The 2013 Atlanta Dream season was the 6th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association, and their 1st season under head coach,Fred Williams. The Dream finished second in the Eastern Conference with a 17-17 record, and won the Eastern Conference Finals, sweeping the Indiana Fever to earn their third trip in four years to the WNBA Finals, where they were swept by the Minnesota Lynx in three games.
Transactions
WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 2 13 Alex Bentley Penn State 3 31 Anne Marie Armstrong Georgia
Trades and Roster Changes DateTrade January 8, 2013 Extended Qualifying Offers to Angel McCoughtry and Aneika Henry February 5, 2013 Signed Angel McCoughtry February 14, 2013 Signed Aneika Henry February 19, 2013 Traded the 7th and 19th Picks in the 2013 WNBA draft to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Jasmine Thomas and the 13th Pick in the 2013 Draft March 18, 2013 Signed Sydney Carter to a Training Camp Contract April 19, 2013 Signed Alex Bentley and Anne Marie Armstrong to their Rookie Scale Contracts April 25, 2013 Signed Blanche Alverson to a Training Camp Contract April 30, 2013 Signed Courtney Clements to a Training Camp Contract May 14, 2013 Waived Blance Alverson and Ketia Swanier May 22, 2013 Waived Cathrine Kraayeveld and Sydney Carter May 23, 2013 Temporarily Suspend the contract of Yelena Leuchanka May 31, 2013 Exercised the Team Option for the 4th Year on Jasmine Thomas June 17, 2013 Temporarily Suspend the contract of Sancho Lyttle July 5, 2013 Activated Sancho Lyttle from her Temporary Suspension Waived Anne Marie Armstrong August 28, 2013 Signed Anne Marie Armstrong to a 7-Day Contract
Roster
Schedule Preseason
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | May 9 | @ Tulsa | | Courtney Clements (18) | Aneika Henry (10) | Armintie Herrington (3) | BOK Center5280 | 1–0
Regular season
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 | May 25 | Tulsa | | Tiffany Hayes (21) | Sancho Lyttle (10) | Jasmine Thomas (6) | Philips Arena7519 | 1–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 5 | May 31 | @ Indiana | | Angel McCoughtry (29) | Sancho Lyttle (11) | Alex Bentley (6) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse10756 | 2–0
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 | June 2 | @ Washington | | Angel McCoughtry (15) | Sancho Lyttle (9) | Angel McCoughtry (5) | Verizon Center8938 | 3–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 7 | June 7 | New York | | Sancho Lyttle (18) | Tiffany Hayes (7) | Angel McCoughtry (10) | Philips Arena6173 | 4–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 8 | June 9 | @ New York | | Sancho Lyttle (18) | Sancho Lyttle (11) | Angel McCoughtry (5) | Prudential Center5933 | 4–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 9 | June 14 | Seattle | | Angel McCoughtry (23) | Angel McCoughtry (9) | Angel McCoughtry (7) | Philips Arena4960 | 5–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 10 | June 16 | Chicago | | Angel McCoughtry (23) | Erika de Souza (11) | Tiffany Hayes (8) | Philips Arena5552 | 6–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 11 | June 23 | @ Connecticut | | Angel McCoughtry (34) | Le'Coe Willingham (7) | Angel McCoughtry (2) | Mohegan Sun Arena7557 | 7–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 12 | June 25 | Indiana | | Erika de Souza (17) | Erika de Souza (10) | McCoughtry & Herrington (4) | Philips Arena10155 | 8–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 13 | June 28 | Washington | | Angel McCoughtry (21) | Erika de Souza (9) | Tiffany Hayes (6) | Philips Arena5512 | 9–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 14 | June 30 | San Antonio | | Tiffany Hayes (19) | Erika de Souza (7) | Angel McCoughtry (9) | Philips Arena5359 | 10–1
