The 2012 Atlanta Dream season was the 5th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association, and their 5th season under head coach, Marynell Meadors.
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WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country 2 14 Tiffany Hayes Connecticut 3 32 Isabelle Yacoubou (pick later voided) France
Trades and Roster Changes DateTransaction January 4, 2012 Extended Qualifying Offers to Courtney Paris, Armintie Herrington, Alison Bales, and Yelena Leuchanka January 15, 2012 Cored Erika de Souza January 31, 2012 Shalee Lehning announces her retirement from the WNBA February 8, 2012 Signed Cathrine Kraayeveld February 9, 2012 Signed Yelena Leuchanka February 10, 2012 Signed Aneika Henry-Morello to a training-camp contract February 14, 2012 Signed Laurie Koehn to training-camp contract February 15, 2012 Signed Coco Miller and Courtney Paris to training-camp contracts March 3, 2012 Signed Ketia Swanier March 7, 2012 Signed Armintie Herrington March 8, 2012 Signed Erika de Souza April 6, 2012 Signed Romina Ciappina to a training-camp contract April 13, 2012 Alison Bales announces her retirement from the WNBA April 20, 2012 Signed Tiffany Hayes to a rookie-scale contract Signed Chelsea Regins and Aishah Sutherland to training-camp contracts April 25, 2012 Signed Brittany Johnson to a training-camp contract May 8, 2012 Waived Romina Ciappina, Chelsea Regins, Brittany Johnson, and Aishah Sutherland May 16, 2012 Waived Coco Miller June 3, 2012 Waived Courtney Paris June 4, 2012 Signed Jessica Moore July 2, 2012 Waived Jessica Moore July 5, 2012 Signed Jessica Moore to a 7-day contract July 12, 2012 Signed Jessica Moore to a 2nd 7-day contract
Roster
Depth Pos.StarterBench C Erika de Souza Yelena Leuchanka PF Sancho Lyttle Aneika Henry SF Angel McCoughtry Cathrine KraayeveldTiffany Hayes SG Armintie Price Laurie Koehn PG Lindsey Harding Ketia Swanier
Schedule
Preseason
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || Sat 5 || 2:00 || Tulsa || || 91-89 || Koehn (21) || Henry (9) || Harding (6) || Philips Arena 4,340 || 1-0
Regular season
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || Sat 19 || 7:00 || @ Indiana || SSOFS-I || 84-92 || McCoughtry (26) || Lyttle (10) || Harding (6) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,403 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || Fri 25 || 7:30 || New York || SSO || 100-74 || McCoughtry (23) || Leuchanka (7) || McCoughtry (7) || Philips Arena 6,802 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || Sun 27 || 3:00 || Indiana || SSO || 62-78 || McCoughtry (21) || Lyttle (9) || PriceSwanier (2) || Philips Arena 7,282 || 1-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || Thu 31 || 7:00 || Phoenix || SSO || 81-65 || KraayeveldLyttle (12) || Kraayeveld (9) || Price (6) || Philips Arena 4,887 || 2-2
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || Sat 2 || 7:00 || Chicago || SSOCN100 || 92-94(OT) || McCoughtry (33) || LyttlePriceSwanier (4) || Harding (6) || Philips Arena 4,503 || 2-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || Tue 5 || 7:00 || @ New York || || 72-79 || McCoughtry (21) || McCoughtry (14) || Price (4) || Prudential Center 4,823 || 2-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || Fri 8 || 7:30 || San Antonio || SSO || 60-57 || McCoughtry (16) || Lyttle (9) || McCoughtry (5) || Philips Arena 4,501 || 3-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 || Sun 10 || 5:00 || @ Connecticut || CPTV-S || 73-92 || McCoughtry (23) || Lyttle (8) || Harding (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,526 || 3-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 9 || Fri 15 || 7:30 || Los Angeles || SSO || 92-59 || McCoughtry (31) || Henry (9) || Harding (6) || Philips Arena 8,872 || 4-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || Sun 17 || 3:00 || Connecticut || SSO || 73-75 || Price (20) || Lyttle (9) || Price (6) || Philips Arena 4,323 || 4-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 || Tue 19 || 7:00 || New York || FS-S || 60-73 || HardingLyttle (13) || Lyttle (13) || Price (5) || Philips Arena 4,134 || 4-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || Sun 24 || 4:00 || @ New York || MSG || 74-64 || McCoughtry (23) || McCoughtry (8) || Swanier (9) || Prudential Center 6,754 || 5-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || Tue 26 || 12:00 || Indiana || SSO || 70-58 || McCoughtry (22) || Kraayeveld (10) || Harding (5) || Philips Arena 8,388 || 6-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || Fri 29 || 8:00 || @ Tulsa || || 102-92 || McCoughtry (24) || Lyttle (8) || Harding (7) || BOK Center 4,235 || 7-7
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 15 || Sun 1 || 6:00 || @ Chicago || CN100 || 69-71 || McCoughtry (21) || Lyttle (7) || HardingHayes (3) || Allstate Arena 6,093 || 7-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || Sat 7 || 10:00 || @ Phoenix || || 100-93(2OT) || Lyttle (31) || Lyttle (10) || Swanier (5) || US Airways Center 7,948 || 8-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 || Sun 8 || 8:30 || @ Los Angeles || NBATVKDOC || 63-79 || Lyttle (17) || Henry (8) || Harding (5) || Staples Center 11,019 || 8-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || Wed 11 || 3:00 || @ Seattle || || 70-59 || Lyttle (21) || Hayes (8) || Harding (5) || KeyArena 9,686 || 9-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 19 || Fri 13 || 8:00 || @ San Antonio || SSOFS-SW || 70-91 || Lyttle (21) || Lyttle (12) || Harding (6) || AT&T Center 13,426 || 9-10 |- | colspan="11" align="center" valign="middle" | Summer Olympic break
| colspan="11" align="center" valign="middle" | Summer Olympic break |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || Fri 17 || 8:30 || @ Chicago || CN100 || 82-76 || McCoughtry (25) || McCoughtry (8) || Lyttle (7) || Allstate Arena 5,593 || 10-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 21 || Sat 18 || 7:00 || @ Indiana || NBATVSSOFS-I || 72-86 || McCoughtry (22) || de SouzaPrice (6) || 3 players (2) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,302 || 10-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 22 || Wed 22 || 7:00 || Chicago || NBATVFS-SCN100 || 82-71 || Lyttle (24) || KraayveldLyttle (7) || HayesSwanierLyttle (5) || Philips Arena 4,010 || 11-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 || Fri 24 || 7:00 || @ Washington || NBATVCSN-MA || 81-69 || Price (19) || de Souza (8) || HardingHayes (5) || Verizon Center 9,697 || 12-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 24 || Sat 25 || 7:00 || Minnesota || ESPN2 || 74-84 || LyttleMcCoughtry (14) || Lyttle (9) || Harding (9) || Philips Arena 7,224 || 12-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || Tue 28 || 7:00 || Tulsa || FS-S || 80-84 || de Souza 16 || de SouzaLyttle (9) || Harding (7) || Philips Arena 2,813 || 12-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || Thu 30 || 7:00 || Washington || SSO || 82-59 || de Souza (21) || de Souza (10) || Harding (5) || Philips Arena 3,381 || 13-13
