2011 Atlanta Dream season

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

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.

Transactions

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WNBA draft

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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

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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

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2011 Atlanta Dream Roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. 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

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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

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Preseason

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2011 Preseason Schedule
Total: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0)
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

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2011 Regular Season
Total: 20–14 (Home: 13–4; Road: 4–13)
June: 3–7 (Home: 2–5; Road: 1–2)
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: 5–3 (Home: 3–0; Road: 2–3)
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: 8–3 (Home: 3–1; Road: 5–2)
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: 4–17 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–1)
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
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Playoffs

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2011 Playoffs Schedule
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Connecticut (Won Series 2-0)
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 vs. Indiana (Won Series 2-1)
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 vs. Minnesota (Lost Series 0-3)
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

Standings

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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

Playoffs

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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
  • Bold – Series winner
  • Italics – Team with home-court advantage

Statistics

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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

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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

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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

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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]

References

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  1. ^ "Atlanta Dream Signs Forward Sandora Irvin". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  2. ^ "Former Sooner Ashley Paris Returns to WNBA". news9.com. New 9. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  3. ^ "Atlanta Dream Re-Signs Center Alison Bales". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  4. ^ Orton, Kathy. "Washington Mystics trade Lindsey Harding, acquire Ta'Shia Phillips and Kelly Miller". washingtonpost.com. Washington Post. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  5. ^ Roberson, Doug. "Dream waive Chester". ajc.com. AJC. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  6. ^ "DREAM SIGNS VETERAN GUARD KELLY MAZZANTE". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  7. ^ "Atlanta Dream Signs Center Courtney Paris". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  8. ^ Willis, Kris. "Atlanta Dream Forward Sancho Lyttle Returns To Team, Kelly Mazzante Waived". atlanta.sbnation.com. SB Nation. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  9. ^ Willis, Kris. "The Atlanta Dream Re-Sign Sancho Lyttle To Multi-Year Deal". peachtreehoops.com. SB Nation. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  10. ^ "McCoughtry, Augustus earn WNBA Player of the Week honors". wltx.com. WLTX. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  11. ^ "McCoughtry, Hammon earn WNBA Player of the Week honors". 9news.com. 9 News. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  12. ^ "Atlanta's Angel McCoughtry and Los Angeles' Candace Parker Named WNBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  13. ^ "Atlanta's McCoughtry and Seattle's Smith Named Players of the Week". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  14. ^ "Atlanta Dream's Angel McCoughtry and Minnesota Lynx' Seimone Augustus Named Players of the Month for July". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  15. ^ Willis, Kris. "WNBA All-Star Game 2011: Angel McCoughtry Named As Starter". atlanta.sbnation.com. SB Nation. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
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