2011 Atlanta Dream season

The 2011 Atlanta Dream season was the 4th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association, and their 4th season under head coach, Marynell Meadors. The Dream finished the regular season with a 20-14 record, good for third-best in the Eastern Conference. The Dream then won their second consecutive Eastern Conference Championship. The Dream made their way to the WNBA Finals before being swept by the Minnesota Lynx.

Transactions

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country 1 8 Ta'Shia Phillips Xavier 2 18 Rachel Jarry Australia 3 32 Kelsey Bolte Iowa State

Trades and Roster Changes DateTransaction January 7, 2011 Extended Qualifying Offers to Alison Bales and Yelena Leuchanka March 23, 2011 Signed Sandora Irvin to a Training Camp Contract March 24, 2011 Signed Ashley Paris to a Training Camp Contract March 31, 2011 Signed Alison Bales to a Training Camp Contract April 11, 2011 Traded Kelly Miller, the draft rights to Ta'Shia Phillips, and a 1st Round Pick in the 2012 WNBA draft to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Lindsey Harding and a 2nd Round Pick in 2012. Traded the draft rights to Rachel Jarry and a 2nd Round Pick in the 2012 WNBA draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for the draft rights to Felicia Chester April 21, 2011 Signed Kelsey Bolte to a Rookie Scale Contract April 28, 2011 Signed Shannon McCallum to a Training Camp Contract April 29, 2011 Signed Felicia Chester to a Rookie Scale Contract May 21, 2011 Waived Ashley Paris and Kelsey Bolte May 31, 2011 Exercised 4th-Year Team Option on Angel McCoughtry Declined Team Option on Shalee Lehning Waived Shannon McCallum June 1, 2011 Waived Felicia Chester June 5, 2011 Waived Brittainey Raven Signed Kelly Mazzante June 16, 2011 Temporarily Suspend Sancho Lyttle due to Overseas Commitments June 18, 2011 Signed Courtney Paris July 3, 2011 Activated Sancho Lyttle from her Temporary Suspension Waived Kelly Mazzante September 8, 2011 Signed Sancho Lyttle to a Contract Extension

Roster

Depth Pos.StarterBench C Erika de Souza Courtney Paris PF Sancho Lyttle Alison BalesSandora Irvin SF Angel McCoughtry SG Armintie Price Iziane Castro Marques PG Lindsey Harding Coco MillerShalee Lehning

Schedule

Preseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || May 29 || 12:00pm || @ Great Britain || NBATV || 82–51 || Miller (21) || Irvin (8) || Harding (5) || Manchester Evening News Arena N/A || 1–0

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || June 5 || 3:00pm || New York || SSO || 88–94 (OT) || Castro Marques (19) || Lyttle (11) || Harding (9) || Philips Arena 8,038 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || June 9 || 7:00pm || Washington || ESPN2 || 90–98 (OT) || de Souza (20) || de Souza (15) || Castro Marques (5) || Philips Arena 5,020 || 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || June 11 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || || 74–86 || McCoughtry (19) || de Souza (14) || Harding (4) || AT&T Center 9,140 || 0–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || June 14 || 7:00pm || @ New York || || 79–58 || McCoughtry (18) || BalesIrvin (7) || Lehning (6) || Prudential Center 5,725 || 1–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || June 17 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || || 85–96 || McCoughtry (27) || de Souza (11) || Castro Marques (4) || Target Center 7,556 || 1–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || June 19 || 3:00pm || Minnesota || SSO || 64–77 || Harding (14) || de Souza (12) || HardingMiller (3) || Philips Arena 7,274 || 1–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || June 21 || 12:00pm || Chicago || SSO || 71–68 || McCoughtry (14) || McCoughtryParis (8) || Harding (6) || Philips Arena 6,154 || 2–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 || June 24 || 7:30pm || Phoenix || FS-SFS-A || 83–92 || McCoughtry (24) || Paris (8) || Harding (4) || Philips Arena 5,492 || 2–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || June 26 || 3:00pm || San Antonio || NBATVSSO || 86–92 || Miller (19) || Paris (11) || Price (5) || Philips Arena 5,718 || 2–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 10 || June 30 || 7:30pm || New York || SSO || 87–81 || de Souza (27) || de Souza (15) || McCoughtryMiller (4) || Philips Arena 4,423 || 3–7

