The 2019 WNBA season was the 12th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association . The team began its season on May 24, 2019 against the Dallas Wings and concluded the season on September 8 against the New York Liberty .[1]
On December 13, 2018 the Atlanta Dream announced that they would return to State Farm Arena , formerly Philips Arena, after playing the previous two seasons at Georgia Tech 's McCamish Pavilion while State Farm Arena underwent a $192.5 million renovation.[2]
The Dream endured a season without start Angel McCoughtry , who missed time with a knee ligament injury sustained in 2018. The Dream started slowly only winning 2 games of their first ten. Early July brought some hope to the team, with the Dream winning three of four games between July 5 and July 12. However, the streak would not continue as the Dream lost twelve games in a row from July 14 to August 20. The Dream won three of their last 7 games to finish with an 8–26 record, last in the WNBA. It was the Dream's second worst season in franchise history. For the first time in franchise history, the Dream did not have a player selected to the All-Star Game.
Transactions [ ]
WNBA Draft [ ]
See also: 2019 WNBA Draft
The Dream made the following selections in the 2019 WNBA Draft .
Trades and roster changes [ ]
Roster [ ]
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Nat.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB
From
Yrs
G
20
Bentley, Alex
5' 7" (1.7m)
152 lb (69kg)
10-27-1990
Penn State
6
F
25
Billings, Monique
6' 4" (1.93m)
185 lb (84kg)
05-02-1996
UCLA
1
F
51
Breland, Jessica
6' 2" (1.88m)
166 lb (75kg)
02-23-1988
North Carolina
7
G
5
Cazorla, Maite
5' 10" (1.78m)
155 lb (70kg)
6-18-1997
Oregon
R
C
81
Coates, Alaina
6' 4" (1.93m)
225 lb (102kg)
04-07-1995
South Carolina
1
F
10
Coffey, Nia
5' 10" (1.78m)
182 lb (83kg)
06-11-1993
Northwestern
2
C
24
Gülich, Marie
6' 5" (1.96m)
205 lb (93kg)
05-28-1994
Oregon State
1
G
15
Hayes, Tiffany
5' 10" (1.78m)
155 lb (70kg)
09-20-1989
Connecticut
7
G/F
35
McCoughtry, Angel
6' 1" (1.85m)
173 lb (78kg)
07-10-1986
Louisville
9
G
21
Montgomery, Renee
5' 7" (1.7m)
140 lb (64kg)
12-02-1986
Connecticut
10
G
7
Sykes, Brittney
5' 9" (1.75m)
154 lb (70kg)
02-07-1994
Syracuse
2
F/C
1
Williams, Elizabeth
6' 3" (1.91m)
200 lb (91kg)
06-23-1993
Duke
4
Head coach
Nicki Collen (Marquette )
Assistant coaches
Mike Peterson (Northwest Christian College) Darius Taylor (Michigan )
Athletic trainer
Jessica Cohen (Vanderbilt )
Strength and conditioning coach
Ashley Alexander (New Orleans )
Legend
(C) Team captain(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended Injured
WNBA roster page
Game log [ ]
Preseason [ ]
Regular season [ ]
2019 game log Total: 8–26 (Home: 5–12; Road: 3–14)
May: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–0)
June
: 1–7 (Home: 1–4; Road: 0–3)
July
: 3–8 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–6)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
11
July 2
@ Minnesota Lynx
L 68–85
Williams (14)
Breland (5)
Bentley (5)
Target Center 8,208
2–9
12
July 5
@ Seattle Storm
W 77–66
Hayes (21)
Williams (9)
Tied (5)
Alaska Airlines Arena 8,111
3–9
13
July 7
@ Phoenix Mercury
L 63–65
Sykes (29)
Sykes (10)
3 tied (3)
Talking Stick Resort Arena 9,850
3–10
14
July 10
Connecticut Sun
W 78–75
Hayes (18)
Breland (13)
Tied (4)
State Farm Arena 3,866
4–10
15
July 12
Minnesota Lynx
W 60–53
Williams (17)
Breland (9)
Hayes (4)
State Farm Arena 4,001
5–10
16
July 14
Los Angeles Sparks
L 71–76 (OT)
Hayes (24)
Billings (16)
Hayes (4)
State Farm Arena 5,083
5–11
17
July 17
@ Chicago Sky
L 76–77
Montgomery (23)
Breland (11)
Tied (6)
Wintrust Arena 10,143
5–12
18
July 19
@ Connecticut Sun
L 69–98
Sykes (26)
Coffey (7)
Sykes (4)
Mohegan Sun Arena 6,733
5–13
19
July 21
@ Washington Mystics
L 65–93
Williams (14)
Gülich (8)
Cazorla (4)
St. Elizabeth's East Arena 4,200
5–14
20
July 23
Los Angeles Sparks
L 66–78
Billings (16)
Tied (8)
Bentley (5)
State Farm Arena 7,047
5–15
21
July 31
@ Indiana Fever
L 59–61
Williams (17)
Billings (12)
Breland (4)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,702
5–16
August
: 2–7 (Home: 0–4; Road: 2–3)
September
: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–2)
2019 season schedule
Standings [ ]
Notes
(#) – Conference Standing, Playoff Seeds shown to the right of team name
e – Eliminated from playoffs
Statistics [ ]
Regular season [ ]
Statistics are accurate as of September 11, 2019.
Source :[11]
References [ ]
^ "Atlanta Dream 2019 Season Schedule" . WNBA.com. Retrieved February 11, 2019 .
^ "Atlanta Dream Announce 2019 Home Games to be Played at State Farm Arena" . dream.wnba.com . WNBA. December 13, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2019 .
^ "Atlanta Dream Re-Sign Blake Dietrick to Contract" . dream.wnba.com . Atlanta Dream. February 2, 2019. Retrieved February 11, 2019 .
^ "Atlanta Dream Sign Forward Haley Peters" . dream.wnba.com . Atlanta Dream. February 6, 2019. Retrieved February 11, 2019 .
^ "Atlanta Dream Sign Forward Lynetta Kizer" . dream.wnba.com . Atlanta Dream. February 11, 2019. Retrieved February 11, 2019 .
^ DuDonis, Blake (February 11, 2019). "Atlanta Dream add veteran Lynetta Kizer to roster" . highposthoops.com . Retrieved February 11, 2019 .
^ "Atlanta Dream Add Center Mengran Sun" . dream.wnba.com . Atlanta Dream. March 15, 2019. Retrieved March 19, 2019 .
^ Russo, Kelsey (April 10, 2019). "Atlanta Dream draft, trade Brianna Turner" . ajc.com . Atlanta Journal Constitution. Retrieved April 11, 2019 .
^ "Atlanta Dream Sign Jackson to Training Camp Contract" . dream.wnba.com . WNBA. April 17, 2019. Retrieved April 19, 2019 .
^ "Dream trade center Imani McGee-Stafford to Dallas" . Atlanta Journal Constitution . May 16, 2019. Retrieved May 17, 2019 .
^ "Team Stats" . wnba.com . Retrieved September 11, 2019 .
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