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Pau Gasol
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This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Gasol and the second or maternal family name is Sáez.
Pau Gasol
Gasol with the Bulls in 2015
No. 16 – San Antonio Spurs
Position
Power forward / Center
League
NBA
Personal information
Born
(1980-07-06) July 6, 1980 (age 37)
Barcelona, Spain
Nationality
Spanish
Listed height
7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight
250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
NBA draft
2001 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3rd overall
Selected by the Atlanta Hawks
Playing career
1998–present
Career history
1998–2001
FC Barcelona
2001–2008
Memphis Grizzlies
2008–2014
Los Angeles Lakers
2014–2016
Chicago Bulls
2016–present
San Antonio Spurs
Career highlights and awards
2× NBA champion (2009, 2010)
6× NBA All-Star (2006, 2009–2011, 2015, 2016)
2× All-NBA Second Team (2011, 2015)
2× All-NBA Third Team (2009, 2010)
NBA Rookie of the Year (2002)
J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award (2012)
All-EuroLeague Second Team (2001)
2× Spanish League champion (1999, 2001)
Spanish King's Cup MVP (2001)
Spanish League Finals MVP (2001)
2× FIBA Europe Player of the Year (2008, 2009)
2× Mister Europa Player of the Year (2004, 2009)
4× Euroscar Player of the Year (2008–2010, 2015)
FIBA World Cup MVP (2006)
2× FIBA EuroBasket MVP (2009, 2015)
3× FIBA EuroBasket Top Scorer (2003, 2009, 2015)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals[hide]
Men's basketball
Representing Spain
Summer Olympics
2008 Beijing Team
2012 London Team
2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Cup
2006 Japan
EuroBasket
2009 Poland
2011 Lithuania
2015 France
2003 Sweden
2007 Spain
2001 Turkey
2017 Turkey
Pau Gasol Sáez (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈpaw ɣəˈzɔɫ], Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpau ɣaˈsol]; born July 6, 1980) is a Spanish professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a six-time NBA All-Star, and a four-time All-NBA selection, twice on the second team and twice on the third team. He has won two NBA championships, both with the Los Angeles Lakers. He was the NBA Rookie of the Year in 2002 with the Memphis Grizzlies, one of only three non-American NBA players to win that award. He is the older brother of fellow NBA player Marc Gasol.
Gasol was selected by the Atlanta Hawks with the third overall pick in the first round of the 2001 NBA draft, but his rights were traded to Memphis. He currently holds the Grizzlies' franchise record for free throws made and attempted.[1] After seven seasons with the team, Gasol was traded to the Lakers in 2008. In 2014, he signed with the Chicago Bulls. Two years later, he signed with the San Antonio Spurs. Gasol has won two Olympic silver medals, an Olympic bronze medal, a FIBA World Cup title and three EuroBasket titles with the Spanish national basketball team.
Contents
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1 Early career
2 NBA career
2.1 Memphis Grizzlies (2001–2008)
2.2 Los Angeles Lakers (2008–2014)
2.3 Chicago Bulls (2014–2016)
2.4 San Antonio Spurs (2016–present)
3 Spanish national team
4 Player profile
5 Career statistics
5.1 NBA
5.1.1 Regular season
5.1.2 Playoffs
5.2 EuroLeague
6 Awards and honours
6.1 FC Barcelona
6.2 NBA
6.3 European Player of the Year awards
6.4 Spanish national team
7 Personal life
8 See also
9 References
10 External links
Early career[edit]
Pau Gasol was born in Barcelona.[2] He began playing basketball as a center with his school team, Alvirne, and he eventually signed with Cornellà.[3] When he was sixteen, he began playing for Barcelona's junior team.[3] He also won both the 1998 Albert Schweitzer Tournament and the 1998 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship.[4] After moving to the senior team of Barcelona, Gasol played just 25 total minutes in the Spanish ACB League's 1998–99 season, and averaged 13.7 minutes per game in the ACB the next year.[5] However, in his final season in the ACB, Gasol averaged 12.4 points and 5.8 rebounds in 24.7 minutes per game.[5] Barcelona was victorious in the Spanish National Cup finals championship game in 2001, and Gasol was named Most Valuable Player.[4] After entering the NBA draft, Gasol was selected third overall in the first round in the 2001 NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks,[6] who traded his draft rights to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for Shareef Abdur-Rahim.[7]
NBA career[edit]
Memphis Grizzlies (2001–2008)[edit]
In his first season with the Grizzlies, Gasol became the first foreign player to win the NBA Rookie of the Year Award,[8] and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team.[9] He averaged 17.6 points and 8.9 rebounds per game, and was also the only team member to play in all 82 games that season.[10] Gasol led the team in scoring (19.0 points per game) in his second year with the Grizzlies, and for the second year in a row, played in all 82 games.[10] Gasol missed the first game of his career, during his third year, with a foot injury on April 5, 2004, which snapped his string of 240 consecutive games played.[11] He grabbed the 1,500th rebound of his career on November 12, 2003, against the Orlando Magic and scored his 3,000th career point on October 31, 2003, against the Boston Celtics.[12] Despite having 22 points in Game 4 against the San Antonio Spurs, the highest by a Memphis players in the playoffs, his team was eliminated in the first round, not winning a single game against San Antonio. This was both the Grizzlies and Gasol's first trip to the NBA Playoffs.[13] He scored 31 points and blocked four shots on January 11, 2005, against the Indiana Pacers to earn 5,000 points and 500 blocks in his career, becoming the 10th fastest player to reach 5,000 points/500 blocks since 1973–74.[12] He also helped his team make it to the playoffs for the second time in his career, but they were eliminated in the first round and did not win a single game against the Phoenix Suns.[14]
Gasol was with the Memphis Grizzlies from 2001–2008 until he was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers during the 2007–08 season.
