 FIBA World Championship for Women|1994 Australia]]|[[United States women's national basketball team|National Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World University Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[USA Women's World University Games Team|1991 Sheffield]]|Team Competition}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[USA Women's R. William Jones Cup Team|Jones Cup]]|Team Competition}}
{{MedalGold|[[USA Women's R. William Jones Cup Team|1992 Taipei]]|Team Competition}}
}}

'''Lisa Deshaun Leslie''' (born July 7, 1972) is an American former professional [[basketball]] player. She is formerly the head coach for [[Triplets (basketball)|Triplets]] in the [[BIG3]] professional basketball league, as well as a studio analyst for [[Orlando Magic]] broadcasts on [[Fox Sports Florida|FanDuel Sports Network Florida]]. In 2002, Leslie made history as the first player to dunk during a [[Women's National Basketball Association]] (WNBA) game.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lisa Leslie: First Dunk in WNBA History {{!}} "What's she gonna do... She dunked it!" On her 45th birthday, look back at Lisa Leslie's historic slam. #FlashbackFriday #WNBABDAY {{!}} By WNBA - Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/wnba/videos/lisa-leslie-first-dunk-in-wnba-history/10155417936899280/ |access-date=2023-08-30 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}</ref> Leslie was ranked 5th on ESPN.com's 2021 list of the WNBA's greatest players of all time.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-21 |title=Ranking the 25 greatest players in WNBA history |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/32210623/wnba-greatest-players-all-ranking-25-best-league-history |access-date=2023-08-30 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>

Leslie played in the WNBA for the [[Los Angeles Sparks]] from 1997 to 2009. She is a three-time WNBA [[WNBA Most Valuable Player Award|MVP]] and a four-time Olympic gold medal winner. The number-seven pick in the 1997 inaugural WNBA draft, she followed her career at the [[University of Southern California]] with eight WNBA All-Star selections and two [[WNBA Championship|WNBA championships]] over the course of 11 seasons with the Los Angeles Sparks, before retiring in 2009.<ref name="nbc" /> In 2011, she was voted in by fans as one of the Top 15 players in WNBA history. All throughout her WNBA career, Leslie also played for [[USA Basketball]] in international competition, winning four [[Olympic gold medal]]s (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008) and two [[FIBA Women's World Cup|FIBA World Championship]]s (1998, 2002).

In 2015, Leslie was inducted into both the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]] and the [[Women's Basketball Hall of Fame]].

Upon becoming coach of the Triplets in 2019, she led the team to the BIG3 Championship that year.

==Early life==
Leslie was born in Compton, California, the daughter of Christine Lauren Leslie, who stood {{convert|6|ft|3|in}}, and Walter Leslie, a former professional basketball player.  Christine started her own [[truck driving]] business to support her three children. Walter left the family when her mother was four months pregnant with her.<ref name="porter"/> Leslie has two sisters: Dionne, who is five years older, and Tiffany, who is eight years younger. She also has a brother, Elgin (named after [[Elgin Baylor]] of the Los Angeles Lakers). She played on an all-girls team with the record 33–1.<ref name="jockbio">{{cite web |url=http://jockbio.com/Bios/Leslie/Leslie_bio.html |title=Lisa Leslie Biography |access-date=December 21, 2008 |publisher=Black Book Partners |year=2008 |archive-date=February 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210062505/http://www.jockbio.com/Bios/Leslie/Leslie_bio.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Middle school ===
During the first few weeks of middle school, a classmate asked Leslie to help out the basketball team.<ref name="grundy" /> On her first day of basketball tryouts, team members were told to split into two groups for layup drills: [[Handedness|lefties]] and [[Handedness|righties]]. Leslie was the only lefty in the group, so from then on, she decided to become right-hand dominant so she would not have to stand in a line by herself. That decision worked to her advantage, as she became ambidextrous.<ref name="lipstick">Leslie, Lisa, and Larry Barnett. ''Don't Let the Lipstick Fool You''. New York: Kensington Publishing Corp., 2008</ref>{{page needed|date=July 2021}}

In eighth grade, she transferred to a junior high school without a girls' basketball team, and joined a boys' basketball team. Her success there contributed to her confidence in her playing abilities.<ref name="lipstick" />

===High school===
At the age of 14, before Leslie had started high school at Morningside, she received more than a hundred college recruiting letters, including some from top [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] programs at the [[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|University of Tennessee]] and [[Stanford University]].<ref name="lipstick" />

