2011 Atlanta Dream 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. The Dream made their way to the WNBA Finals before being swept by the Minnesota Lynx.

2011 Atlanta Dream season
CoachMarynell Meadors
ArenaPhilips Arena
Attendance6,487 per game
Results
Record20–14 (.588)
Place3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost in WNBA Finals
Team Leaders
PointsAngel McCoughtry – 21.6
ReboundsErika de Souza – 7.5
AssistsLindsey Harding – 4.8
Media
TelevisionFS-S, SSO
ESPN2, NBATV

Transactions

WNBA draft
See also: 2011 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country
1 8 Ta'Shia Phillips  United States Xavier
2 18 Rachel Jarry  Australia Australia
3 32 Kelsey Bolte  United States Iowa State

Trades and Roster Changes
Date Transaction
January 7, 2011 Extended Qualifying Offers to Alison Bales and Yelena Leuchanka
March 23, 2011 Signed Sandora Irvin to a Training Camp Contract[1]
March 24, 2011 Signed Ashley Paris to a Training Camp Contract[2]
March 31, 2011 Signed Alison Bales to a Training Camp Contract[3]
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.[4]
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[5]
June 5, 2011 Waived Brittainey Raven
Signed Kelly Mazzante[6]
June 16, 2011 Temporarily Suspend Sancho Lyttle due to Overseas Commitments
June 18, 2011 Signed Courtney Paris[7]
July 3, 2011 Activated Sancho Lyttle from her Temporary Suspension
Waived Kelly Mazzante[8]
September 8, 2011 Signed Sancho Lyttle to a Contract Extension[9]

Roster
2011 Atlanta Dream Roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHt.Wt.From
C 33 United States Bales, Alison 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 04-04-1985 Duke
G/F 8 Brazil Castro Marques, Izi 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 140 lb (64 kg) 03-13-1982 Brazil
F/C 14 Brazil de Souza, Erika 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 03-03-1982 Brazil
G 10 United States Harding, Lindsey 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 139 lb (63 kg) 06-12-1984 Duke
F 24 United States Irvin, Sandora 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 02-23-1982 TCU
G 5 United States Lehning, Shalee Injured 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 140 lb (64 kg) 10-27-1986 Kansas State
F 20 Spain Lyttle, Sancho 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 09-20-1983 Houston
F 35 United States McCoughtry, Angel 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 09-10-1986 Louisville
G 9 United States Miller, Coco 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 140 lb (64 kg) 09-06-1978 Georgia
C 3 United States Paris, Courtney 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 09-21-1987 Oklahoma
G/F 22 United States Price, Armintie 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 133 lb (60 kg) 04-03-1985 Mississippi
Head coach
United States Marynell Meadors (Middle Tennessee)
Assistant coaches
United States Sue Panek (Maryland)
United States Carol Ross (Mississippi)
Player development
United States Fred Williams (Boise State)
Athletic trainer
United States Kim Mosely (Southern Miss)


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

Schedule

Preseason
2011 Preseason Schedule
Total: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 2912:00pm@ Great BritainNBATV82–51Miller (21)Irvin (8)Harding (5)Manchester Evening News Arena
N/A		1–0