In his fifth year with the Grizzlies, he became the franchise's all-time leading rebounder on March 24 against the New York Knicks when he grabbed his 3,072nd rebound in a Grizzlies uniform.[12] He made 29 consecutive free throw attempts from January 24 to 28, tying the second best mark in Grizzlies history, including two straight games going 12–12 from the line, tying the best single-game mark in franchise history.[12] Gasol and the Grizzlies returned to the playoffs for the third time in his and his team's history. Once again, they were eliminated in the first round and did not win a single game against the Dallas Mavericks.[15]
On February 9, 2006, making his first appearance, Gasol was selected to play in the 2006 NBA All-Star Game in Houston, Texas as a reserve center for the Western Conference. At the time, he was one of four players ranked among Western Conference forwards in the top ten in points, rebounds, assists and blocked shots.[16] He was the first Spanish basketball player as well as the first Grizzlies player to ever make it to the All-Star Game.[16]
Gasol missed the first 23 games of the 2006–07 NBA season due to a broken foot suffered near the end of Spain's semifinal win over Argentina in the 2006 FIBA World Championship.[12] He would go on to be named Most Valuable Player of the tournament, which Spain won.[12] He had a season-high 34 points (most by a Grizzly that season), and eight rebounds and tied a career-high and franchise record with eight blocks on January 29 against the Sacramento Kings,[17] and surpassed Shareef Abdur-Rahim as the franchise's all-time leader in free throw attempts on January 31 against the Dallas Mavericks.[12] He became the all-time franchise leader in field goals made on February 6 against the Houston Rockets,[12] and became the all-time franchise leader in minutes played on February 7 at Dallas.[12] He surpassed Shareef Abdur-Rahim (7,801 points) as the Grizzlies' all-time leading scorer on March 7, 2007, against the Toronto Raptors (7,809 points at the time).[12] On January 24, 2007, Gasol recorded his second career triple-double against the hosting Utah Jazz, garnering 17 points, 13 rebounds, and 12 assists. He also registered 2 blocks and one steal.[18]
Los Angeles Lakers (2008–2014)[edit]
Gasol boxing out in 2008
On February 1, 2008, Gasol was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers along with a 2010 second round draft pick for Kwame Brown, Javaris Crittenton, Aaron McKie, the rights to Marc Gasol (Pau's younger brother), and 2008 and 2010 first round draft picks.[19] There has been some controversy surrounding the trade. Chris Wallace denied in an ESPN article that he had been ordered by owner Michael Heisley to make the Grizzlies more attractive to a potential buyer. Wallace said, "No one put pressure on me to do this, and Michael Heisley has actually been reluctant to move Pau." He also said that they had been "trolling" the waters for a while and dealt with a number of teams. He selected the Lakers deal because "it didn't get any better than this."[19] When Gasol departed the Grizzlies, he held twelve franchise records, including games played, minutes played, field goals made, free throws made and attempted, offensive, defensive, and total rebounds, blocked shots, turnovers, and points. Per game statistics, he leads Memphis in defensive and total rebounds along with blocked shots.[20] On February 5, he made his first Lakers appearance in a game against the New Jersey Nets, during which he scored 24 points and had 12 rebounds in a 105–90 win over the Nets.[21][22] On March 14, Gasol sprained his ankle in a game against the New Orleans Hornets, stepping on the foot of teammate Vladimir Radmanović in the first quarter.[23] Gasol was expected to miss the remaining three games of the Lakers' road trip after x-rays came up negative.[24] Gasol returned to the starting lineup on April 2 against the Portland Trail Blazers and played nearly thirty-two minutes, registering 10 points, six rebounds and seven assists.[25] He admitted to feeling limited with the swelling in his ankle still present.[25] Gasol helped the Lakers finish the regular season with the best record in the Western Conference (57–25), with him in the starting lineup the Lakers went 22–5. Kobe Bryant has also stated that playing with Gasol clicked from the start.[26]
Dunk by Gasol in Game 2 of the 2008 NBA Finals
In the Lakers' opening game of the playoffs, he contributed 36 points, 16 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 blocked shots.[26][27] When the Lakers swept the Denver Nuggets in the first round, it was Gasol's first trip to the second round in four tries. His previous team, the Grizzlies, failed to reach the playoffs for the second year in a row. He contributed 17 points and 13 rebounds in Game 6 against the Utah Jazz to help the Lakers advance to the conference finals.[28][29] On May 31, he recorded a career high 19 rebounds in a series-clinching win against the San Antonio Spurs, and he became the first Spaniard to reach the NBA Finals.[30][31] Gasol scored 14.7 points per game on .532 shooting in the 2008 Finals against the Boston Celtics, which was below his scoring average of 18.9 during the regular season, However, he led the Lakers in rebounding with 10.2 per game throughout the championship series,[32] up from his regular-season average of 8.4.[12] Los Angeles lost in six games against Boston in the Finals, including a 131–92 loss in Game 6.[33] In the Playoffs, Gasol was the second leading Laker in points (16.9), rebounds (9.3) and assists per game (4.0).[34] He was the leader in blocks per game (1.90) and was tied with Lamar Odom with the most postseason double-doubles (10).
On January 2, 2009, in a win against the Utah Jazz, Gasol scored his 10,000th career point. Gasol earned his second All-Star appearance as a reserve for the Western Conference squad during the 2008–09 NBA season, his first as a Laker. He was also named Western Conference Player of the Month after helping the Lakers to an 11–2 record for the month of February that included road wins over Boston and Cleveland. He finished the regular season with averages of 18.9 points, 9.6 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and 1 block per game. Gasol then won his first NBA championship ring when the Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic in the 2009 Finals.