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 15 | July 9 | @ Minnesota | | Angel McCoughtry (16) | Erika de Souza (13) | Angel McCoughtry (5) | Target Center8623 | 10–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 16 | July 14 | @ Seattle | | de SouzaBentley (16) | Erika de Souza (14) | Alex Bentley (5) | Key Arena6479 | 10–3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 17 | July 17 | @ Los Angeles | | Angel McCoughtry (24) | Erika de Souza (18) | Angel McCoughtry (5) | Staples Center10876 | 10–4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 18 | July 21 | @ Tulsa | | Angel McCoughtry (21) | Erika de Souza (16) | Alex Bentley (3) | BOK Center4107 | 10–5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 19 | July 24 | Connecticut | | Angel McCoughtry (22) | Erika de Souza (10) | Angel McCoughtry (6) | Philips Arena4434 | 11–5
|- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |- style="background:#fcc;" | 20 | August 3 | @ Phoenix | | Angel McCoughtry (33) | Erika de Souza (11) | Angel McCoughtry (8) | US Airways Center8138 | 11–6 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 21 | August 10 | @ Indiana | | Angel McCoughtry (17) | Erika de Souza (5) | Alex Bentley (5) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse9271 | 11–7 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 22 | August 11 | New York | | Angel McCoughtry (30) | Erika de Souza (10) | McCoughtry & Thomas (5) | Philips Arena4576 | 11–8 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 23 | August 14 | @ Connecticut | | Angel McCoughtry (33) | McCoughtry & de Souza (8) | Armintie Herrington (6) | Mohegan Sun Arena5206 | 11–9 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 24 | August 16 | Connecticut | | Angel McCoughtry (30) | Erika de Souza (15) | Angel McCoughtry (8) | Philips Arena4435 | 12–9 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 25 | August 18 | Washington | | Tiffany Hayes (23) | Erika de Souza (8) | Jasmine Thomas (4) | Philips Arena4873 | 13–9 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 26 | August 20 | Minnesota | | Tiffany Hayes (23) | Erika de Souza (16) | Alex Bentley (6) | Philips Arena4855 | 14–9 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 27 | August 23 | @ Washington | | Angel McCoughtry (17) | Erika de Souza (12) | Angel McCoughtry (8) | Verizon Center7088 | 14–10 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 28 | August 24 | Chicago | | Angel McCoughtry (20) | Erika de Souza (16) | Angel McCoughtry (3) | Philips Arena7412 | 14–11 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 29 | August 28 | Washington | | Angel McCoughtry (23) | Erika de Souza (14) | Alex Bentley (7) | Philips Arena4415 | 14–12 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 30 | August 31 | @ Chicago | | Alex Bentley (19) | Erika de Souza (9) | Jasmine Thomas (6) | Allstate Arena6047 | 14–13
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 31 | September 2 | Los Angeles | | Erika de Souza (27) | Jasmine Thomas (8) | Alex Bentley (11) | Philips Arena5504 | 15–13 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 32 | September 4 | Indiana | | Angel McCoughtry (30) | Erika de Souza (15) | Angel McCoughtry (8) | Philips Arena4019 | 16–13 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 33 | September 6 | @ New York | | Angel McCoughtry (16) | Erika de Souza (14) | Angel McCoughtry (3) | Prudential Center7021 | 17–13 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 34 | September 8 | Phoenix | | Angel McCoughtry (25) | Erika de Souza (10) | Armintie Herrington (5) | Philips Arena9740 | 17–14 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 35 | September 11 | @ Connecticut | | Angel McCoughtry (23) | Angel McCoughtry (10) | Angel McCoughtry (7) | Mohegan Sun Arena5724 | 17–15 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 36 | September 13 | @ Chicago | | Angel McCoughtry (29) | Erika de Souza (13) | Jasmine Thomas (6) | Allstate Arena7679 | 17–16 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 37 | September 15 | @ San Antonio | | Alex Bentley (17) | Aneika Henry (10) | Jasmine Thomas (6) | AT&T Center7486 | 17–17