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 || July 9 || 8:00pm || @ Chicago || CN100 || 69–81 || McCoughtry (17) || McCoughtry (8) || McCoughtry (6) || Allstate Arena 5,679 || 3–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 12 || July 13 || 12:00pm || @ New York || || 69–91 || McCoughtry (17) || de Souza (7) || Lehning (3) || Prudential Center 14,314 || 3–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || July 16 || 7:30pm || Chicago || NBATVFS-SCN100 || 76–68 || McCoughtry (24) || Balesde Souza (8) || Price (10) || Philips Arena 7,413 || 4–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || July 19 || 12:00pm || Indiana || NBATVSSO || 84–74 || Harding (19) || de Souza (11) || Harding (5) || Philips Arena 7,645 || 5–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || July 20 || 11:30am || @ Washington || NBATV || 86–79 || McCoughtry (33) || Irvin (11) || McCoughtryPrice (3) || Verizon Center 13,954 || 6–9 |- | colspan="11" align="center" valign="middle" | All-Star break |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || July 26 || 8:00pm || @ Tulsa || || 76–68 || McCoughtry (37) || Bales (9) || HardingLehning (3) || BOK Center 3,435 || 7–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || July 28 || 7:00pm || Los Angeles || NBATVSSO || 89–80 || McCoughtry (22) || McCoughtry (11) || McCoughtry (7) || Philips Arena 6,701 || 8–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 18 || July 31 || 5:00pm || @ Connecticut || || 92–99 || McCoughtry (36) || de Souza (9) || Castro Marques (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,955 || 8–10

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 19 || August 2 || 7:30pm || New York || FS-S || 75–85 || McCoughtry (24) || McCoughtryPrice (6) || Harding (9) || Philips Arena 4,573 || 8–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || August 7 || 3:00pm || Seattle || NBATVSSO || 70–53 || McCoughtry (17) || de SouzaLyttle (7) || Harding (7) || Philips Arena 7,337 || 9–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || August 9 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || CSN-MA || 72–70 || McCoughtry (19) || de Souza (12) || McCoughtry (5) || Verizon Center 9,536 || 10–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 22 || August 11 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || || 95–109 || McCoughtry (25) || de Souza (7) || Bales (4) || US Airways Center 7,940 || 10–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 || August 13 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || NBATVKONG || 92–63 || Castro MarquesMcCoughtry (17) || McCoughtry (6) || Price (4) || KeyArena 9,686 || 11–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || August 16 || 10:30pm || @ Los Angeles || NBATVSSOPRIME || 84–79 || McCoughtry (23) || de Souza (13) || Price (8) || STAPLES Center 7,522 || 12–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 25 || August 19 || 7:30pm || Connecticut || NBATVSSO || 94–88 (OT) || McCoughtry (26) || McCoughtry (12) || Harding (5) || Philips Arena 7,225 || 13–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 26 || August 21 || 5:00pm || @ Connecticut || || 87–96 || McCoughtry (22) || de Souza (10) || Harding (9) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,636 || 13–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || August 23 || 8:00pm || @ Chicago || CN100 || 83–80 || McCoughtry (22) || McCoughtry (7) || Harding (9) || Allstate Arena 2,876 || 14–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 28 || August 27 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || NBATVSSOFS-I || 86–80 || McCoughtry (20) || Lyttle (9) || Castro Marques (3) || Conseco Fieldhouse 9,242 || 15–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || August 30 || 7:30pm || Indiana || SSO || 92–90 || McCoughtry (28) || Lyttle (11) || Harding (6) || Philips Arena 6,467 || 16–13

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 30 || September 1 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || || 81–85 || McCoughtry (30) || Irvin (7) || Harding (8) || Verizon Center 7,954 || 16–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || September 2 || 7:30pm || Washington || NBATVSSO || 95–73 || Price (19) || Lyttle (8) || Harding (7) || Philips Arena 6,579 || 17–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || September 4 || 3:00pm || Tulsa || SSO || 73–52 || McCoughtry (19) || BalesPrice (6) || Harding (10) || Philips Arena 7,661 || 18–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33 || September 6 || 7:30pm || Connecticut || SSO || 85–74 || McCoughtry (35) || Lyttle (12) || Harding (8) || Philips Arena 6,558 || 19–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 34 || September 11 || 5:00pm || @ Indiana || NBATVSSOFS-I || 93–88 || McCoughtry (32) || Bales (11) || 4 players (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse 11,521 || 20–14

| All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || September 16 || 7:00pm || @ Connecticut || NBATV || 89–84 || Harding (21) || Lyttle (11) || Price (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena 7,373 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || September 18 || 3:00pm || Connecticut || ESPN2 || 69–64 || de SouzaHardingLyttleMcCoughtry (12) || de Souza (10) || Harding (6) || Philips Arena 6,887 || 2–0