On December 24, 2009, Gasol signed a 3-year extension with the Lakers worth $64.7 million.[35] Gasol earned his third All-Star appearance as a reserve for the Western Conference and finished the regular season with averages of 18.3 points, 11.3 rebounds, 3.4 assists, and 1.7 blocks. In Game 6 of the first round, Gasol grabbed 18 rebounds and his last-second putback eliminated the Oklahoma City Thunder.[36] In the conference semifinals against the Utah Jazz, he averaged 23.5 points and 14.5 rebounds, and finally in the conference finals against the Phoenix Suns, he averaged 19.7 points with 7.2 rebounds. In Game 7 of the NBA Finals against the Boston Celtics, Gasol scored 19 points, (6–16 FGM-A, 7–13 FTM-A) grabbed 18 rebounds and recorded two blocks as the Lakers repeated as champions. In 2010, he was chosen as the 15th-smartest athlete in sports by Sporting News.[37]
Challenged by Lakers' coach Phil Jackson to be more assertive while Bryant recovered from offseason knee surgery, Gasol started the season's first week averaging 25.3 points on 52.5 percent shooting, 10.3 rebounds, and five assists per game as the Lakers started 3–0. He was named Western Conference Player of the Week.[38] He earned his third straight All-Star selection and his season averages of 19 points and 10 rebounds were nearly identical to what he had put up as a Laker the previous three seasons.[39] Pau's play also merited him All-NBA second team honors for the first time in his career.[40] In the playoffs, Gasol only averaged 13 points on 42% shooting over 10 games, and the Lakers were swept by the Dallas Mavericks in the second round. Gasol had the worst post season performance of his career.[39] Lakers Hall of Famer and ESPN analyst Magic Johnson cited Gasol as a possible trade option for the Lakers to acquire Magic center Dwight Howard.[41] Gasol ignored the false reports about his relationship status with his girlfriend as the cause of his poor performance and has accepted the criticism of his play as valid.[41] During the 2011–12 NBA season, Gasol and teammate Lamar Odom were subjected to trade rumors involving former New Orleans Hornets guard Chris Paul. After the trade fell through, Gasol vowed that it would not affect the way he played. Odom, on the other hand, was angry at the Laker organization and was traded to the 2010–11 NBA champion Dallas Mavericks for a future first round pick. After Lakers co-captain Derek Fisher was traded in March 2012, Gasol joined Bryant as co-captains of the team.[42] He won the 2011–12 seasonlong NBA Community Assist Award.[43]
Gasol in 2013 came off the bench after starting 345 games for the Lakers.
After a 1–4 start to the 2012–13 season, the Lakers replaced head coach Mike Brown with Mike D'Antoni. Gasol was struggling after seven games under D'Antoni, averaging 10.1 points and 8.0 rebounds while shooting 38.8 percent, and he was benched in the fourth quarter in multiple games.[44][45] The team had difficulties getting Gasol involved in D'Antoni's offense, which historically had not had post players playing forward.[46] Gasol ranked only 27th in the league in post-up points with 2.7 per game, down from prior seasons when he was fifth in 2010–11 and ninth in 2011–12.[47] On November 18, 2012, in a win against the Houston Rockets, Gasol scored his 15,000th career point. Bothered by tendinitis in both knees since training camp, Gasol sat out eight games in December before returning to the starting lineup.[45][48][49] Later, he was diagnosed with plantar fasciitis, but continued playing.[50][51] General manager Mitch Kupchak told Lakers season-ticket holders the team needed Gasol to be more involved.[52] On January 7, 2013, Gasol received a blow to the face from Denver's JaVale McGee in the fourth quarter of a 112–105 loss. He suffered a concussion, forcing him to miss the next five games.[53][54] In his first game back, he came off the bench after having started his first 345 games with the Lakers.[54] In the next game, he returned to the starting lineup and scored 25 points against Toronto, only his second 20-point game of the season.[55] However, in the next game on January 21, D'Antoni moved Gasol to a reserve role and started Earl Clark, a change the coach considered permanent.[56] On February 5 against the Brooklyn Nets, Gasol tore the plantar fascia of his right foot. Gasol had tweaked the fascia in the first half, but played through the soreness until he felt it pop when he tried to block a shot by Brook Lopez towards the end of the game.[57] He returned over six weeks later on March 22 after missing 20 games, with D'Antoni returning him to the starting lineup over Clark.[58][59][60][61] After a two-game adjustment period, Gasol's play was solid, and Bryant insisted that Gasol receive the ball in the post.[59][62] D'Antoni stated that Gasol had played well since January, and attributed the forward's earlier struggles to injuries and the team's evolving offensive system. "I have a lot more confidence in him now, and he's playing great", D'Antoni said.[63] He finished the season with career lows in points (13.7) and field-goal percentage (.466), and his rebounds (8.6) were his lowest since his first season with Los Angeles. He was limited to career-low 49 games.[64] However, he had three triple-doubles in his last seven games including the playoffs.[65] Gasol was owed $19.3 million in 2013–14 in the final year of his contract, which would cost the Lakers around $50 million including luxury taxes.[64] He became a free agent after the season.
