The 2016 WNBA season is the 9th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association. The regular season began May 14 and concluded September 18.DREAM: Dream Schedule 2016Atlanta Dream Announces 2015 WNBA Schedule | NDNSPORTS The Dream qualified for the playoffs as the sixth seed after missing the playoffs the previous year, finishing 17–17. The Dream defeated the Seattle Storm in the first round of the playoffs before falling to the Chicago Sky in the second round to end their season.
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WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country111Bria HolmesWest Virginia213Rachel HollivayRutgers216Courtney WalkerTexas A&M 3 28Niya JohnsonBaylor
Trades and Roster Changes DateTransaction January 5, 2016 Exercised 4th-Year Team Options on Damiris Dantas and Shoni Schimmel January 6, 2016 Extended Qualifying Offers to Amanda Thompson, Aneika Henry-Morello, Tiffany Hayes, and Cierra Burdick February 1, 2016 Signed Tiffany Hayes February 2, 2016 Signed Carla Cortijo February 3, 2016 Traded the 4th Overall Pick in the 2016 WNBA draft to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for Elizabeth Williams February 10, 2016 Signed Matee Ajavon March 1, 2016 Signed Cierra Burdick Signed Ariel Massengale to a rookie-scale contract March 3, 2016 Signed Kara Braxton, Amanda Thompson, Meighan Simmons to training-camp contracts April 19, 2016 Signed Tina Roy to a training-camp contract Signed Bria Holmes to a rookie-scale contract April 21, 2016 Signed Niya Johnson and Courtney Walker to rookie-scale contracts April 27, 2016 Waived Kara Braxton April 29, 2016 Waived Tina Roy and Amanda Thompson May 2, 2016 Traded Shoni Schimmel to the New York Liberty in exchange for a 2nd Round Pick in the 2017 WNBA draft May 9, 2016 Claimed Jordan Jones of the Waivers May 10, 2016 Waived Ariel Massengale and Niya Johnson Traded the 2nd Round Pick received from the Liberty to the Indiana Fever in exchange for Layshia Clarendon May 11, 2016 Suspended Damiris Dantas for the Full Season due to Overseas Commitments May 12, 2016 Waived DeLisha Milton-Jones, Courtney Walker, Jordan Jones, and Roneeka Hodges May 13, 2016 Signed Rachel Hollivay to their rookie-scale contract June 10, 2016 Temporarily Suspend Sancho Lyttle due to Overseas Commitments Signed Avery Warley-Talbert June 19, 2016 Waived Avery Warley-Talbert June 21, 2016 Activated Sancho Lyttle from the Temporary Suspension June 27, 2016 Waived Cierra Burdick Claimed Markeisha Gatling of a Waivers December 6, 2016 Exercised the 4th-Year Team Option on Reshanda Gray and Elizabeth Williams
Roster
Depth Pos.StarterBench C Elizabeth Williams Rachel HollivayMarkeisha Gatling PF Sancho Lyttle Reshanda Gray SF Angel McCoughtry Bria Holmes SG Tiffany Hayes Matee AjavonMeighan Simmons PG Layshia Clarendon Carla Cortijo
Schedule
Preseason
|- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 1 | May 4 | vs. San Antonio | L 67–74 | Simmons (10) | Williams (10) | Tied (3) | Mohegan Sun Arena4,199 | 0–1 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 2 | May 5 | vs. Chicago | L 75–95 | Williams (12) | Hollivay (6) | Holmes (8) | Mohegan Sun Arena4,025 | 0–2 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 3 | May 7 | @ Los Angeles | L 80–88 | Holmes (18) | Gray (8) | Cortijo (6) | Pasadena College460 | 0–3 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 4 | May 10 | Los Angeles | L 63–69 | Simmons (11) | Williams (13) | Ajavon (4) | McCamish Pavilion1,385 | 0–4
Regular season
|- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 1 | May 14 | @ San Antonio | W 73–63 | McCoughtry (15) | Williams (10) | Tied (3) | AT&T Center7,572 | 1–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | May 20 | @ Indiana | L 85–94 | Tied (19) | McCoughtry (8) | 3 Tied (2) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse7,608 | 1–1 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 3 | May 22 | Chicago | W 87–81 | McCoughtry (21) | Clarendon (8) | Cortijo (5) | Philips Arena6,152 | 2–1 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 4 | May 24 | @ New York | W 85–79 (OT) | Hayes (27) | Lyttle (14) | Tied (3) | Madison Square Garden14,503 | 3–1 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 5 | May 27 | @ Dallas | W 102–93 | McCoughtry (26) | Lyttle (10) | Lyttle (6) | College Park Center4,712 | 4–1 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 6 | May 29 | Indiana | W 85–76 | McCoughtry (22) | Williams (7) | Hayes (6) | Philips Arena5,233 | 5–1
|- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 7 | June 3 | @ Connecticut | W 83–77 | Hayes (23) | Lyttle (11) | McCoughtry (4) | Mohegan Sun Arena4,541 | 6–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 8 | June 5 | Washington | L 79–86 | McCoughtry (28) | Lyttle (11) | Cortijo (5) | Philips Arena3,611 | 6–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 9 | June 10 | Minnesota | L 78–110 | Hayes (23) | Clarendon (7) | McCoughtry (4) | Philips Arena5,368 | 6–3 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 10 | June 12 | Connecticut | W 93–87 | Williams (20) | Williams (10) | Clarendon (9) | Philips Arena4,486 | 7–3 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 11 | June 17 | Chicago | W 101–97 | McCoughtry (22) | Williams (9) | Hayes (5) | Philips Arena4,560 | 8–3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 12 | June 18 | @ Washington | L 65–95 | Hayes (12) | McCoughtry (8) | Cortijo (4) | Verizon Center6,977 | 8–4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 13 | June 22 | New York | L 79–90 | McCoughtry (22) | Lyttle (11) | Tied (4) | Philips Arena10,345 | 8–5 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 14 | June 25 | @ San Antonio | L 69–73 | McCoughtry (23) | Williams (10) | Tied (3) | AT&T Center9,439 | 8–6 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 15 | June 28 | @ Seattle | L 81–84 | McCoughtry (22) | Hollivay (9) | Tied (3) | KeyArena4,648 | 8–7 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 16 | June 30 | @ Los Angeles | L 75–84 | Hayes (32) | Williams (10) | Clarendon (7) | Staples Center10,215 | 8–8
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 17 | July 3 | Phoenix | L 87–95 | Hayes (26) | Williams (9) | Hayes (5) | Philips Arena6,557 | 8–9 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 18 | July 5 | Seattle | W 77–64 | Lyttle (22) | Lyttle (11) | Tied (4) | Philips Arena3,983 | 9–9 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 19 | July 8 | Dallas | W 95–90 (OT) | Tied (27) | Lyttle (14) | McCoughtry (9) | Philips Arena6,745 | 10–9 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 20 | July 10 | @ Connecticut | W 67–63 | McCoughtry (26) | Lyttle (14) | Lyttle (3) | Mohegan Sun Arena5,857 | 11–9 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 21 | July 13 | @ New York | L 86–62 | Hayes (12) | Lyttle (9) | Clarendon (3) | Madison Square Garden11,317 | 11–10 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 22 | July 15 | @ Indiana | L 72–78 | Cortijo (20) | Williams (8) | McCoughtry (6) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse8,612 | 11–11 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 23 | July 17 | Los Angeles | W 91–74 | Tied (17) | Williams (12) | Clarendon (6) | Philips Arena7,551 | 12–11 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 24 | July 20 | @ Minnesota | L 65–83 | Clarendon (11) | Williams (8) | Tied (2) | Target Center16,132 | 12–12 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 25 | July 22 | Dallas | W 93–88 | Gray (22) | Williams (11) | McCoughtry (5) | McCamish Pavilion4,749 | 13–12
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 26 | August 26 | @ Chicago | L 82–90 | Tied (19) | Williams (9) | Tied (4) | Allstate Arena6,016 | 13–13 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 27 | August 28 | Connecticut | W 87–73 | McCoughtry (22) | Williams (8) | 3 Tied (5) | Philips Arena7,055 | 14–13