Leslie continued her education in 1986 by enrolling at [[Morningside High School]] in [[Inglewood, California]].<ref name="porter" /> She made an immediate impact on the basketball program, starting every game for the girl's varsity team. She also joined the volleyball team and competed in track and field. She ended up being a state qualifier in the 400-meter run and the high jump.<ref name="jockbio" />

By the time she was a sophomore in high school, she was able to dunk the ball in the open court, even though she was not able to palm the ball. She was her team's leading scorer and rebounder and led them to the 1989 California state championship.  Leslie was invited to participate in the USA's Junior World Championship team.<ref name="jockbio" />  Entering her senior year, she developed into the top player in the country. She led her team to a state championship averaging 27 points and 15 rebounds per game.<ref name="porter" /> She tied the national record for points scored by a high school basketball player with [[Cheryl Miller]] in 1990 with 101 points scored, all in the first half. She had scored 105 points but four of the points were due to a technical foul charged on the opposing team for a delay of game after halftime, which were later voided as the game was deemed to end after the first half when the opposing team from [[South High School (Torrance, California)|South Torrance]] refused to play.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1990-02-08 |title=Morningside's Leslie Scores 101 in One Half : Girls' basketball: She is initially credited with record-tying 105, but game officially ends when opponents refuse to play. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-02-08-sp-572-story.html |access-date=2021-11-02 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-02-08-sp-572-story.html | title=Morningside's Leslie Scores 101 in One Half : Girls' basketball: She is initially credited with record-tying 105, but game officially ends when opponents refuse to play | website=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=February 8, 1990 }}</ref>

==College career==
Leslie attended the [[University of Southern California]] from 1990 to 1994.<ref name="meyer">{{cite web |url=http://www.makeithappen.com/wis/bios/lesliel.html |title=Women in Sports |access-date=December 21, 2008 |author=Meyer, Jan |year=1997 |archive-date=December 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203175638/http://www.makeithappen.com/wis/bios/lesliel.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> She graduated from USC with a bachelor's degree in communications and later completed her master's degree in business administration<ref name="peter">{{cite web |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/wnba/news?slug=jo-leslie072108&prov=yhoo&type=lgns |title=Day in the life of Lisa Leslie |access-date=December 21, 2008 |author=Peter, Josh |publisher=Yahoo |date=July 21, 2008}}</ref> from the [[University of Phoenix]].<ref>{{cite news |author=William C. Rhoden |date=January 16, 2009 |title=University Sells Itself During Playoffs |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/17/sports/football/17rhoden.html |access-date=March 20, 2009}}</ref><ref>[http://www.wireimage.com/ItemListings.aspx?igi=66148&nbc1=1 Los Angeles Sparks Lisa Leslie Receives her Masters at University of Phoenix]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} WireImage Website, Accessed March 20, 2009</ref>

Leslie played in a total of 120 college games, averaging 20.1 points, hitting 53.4% of her shots, and knocking down 69.8% of her free throws. She set the [[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-10 Conference]] records for scoring, rebounding, and blocked shots accumulating 2,414 points, 1,214 rebounds, and 321 blocked shots. She also held the USC single season record for blocked shots (95), until being surpassed by [[Rayah Marshall]] (98) in 2023.<ref name="meyer" />

During her college career, USC compiled a 89–31 record. They won one Pac-10 conference championship and earned four [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] tournament appearances. Leslie was honored with All-Pac-10 recognition all four years, as well as becoming the first player in Pac-10 history to obtain first team all four years and earn the Pac-10 Rookie of the Year award in 1991.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Leslie |first=Lisa |title=Don't let the lipstick fool you |date=2008 |publisher=Dafina Books |others=Burnett, Larry. |isbn=978-0-7582-3435-3 |location=New York, NY |pages=104 |oclc=233592709}}</ref> Leslie was also honored on the national platform by earning the national freshman of the year award in 1991.<ref name="news.usc.edu.65915">{{Cite web |url=https://news.usc.edu/65915/lisa-leslie-to-be-inducted-into-womens-basketball-hall-of-fame/ |title=Lisa Leslie heading to Women's Basketball Hall of Fame |date=2014-07-21 |website=USC News |language=en-US |access-date=2020-03-30 |last1=Linan |first1=Steve |archive-date=July 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705091700/https://news.usc.edu/65915/lisa-leslie-to-be-inducted-into-womens-basketball-hall-of-fame/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1994, she won multiple national player of the year awards—the [[Naismith College Player of the Year]] award,<ref name="news.usc.edu.65915"/> the [[USBWA Women's National Player of the Year]] award,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sportswriters.net/usbwa/awards/women/index.html |title=USBWA > All-America > Women |website=sportswriters.net |access-date=2020-03-30 |archive-date=April 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401092604/http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/awards/women/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> the [[Honda Sports Award (basketball)|Honda Sports Award]] for basketball,<ref>{{Cite journal |url=https://www.collegiatewomensportsawards.com/archives/basketball |title=Basketball |website=CWSA |language=en |access-date=2020-03-30}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.hoophallawards.com/leslie.php |title=Hoophall Awards |publisher=Hoophall Awards |access-date=2020-03-30}}</ref> and the [[WBCA Player of the Year]] award.<ref name=":1" /> In 1992, 1993, and 1994, she earned All-American Honors as well.<ref name=":0" />