Chicago Bulls (2014–2016)[edit]
On July 18, 2014, Gasol signed with the Chicago Bulls.[66] He said after he was introduced: "It was a gut feeling. I thought Chicago was going to be the best fit for me. It's a great challenge, but I'm driven by challenge. I look forward to it."[67]
On January 1, 2015, Gasol recorded a career-high 9 blocks, along with 17 points and 9 rebounds, in the 106-101 win over the Denver Nuggets.[68] Ten days later, he scored a career-high 46 points on 17-of-30 shooting in a 95-87 win over the Milwaukee Bucks.[69] On April 9, 2015, he recorded a league-best 51st double-double of the season with 16 points and 15 rebounds in an 89-78 win over the Miami Heat.[70] He recorded his 54th double-double of the season in the regular season finale on April 15 against the Atlanta Hawks to finish as the league-leader in double-doubles in 2014–15.[71]
On December 5, 2015, Gasol became the 116th player to reach 1,000 regular-season games. He had 13 points and 11 rebounds against the Charlotte Hornets for his ninth double-double of the season.[72] On January 25, 2016, he recorded his first career first quarter double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds.[73] He finished the game with 19 points and 17 rebounds, as the Bulls were defeated by the Miami Heat 89–84.[74] On February 9, Gasol was named as Jimmy Butler's replacement on the 2016 Eastern Conference All-Star squad.[75] On February 27, he recorded his eighth career triple-double and first as a Bull with 22 points, 16 rebounds and a career-high 14 assists in a 103–95 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers.[76] At 35 years old, he became the oldest player to record a triple-double since Kobe Bryant did so at 36 years old in 2014.[77] On March 7, he recorded his second triple-double of the season with 12 points, 17 rebounds and 13 assists in a 100–90 win over the Milwaukee Bucks, becoming just the fourth player 35 years or older with multiple triple-doubles in a season, joining Jason Kidd, Kobe Bryant and Paul Pierce.[78] On April 2, in a loss to the Detroit Pistons, he became the 38th NBA player to reach 10,000 career rebounds. He also became the 36th with 10,000 points and 10,000 rebounds.[79]
San Antonio Spurs (2016–present)[edit]
On July 14, 2016, Gasol signed with the San Antonio Spurs.[80] On November 11, 2016, he had season highs with 21 points and six assists in a 96–86 win over the Detroit Pistons.[81] On January 19, 2017, he was ruled out indefinitely after breaking his left ring finger during pregame warmups earlier that night.[82] He underwent surgery the following day to repair a fracture of his left fourth metacarpal.[83] On February 24, 2017, in a 105–97 win over the Los Angeles Clippers, Gasol had 17 points and 11 rebounds off the bench in his return from a 15-game absence because of the finger injury.[84] On April 12, 2017, Gasol scored 13 points to reach 20,000 career points in a 101–97 regular-season finale loss against the Utah Jazz,[85] becoming the second European player to reach the mark after Dirk Nowitzki.[86]
On July 24, 2017, Gasol re-signed with the Spurs.[87]
Spanish national team[edit]
Pau Gasol with brother Marc at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Gasol's first competition with the senior Spain national basketball team was the 2001 EuroBasket tournament, after having previously won the 1998 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship and 1999 FIBA Under-19 World Championship with the Spanish junior teams. Being considered, against his own will, the leader of the team, Gasol ended up with the bronze medal in the competition.[88][89] Gasol has since had much success with the Spanish team, winning the 2006 FIBA World Championship and the 2009 and 2011 EuroBasket tournaments, being chosen as the Most Valuable Player in the first two;[90][91] he also won silver medals at the 2003 and 2007 EuroBasket, and the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games.[92] Gasol was also the highest-scoring player of the 2004 Summer Olympics,[93] and Spain's flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics, replacing the injured Rafael Nadal.[94] In 2014, Gasol was named to the All-tournament team of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.[95] In the 2015 EuroBasket, Gasol was named the MVP of the competition, after some amazing performances, averaging 25.6 points and 8.8 rebounds per game (he was the competition leader for points per game, and 4th in rebounds per game). During the knockout matches of the competition, Gasol inspired the Spanish side which was missing many of its stars like Ricky Rubio, Juan Carlos Navarro, Álex Abrines, and his brother Marc Gasol. Gasol scored 40 points in the semifinal against France, which was half of his team's points.[96] The 35-year-old player was also named the competition's leader for blocked shots per game (2.3).[97] On Sept 7, 2017, in a game against Hungary, Gasol became FIBA Eurobasket's all-time leading scorer passing Tony Parker with 1,033 points.[98]
Player profile[edit]
Gasol during EuroBasket 2011
Gasol is very athletic and quick for a 7-footer (213 cm), allowing him to play both the power forward and center positions, much like fellow European players Toni Kukoč and Dirk Nowitzki. He is a refined scorer in the post and midrange; his overall game is near-ambidextrous and makes it difficult for opposing teams to defend. Gasol uses a variety of midrange jumpers, hook shots, up-and-under moves, and shot fakes to score very efficiently. In addition, his foot speed relative to his size allows him to run the fast break and finish effectively. He is also a skilled passer for a big man,[59] earning 3.2 assists per game over his career. Defensively, he is an above-average shot blocker with a career average of 1.7 blocks per game. Former Lakers teammate Kobe Bryant said of Gasol, "You'd be hard-pressed to find a big [man] with his skill set in the history of the game."[59]
Gasol is a double-double machine, having recorded over 550 double-doubles in his NBA career.[99] On April 2, 2016, he became the 36th player in NBA history to reach the 10,000-point/10,000-rebound mark.[79] While Gasol became the 43rd player in NBA history to reach to the 20,000-point milestone, he is just the fourth with that many points, 10,000 rebounds, 3,500 assists and 1,500 blocks.[100]
Career statistics[edit]
Legend
GP Games played GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
FG% Field-goal percentage 3P% 3-point field-goal percentage FT% Free-throw percentage
RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game
BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per game PIR Performance Index Rating
Bold Career high
Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.
