2011 Atlanta Dream season

2011 Atlanta Dream season
2011 Atlanta Dream season
Coach	Marynell Meadors
Arena	Philips Arena
Attendance	6,487 per game
Results
Record	20–14 (.588)
Place	3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost in WNBA Finals
Team Leaders
Points	McCoughtry (21.6)
Rebounds	de Souza (7.5)
Assists	Harding (4.8)
Media
Television	FS-S, SSO; ESPN2, NBATV
	← 2010 season 2012 season →

The 2011 WNBA season is the 4th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association. 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.

Transactions

WNBA Draft

The following are the Dream's selections in the 2011 WNBA Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	8	Ta'Shia Phillips	United States	Xavier
2	18 (from S.A.)	Rachel Jarry	Australia	Australia
3	32	Kelsey Bolte	United States	Iowa State

Transaction log

March 23: The Dream signed Sandora Irvin to a training camp contract.
March 25: The Dream signed Ashley Paris to a training camp contract.
April 1: The Dream re-signed Alison Bales.
April 11: The Dream traded draft rights to Rachel Jarry and a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for draft rights to Felicia Chester.
April 11: The Dream traded Kelly Miller, draft rights to Ta'Shia Phillips and a first-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Lindsey Harding and a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft.
May 21: The Dream waived Kelsey Bolte and Ashley Paris.
June 1: The Dream waived Shannon McCallum.
June 2: The Dream waived Felicia Chester.
June 6: The Dream waived Brittainey Raven and signed Kelly Mazzante.
June 18: The Dream suspended Sancho Lyttle and signed Courtney Paris.
July 2: The Dream waived Kelly Mazzante.

Trades

Date	Trade
April 11, 2011	To Atlanta Dream	To Minnesota Lynx
April 11, 2011	Felicia Chester	Rachel Jarry and second-round pick in 2012 Draft
April 11, 2011	To Atlanta Dream	To Washington Mystics
April 11, 2011	Lindsey Harding and second-round pick in 2012 Draft	Ta'Shia Phillips, Kelly Miller and first-round pick in 2012 Draft

Personnel changes

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Sandora Irvin	March 23, 2011	free agent
Lindsey Harding	April 11, 2011	Washington Mystics
Kelly Mazzante	June 6, 2011	free agent
Courtney Paris	June 18, 2011	free agent

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Kelly Miller	April 11, 2011	Washington Mystics
Yelena Leuchanka	May 15, 2011	hiatus
Brittainey Raven	June 6, 2011	free agent
Kelly Mazzante	July 2, 2011	free agent

Roster

2011 Atlanta Dream roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name			Height
C	33	Bales, Alison	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	04-04-1985	Duke
G/F	8	Castro Marques, Izi	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	140 lb (64 kg)	03-13-1982	Brazil
F/C	14	de Souza, Erika	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	03-03-1982	Brazil
G	10	Harding, Lindsey	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	139 lb (63 kg)	06-12-1984	Duke
F	24	Irvin, Sandora	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	02-23-1982	TCU
G	5	Lehning, Shalee	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	140 lb (64 kg)	10-27-1986	Kansas State
F	20	Lyttle, Sancho	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	09-20-1983	Houston
F	35	McCoughtry, Angel	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	09-10-1986	Louisville
G	9	Miller, Coco	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	140 lb (64 kg)	09-06-1978	Georgia
C	3	Paris, Courtney	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	09-21-1987	Oklahoma
G/F	22	Price, Armintie	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	133 lb (60 kg)	04-03-1985	Mississippi

Head coach: Marynell Meadors (Middle Tennessee)
Assistant coaches: Sue Panek (Maryland)
Carol Ross (Mississippi)
Player development: Fred Williams (Boise State)
Athletic trainer: Kim Mosely (Southern Miss)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
Injured

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Erika de Souza	Courtney Paris
PF	Sancho Lyttle	Alison Bales Sandora Irvin
SF	Angel McCoughtry
SG	Armintie Price	Iziane Castro Marques
PG	Lindsey Harding	Coco Miller Shalee Lehning