===USC statistics===
{{NBA player statistics legend}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+College basketball statistics<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://usctrojans.com/documents/2017/7/27/2017_18_USC_WBB_Record_Book.pdf |title=USC Media Guide |access-date=September 12, 2017}}</ref>
!Year
!Team
!GP
!Points
!FG%
!3P%
!FT%
!RPG
!APG
!SPG
!BPG
!PPG
|-
|1990–91
|USC
|30
|582
|47.8%
|'''25.0%'''
|67.6%
|10.0
|0.7
|1.4
|2.6
|19.4
|-
|1991–92
|USC
|'''31'''
|632
|55.0%
|'''25.0%'''
|69.7%
|8.4
|1.5
|1.8
|1.7
|20.4
|-
|1992–93
|USC
|29
|543
|'''55.8%'''
|'''25.0%'''
|'''73.5%'''
|9.8
|2.0
|2.1
|'''3.3'''
|18.7
|-
|1993–94
|USC
|30
|657
|'''55.8%'''
|8.0%
|68.7%
|'''12.3'''
|'''2.8'''
|'''2.3'''
|3.1
|'''21.9'''
|-
|Career
|
|120
|2414
|53.4%
|18.9%
|69.8%
|10.1
|1.7
|1.9
|2.7
|20.1
|}

==WNBA career==
The WNBA was incorporated in 1996 and began playing in 1997. Leslie was drafted on January 22 by the [[Los Angeles Sparks]] as part of the Initial Allocation phase of the [[1997 WNBA Draft|draft]]. Her debut game was played on June 21, 1997, in a 67 - 57 loss to the [[New York Liberty]]. In her first game, Leslie recorded 16 points, 14 rebounds, 2 assists and 2  blocks.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199706210LAS.html | title=New York Liberty at Los Angeles Sparks, June 21, 1997 }}</ref> Due to her performance, Leslie has the distinction of recording the first double-double in WNBA history. [[Ruthie Bolton]] of the [[Sacramento Monarchs]] also recorded a double-double of 16 points and 11 rebounds on June 21, 1997, against the [[Utah Starzz]]. But chronologically, the Sparks vs. Liberty game was played before the Monarchs vs. Starzz game.

Leslie helped the Sparks make the playoffs five consecutive times, but the team did not win a WNBA title until 2001.<ref name="gretchen">{{cite web |url=http://www.girlscantwhat.com/2006/03/22/leslie-lisa-basketball-player |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020231757/http://www.girlscantwhat.com/2006/03/22/leslie-lisa-basketball-player/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 20, 2007 |title=Girls Can't What |access-date=December 21, 2008 |author=Gretchen |date=March 22, 2006}}</ref> That year, Leslie was named the 2001 Sportswoman of the Year (in the team category) by the Women's Sports Foundation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/News-And-Events/Awards/Sportswoman-of-the-Year-Award.aspx |title=Sportswoman of the Year Award |publisher=Women's Sports Foundation |access-date=August 3, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090722204407/http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/News-And-Events/Awards/Sportswoman-of-the-Year-Award.aspx |archive-date=July 22, 2009}}</ref>