† Denotes seasons in which Gasol won an NBA championship
NBA[edit]
Regular season[edit]
Year
Team
GP
GS
MPG
FG%
3P%
FT%
RPG
APG
SPG
BPG
PPG
2001–02 Memphis 82 79 36.7 .518 .200 .709 8.9 2.7 .5 2.1 17.6
2002–03 Memphis 82 82 36.0 .510 .100 .736 8.8 2.8 .4 1.8 19.0
2003–04 Memphis 78 78 31.5 .482 .267 .714 7.7 2.5 .6 1.7 17.7
2004–05 Memphis 56 53 32.0 .514 .167 .768 7.3 2.4 .7 1.7 17.8
2005–06 Memphis 80 80 39.2 .503 .250 .689 8.9 4.6 .6 1.9 20.4
2006–07 Memphis 59 59 36.2 .538 .273 .748 9.8 3.4 .5 2.1 20.8
2007–08 Memphis 39 39 36.7 .501 .267 .819 8.8 3.0 .4 1.4 18.9
2007–08 L.A. Lakers 27 27 34.0 .589 .000 .789 7.8 3.5 .5 1.6 18.8
2008–09† L.A. Lakers 81 81 37.0 .567 .500 .781 9.6 3.5 .6 1.0 18.9
2009–10† L.A. Lakers 65 65 37.0 .536 .000 .790 11.3 3.4 .6 1.7 18.3
2010–11 L.A. Lakers 82 82 37.0 .529 .333 .823 10.2 3.3 .6 1.6 18.8
2011–12 L.A. Lakers 65 65 37.4 .501 .259 .782 10.4 3.6 .6 1.4 17.4
2012–13 L.A. Lakers 49 42 33.8 .466 .286 .702 8.6 4.1 .5 1.2 13.7
2013–14 L.A. Lakers 60 60 31.4 .480 .286 .736 9.7 3.4 .5 1.5 17.4
2014–15 Chicago 78 78 34.4 .494 .462 .803 11.8 2.7 .3 1.9 18.5
2015–16 Chicago 72 72 31.8 .469 .348 .792 11.0 4.1 .6 2.0 16.5
2016–17 San Antonio 64 39 25.4 .502 .538 .707 7.8 2.3 .4 1.1 12.4
Career 1,119 1,081 34.7 .510 .368 .754 9.4 3.2 .5 1.7 17.9
All-Star 6 1 19.3 .565 .000 .846 8.7 1.2 .7 .7 10.5
Playoffs[edit]
Year
Team
GP
GS
MPG
FG%
3P%
FT%
RPG
APG
SPG
BPG
PPG
2004 Memphis 4 4 33.5 .571 .000 .900 5.0 2.5 1.0 1.5 18.5
2005 Memphis 4 4 33.3 .488 1.000 .500 7.5 2.5 .5 1.8 21.3
2006 Memphis 4 4 39.5 .433 .000 .767 6.8 3.0 .5 1.2 20.3
2008 L.A. Lakers 21 21 39.8 .530 .000 .692 9.3 4.0 .5 1.9 16.9
2009† L.A. Lakers 23 23 40.5 .580 .000 .714 10.8 2.5 .8 2.0 18.3
2010† L.A. Lakers 23 23 39.7 .539 .000 .759 11.1 3.5 .4 2.1 19.6
2011 L.A. Lakers 10 10 35.8 .420 .500 .800 7.8 3.8 .4 1.7 13.1
2012 L.A. Lakers 12 12 37.0 .434 .400 .828 9.5 3.7 .5 2.1 12.5
2013 L.A. Lakers 4 4 36.5 .481 .000 .545 11.5 6.3 .5 .8 14.0
2015 Chicago 10 10 31.7 .487 .000 .762 9.4 3.1 .5 2.1 14.4
2017 San Antonio 16 7 22.8 .439 .333 .708 7.1 1.9 .4 .9 7.7
Career 131 122 36.1 .508 .294 .738 9.3 3.2 .5 1.8 15.8
EuroLeague[edit]
Year
Team
GP
GS
MPG
FG%
3P%
FT%
RPG
APG
SPG
BPG
PPG
PIR
2000–01 Barcelona 6 5 25.7 .667 .500 .738 6.0 .7 .8 .7 18.5 22.5
Career 6 5 25.7 .667 .500 .738 6.0 .7 .8 .7 18.5 22.5
Awards and honours[edit]
FC Barcelona[edit]
Spanish King's Cup champion (2001)
Most Valuable Player of the Spanish King's Cup (2001)
Spanish League champion (1999, 2001)
Spanish League Finals MVP (2001)
All-EuroLeague Second Team (2001)
NBA[edit]
2× NBA champion (2009, 2010)
2× All-NBA Second Team selection (2011, 2015)
2× All-NBA Third Team selection (2009, 2010)
6× NBA All-Star (2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016)
NBA Rookie of the Year Award (2002)
NBA All-Rookie First Team (2002)
European Player of the Year awards[edit]
2x Mr. Europa (2004, 2009)
4x Euroscar (2008, 2009, 2010, 2015)
2x FIBA Europe Player of the Year (2008, 2009)
2x All-Europeans Player of the Year (2009, 2010)
Spanish national team[edit]
Gasol won the gold with Spain at EuroBasket 2011.
Gold medal at the 1998 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
Gold medal at the FIBA Under-19 World Championship (1999)
Bronze medal at the 2000 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Bronze medal at the EuroBasket 2001
Silver medal at the EuroBasket 2003
Gold medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship
Most Valuable player of the 2006 FIBA World Championship
Silver medal at the EuroBasket 2007
Silver medal at 2008 Summer Olympic Games
Gold medal at the EuroBasket 2009
Gold medal at the EuroBasket 2011
Silver medal at 2012 Summer Olympic Games
Gold medal at the EuroBasket 2015
Bronze medal at 2016 Summer Olympic Games
Bronze medal at the EuroBasket 2017
Personal life[edit]
Gasol in 2008
Gasol's mother, Marisa, was a medical doctor, and his father, Agustí, was a nurse administrator. When Pau was born, his family was living in Cornellà, but he was born in Barcelona, at Sant Pau Hospital,[2] where both of his parents worked. When he was 6 years old, his family moved to another Barcelona suburb, Sant Boi de Llobregat, where he spent the remainder of his childhood.[3] His parents moved to the Memphis suburb of Germantown, Tennessee, after he signed with the Grizzlies, and enrolled his younger brothers Marc and Adrià in Lausanne Collegiate School in Memphis.[101] They planned to move to the Los Angeles area when Pau was traded to the Lakers, with Agustí accepting a job with a health-care company in that area; although the Grizzlies obtained the rights to Marc's services as part of the trade, he was expected to re-sign with his Spanish team Akasvayu Girona. However, when Marc decided to sign with the Grizzlies, their parents chose to stay in Germantown. Agustí now works from home for the same company, while Marisa now volunteers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.[102]
After being traded to the Lakers, Gasol lived in Redondo Beach, across the street from the shoreline.[103]
In 2009, Gasol, along with several other NBA players, joined the "Hoops for St. Jude" charity program benefitting the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.[104]
Gasol was interested in football, but loved basketball. The first sport he played was actually rugby, before switching to basketball.[105] He is described as "a family boy and the perfect student, a tad shy, and a bit of a joker."[3]
He originally did not want to make sports his career. On the day that Magic Johnson announced his HIV-positive status in 1991, the 11-year-old Gasol, who had heard the news in school, decided that he wanted to be a doctor and find a cure for AIDS. He enrolled in medical school at the University of Barcelona,[106] but left as his basketball career at FC Barcelona advanced.[102] He remains strongly interested in medicine. Gasol regularly visits Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles, a standard stop for athletes making charitable visits in the L.A. area, but does not limit his business to visiting young patients. On one visit, he asked a group of doctors well-informed questions about their treatment of children with scoliosis. In April 2010, Gasol was scheduled to sit in on a spinal surgery, wearing surgical scrubs, with Dr. David Skaggs, the hospital's chief of orthopedic surgery. Skaggs has said, "We talk to him now almost like he is a surgical colleague."[106]
Gasol in Chicago, December 2015