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Indiana Fever ^x	21	13	.618	–	13–4	8–9	13–9
Connecticut Sun ^x	21	13	.618	–	15–2	6–11	14–8
Atlanta Dream ^x	20	14	.588	1.0	11–6	9–8	14–8
New York Liberty ^x	19	15	.559	2.0	12-5	7–10	11–11
Chicago Sky ^o	14	20	.412	7.0	10–7	4–13	10–12
Washington Mystics ^o	6	28	.176	15.0	4–13	2–15	4–18

Schedule

Preseason

2011 Game Log: Preseason

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
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

2011 Game Log: Regular Season

All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

June

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	June 5	3:00pm	New York	SSO	88–94 (OT)	Castro Marques (19)	Lyttle (11)	Harding (9)	Philips Arena 8,038	0–1
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
3	June 11	8:00pm	@ San Antonio		74–86	McCoughtry (19)	de Souza (14)	Harding (4)	AT&T Center 9,140	0–3
4	June 14	7:00pm	@ New York		79–58	McCoughtry (18)	Bales Irvin (7)	Lehning (6)	Prudential Center 5,725	1–3
5	June 17	8:00pm	@ Minnesota		85–96	McCoughtry (27)	de Souza (11)	Castro Marques (4)	Target Center 7,556	1–4
6	June 19	3:00pm	Minnesota	SSO	64–77	Harding (14)	de Souza (12)	Harding Miller (3)	Philips Arena 7,274	1–5
7	June 21	12:00pm	Chicago	SSO	71–68	McCoughtry (14)	McCoughtry Paris (8)	Harding (6)	Philips Arena 6,154	2–5
8	June 24	7:30pm	Phoenix	FS-S FS-A	83–92	McCoughtry (24)	Paris (8)	Harding (4)	Philips Arena 5,492	2–6
9	June 26	3:00pm	San Antonio	NBATV SSO	86–92	Miller (19)	Paris (11)	Price (5)	Philips Arena 5,718	2–7
10	June 30	7:30pm	New York	SSO	87–81	de Souza (27)	de Souza (15)	McCoughtry Miller (4)	Philips Arena 4,423	3–7

July

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
11	July 9	8:00pm	@ Chicago	CN100	69–81	McCoughtry (17)	McCoughtry (8)	McCoughtry (6)	Allstate Arena 5,679	3–8
12	July 13	12:00pm	@ New York		69–91	McCoughtry (17)	de Souza (7)	Lehning (3)	Prudential Center 14,314	3–9
13	July 16	7:30pm	Chicago	NBATV FS-S CN100	76–68	McCoughtry (24)	Bales de Souza (8)	Price (10)	Philips Arena 7,413	4–9
14	July 19	12:00pm	Indiana	NBATV SSO	84–74	Harding (19)	de Souza (11)	Harding (5)	Philips Arena 7,645	5–9
15	July 20	11:30am	@ Washington	NBATV	86–79	McCoughtry (33)	Irvin (11)	McCoughtry Price (3)	Verizon Center 13,954	6–9
All-Star break
16	July 26	8:00pm	@ Tulsa		76–68	McCoughtry (37)	Bales (9)	Harding Lehning (3)	BOK Center 3,435	7–9
17	July 28	7:00pm	Los Angeles	NBATV SSO	89–80	McCoughtry (22)	McCoughtry (11)	McCoughtry (7)	Philips Arena 6,701	8–9
18	July 31	5:00pm	@ Connecticut		92–99	McCoughtry (36)	de Souza (9)	Castro Marques (6)	Mohegan Sun Arena 6,955	8–10