On July 30, 2002, Leslie became the first woman to dunk the ball in a WNBA game.<ref name="wnbahist">{{cite web |url=http://www.wnba.com/about_us/greatest_moments_020508.html |title=WNBA's History |access-date=July 15, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011103530/http://www.wnba.com/about_us/greatest_moments_020508.html |archive-date=October 11, 2011}}</ref> That same year she became the first WNBA player to score over 3,000 total career points and contributed to the Sparks winning their second straight WNBA championship that season. Two seasons later, she became the first player to reach the 4,000-career point milestone.<ref name="gretchen" /> Leslie remains the Sparks' career scoring and rebounding leader.  She is the 4th highest all-time rebound leader, after Rebekkah Brunson, Sylvia Fowles, and Tamika Catchings.<ref name="meyer" /> Within that same season, she also became the third player in WNBA history to record a triple double, when she had 29 points, 15 rebounds and 10 blocks.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wnba.com/history_triple-doubles-dunks-and-20-20-games/ |title=Triple-Doubles, Dunks and 20–20 Games – WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA}}</ref> In the [[2005 WNBA All-Star Game]], Leslie had also become the first WNBA player to dunk in an all-star game.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.swishappeal.com/2014/1/26/5342768/los-angele-sparks-watch-day-25-first-dunks-in-WNBA-history |title=SW Day 25: Leslie first to dunk in a WNBA game |date=January 26, 2014}}</ref> On August 11, 2009, Leslie became the first player to score 6,000 points in a career.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iN3F6s3zPysWVniKKWTYkIxUjpKwD9A0EL4G0 |title=Sparks' Leslie becomes 1st player to 6,000 points |agency=Associated Press |access-date=August 12, 2009}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>  Earlier that month she was the first player to reach 10,000 career PRA (points + rebounds + assists), a statistic fundamental to the WNBA "Pick One Challenge" fantasy game.

Leslie announced her retirement effective at the end of the 2009 season on February 4, 2009.<ref>[http://www.wnba.com/sparks/news/Lisa_Leslie_Announces_Retirement.html Lisa Leslie Announces Retirement] WNBA.com, February 4, 2009</ref>  The Sparks held a farewell ceremony for Leslie during their final home game of the season in September.<ref>[http://www.wnba.com/gallery/leslie_ceremony_090911_1.html Lisa Leslie acknowledges the fans during 'Lisa Leslie's Farewell Game'] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212002206/http://www.wnba.com/gallery/leslie_ceremony_090911_1.html |date=February 12, 2010 }}</ref>  She finished holding the league records for points (6,263), rebounds (3,307) and PRA (10,444).<ref>[http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/lisa_leslie/career_stats.html Lisa Leslie Playerfile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208124410/http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/lisa_leslie/career_stats.html |date=February 8, 2009 }}</ref>

Leslie's final WNBA game ever was Game 3 of the 2009 Western Conference Finals between the Sparks and the [[Phoenix Mercury]]. Although Leslie recorded 22 points and 9 rebounds, the Sparks lost the game 74 - 85 and were eliminated from the playoffs.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200909260PHO.html | title=Los Angeles Sparks at Phoenix Mercury, September 26, 2009 }}</ref>

In 2011, she was voted in by fans as one of the Top 15 players in the fifteen-year history of the WNBA.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wnba.com/allstar/2011/top15_072311.html |title=WNBA.com: AllStar 2011 |publisher=WNBA}}</ref> In 2016, she was voted into the [[WNBA Top 20@20]], in celebration of the league's 20th anniversary.

==National team career==
[[File:United States women's national basketball team.jpg|thumb|right|Leslie playing against [[Spain women's national basketball team|Spain]] during the [[2008 Summer Olympics]].]]
Leslie was named to the USA Basketball Women's Junior National Team (now called the [[USA Women's U18 and U19 teams|U19 team]]). She was 17 at the time, the youngest player on the USA team. The team participated in the second Junior World Championship, held in [[Bilbao]], Spain in July 1989. The USA team lost their opening game to South Korea in overtime, then lost a two-point game to Australia. After winning their next game against Bulgaria, behind 22 points and nine rebounds from Leslie, the USA team again fell in a close game, losing by three points to Czechoslovakia. After beating Zaire in their next game, the USA team played Spain, and fell three points short. Leslie led the team in scoring, rebounds, and blocks, averaging 13.3 points and 7.0 rebounds per game and recording 21 blocks over the course of the event. The USA team finished in seventh place.<ref name="1989 U19" />

Leslie was a member of the USA team competing at the 1991 [[USA Women's World University Games Team|World University Games]] held in [[Sheffield]], England. Leslie was the second leading scorer on the USA squad, averaging 13.0 points per game, and helped the [[Tara VanDerveer]]-coached team to a 7–0 record and the gold medal.<ref name="WUG" />

She competed with [[USA Basketball]] as a member of the 1992 [[United States women's national basketball team#William Jones Cup|Jones Cup Team]] that won the Gold in [[Taipei]] for the first time since 1987.<ref name="Jones Cup" />