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || September 22 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || ESPN2 || 74–82 || Harding (17) || de Souza (13) || Harding (7) || Conseco Fieldhouse 8,253 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || September 25 || 3:00pm || Indiana || ESPN2 || 94–77 || Castro Marques (30) || LyttlePrice (7) || Harding (7) || Philips Arena 8,052 || 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || September 27 || 8:00pm || @ Indiana || ESPN2 || 83–67 || McCoughtry (26) || Lyttle (11) || Harding (6) || Conseco Fieldhouse 9,036 || 2–1

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || October 2 || 8:30pm || @ Minnesota || ESPN || 74–88 || McCoughtry (33) || Bales (9) || Harding (5) || Target Center 15,258 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || October 5 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || ESPN2 || 95–101 || McCoughtry (38) || de Souza (10) || Harding (7) || Target Center 15,124 || 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || October 7 || 8:00pm || Minnesota || ESPN2 || 67–73 || McCoughtry (22) || de Souza (15) || Harding (7) || Philips Arena 11,543 || 0–3

Standings

Playoffs

Statistics

Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Angel McCoughtry 33 30 27.9 42.4 26.4 77.7 5.2 2.5 2.2 1.0 21.6 Erika de Souza 32 32 27.4 49.9 0.0 65.5 7.5 1.0 1.2 1.3 11.8 Lindsey Harding34 33 30.5 45.5 30.3 73.3 3.2 4.8 1.0 0.2 10.5 Sancho Lyttle 22 19 26.2 44.8 28.6 70.9 6.3 2.1 2.4 0.6 10.0 Armintie Price34 21 23.4 51.9 0.0 60.8 3.0 2.8 1.5 0.1 8.5 Iziane Castro Marques34 14 19.8 36.0 21.3 62.0 1.7 1.7 0.4 0.1 7.6 Coco Miller 31 5 17.4 43.2 33.3 54.1 1.9 1.4 0.6 0.0 7.3 Alison Bales34 15 20.2 48.6 35.3 75.0 4.7 1.2 0.41.6 5.0 Courtney Paris 28 0 9.6 51.9 0.0 51.6 3.1 0.4 0.3 0.4 3.4 Shalee Lehning 18 0 12.1 48.1 44.4 61.5 1.3 2.3 0.4 0.1 2.1 Sandora Irvin 30 1 8.3 33.9 0.0 70.0 2.5 0.5 0.2 0.5 1.8 Kelly Mazzante 6 0 5.7 8.3 8.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.5

Playoffs Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Angel McCoughtry 8 8 29.1 42.3 30.0 74.7 5.5 1.5 3.0 0.9 23.1 Lindsey Harding 8 8 37.8 39.1 25.0 74.3 3.0 5.9 1.9 0.3 14.5 Iziane Castro Marques 8 3 25.6 45.3 53.6 44.4 2.0 1.0 0.6 0.0 13.6 Erika de Souza 5 5 33.4 42.4 0.0 50.0 11.4 1.4 0.6 1.2 11.0 Sancho Lyttle 8 8 29.3 39.1 0.0 75.0 7.5 1.0 2.3 0.6 10.0 Armintie Price 8 8 30.1 46.8 0.0 66.7 5.3 3.5 1.6 0.3 7.5 Alison Bales 8 0 16.0 38.5 42.9 50.0 5.0 0.9 0.3 0.8 3.0 Coco Miller 8 0 8.0 20.0 20.0 50.0 1.3 0.9 0.5 0.0 1.3 Sandora Irvin 3 0 2.7 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.0 Courtney Paris 5 0 3.6 50.0 0.0 50.0 1.0 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.6

Awards and honors Recipient Award Date awarded Ref. Angel McCoughtryEastern Conference Player of the Week July 25 July 31 August 22 September 12 Eastern Conference Player of the Month - July August 2 All-Star Starter July 16 All-WNBA First Team September All-Defensive First Team September Sancho Lyttle All-Defensive Second Team September Armintie Price All-Defensive Second Team September

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