Gasol canceled his original plans to observe a surgery when he came down with a low-grade fever the day before the operation, not wishing to risk infecting anyone at the hospital. He was able to reschedule his observation for June 2010, witnessing Skaggs lead a team operating on a 13-year-old girl from Colorado with scoliosis.[107]
Gasol also has a broad range of intellectual and cultural interests. He has taught himself Italian and French[106] to go along with his childhood languages of Catalan and Spanish plus English. While with the Lakers, he and Kobe Bryant spoke to one another during games in Spanish to keep opponents from knowing their plans.[102] Gasol also regularly reads historical novels, plays the works of French classical composers on his keyboard, and attends concerts and operas; he is a friend of Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo, and often visits him backstage after performances.[106]
His younger brother Marc, who is 216 centimetres (7 ft 1 in) tall and 127 kilograms (280 lb), is also a professional basketball player, currently playing for the Memphis Grizzlies.[108] Marc was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers, 48th overall, in the 2007 NBA draft and his rights were traded to the Memphis Grizzlies, as part of the deal that sent Gasol to the Lakers.[21] Their youngest brother Adrià played for Lausanne's basketball team; his coach at Lausanne said, "He's built like Pau, with a mean streak like Marc", although he was not at the time considered a major basketball prospect.[102] After returning to Spain for his final two years of high school basketball, Adrià enrolled at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in August 2012 and joined the UCLA basketball team as a walk on.[109][110]
Gasol denied false reports that he had broken up with his girlfriend, Silvia López Castro, in the exit interviews after his poor performance in the 2011 NBA Playoffs.[41]
See also[edit]
National Basketball Association portal
List of National Basketball Association career scoring leaders
List of National Basketball Association career rebounding leaders
List of National Basketball Association career blocks leaders
List of National Basketball Association career playoff blocks leaders
List of National Basketball Association career minutes played leaders
List of European basketball players in the United States
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1999: Herreros
2001: Nowitzki
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2005: Nowitzki
2007: Nowitzki
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2011: Parker
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1946: Németh
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1949: Öztürk
1951: Mrázek
1953: Konev
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2001: Stojaković
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1976: Marzorati
1977: Dalipagić
1978: Dalipagić
1979: Tkachenko
1980: Meneghin
1981: Kićanović
1982: Kićanović
1983: Meneghin
1984: Epi
1985: Sabonis
1986: Petrović
1987: Galis
1988: Marčiulionis
1989: Divac
1990: Kukoč
1991: Kukoč
1992: Kukoč
1993: Petrović
1994: Djordjević
1995: Djordjević
1996: Kukoč
1997: Sabonis
1998: Danilović
1999: Meneghin
2000: Fučka
2001: Stojaković
2002: Stojaković
2003: Jasikevičius
2004: P. Gasol
2005: Nowitzki
2006: Garbajosa
2007: Diamantidis
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2009: P. Gasol
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1982: Kićanović
1983: Meneghin
1984: Sabonis
1985: Sabonis
1986: Petrović
1987: Galis
1988: Sabonis
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1990: Kukoč
1991: Kukoč
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1993: Petrović
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2003: Nowitzki
2004: Nowitzki
2005: Nowitzki
2006: Nowitzki
2007: Parker
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2009: P. Gasol
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1954: Minter
1959: Pasos
1963: Marques
1967: Daneu
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1974: Kićanović
1978: Dalipagić
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3 Trevor Ariza
4 Luke Walton
5 Jordan Farmar
6 Adam Morrison
7 Lamar Odom
9 Sun Yue
12 Shannon Brown
16 Pau Gasol
17 Andrew Bynum
18 Sasha Vujačić
21 Josh Powell
24 Kobe Bryant (Finals MVP)
28 D. J. Mbenga
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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4 Luke Walton
5 Jordan Farmar
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7 Lamar Odom
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16 Pau Gasol
17 Andrew Bynum
18 Sasha Vujačić
21 Josh Powell
24 Kobe Bryant (Finals MVP)
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Spark the Fire
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"Spark the Fire"
Single by Gwen Stefani
Released
December 1, 2014 (2014-12-01)
Format
Digital download
Genre
Dance-pop
hip hop
funk
Length
3:22
Label
Mad Love
Interscope
Songwriter(s)
Gwen Stefani
Pharrell Williams
Producer(s)
Pharrell Williams
Gwen Stefani singles chronology
"Baby Don't Lie"
(2014) "Spark the Fire"
(2014) "Kings Never Die"
(2015)
"Baby Don't Lie"
(2014) "Spark the Fire"
(2014) "Kings Never Die"
(2015)
"Spark the Fire" is a song recorded by American singer and songwriter Gwen Stefani. The song was released on December 1, 2014. It was originally intended to be featured on Stefani's third studio album This Is What the Truth Feels Like, but it was scrapped in favor of new material. Stefani wrote "Spark the Fire" in collaboration with the song's producer Pharrell Williams. It is a dance-pop and hip hop track that incorporates funk. Along with the previous single, "Baby Don't Lie", the track was marketed as Stefani's musical comeback as a solo artist.
Critical responses to "Spark the Fire" were mixed with critics negatively comparing it to Stefani and Williams' previous collaboration "Hollaback Girl", while others favored it compared to "Baby Don't Lie". Lyrically, the song serves as a "comeback", discussing topics such as partying, having a good time, and feminism. "Spark the Fire" charted on Russia's music chart at number 326, failing to impact any other country's main chart, managing only to peak on the lower ends of the US Dance Club and Pop Digital Songs charts. Stefani performed the song live during various public appearances, including The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon where she performed it alongside a medley mix of her previous singles.