Leslie has made four consecutive Olympic appearances, and has earned four gold medals. She was the second female basketball player ever to earn that many gold medals, after [[Teresa Edwards]]. Leslie has also made appearances with the United States national women's basketball team where she won gold medals in 1996 and 2000, and has also earned a world championship.<ref name="nbc">{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=547/bio |title=Lisa Leslie Bio. |access-date=December 21, 2008 |publisher=NBC Universal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917200023/http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete%3D547/bio/ |archive-date=September 17, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Leslie scored 35 points against Japan in the semifinals of the 1996 Olympics to set an American Olympic women's scoring record.<ref name="porter" />

Leslie is one of seven USA Basketball's three-time Olympians, and one of two players with four gold medals. She led the U.S. team in scoring during the 2004 Olympic Games. During her third Olympic completion, she became the USA's all-time leading scorer, rebounder, and shot blocker in Olympic competition. Every time she has competed in a major international event, she has compiled double-digit scoring averages. Leslie, at age 20, was also the youngest player to participate at the USA Olympic Trials in 1992.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/beijing_olympics/story/0,27313,24235038-5017043,00.html |title=Dan Carter signs four-deal to stay in NZ |access-date=February 6, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918123027/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/beijing_olympics/story/0,27313,24235038-5017043,00.html |archive-date=September 18, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Leslie has had a rivalry with [[Lauren Jackson]] ever since the 2000 Olympics, when the Australian star ripped out Leslie's hair extensions during a game.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1105899/index.htm |work=CNN |title=Video |date=August 30, 2004 |access-date=May 7, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409092344/http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1105899/index.htm |archive-date=April 9, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24044768-10914,00.html |title=Australian basketball star Lauren Jackson dreams of gold |date=July 20, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409120507/http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0%2C21985%2C24044768-10914%2C00.html |archive-date=April 9, 2009}}</ref>

