2012 Atlanta Dream season

2012 Atlanta Dream season
Head coachM. Meadors (12-12)
F. Williams (7-3)
ArenaPhilips Arena
Results
Record19–15 (.559)
Place3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost in Conference Semifinals
Media
TelevisionFS-S, SSO
ESPN2, NBATV

The 2012 Atlanta Dream season was the 5th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association, and their 5th season under head coach, Marynell Meadors.

Transactions

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country
2 14 Tiffany Hayes  United States Connecticut
3 32 Isabelle Yacoubou (pick later voided)  France France

Trades and Roster Changes

Date Transaction
January 4, 2012 Extended Qualifying Offers to Courtney Paris, Armintie Herrington, Alison Bales, and Yelena Leuchanka
January 15, 2012 Cored Erika de Souza
January 31, 2012 Shalee Lehning announces her retirement from the WNBA[1]
February 8, 2012 Signed Cathrine Kraayeveld
February 9, 2012 Signed Yelena Leuchanka[2]
February 10, 2012 Signed Aneika Henry-Morello to a training-camp contract[3]
February 14, 2012 Signed Laurie Koehn to training-camp contract[4]
February 15, 2012 Signed Coco Miller and Courtney Paris to training-camp contracts[5]
March 3, 2012 Signed Ketia Swanier[6]
March 7, 2012 Signed Armintie Herrington
March 8, 2012 Signed Erika de Souza[7]
April 6, 2012 Signed Romina Ciappina to a training-camp contract
April 13, 2012 Alison Bales announces her retirement from the WNBA[8]
April 20, 2012 Signed Tiffany Hayes to a rookie-scale contract
Signed Chelsea Regins and Aishah Sutherland to training-camp contracts
April 25, 2012 Signed Brittany Johnson to a training-camp contract
May 8, 2012 Waived Romina Ciappina, Chelsea Regins, Brittany Johnson, and Aishah Sutherland
May 16, 2012 Waived Coco Miller[9]
June 3, 2012 Waived Courtney Paris
June 4, 2012 Signed Jessica Moore[10]
July 2, 2012 Waived Jessica Moore
July 5, 2012 Signed Jessica Moore to a 7-day contract
July 12, 2012 Signed Jessica Moore to a 2nd 7-day contract

Roster

2013 Atlanta Dream roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightFrom
F/C14Brazilde Souza, Erika6' 5" (1.96m)190 lb (86kg)Brazil
G10United StatesHarding, Lindsey5' 58" (3m)139 lb (63kg)Duke
G15United StatesHayes, Tiffany5' 10" (1.78m)155 lb (70kg)Connecticut
F/C13JamaicaHenry-Morello, Aneika6' 4" (1.93m)192 lb (87kg)Florida
G12United StatesKoehn, Laurie5' 8" (1.73m)145 lb (66kg)Kansas State
F33United StatesKraayeveld, Cathrine6' 3" (1.91m)183 lb (83kg)Oregon
C11BelgiumLeuchanka, Yelena6' 5" (1.96m)195 lb (88kg)West Virginia
F20SpainLyttle, Sancho6' 5" (1.96m)175 lb (79kg)Houston
G/F35United StatesMcCoughtry, Angel6' 1" (1.85m)173 lb (78kg)Louisville
G22United StatesPrice, Armintie5' 9" (1.75m)132 lb (60kg)Mississippi
G8United StatesSwanier, Ketia5' 7" (1.7m)150 lb (68kg)Connecticut
Head coach
United States Fred Williams (Boise State)
Assistant coaches
United States Joe Ciampi (Mansfield State)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Depth

Pos. Starter Bench
C Erika de Souza Yelena Leuchanka
PF Sancho Lyttle Aneika Henry
SF Angel McCoughtry Cathrine Kraayeveld
Tiffany Hayes
SG Armintie Price Laurie Koehn
PG Lindsey Harding Ketia Swanier