Regular season
2011 Regular Season
Total: 20–14 (Home: 13–4; Road: 4–13)
June: 3–7 (Home: 2–5; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1June 53:00pmNew YorkSSO88–94 (OT)Castro Marques (19)Lyttle (11)Harding (9)Philips Arena
8,038		0–1
2June 97:00pmWashingtonESPN290–98 (OT)de Souza (20)de Souza (15)Castro Marques (5)Philips Arena
5,020		0–2
3June 118:00pm@ San Antonio74–86McCoughtry (19)de Souza (14)Harding (4)AT&T Center
9,140		0–3
4June 147:00pm@ New York79–58McCoughtry (18)Bales
Irvin (7)		Lehning (6)Prudential Center
5,725		1–3
5June 178:00pm@ Minnesota85–96McCoughtry (27)de Souza (11)Castro Marques (4)Target Center
7,556		1–4
6June 193:00pmMinnesotaSSO64–77Harding (14)de Souza (12)Harding
Miller (3)		Philips Arena
7,274		1–5
7June 2112:00pmChicagoSSO71–68McCoughtry (14)McCoughtry
Paris (8)		Harding (6)Philips Arena
6,154		2–5
8June 247:30pmPhoenixFS-S
FS-A		83–92McCoughtry (24)Paris (8)Harding (4)Philips Arena
5,492		2–6
9June 263:00pmSan AntonioNBATV
SSO		86–92Miller (19)Paris (11)Price (5)Philips Arena
5,718		2–7
10June 307:30pmNew YorkSSO87–81de Souza (27)de Souza (15)McCoughtry
Miller (4)		Philips Arena
4,423		3–7
July: 5–3 (Home: 3–0; Road: 2–3)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
11July 98:00pm@ ChicagoCN10069–81McCoughtry (17)McCoughtry (8)McCoughtry (6)Allstate Arena
5,679		3–8
12July 1312:00pm@ New York69–91McCoughtry (17)de Souza (7)Lehning (3)Prudential Center
14,314		3–9
13July 167:30pmChicagoNBATV
FS-S
CN100		76–68McCoughtry (24)Bales
de Souza (8)		Price (10)Philips Arena
7,413		4–9
14July 1912:00pmIndianaNBATV
SSO		84–74Harding (19)de Souza (11)Harding (5)Philips Arena
7,645		5–9
15July 2011:30am@ WashingtonNBATV86–79McCoughtry (33)Irvin (11)McCoughtry
Price (3)		Verizon Center
13,954		6–9
All-Star break
16July 268:00pm@ Tulsa76–68McCoughtry (37)Bales (9)Harding
Lehning (3)		BOK Center
3,435		7–9
17July 287:00pmLos AngelesNBATV
SSO		89–80McCoughtry (22)McCoughtry (11)McCoughtry (7)Philips Arena
6,701		8–9
18July 315:00pm@ Connecticut92–99McCoughtry (36)de Souza (9)Castro Marques (6)Mohegan Sun Arena
6,955		8–10
August: 8–3 (Home: 3–1; Road: 5–2)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
19August 27:30pmNew YorkFS-S75–85McCoughtry (24)McCoughtry
Price (6)		Harding (9)Philips Arena
4,573		8–11
20August 73:00pmSeattleNBATV
SSO		70–53McCoughtry (17)de Souza
Lyttle (7)		Harding (7)Philips Arena
7,337		9–11
21August 97:00pm@ WashingtonCSN-MA72–70McCoughtry (19)de Souza (12)McCoughtry (5)Verizon Center
9,536		10–11
22August 1110:00pm@ Phoenix95–109McCoughtry (25)de Souza (7)Bales (4)US Airways Center
7,940		10–12
23August 1310:00pm@ SeattleNBATV
KONG		92–63Castro Marques
McCoughtry (17)		McCoughtry (6)Price (4)KeyArena
9,686		11–12
24August 1610:30pm@ Los AngelesNBATV
SSO
PRIME		84–79McCoughtry (23)de Souza (13)Price (8)STAPLES Center
7,522		12–12
25August 197:30pmConnecticutNBATV
SSO		94–88 (OT)McCoughtry (26)McCoughtry (12)Harding (5)Philips Arena
7,225		13–12
26August 215:00pm@ Connecticut87–96McCoughtry (22)de Souza (10)Harding (9)Mohegan Sun Arena
6,636		13–13
27August 238:00pm@ ChicagoCN10083–80McCoughtry (22)McCoughtry (7)Harding (9)Allstate Arena
2,876		14–13
28August 277:00pm@ IndianaNBATV
SSO
FS-I		86–80McCoughtry (20)Lyttle (9)Castro Marques (3)Conseco Fieldhouse
9,242		15–13
29August 307:30pmIndianaSSO92–90McCoughtry (28)Lyttle (11)Harding (6)Philips Arena
6,467		16–13
September: 4–17 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
30September 17:00pm@ Washington81–85McCoughtry (30)Irvin (7)Harding (8)Verizon Center
7,954		16–14
31September 27:30pmWashingtonNBATV
SSO		95–73Price (19)Lyttle (8)Harding (7)Philips Arena
6,579		17–14
32September 43:00pmTulsaSSO73–52McCoughtry (19)Bales
Price (6)		Harding (10)Philips Arena
7,661		18–14
33September 67:30pmConnecticutSSO85–74McCoughtry (35)Lyttle (12)Harding (8)Philips Arena
6,558		19–14
34September 115:00pm@ IndianaNBATV
SSO
FS-I		93–88McCoughtry (32)Bales (11)4 players (4)Conseco Fieldhouse
11,521		20–14
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Playoffs
2011 Playoffs Schedule
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Connecticut (Won Series 2-0)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1September 167:00pm@ ConnecticutNBATV89–84Harding (21)Lyttle (11)Price (5)Mohegan Sun Arena
7,373		1–0
2September 183:00pmConnecticutESPN269–64de Souza
Harding
Lyttle
McCoughtry (12)		de Souza (10)Harding (6)Philips Arena
6,887		2–0
Eastern Conference Finals vs. Indiana (Won Series 2-1)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1September 227:00pm@ IndianaESPN274–82Harding (17)de Souza (13)Harding (7)Conseco Fieldhouse
8,253		0–1
2September 253:00pmIndianaESPN294–77Castro Marques (30)Lyttle
Price (7)		Harding (7)Philips Arena
8,052		1–1
3September 278:00pm@ IndianaESPN283–67McCoughtry (26)Lyttle (11)Harding (6)Conseco Fieldhouse
9,036		2–1
WNBA Finals vs. Minnesota (Lost Series 0-3)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1October 28:30pm@ MinnesotaESPN74–88McCoughtry (33)Bales (9)Harding (5)Target Center
15,258		0–1
2October 58:00pm@ MinnesotaESPN295–101McCoughtry (38)de Souza (10)Harding (7)Target Center
15,124		0–2
3October 78:00pmMinnesotaESPN267–73McCoughtry (22)de Souza (15)Harding (7)Philips Arena
11,543		0–3