==WNBA career statistics==
{{WNBA player statistics legend}}

{| class="wikitable"
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|style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"|†
|Denotes seasons in which Leslie won a [[WNBA Finals|WNBA championship]]
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|style="background:#E0CEF2; width:1em"|{{double dagger}}
|WNBA record
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===Regular season===
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|+WNBA regular season statistics
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[1997 WNBA season|1997]]
| style="text-align:left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 28 || 28 || 32.2 || .431 || .261 || .598 || style="background:#D3D3D3" | 9.5° || 2.6 || 1.4 || 2.1 || 3.89 || 15.9
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[1998 WNBA season|1998]]
| style="text-align:left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 28 || 28 || 32.1 || .478 || .391 || .768 || style="background:#D3D3D3" | 10.2° || 2.5 || 1.5 || 2.1 || 3.64 || 19.6
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[1999 WNBA season|1999]]
| style="text-align:left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 32 || 32 || 29.1 || .468 || '''.423''' || .731 || 7.8 || 1.8 || 1.1 || 1.5 || 2.94 || 15.6
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[2000 WNBA season|2000]]
| style="text-align:left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 32 || 32 || 32.1 || .458 || .219 || '''.824''' || 9.6 || 1.9 || 1.0 || 2.3 || 3.22 || 17.8
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[2001 WNBA season|2001]]<sup>†</sup>
| style="text-align:left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 31 || 31 || 33.3 || .473 || .367 || .736 || 9.6 || 2.4 || 1.1 || 2.3 || 3.16 || 19.5 
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[2002 WNBA season|2002]]{{sup|†}}
| style="text-align:left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 31 || 31 || 34.2 || .466 || .324 || .727 || '''10.4''' || 2.7 || 1.5 || '''2.9''' || 3.48 || 16.9
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[2003 WNBA season|2003]]
| style="text-align:left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 23 || 23 || '''34.4''' || .442 || .324 || .617 || 10.0 || 2.0 || 1.3 || 2.7 || 2.83 || 18.4
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[2004 WNBA season|2004]]
| style="text-align:left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| '''34''' || '''34''' || 33.8 || .494 || .273 || .712 || style="background:#D3D3D3" | 9.9° || 2.6 || 1.5 || style="background:#D3D3D3" | '''2.9'''° || 3.24 || 17.6
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[2005 WNBA season|2005]]
| style="text-align:left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| '''34''' || '''34''' || 32.2 || .440 || .206 || .586 || 7.3 || 2.6 || '''2.0''' || 2.1 || 2.94 || 15.2
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[2006 WNBA season|2006]]
| style="text-align:left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| '''34''' || '''34''' || 30.7 || .511 || .400 || .650 || 9.5 || '''3.2''' || 1.5 || 1.7 || 3.71 || '''20.0'''
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[2008 WNBA season|2008]]
| style="text-align:left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 33 || 33 || 32.1 || .463 || .235 || .661 || 8.9 || 2.4 || 1.5 || style="background:#D3D3D3" | '''2.9'''° || 3.61 || 15.1
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[2009 WNBA season|2009]]
| style="text-align:left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 23 || 21 || 27.7 || '''.518''' || .167 || .722 || 6.6 || 2.1 || 0.7 || 1.4 || '''2.60''' || 15.4
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Career
| style="text-align:left" | 12 years, 1 team
| 363 || 361 || 32.0 || .470 || .316 || .695 || 9.1 || 2.4 || 1.4 || 2.3 || 3.34 || 17.3
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=== Playoffs ===
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|+WNBA playoff statistics
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[WNBA Playoffs#1999 season|1999]]
| style="text-align:left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 4 || 4 || 36.3 || .483 || .308 || .778 || 8.5 || 2.8 || 1.0 || 1.5 || 3.50 || 19.0
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[WNBA Playoffs#2000 season|2000]]
| style="text-align:left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 4 || 4 || 34.8 || .491 || .000 || '''.826''' || 10.3 || 2.0 || 0.2 || 1.2 || 3.25 || 18.8
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[WNBA Playoffs#2001 season|2001]]{{sup|†}}
| style="text-align:left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 7 || 7 || 37.1 || .492 || .429 || .740 || style="background:#D3D3D3" | '''12.3'''° || 3.0 || 1.7 || style="background:#D3D3D3" | '''4.4'''° || 3.71 || style="background:#D3D3D3" | '''22.3'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[WNBA Playoffs#2002 season|2002]]{{sup|†}}
| style="text-align:left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 6 || 6 || '''38.7''' || .535 || '''.625''' || .731 || 7.8 || 1.8 || 1.8 || 2.8 || 1.33 || 19.3
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[WNBA Playoffs#2003 season|2003]]
| style="text-align:left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| '''9''' || '''9''' || 36.3 || '''.540''' || .333 || .704 || 8.9 || 2.6 || 1.3 || 3.1 || 2.67 || style="background:#D3D3D3" | 20.8°
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[WNBA Playoffs#2004 season|2004]]
| style="text-align:left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 3 || 3 || 36.7 || .452 || .000 || .750 || 8.7 || 0.7 || 0.3 || 2.7 || 2.67 || 11.3
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[WNBA Playoffs#2005 season|2005]]
| style="text-align:left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 2 || 2 || 33.5 || .357 || .000 || .615 || 6.5 || '''3.5''' || '''2.5''' || 1.5 || '''1.00''' || 9.0
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[WNBA Playoffs#2006 season|2006]]
| style="text-align:left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 5 || 5 || 32.6 || .308 || .333 || .759 || 7.2 || 1.8 || 0.8 || 1.6 || 3.40 || 12.6
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[WNBA Playoffs#2008 season|2008]]
| style="text-align:left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 6 || 6 || 32.0 || .516 || .500 || .625 || 8.8 || 2.2 || 1.2 || 2.8 || 4.33 || 13.8
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[WNBA Playoffs#2009 season|2009]]
| style="text-align:left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 6 || 6 || 34.6 || .452 || .000 || .615 || 9.2 || 2.0 || 1.3 || 1.5 || 2.17 || 16.7
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Career
| style="text-align:left" | 10 years, 1 team
| 52 || 52 || 35.4 || .480 || .390 || .711 || 9.1 || 2.3 || 1.3 || style="background:#EOCEF2" | 2.5{{double dagger}}  || 2.90 || 17.5
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==Other professional endeavors==