Schedule

Preseason

2012 Preseason Schedule
Total: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1Sat 52:00Tulsa91-89Koehn (21)Henry (9)Harding (6)Philips Arena
4,340		1-0

Regular season

2012 Regular Season
Total: 19–15 (Home: 11–6; Road: 8–9)
May: 2–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1Sat 197:00@ IndianaSSO
FS-I		84-92McCoughtry (26)Lyttle (10)Harding (6)Bankers Life Fieldhouse
9,403		0-1
2Fri 257:30New YorkSSO100-74McCoughtry (23)Leuchanka (7)McCoughtry (7)Philips Arena
6,802		1-1
3Sun 273:00IndianaSSO62-78McCoughtry (21)Lyttle (9)Price
Swanier (2)		Philips Arena
7,282		1-2
4Thu 317:00PhoenixSSO81-65Kraayeveld
Lyttle (12)		Kraayeveld (9)Price (6)Philips Arena
4,887		2-2
June: 5–5 (Home: 3–3; Road: 2–2)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
5Sat 27:00ChicagoSSO
CN100		92-94
(OT)		McCoughtry (33)Lyttle
Price
Swanier (4)		Harding (6)Philips Arena
4,503		2-3
6Tue 57:00@ New York72-79McCoughtry (21)McCoughtry (14)Price (4)Prudential Center
4,823		2-4
7Fri 87:30San AntonioSSO60-57McCoughtry (16)Lyttle (9)McCoughtry (5)Philips Arena
4,501		3-4
8Sun 105:00@ ConnecticutCPTV-S73-92McCoughtry (23)Lyttle (8)Harding (5)Mohegan Sun Arena
6,526		3-5
9Fri 157:30Los AngelesSSO92-59McCoughtry (31)Henry (9)Harding (6)Philips Arena
8,872		4-5
10Sun 173:00ConnecticutSSO73-75Price (20)Lyttle (9)Price (6)Philips Arena
4,323		4-6
11Tue 197:00New YorkFS-S60-73Harding
Lyttle (13)		Lyttle (13)Price (5)Philips Arena
4,134		4-7
12Sun 244:00@ New YorkMSG74-64McCoughtry (23)McCoughtry (8)Swanier (9)Prudential Center
6,754		5-7
13Tue 2612:00IndianaSSO70-58McCoughtry (22)Kraayeveld (10)Harding (5)Philips Arena
8,388		6-7
14Fri 298:00@ Tulsa102-92McCoughtry (24)Lyttle (8)Harding (7)BOK Center
4,235		7-7
July: 2–3 (Home: 0–0; Road: 2–3)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
15Sun 16:00@ ChicagoCN10069-71McCoughtry (21)Lyttle (7)Harding
Hayes (3)		Allstate Arena
6,093		7-8
16Sat 710:00@ Phoenix100-93
(2OT)		Lyttle (31)Lyttle (10)Swanier (5)US Airways Center
7,948		8-8
17Sun 88:30@ Los AngelesNBATV
KDOC		63-79Lyttle (17)Henry (8)Harding (5)Staples Center
11,019		8-9
18Wed 113:00@ Seattle70-59Lyttle (21)Hayes (8)Harding (5)KeyArena
9,686		9-9
19Fri 138:00@ San AntonioSSO
FS-SW		70-91Lyttle (21)Lyttle (12)Harding (6)AT&T Center
13,426		9-10
Summer Olympic break
August: 4–3 (Home: 2–2; Road: 2–1)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
Summer Olympic break
20Fri 178:30@ ChicagoCN10082-76McCoughtry (25)McCoughtry (8)Lyttle (7)Allstate Arena
5,593		10-10
21Sat 187:00@ IndianaNBATV
SSO
FS-I		72-86McCoughtry (22)de Souza
Price (6)		3 players (2)Bankers Life Fieldhouse
9,302		10-11
22Wed 227:00ChicagoNBATV
FS-S
CN100		82-71Lyttle (24)Kraayveld
Lyttle (7)		Hayes
Swanier
Lyttle (5)		Philips Arena
4,010		11-11
23Fri 247:00@ WashingtonNBATV
CSN-MA		81-69Price (19)de Souza (8)Harding
Hayes (5)		Verizon Center
9,697		12-11
24Sat 257:00MinnesotaESPN274-84Lyttle
McCoughtry (14)		Lyttle (9)Harding (9)Philips Arena
7,224		12-12
25Tue 287:00TulsaFS-S80-84de Souza 16de Souza
Lyttle (9)		Harding (7)Philips Arena
2,813		12-13
26Thu 307:00WashingtonSSO82-59de Souza (21)de Souza (10)Harding (5)Philips Arena
3,381		13-13
September: 6–2 (Home: 4–0; Road: 2–2)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
27Sun 23:00ConnecticutNBATV
SSO		87-80McCoughtry (24)Lyttle (13)Lyttle
Hayes
Harding (4)		Philips Arena
5,020		14-13
28Wed 57:00IndianaNBATV
FS-S
FS-I		71-64Harding (20)Lyttle (12)Harding (3)Philips Arena
4,112		15-13
29Fri 78:00@ MinnesotaSSO93-97McCoughtry (30)Lyttle (12)Harding (7)Target Center
9,308		15-14
30Sun 93:00WashingtonSSO93-68Price
Harding (15)		de Souza (10)Harding (9)Philips Arena
6,898		16-14
31Tue 117:00SeattleNBATV
FS-S		77-61McCoughtry (23)de Souza (8)Hayes
Harding (5)		Philips Arena
5,558		17-14
32Fri 147:00@ Washington82-74McCoughtry (26)de Souza (8)McCoughtry (8)Verizon Center
7,368		18-14
33Thu 208:00@ Chicago75-66McCoughtry (21)de Souza (10)Harding (8)Allstate Arena
4,188		19-14
34Sun 235:00@ ConnecticutCPTV-S72-92Harding (16)Hayes (9)McCoughtry
Harding
Hayes (3)		Mohegan Sun Arena
9,143		19-15
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Playoffs