Standings
Playoffs
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | September 19 | Washington | | Angel McCoughtry (20) | Erika de Souza (12) | Angel McCoughtry (3) | Philips Arena3862 | 0–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | September 21 | @ Washington | | Angel McCoughtry (20) | Erika de Souza (15) | Jasmine Thomas (6) | Verizon Center7065 | 1–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | September 23 | Washington | | de Souza & Hayes (18) | Erika de Souza (14) | Angel McCoughtry (7) | Philips Arena4078 | 2–1
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | September 26 | Indiana | | Tiffany Hayes (23) | Armintie Herrington (7) | Herrington & McCoughtry (5) | Philips Arena4238 | 1–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | September 29 | @ Indiana | | Angel McCoughtry (27) | Armintie Herrington (9) | Angel McCoughtry (3) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse7051 | 2–0
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | October 6 | @ Minnesota | | Angel McCoughtry (17) | Aneika Henry (14) | Armintie Herrington (3) | Target Center13804 | 0–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | October 8 | @ Minnesota | | Angel McCoughtry (15) | Erika de Souza (8) | Angel McCoughtry (4) | Target Center12313 | 0–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 3 | October 10 | Minnesota | | Tiffany Hayes (20) | Erika de Souza (9) | Alex Bentley (6) | Gwinnett Center5040 | 0–3
Playoffs
Statistics
Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Angel McCoughtry 33 32 31.4 41.3 20.4 82.4 5.3 4.4 2.7 0.7 21.5 Sancho Lyttle 6 6 30.0 52.9 40.0 66.7 8.5 2.5 2.3 1.3 14.3 Erika de Souza 34 34 29.9 52.9 0.0 67.7 9.9 1.3 1.3 1.8 12.9 Tiffany Hayes 23 4 22.3 40.6 37.7 74.5 3.7 1.7 1.2 0.1 11.3 Jasmine Thomas 34 29 27.5 35.9 21.6 69.6 3.0 3.1 0.9 0.3 8.5 Alex Bentley 34 10 22.1 39.8 32.9 71.1 1.4 2.8 1.0 0.1 8.3 Armintie Herrington 28 26 29.9 46.7 0.0 59.1 3.4 2.4 2.3 0.1 7.0 Le'Coe Willingham 34 28 22.2 42.4 30.4 71.4 4.2 0.8 0.8 0.3 4.1 Aneika Henry-Morello 34 1 12.8 45.0 0.0 76.5 3.9 0.5 0.3 0.5 3.9 Courtney Clements 26 0 9.4 20.2 23.1 75.0 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.1 2.2 Ruth Riley 16 0 7.6 31.6 40.0 66.7 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.3 1.1 Anne Marie Armstrong 9 0 2.8 50.0 50.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.7
Playoffs Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Angel McCoughtry 8 8 30.9 31.4 25.0 83.0 3.6 3.8 2.0 1.0 17.9 Tiffany Hayes 8 6 28.6 39.0 35.3 76.7 4.5 1.9 0.5 0.0 12.4 Erika de Souza 8 8 30.8 47.0 0.0 58.8 9.9 1.3 1.0 0.8 11.0 Armintie Herrington 8 5 27.4 51.0 0.0 63.2 4.5 2.3 1.9 0.1 7.8 Jasmine Thomas 8 8 28.9 31.0 0.0 70.0 2.9 2.0 0.9 0.8 6.4 Aneika Henry-Morello 8 3 22.8 55.0 0.0 83.3 6.6 0.3 0.6 0.9 6.1 Alex Bentley 8 0 17.4 28.3 19.0 88.9 1.8 2.0 1.1 0.3 5.8 Ruth Riley 4 0 6.5 75.0 100.0 50.0 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 2.0 Le'Coe Willingham 4 2 18.0 10.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 1.0 0.8 0.3 0.5 Courtney Clements 4 0 2.3 0.0 0.0 50.0 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.3
Awards and honors Recipient Award Date awarded Ref. Angel McCoughtry Eastern Conference Player of the Week May 24 - June 2 June 10 - June 16 June 17 - June 23 Eastern Conference Player of the Month - June July 1 Peak Performer: Points September 18 All-WNBA Second Team September 25 All-Star Selection July 23 All-Defensive First Team September 20 Erika de Souza All-Star Selection July 23 All-Defensive Second Team September 20 Armintie Herrington All-Defensive First Team September 20 Alex Bentley All-Rookie Team September 20
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