Apart from basketball, Leslie is also a fashion model and an aspiring actress. She has been featured in ''Vogue'' and ''Newsweek'', as well as many sports publications.<ref name="porter" /> She has been on [[ESPN]] numerous times and has been a guest star on several television shows such as ''[[Sister Sister (TV series)|Sister Sister]]'', ''[[The Game (2006 TV series)|The Game]]'', and ''[[One on One (American TV series)|One on One]]''. She is a guest commentator for "Sports Zone" on [[KABC-TV]]/Los Angeles and wears the Circle 7 logo from the channel when on the show. She has also acted in a variety of commercials. Early in her career she signed a modeling contract with the [[Wilhelmina modeling agency]].<ref name="gretchen" /> Leslie appeared on the show, ''[[The Superstars (2009 edition)|Superstars]]'', and she and her partner, David Charvet, took third place after David injured his wrist. Leslie also played herself in an episode of the TV-show ''[[The Jersey]]'' called "Nick's a Chick", where she [[Body swap|switched bodies]] with a boy named Nick Lighter (played by [[Michael Galeota]]). In addition, she played herself in one episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]''. She also appeared in the movie ''[[Think Like a Man]]'', and played as herself. Leslie is also a playable character in the original ''[[Backyard Basketball]]'', alongside [[Kevin Garnett]]. She was only the fourth female professional athlete in the ''[[Backyard Sports]]'' series, after soccer players [[Brianna Scurry]], [[Brandi Chastain]], and [[Tiffeny Milbrett]]. She also appeared in the second episode of ''All in with Cam'' with host [[Cam Newton]]. In 2013, Leslie switched places with Downtown Julie Brown on the show ''Celebrity Wife Swap''. On January 28, 2016, it was announced that she would be a contestant in ''[[The New Celebrity Apprentice]]'' (also known as ''[[Celebrity Apprentice]] 8''). Recently, she played septuagenarian Betty Lou in ''[[Uncle Drew]]'' which hit the theaters in June 2018.

Since her retirement from professional basketball, Leslie has worked as a sports commentator and analyst for several sports networks, such as [[NBC]], [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and [[Fox Sports Net]]. She had also released an autobiography called ''Don't Let the Lipstick Fool You''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.biography.com/people/lisa-leslie-12816766#life-after-pro-basketball |title=Lisa Leslie |website=Biography.com|date=November 28, 2023 }}</ref> In 2011, she had become a co-owner of the [[Los Angeles Sparks]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/los-angeles/story/_/id/6900507/lisa-leslie-joins-los-angeles-sparks-ownership-group |title=Leslie joins up with Sparks' ownership group |date=August 27, 2011}}</ref> In 2018, Leslie joined [[Fox Sports Florida]] as a studio analyst on [[Orlando Magic]] broadcasts.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orlando-magic/os-sp-orlando-magic-notebook-0112-story.html |title=Lisa Leslie joins Fox Sports Florida's Magic telecast crew |last=Robbins |first=Josh |website=Orlando Sentinel |date=January 11, 2018 |language=en-US |access-date=2019-02-10}}</ref>

Leslie was named coach of the [[Triplets (basketball)|Triplets]] - an expansion team of the [[BIG3]] three-on-three league founded by [[Ice Cube]] -  on January 10, 2019, and that year led the team to a 7–1 record, and winning the BIG3 Championship.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

==Personal life==
[[File:Lisa Leslie by Gage Skidmore.jpg|left|thumb|Leslie at an event hosted by [[National School Choice Week]] in Phoenix, Arizona.]]
On November 5, 2005, Leslie married Michael Lockwood, who played basketball for the [[United States Air Force Academy]] and is a [[Aircraft pilot|pilot]] for [[United Parcel Service|UPS]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.essence.com/2009/04/20/lisa-leslie-my-husband-taught-me-the-dif |title=Lisa Leslie: 'My Husband Taught Me the Difference Between a Man and a Boy' |date=December 16, 2009 |website=Essence.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://penguinrandomhouse.ca/authors/241022/michael-j-lockwood |title=Michael J. Lockwood |website=Penguin Random House Canada}}</ref> In 2007, she took a year's leave from professional basketball for a pregnancy, and her daughter was born that same year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wnba.com/sparks/news/leslie_baby_070615.html |title=SPARKS: Sparks Star Lisa Leslie has Baby Girl |publisher=WNBA}}</ref> Leslie returned to the WNBA for the 2008 season.<ref name="lipstick" /> Leslie had a son, Michael ||, in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://celebritybabies.people.com/2010/04/09/lisa-leslie-welcomes-son-michael-joseph-ii/ |title=Lisa Leslie Welcomes Son Michael Joseph II |access-date=April 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908020423/http://celebritybabies.people.com/2010/04/09/lisa-leslie-welcomes-son-michael-joseph-ii/ |archive-date=September 8, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Leslie is a [[Christians|Christian]]. In an interview, she spoke about her faith, "As a prayerful kid, I was always putting my faith and goals in the Lord's name. That was always one of the things that helped me the most. I always wanted to fulfill His purpose. I think that's really been the saving grace for me. When you have faith, you have to step out on it [and trust God]."<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.brnow.org/News/February-2014/Lisa-Leslie-balances-family-fame |title=Lisa Leslie balances family, fame |work=brnow |access-date=September 12, 2017}}</ref>