August

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
19	August 2	7:30pm	New York	FS-S	75–85	McCoughtry (24)	McCoughtry Price (6)	Harding (9)	Philips Arena 4,573	8–11
20	August 7	3:00pm	Seattle	NBATV SSO	70–53	McCoughtry (17)	de Souza Lyttle (7)	Harding (7)	Philips Arena 7,337	9–11
21	August 9	7:00pm	@ Washington	CSN-MA	72–70	McCoughtry (19)	de Souza (12)	McCoughtry (5)	Verizon Center 9,536	10–11
22	August 11	10:00pm	@ Phoenix		95–109	McCoughtry (25)	de Souza (7)	Bales (4)	US Airways Center 7,940	10–12
23	August 13	10:00pm	@ Seattle	NBATV KONG	92–63	Castro Marques McCoughtry (17)	McCoughtry (6)	Price (4)	KeyArena 9,686	11–12
24	August 16	10:30pm	@ Los Angeles	NBATV SSO PRIME	84–79	McCoughtry (23)	de Souza (13)	Price (8)	STAPLES Center 7,522	12–12
25	August 19	7:30pm	Connecticut	NBATV SSO	94–88 (OT)	McCoughtry (26)	McCoughtry (12)	Harding (5)	Philips Arena 7,225	13–12
26	August 21	5:00pm	@ Connecticut		87–96	McCoughtry (22)	de Souza (10)	Harding (9)	Mohegan Sun Arena 6,636	13–13
27	August 23	8:00pm	@ Chicago	CN100	83–80	McCoughtry (22)	McCoughtry (7)	Harding (9)	Allstate Arena 2,876	14–13
28	August 27	7:00pm	@ Indiana	NBATV SSO FS-I	86–80	McCoughtry (20)	Lyttle (9)	Castro Marques (3)	Conseco Fieldhouse 9,242	15–13
29	August 30	7:30pm	Indiana	SSO	92–90	McCoughtry (28)	Lyttle (11)	Harding (6)	Philips Arena 6,467	16–13

September

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
30	September 1	7:00pm	@ Washington		81–85	McCoughtry (30)	Irvin (7)	Harding (8)	Verizon Center 7,954	16–14
31	September 2	7:30pm	Washington	NBATV SSO	95–73	Price (19)	Lyttle (8)	Harding (7)	Philips Arena 6,579	17–14
32	September 4	3:00pm	Tulsa	SSO	73–52	McCoughtry (19)	Bales Price (6)	Harding (10)	Philips Arena 7,661	18–14
33	September 6	7:30pm	Connecticut	SSO	85–74	McCoughtry (35)	Lyttle (12)	Harding (8)	Philips Arena 6,558	19–14
34	September 11	5:00pm	@ Indiana	NBATV SSO FS-I	93–88	McCoughtry (32)	Bales (11)	4 players (4)	Conseco Fieldhouse 11,521	20–14

Postseason

2011 Game Log: Postseason

Eastern Conference Semifinals

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Series
1	September 16	7:00pm	@ Connecticut	NBATV	89–84	Harding (21)	Lyttle (11)	Price (5)	Mohegan Sun Arena 7,373	1–0
2	September 18	3:00pm	Connecticut	ESPN2	69–64	de Souza Harding Lyttle McCoughtry (12)	de Souza (10)	Harding (6)	Philips Arena 6,887	2–0

Eastern Conference Finals

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Series
1	September 22	7:00pm	@ Indiana	ESPN2	74–82	Harding (17)	de Souza (13)	Harding (7)	Conseco Fieldhouse 8,253	0–1
2	September 25	3:00pm	Indiana	ESPN2	94–77	Castro Marques (30)	Lyttle Price (7)	Harding (7)	Philips Arena 8,052	1–1
3	September 27	8:00pm	@ Indiana	ESPN2	83–67	McCoughtry (26)	Lyttle (11)	Harding (6)	Conseco Fieldhouse 9,036	2–1

WNBA Finals

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Series
1	October 2	8:30pm	@ Minnesota	ESPN	74–88	McCoughtry (33)	Bales (9)	Harding (5)	Target Center 15,258	0–1
2	October 5	8:00pm	@ Minnesota	ESPN2	95–101	McCoughtry (38)	de Souza (10)	Harding (7)	Target Center 15,124	0–2
3	October 7	8:00pm	Minnesota	ESPN2	67–73	McCoughtry (22)	de Souza (15)	Harding (7)	Philips Arena 11,543	0–3

Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Alison Bales	34	15	20.2	.486	.353	.750	4.7	1.2	0.44	1.56	5.0
Iziane Castro Marques	34	14	19.8	.360	.213	.620	1.7	1.7	0.38	0.12	7.6
Erika de Souza	32	32	27.4	.499	.000	.655	7.5	1.0	1.19	1.34	11.8
Lindsey Harding	34	33	30.5	.455	.303	.733	3.2	4.8	1.00	0.18	10.5
Sandora Irvin	30	1	8.3	.339	.000	.700	2.5	0.5	0.20	0.50	1.8
Shalee Lehning	18	0	12.1	.481	.444	.615	1.3	2.3	0.44	0.11	2.1
Sancho Lyttle	22	19	26.2	.448	.286	.709	6.3	2.1	2.36	0.55	10.0
Kelly Mazzante	6	0	5.7	.083	.083	.000	0.3	0.0	0.17	0.00	0.5
Angel McCoughtry	33	30	27.9	.424	.264	.777	5.2	2.5	2.18	0.97	21.6
Coco Miller	31	5	17.4	.432	.333	.541	1.9	1.4	0.58	0.03	7.3
Courtney Paris	28	0	9.6	.519	.000	.516	3.1	0.4	0.29	0.39	3.4
Armintie Price	34	21	23.4	.519	.000	.608	3.0	2.8	1.53	0.06	8.5
Brittainey Raven	0	0	0.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0

Postseason

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Alison Bales	8	0	16.0	.385	.429	.500	5.0	0.9	0.3	0.8	3.0
Iziane Castro Marques	8	3	25.6	.453	.536	.444	2.0	1.0	0.6	0.0	13.6
Erika de Souza	5	5	33.4	.424	.000	.500	11.4	1.4	0.6	1.2	11.0
Lindsey Harding	8	8	37.8	.391	.250	.743	3.0	5.9	1.9	0.3	14.5
Sandora Irvin	3	0	2.7	1.000	1.000	.000	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.0
Shalee Lehning	0	0	0.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Sancho Lyttle	8	8	29.3
Angel McCoughtry
Coco Miller
Courtney Paris
Armintie Price

Awards and honors

Angel McCoughtry was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 18, 2011.
Angel McCoughtry was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 25, 2011.
Angel McCoughtry was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 15, 2011.
Angel McCoughtry was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of September 5, 2011.
Angel McCoughtry was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Month for the month of July.
Angel McCoughtry was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a starter.
Angel McCoughtry was named to the All-WNBA First Team.
Angel McCoughtry was named to the All-Defensive First Team.
Sancho Lyttle was named to the All-Defensive Second Team.
Armintie Price was named to the All-Defensive Second Team.

References

External links

v t e Atlanta Dream
Founded in 2007 Based in Atlanta, Georgia
Franchise	Franchise Current season
Arenas	State Farm Arena McCamish Pavilion Gateway Center Arena
Head coaches	Marynell Meadors Fred Williams Michael Cooper Nicki Collen Mike Petersen Darius Taylor Tanisha Wright
Administration	Owner: Ron Terwilliger Kathy Betty Dream Too LLC Larry Gottesdiener, Suzanne Abair, and Renee Montgomery
General managers	Marynell Meadors Fred Williams Angela Taylor Chris Sienko Dan Padover
All-Stars	Izi Castro Marques Layshia Clarendon Érika de Souza Allisha Gray Tiffany Hayes Rhyne Howard Sancho Lyttle Angel McCoughtry Shoni Schimmel Courtney Williams Elizabeth Williams
Seasons	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Playoff appearances	2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2016 2018 2023
Conference titles	2010 2011 2013
WNBA titles	None
Rivals	Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever Minnesota Lynx
Media	TV: FS South (FS-S), SportSouth (SSO)

v t e 2011 WNBA season by team
Draft Schedule All-Star Game Playoffs Finals
Eastern	Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever New York Liberty Washington Mystics
Western	Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury San Antonio Silver Stars Seattle Storm Tulsa Shock
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