Contents
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1 Background
2 Composition and lyrics
3 Critical reception
4 Music video
4.1 Background and synopsis
4.2 Reception
5 Live performances
6 Usage in media
7 Charts
8 Release history
9 References
10 External links
Background[edit]
After releasing two solo albums, Love. Angel. Music. Baby (2004) and The Sweet Escape (2006), Stefani returned to work with her band No Doubt, and in 2012 they released their sixth studio album, Push and Shove.[1] During that time, she claimed, "I never need to do that or want to do it again. I'm happy being in No Doubt."[2] However, after an appearance during Pharrell Williams' performance at the 2014 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Pharrell teased that the rare live appearance from Stefani was the start of a comeback effort for the singer.[3] Shortly after her Coachella performance, Stefani performed "Hollaback Girl" live on The Voice to further promote her upcoming role on the show.[4]
During an interview for MTV News during New York Fashion Week, Stefani confirmed that she was working on new material for a solo album and a No Doubt album; she also stated, "I'm going into the studio tonight with Pharrell [Williams], I'm going to be writing and also just seeing what comes along my way. I've been recording a few things."[5] Williams completed, "When I tell you she's killing it, it's another level."[5] In an interview with the Windy City Media Group, Stefani said "[the song] was so perfect for my story-for what I was feeling in my own personal life-that I didn't even get it as a feminist anthem. I thought it was just about me! I was just feeling me."[6] After the release of "Baby Don't Lie" a month prior, "Spark the Fire" was released on December 1, 2014.[7]
Composition and lyrics[edit]
"Spark the Fire" was written by Stefani and Pharrell Williams; Williams serves as the track's sole producer.[8] The song is a dance-pop and hip hop track,[9][10] with inclusions of funk music and heavy percussion.[11] August Brown of the Los Angeles Times described the song as "full of vintage Pharrell moves: pep-band drum lines, percussive blips and a lot of open space for Stefani's gum-smacking shouts".[12] Lyrically, the song discusses several different themes; Feminism and "girl power" is made clear in the lyric "It is time for the girl species to grow / I am a Libra / Let's balance the scales", while partying and clubbing is made clear in the lyric "Who got the lighter? / Let's spark the fire".[8] In a 2014 interview with Scott T. Sterling, Williams stated that the "coolest part" of the song was "the sound and direction", particularly the song's lyrics dicscussing "feminism and women standing up for themselves, and standing together".[13] He described the song as inspired by his feeling that "the female species has been suppressed long enough", calling the lyric "Enough's enough. Who's got the lighter? / Let's spark the fire" Stefani's way of demanding more respect for women.[14] In an interview with PopSugar's Lindsay Miller, Stefani identified the song as being "a very personal song" and "my journey" instead of a feminist anthem, but supported Williams' interpretation, saying "I love when people discover their own opinions about a song". Miller described Stefani's hesitation with the word feminism as "com[ing] more from a place of humility than an attempt to avoid controversy".[15]
Critical reception[edit]
"Spark the Fire" received mixed reviews from critics. August Brown, writing for the Los Angeles Times, praised the single for being "a welcome return to the studio styles" of both Stefani and Williams.[12] Hayden Manders of Refinery29 gave the single a positive review, calling it "a throwback for the modern age" and "a song of unity".[16] BreatheHeavy's Jordan Miller praised the song for having "that typical Gwen sass combined with Pharrell’s signature quirky beats and rhythm". Miller chose the lyrics "get off my cloud" as an example of Stefani's vocal delivery being "rap-sing-talking business".[17] However, he later criticized both "Spark the Fire" and "Baby Don't Lie" for being "bland".[18]
With a more divided opinion, Slant Magazine's Alexa Camp called the song "an attempt to repeat those past hits than update the singer's sound for '2015'", but described it as an improvement over the previous single "Baby Don't Lie",[19] while Eliza Berman of Time said that "though it's more repetitive and packs less oozing attitude than "Hollaback Girl", it should serve the club nearly as well."[8] In a negative review, Lucas Villas of AXS described the song as "a dud" and viewed it as "a whole lot of hot air" that failed in its attempt of "rekindling [the] past magic" behind Stefani and Williams' 2005 collaboration "Hollaback Girl".[10] Marc Hogan of Wondering Sound was critical of the song's lyrics, saying "a look at Stefani’s prior discography might suggest there’s not much fuel left for this particular theme", and compared them to her previous work with No Doubt on the song "Start the Fire" from the 2001 album Rock Steady.[20]
Music video[edit]
Background and synopsis[edit]
Stefani during the music video, where she is shown sitting atop a cloud emoji.[21]
The music video was released on December 1, 2014 on Stefani's official YouTube account.[14] The video was produced by Stefani's long-time collaborator, Sophie Muller.[22] At the beginning of the video, Stefani is shown floating on a cloud over an animated cityscape. For the video's remainder, Stefani parties in an underground nightclub with friends while groups of animated emoticons and animated figures flash on the screen.[21] During the song's bridge before the last chorus, Stefani visually acts out the song's lyrics with the help of several emoticons.[14] Scott Lapatine of Stereogum described the video's storyline as "a cartoon universe and an underground club with pop-up video-style graphics flying by"; Lapatine further stated that the video also includes glimpses of "a conspicuous workstation that prints pizza and a Chrysler Fiat 500L".[23]
Reception[edit]
The video received predominantly positive reviews from critics. Eliza Berman of Time magazine gave the video a positive review, saying "it comes to life in the colorful blend of animation and reality". Berman described the video's feminist message as "consist[ed] of bringing together a bunch of attractive dancers dressed in L.A.M.B., burning down the club with confidence".[24] Erin Strecker from Billboard compared the music video to the video for "Baby Don't Lie", stating "Stefani dons black and white in an animated, colorful world".[25]
Live performances[edit]