Standings
Eastern Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Indiana Fever x2113.618–13–48–913–9
Connecticut Sun x2113.618–15–26–1114–8
Atlanta Dream x2014.5881.011–69–814–8
New York Liberty x1915.5592.012-57–1011–11
Chicago Sky o1420.4127.010–74–1310–12
Washington Mystics o628.17615.04–132–154–18

Playoffs
Conference Semi-Finals
Best-of-3 		Conference Finals
Best-of-3 		WNBA Finals
Best-of-5
         
E1 Indiana 2
E4 New York 1
E1 Indiana 1
Eastern Conference
E3 Atlanta 2
E2 Connecticut 0
E3 Atlanta 2
E3 Atlanta 0
W1 Minnesota 3
W1 Minnesota 2
W4 San Antonio 1
W1 Minnesota 2
Western Conference
W3 Phoenix 0
W2 Seattle 1
W3 Phoenix 2

Note: italics denote home-court advantage; bold denotes series winner.

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
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 Harding 34 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 Price 34 21 23.4 51.9 0.0 60.8 3.0 2.8 1.5 0.1 8.5
Iziane Castro Marques 34 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 Bales 34 15 20.2 48.6 35.3 75.0 4.7 1.2 0.4 1.6 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 McCoughtry Eastern Conference Player of the Week July 25 [10]
July 31 [11]
August 22 [12]
September 12 [13]
Eastern Conference Player of the Month - July August 2 [14]
All-Star Starter July 16 [15]
All-WNBA First Team September [16]
All-Defensive First Team September [16]
Sancho Lyttle All-Defensive Second Team September [16]
Armintie Price All-Defensive Second Team September [16]

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