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 28 | September 4 | Seattle | L 82–91 | McCoughtry (32) | Williams (6) | Williams (4) | Philips Arena5,695 | 14–14 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 29 | September 6 | Phoenix | W 91–87 | McCoughtry (27) | McCoughtry (8) | Clarendon (6) | Philips Arena3,625 | 15–14 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 30 | September 8 | @ Los Angeles | W 86–81 | McCoughtry (32) | Williams (12) | Clarendon (6) | Staples Center6,152 | 16–14 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 31 | September 11 | @ Phoenix | L 75–86 | Hayes (22) | Williams (16) | Clarendon (4) | Talking Stick Resort Arena9,877 | 16–15 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 32 | September 13 | San Antonio | L 67–71 | Holmes (20) | Williams (12) | Hayes (4) | Philips Arena5,312 | 16–16 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 33 | September 15 | Washington | W 94–91 | McCoughtry (31) | Williams (10) | Clarendon (9) | Philips Arena4,404 | 17–16 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 34 | September 17 | @ Minnesota | L 87–95 | McCoughtry (18) | Williams (9) | Clarendon (7) | Target Center11,663 | 17–17
Playoffs
|- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 1 | September 21 | Seattle | W 94–85 | McCoughtry (37) | Williams (16) | Tied (7) | McCamish Pavilion2,553 | 1–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | September 25 | @ Chicago | L 98–108 | Hayes (30) | Williams (9) | McCoughtry (9) | Allstate Arena3,922 | 0–1
Standings
Playoffs
Statistics
Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Angel McCoughtry 33 32 30.0 .434 .302 .788 5.7 2.8 1.6 0.7 19.5 Tiffany Hayes 33 33 30.8 .441 .274 .804 3.4 2.4 1.2 0.2 15.0 Elizabeth Williams 34 34 34.7 .442 .000 .692 8.1 1.2 0.8 2.3 11.9 Layshia Clarendon 34 32 28.2 .466 .346 .765 4.3 3.5 0.7 0.1 10.4 Sancho Lyttle 19 18 30.1 .416 .222 .760 7.8 1.8 2.1 1.0 7.6 Bria Holmes 33 10 21.3 .435 .274 .774 2.6 1.2 0.9 0.2 7.5 Carla Cortijo 27 1 10.9 .354 .289 .781 1.6 1.6 0.3 0.0 4.7 Reshanda Gray 28 5 9.6 .521 .000 .556 2.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 3.4 Matee Ajavon 32 2 10.6 .305 .231 .750 1.6 1.2 0.4 0.3 3.3 Meighan Simmons 25 0 5.9 .289 .286 .833 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.1 2.6 Markeisha Gatling 16 2 10.5 .447 .000 .889 2.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 2.6 Rachel Hollivay 32 1 8.9 .316 .000 .469 2.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 1.2 Cierra Burdick 8 0 3.6 .125 .000 .500 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 Avery Warley-Talbert 1 0 4.0 .000 .000 .000 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Playoffs Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Angel McCoughtry 2 2 35.0 54.8 70.0 73.3 4.5 8.0 0.5 0.0 32.0 Tiffany Hayes 1 1 37.0 58.8 42.9 87.5 6.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 30.0 Bria Holmes 2 2 35.0 50.0 28.6 62.5 5.5 2.5 0.5 0.5 15.5 Elizabeth Williams 2 2 38.5 38.1 0.0 77.8 12.5 1.5 0.5 2.5 11.5 Layshia Clarendon 2 2 32.0 53.3 25.0 62.5 6.0 6.0 0.0 1.0 11.0 Matee Ajavon 2 1 15.5 50.0 0.0 100.0 2.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 7.0 Meighan Simmons 2 0 12.5 10.0 14.3 0.0 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.5 Markeisha Gatling 2 0 7.0 0.0 0.0 75.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.5 Carla Cortijo 2 0 3.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 Reshanda Gray 2 0 3.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Awards and honors Recipient Award Date awarded Ref. Angel McCoughtry Eastern Conference Player of the Week May 31 July 11 All-Defensive First Team September 30 All-WNBA Second Team October 14 Elizabeth Williams Most Improved Player Award September 21
References
External links THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE ATLANTA DREAM Atlanta Dream 2016 Schedule - Dream Home and Away - ESPN