2012 Playoffs Schedule
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Indiana (Lost Series 1-2)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1September 287:00@ IndianaESPN275-66Harding (23)Lyttle
McCoughtry (9)		Harding (7)Bankers Life Fieldhouse
7,776		1-0
2September 304:00IndianaESPN88-103McCoughtry (22)de Souza (9)Harding (6)Philips Arena
6,890		1-1
3October 27:00@ IndianaNBATV64-75Harding (17)de Souza
Harding (7)		Price (4)Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6,840		1-2

Standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Connecticut Sun y259.735–12–513–418–4
Indiana Fever x2212.6473.013–49–815–7
Atlanta Dream x1915.5596.011–68–912–10
New York Liberty x1519.44110.09–86–1110–12
Chicago Sky o1420.41211.07–107–108–14
Washington Mystics o529.14720.04–131–163–19

Playoffs

Conference semifinals
Best-of-3 		Conference finals
Best-of-3 		WNBA Finals
Best-of-5
         
E1 Connecticut 2
E4 New York 0
E1 Connecticut 1
Eastern Conference
E2 Indiana 2
E2 Indiana 2
E3 Atlanta 1
E2 Indiana 3
W1 Minnesota 1
W1 Minnesota 2
W4 Seattle 1
W1 Minnesota 2
Western Conference
W2 Los Angeles 0
W2 Los Angeles 2
W3 San Antonio 0
  • Bold – Series winner
  • Italic – Team with home-court advantage

