2011 Atlanta Dream season

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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
PointsMcCoughtry (21.6)
Reboundsde Souza (7.5)
AssistsHarding (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.

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

Personnel changes[]

Roster[]

2011 Atlanta Dream roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB 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 Cruz Roja.svg

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
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
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
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

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[]

References[]

External links[]

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