Stefani and Williams performed the song live on the December 1, 2014 episode of The Voice.[4] The performance opened with Stefani floating down to the stage on a huge, animated cloud head and dressed in a powder-blue, cloud-decorated jumpsuit. Williams also joined her on the stage, wearing a dark blue Adidas tracksuit.[26] Stefani then performed "Spark the Fire" on New Year's Eve with Carson Daly on December 31, 2014.[27] On February 2, 2015, Stefani performed the song on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, along with a medley of her previous singles "Rich Girl", "What You Waiting For?", and "The Sweet Escape".[28]
Usage in media[edit]
In 2014, "Spark the Fire" was used in the advertising of the Fiat's Gran Finale Italy.[29] It is featuring in the second season trailer for "Scream Queens", We're Back, Idiot Hookers.[30]
Charts[edit]
Chart (2014–15)
Peak
position
Russia Airplay (Tophit)[31]
326
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[32]
29
US Pop Digital Songs (Billboard)[33]
38
Release history[edit]
Region
Date
Format
Label
France[34]
December 1, 2014 Digital download Polydor
Italy[35]
Universal
Spain[36]
United States[37]
Mad Love
Interscope
Germany[38]
January 23, 2015 Universal
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Lipshutz, Jason (April 13, 2014). "Gwen Stefani's Coachella Cameo Hints At Solo Return?". Billboard. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
Jump up ^ Bychawski, Adam (September 7, 2012). "No Doubt's Gwen Stefani: 'I never want to make another solo album'". NME. Time Inc. UK. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
Jump up ^ Rettig, James (23 November 2014). "Gwen Stefani – 'Spark the Fire'". Stereogum. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
^ Jump up to: a b McRady, Rachel (6 May 2014). "Gwen Stefani Sings "Hollaback Girl" With Pharrell Williams on The Voice: Watch Here!". Us Magazine. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
^ Jump up to: a b Garibaldi, Christina (September 8, 2014). "Gwen Stefani Back In The Studio With Pharrell And She's 'Killing It'". MTV News. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
Jump up ^ Azzopardi, Chris. "MUSIC Gwen Stefani: Underneath it all". Windy City Media Group. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
Jump up ^ "iTunes (U.S.) - Music - Gwen Stefani - Spark the Fire - Single". iTunes (U.S.). December 1, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b c Berman, Eliza (24 November 2014). "Listen to Gwen Stefani's New Pharrell-Produced Single 'Spark the Fire'". Time. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
Jump up ^ Doyle, Patrick (December 4, 2014). "How Gwen Stefani Discovered Emojis and Jump-Started Her Career". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b Villa, Lucas (December 2, 2014). "Gwen Stefani premieres emoji-filled music video for 'Spark the Fire'". AXS.
Jump up ^ Frydenlund, Zach (November 24, 2014). "Watch Gwen Stefani's "Spark the Fire" Video (Prod. by Pharrell)". Complex. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b Brown, August (2 December 2014). "Gwen Stefani releases single, video for 'Spark the Fire'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
Jump up ^ Sterling, Scott T. (4 December 2014). "Pharrell Talks His Feminist View of Gwen Stefani's 'Spark the Fire,' Hillary Clinton for President". Radio.com. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
^ Jump up to: a b c "Video: Gwen Stefani F/ Pharrell Williams – 'Spark The Fire'". Rap-Up. 1 December 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
Jump up ^ Miller, Lindsay (7 December 2014). "How Pharrell Williams Convinced Gwen Stefani to Go Solo Again'". PopSugar. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
Jump up ^ Manders, Hayden. "Why Gwen Stefani Wants You To "Spark The Fire" & Not Kill The Vibe". Refinery29. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
Jump up ^ Miller, Jordan. "OMG OMG GWEN STEFANI'S BACK WITH "SPARK THE FIRE"". BreatheHeavy. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
Jump up ^ Miller, Jordan. "Gwen Stefani – "This Is What The Truth Feels Like" First Listen Review". BreatheHeavy. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
Jump up ^ Campi, Alexa. "Single Review: Gwen Stefani, "Spark the Fire"". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
Jump up ^ Hogan, Marc. "Gwen Stefani Reunites with Pharrell on "Spark the Fire"". Wondering Sound. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b Blistein, Joy. "Watch Gwen Stefani Burn Up Wildly Animated 'Spark the Fire' Video". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
Jump up ^ Gottlieb, Steven (December 2, 2014). "Gwen Stefani f/ Pharrell Williams "Spark The Fire" (Sophie Muller, dir.)". VideoStatic. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
Jump up ^ Lapatine, Scott (1 December 2014). "Gwen Stefani – "Spark The Fire" Video (Feat. Pharrell)". Stereogum. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
Jump up ^ Berman, Eliza (2 December 2014). "Watch the Trippy Video for Gwen Stefani's 'Spark the Fire'". Time. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
Jump up ^ Strecker, Erin (2 December 2014). "Gwen Stefani & Pharrell's 'Spark the Fire' Video Is an Emoji Explosion". Billboard. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
Jump up ^ Bobb, Maurice (1 December 2014). "Gwen Stefani And Pharrell Light Up The Stage With 'Spark The Fire' Performance". MTV News. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
Jump up ^ Shaffer, Jordyn. "Gwen Stefani & Pharrell Williams Sing 'Spark The Fire' On NYE". Hollywood Life. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
Jump up ^ Stern, Bradley. "Gwen Stefani Performs Medley Of Hits On 'Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon': Watch". Idolator. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
Jump up ^ "Música do Comercial Fiat Gran Finale 2014". Radiorama. November 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
Jump up ^ "'Scream Queens' Promo: The Chanels Turn Hospital Hallway Into Their Runway — Watch". hollywoodlife. July 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
Jump up ^ "Chart Search". Tophit for Gwen Stefani. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Gwen Stefani Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Chart Search". Billboard Pop Digital Songs for Gwen Stefani. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Spark The Fire". Amazon France. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
Jump up ^ "Spark The Fire". Amazon Italy. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
Jump up ^ "Spark The Fire". Amazon Spain. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
Jump up ^ "Spark The Fire". Amazon United States. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
Jump up ^ "Spark The Fire". Amazon Germany. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
External links[edit]
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
"Spark the Fire" Official Video on YouTube
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