On February 4, 2020, Leslie was interviewed by [[Gayle King]] to talk about her friendship with [[Kobe Bryant]]. During the interview, Leslie was asked about Bryant's sexual assault case in 2003. Leslie responded that those accusations did not align with the person she knew.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theroot.com/gayle-king-asked-lisa-leslie-about-kobe-bryants-rape-ca-1841482078 |title=Gayle King Asked Lisa Leslie About Kobe Bryant's Rape Case. The Response Revealed How Much Further We Need to Go |website=The Root |date=February 6, 2020 |language=en-us |access-date=2020-02-13}}</ref>

Leslie is a realtor and co-founder of a sports and entertainment real-estate firm named Aston Rose.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/coreincarter/2022/03/24/these-professional-athletes-founded-the-first-national-sports-and-entertainment-luxury-real-estate-firm/?sh=64e7470573a2|title = These Professional Athletes Founded the First National Sports and Entertainment Luxury Real Estate Firm|website = [[Forbes]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mansionglobal.com/articles/a-new-real-estate-agency-focused-on-athletes-is-ready-to-play-01647545863|title = A New Real-Estate Agency Focused on Athletes is Ready to Play| date=March 17, 2022 }}</ref>

Leslie was initiated as an honorary member of [[Alpha Kappa Alpha]] sorority on July 15, 2021.<ref>[https://rollingout.com/2021/07/16/tracee-ellis-ross-lisa-leslie-among-alpha-kappa-alpha-2021-honorary-members/ Tracee Ellis Ross, Lisa Leslie among Alpha Kappa Alpha 2021 honorary members]</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of basketball players who have scored 100 points in a single game]]
* [[List of WNBA career rebounding leaders]]
* [[List of multiple Olympic gold medalists in one event]]
* [[Women's Blue Chip Basketball League#WBCBL Professional Basketball Trailblazer Award|WBCBL Professional Basketball Trailblazer Award]]

==References==
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<ref name="grundy">Grundy p. 222</ref>

<ref name="porter">Porter p. 279–280</ref>

<!--ref name="Past Winners – basketball">{{cite web |title=PAST HONDA SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FOR BASKETBALL |url=http://www.collegiatewomensportsawards.com/archives/basketball |work=THE Collegiate Women Sports Awards Program |access-date=May 8, 2014}}</ref-->

<ref name="1989 U19">{{cite web |title=Second FIBA Women's U19/Junior World Championship – 1989 |date=June 10, 2010 |url=http://www.usab.com/history/u19-womens/second-FIBA-womens-u19junior-world-championship-1989.aspx |publisher=USA Basketball |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907033052/http://www.usab.com/history/u19-womens/second-FIBA-womens-u19junior-world-championship-1989.aspx |archive-date=September 7, 2015 |url-status=dead |access-date=October 20, 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="WUG">{{cite web |url=http://www.usabasketball.com/news.php?news_page=wwug_1991 |title=FIFTEENTH WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES – 1991 |publisher=USA Basketball |access-date=June 12, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130111101039/http://www.usabasketball.com/news.php?news_page=wwug_1991 |archive-date=January 11, 2013 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

<ref name="Jones Cup">{{cite web |url=http://archive.usab.com/womens/wjcup_1992.html |title=1992 WOMEN'S R. WILLIAM JONES CUP |access-date=August 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808043753/http://archive.usab.com/womens/wjcup_1992.html |archive-date=August 8, 2014 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

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==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last=Grundy |first=Pamela |year=2005 |title=Shattering the glass |url=https://archive.org/details/shatteringglassr0000grun |url-access=registration |publisher=New Press |isbn=978-1-56584-822-1}}
* {{cite book |title=Basketball: A Biographical Dictionary |editor=David L. Porter |publisher=Greenwood Press |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-313-30952-6}}

==External links==
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* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002085133/http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/lisa_leslie/ |date=October 2, 2009 |title=Lisa Leslie at WNBA.com }}
* [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/l/leslili01w.html Lisa Leslie] at Basketball-Reference.com
* [http://www.wnba.com/sparks/news/leslie_chat_021011.html WNBA chat transcript]
* {{Team USA|old_id=LE/Lisa-Leslie|archive=20230318101800}}
* {{Team USA Hall of Fame|new_id=lisa-leslie|old_id=Lisa-Leslie|archive=20230720074711}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|org_archive=20160921003344}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* [https://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/basketba/2002-05-01-leslie.htm 101-point half] at [[USA Today]]
* {{IMDb name|0005146}}

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