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || Sun 2 || 3:00 || Connecticut || NBATVSSO || 87-80 || McCoughtry (24) || Lyttle (13) || LyttleHayesHarding (4) || Philips Arena 5,020 || 14-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 28 || Wed 5 || 7:00 || Indiana || NBATVFS-SFS-I || 71-64 || Harding (20) || Lyttle (12) || Harding (3) || Philips Arena 4,112 || 15-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 29 || Fri 7 || 8:00 || @ Minnesota || SSO || 93-97 || McCoughtry (30) || Lyttle (12) || Harding (7) || Target Center 9,308 || 15-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || Sun 9 || 3:00 || Washington || SSO || 93-68 || PriceHarding (15) || de Souza (10) || Harding (9) || Philips Arena 6,898 || 16-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || Tue 11 || 7:00 || Seattle || NBATVFS-S || 77-61 || McCoughtry (23) || de Souza (8) || HayesHarding (5) || Philips Arena 5,558 || 17-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || Fri 14 || 7:00 || @ Washington || || 82-74 || McCoughtry (26) || de Souza (8) || McCoughtry (8) || Verizon Center 7,368 || 18-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33 || Thu 20 || 8:00 || @ Chicago || || 75-66 || McCoughtry (21) || de Souza (10) || Harding (8) || Allstate Arena 4,188 || 19-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 34 || Sun 23 || 5:00 || @ Connecticut || CPTV-S || 72-92 || Harding (16) || Hayes (9) || McCoughtryHardingHayes (3) || Mohegan Sun Arena 9,143 || 19-15
| All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com
Playoffs
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || September 28 || 7:00 || @ Indiana || ESPN2 || 75-66 || Harding (23) || LyttleMcCoughtry (9) || Harding (7) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,776 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || September 30 || 4:00 || Indiana || ESPN || 88-103 || McCoughtry (22) || de Souza (9) || Harding (6) || Philips Arena 6,890 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || October 2 || 7:00 || @ Indiana || NBATV || 64-75 || Harding (17) || de SouzaHarding (7) || Price (4) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,840 || 1-2
Standings
Playoffs
Statistics
Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Angel McCoughtry 24 17 29.9 44.7 33.7 80.0 5.0 2.92.5 1.121.4 Sancho Lyttle343431.6 41.2 25.5 75.8 7.6 2.5 2.4 0.7 14.0 Lindsey Harding34 32 30.6 42.5 24.181.8 2.84.5 1.4 0.2 12.3 Erika de Souza 15 15 29.9 52.3 0.0 69.68.2 1.6 1.31.5 11.6 Tiffany Hayes34 17 23.1 39.0 27.3 78.6 3.1 2.1 0.8 0.4 8.6 Armintie Herrington34 33 26.6 50.9 0.0 60.2 3.7 2.5 1.1 0.3 8.4 Aneika Henry34 14 18.0 46.8 0.0 76.2 4.1 0.4 0.5 0.9 4.8 Cathrine Kraayeveld 33 1 15.4 42.140.2 33.3 2.8 0.8 0.4 0.5 4.6 Yelena Leuchanka 19 5 13.7 38.1 0.0 71.4 2.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 3.1 Ketia Swanier34 2 11.4 31.7 16.7 73.1 1.4 1.9 0.4 0.0 2.2 Jessica Moore 8 0 5.466.7 0.0 75.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 Laurie Koehn 23 0 4.9 34.1 33.3 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 1.8 Courtney Paris 4 0 7.3 50.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.5
Playoffs Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Lindsey Harding3338.0 42.6 25.0 88.9 4.75.3 2.7 0.319.0 Angel McCoughtry33 33.3 41.2 25.0 81.8 5.7 3.3 2.31.3 18.0 Sancho Lyttle33 34.3 36.2 0.0 75.0 7.0 0.73.0 0.7 12.3 Erika de Souza33 29.7 41.4 0.0100.06.3 0.3 0.7 0.7 8.7 Armintie Herrington33 30.0 36.4 0.0 72.7 3.7 3.3 2.3 0.3 8.0 Tiffany Hayes3 0 16.3 36.4 33.3100.0 2.3 1.7 1.7 0.3 4.3 Aneika Henry3 0 10.0 75.0 0.0100.0 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.7 2.7 Ketia Swanier 2 0 3.0 66.7 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.5 Cathrine Kraayeveld3 0 6.3100.0100.0 0.0 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 1.0
Awards and honors Recipient Award Date awarded Ref. Angel McCoughtry Eastern Conference Player of the Week July 2 Sancho Lyttle Eastern Conference Player of the Week August 27 All-Defensive First Team September 28 Lindsey Harding Eastern Conference Player of the Week September 10 Armintie Price All-Defensive Second Team September 28 Tiffany Hayes WNBA All-Rookie Team October 7
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