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	Angel McCoughtry – 21.6
Rebounds	Erika de Souza – 7.5
Assists	Lindsey Harding – 4.8
Media
Television	FS-S, SSO ESPN2, NBATV
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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.

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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]
April 11, 2011	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
June 5, 2011	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
July 3, 2011	Waived Kelly Mazzante^[8]
September 8, 2011	Signed Sancho Lyttle to a Contract Extension^[9]

Roster

2011 Atlanta Dream Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Ht.	Wt.	From
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

Schedule

Preseason

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

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

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

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

Conference Semi-Finals
Best-of-3

Conference Finals
Best-of-3

WNBA Finals
Best-of-5

Indiana

New York

Indiana

Eastern Conference

Atlanta

Connecticut

Atlanta

Atlanta

Minnesota

San Antonio

Minnesota

Western Conference

Phoenix

Seattle

Phoenix

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]

References

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

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 Mangers	Marynell Meadors Fred Williams Angela Taylor Chris Sienko Dan Padover
All-Stars	Izi Castro Marques Layshia Clarendon Érika de Souza 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
Playoff Appearances	2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2016 2018
Conference Titles	2010 2011 2013
WNBA Titles	None
Rivals	Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever Minnesota Lynx
Media	TV: FS South (FS-S), SportSouth (SSO) Announcers:

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
← 2010 WNBA season 2012 →

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Transactions

WNBA draft

Trades and Roster Changes

Roster

Depth

Schedule

Preseason

Regular season

Playoffs

Standings

Playoffs

Statistics

Regular Season

Playoffs

Awards and honors

References

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