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 24 17 29.9 44.7 33.7 80.0 5.0 2.9 2.5 1.1 21.4
Sancho Lyttle 34 34 31.6 41.2 25.5 75.8 7.6 2.5 2.4 0.7 14.0
Lindsey Harding 34 32 30.6 42.5 24.1 81.8 2.8 4.5 1.4 0.2 12.3
Erika de Souza 15 15 29.9 52.3 0.0 69.6 8.2 1.6 1.3 1.5 11.6
Tiffany Hayes 34 17 23.1 39.0 27.3 78.6 3.1 2.1 0.8 0.4 8.6
Armintie Herrington 34 33 26.6 50.9 0.0 60.2 3.7 2.5 1.1 0.3 8.4
Aneika Henry 34 14 18.0 46.8 0.0 76.2 4.1 0.4 0.5 0.9 4.8
Cathrine Kraayeveld 33 1 15.4 42.1 40.2 33.3 2.8 0.8 0.4 0.5 4.6
Yelena Leuchanka 19 5 13.7 38.1 0.0 71.4 2.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 3.1
Ketia Swanier 34 2 11.4 31.7 16.7 73.1 1.4 1.9 0.4 0.0 2.2
Jessica Moore 8 0 5.4 66.7 0.0 75.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9
Laurie Koehn 23 0 4.9 34.1 33.3 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 1.8
Courtney Paris 4 0 7.3 50.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.5

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Lindsey Harding 3 3 38.0 42.6 25.0 88.9 4.7 5.3 2.7 0.3 19.0
Angel McCoughtry 3 3 33.3 41.2 25.0 81.8 5.7 3.3 2.3 1.3 18.0
Sancho Lyttle 3 3 34.3 36.2 0.0 75.0 7.0 0.7 3.0 0.7 12.3
Erika de Souza 3 3 29.7 41.4 0.0 100.0 6.3 0.3 0.7 0.7 8.7
Armintie Herrington 3 3 30.0 36.4 0.0 72.7 3.7 3.3 2.3 0.3 8.0
Tiffany Hayes 3 0 16.3 36.4 33.3 100.0 2.3 1.7 1.7 0.3 4.3
Aneika Henry 3 0 10.0 75.0 0.0 100.0 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.7 2.7
Ketia Swanier 2 0 3.0 66.7 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.5
Cathrine Kraayeveld 3 0 6.3 100.0 100.0 0.0 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 1.0

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Angel McCoughtry Eastern Conference Player of the Week July 2 [11]
Sancho Lyttle Eastern Conference Player of the Week August 27 [12]
All-Defensive First Team September 28 [13]
Lindsey Harding Eastern Conference Player of the Week September 10 [14]
Armintie Price All-Defensive Second Team September 28 [13]
Tiffany Hayes WNBA All-Rookie Team October 7 [15]

References

  1. ↑ "DREAM GUARD SHALEE LEHNING ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Atlanta Dream Re-Signs Center Yelena Leuchanka". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  3. ↑ "ATLANTA DREAM SIGNS FORWARD ANEIKA HENRY". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Atlanta Dream Signs Guard Laurie Koehn". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Atlanta Dream Re-Signs Coco Miller and Courtney Paris". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Swanier Headed Home!!". 2xinc.com. 2x Inc. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  7. ↑ "De Souza and Price re-sign with Dream". wfmynews2.com. WFMY News2. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Alison Bales leaves WNBA for school". ESPN.com. ESPN. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  9. ↑ Hoopfeed.com [@hoopfeed] (May 17, 2012). "Atlanta Dream waived Coco Miller, put Erika de Souza on suspended list. Roster at 11. #wnba" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ↑ Willis, Kris. "WNBA 2012: Dream Waives Courtney Parris To Make Room For Jessica Moore". atlanta.sbnation.com. SB Nation. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Atlanta Dream's Angel McCoughtry Named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Atlanta's Lyttle and Los Angeles' Toliver Named WNBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week Presented by Boost Mobile". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  13. 1 2 "Indiana Fever's Catchings and Chicago Sky's Fowles Headline the 2012 WNBA All-Defensive Team". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Harding, Moore named Players of the Week". wtsp.com. WTSP. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  15. ↑ "Nneka Ogwumike, Glory Johnson Headline 2012 All-Rookie Team". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
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