2013 Atlanta Dream season

2013 Atlanta Dream season
Head coachFred Williams
ArenaPhilips Arena
Results
Record17–17 (.500)
Place2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost WNBA Finals (3-0 to Minnesota Lynx)
Media
TelevisionFS-S, SSO
ESPN2, NBATV

The 2013 Atlanta Dream season was the 6th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association, and their 1st season under head coach,Fred Williams. The Dream finished second in the Eastern Conference with a 17-17 record, and won the Eastern Conference Finals, sweeping the Indiana Fever to earn their third trip in four years to the WNBA Finals, where they were swept by the Minnesota Lynx in three games.

Transactions

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
2 13 Alex Bentley  United States Penn State
3 31 Anne Marie Armstrong  United States Georgia

Trades and Roster Changes

Date Trade
January 8, 2013 Extended Qualifying Offers to Angel McCoughtry and Aneika Henry
February 5, 2013 Signed Angel McCoughtry
February 14, 2013 Signed Aneika Henry
February 19, 2013 Traded the 7th and 19th Picks in the 2013 WNBA draft to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Jasmine Thomas and the 13th Pick in the 2013 Draft[1]
March 18, 2013 Signed Sydney Carter to a Training Camp Contract[2]
April 19, 2013 Signed Alex Bentley and Anne Marie Armstrong to their Rookie Scale Contracts
April 25, 2013 Signed Blanche Alverson to a Training Camp Contract[3]
April 30, 2013 Signed Courtney Clements to a Training Camp Contract[4]
May 14, 2013 Waived Blance Alverson and Ketia Swanier[5]
May 22, 2013 Waived Cathrine Kraayeveld and Sydney Carter[6]
May 23, 2013 Temporarily Suspend the contract of Yelena Leuchanka
May 31, 2013 Exercised the Team Option for the 4th Year on Jasmine Thomas
June 17, 2013 Temporarily Suspend the contract of Sancho Lyttle
July 5, 2013 Activated Sancho Lyttle from her Temporary Suspension
Waived Anne Marie Armstrong[7]
August 28, 2013 Signed Anne Marie Armstrong to a 7-Day Contract[8]

Roster

2013 Atlanta Dream roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightFrom
G2United StatesBentley, Alex5' 7" (1.7m)152 lb (69kg)Penn State
G54United StatesClements, Courtney6' 0" (1.83m)157 lb (71kg)San Diego State
F/C14Brazilde Souza, Erika6' 5" (1.96m)190 lb (86kg)Brazil
G15United StatesHayes, Tiffany5' 10" (1.78m)155 lb (70kg)Connecticut
F/C13JamaicaHenry-Morello, Aneika6' 4" (1.93m)192 lb (87kg)Florida
F20SpainLyttle, Sancho6' 5" (1.96m)175 lb (79kg)Houston
G/F35United StatesMcCoughtry, Angel6' 1" (1.85m)173 lb (78kg)Louisville
G22United StatesHerrington, Armintie5' 9" (1.75m)132 lb (60kg)Mississippi
C0United StatesRiley, Ruth6' 5" (1.96m)198 lb (90kg)Notre Dame
G5United StatesThomas, Jasmine5' 9" (1.75m)143 lb (65kg)Duke
F43United StatesWillingham, Le'Coe6' 0" (1.83m)200 lb (91kg)Auburn
Head coach
United States Fred Williams (Boise State)
Assistant coaches
United States Joe Ciampi (Mansfield State)
United States Julie Plank (Ohio State)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Schedule

Preseason

2013 Game Log: Preseason
Total: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0)
1 May 9 @ Tulsa W 72–58 Courtney Clements (18) Aneika Henry (10) Armintie Herrington (3) BOK Center
5280		 1–0
2013 season schedule

Regular season

2013 Regular Season
Total: 17–17 (Home: 13–4; Road: 4–13)
May: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
4 May 25 Tulsa W 98–81 Tiffany Hayes (21) Sancho Lyttle (10) Jasmine Thomas (6) Philips Arena
7519		 1–0
5 May 31 @ Indiana W 86–77 Angel McCoughtry (29) Sancho Lyttle (11) Alex Bentley (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
10756		 2–0
June: 8–1 (Home: 6–0; Road: 2–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
6 June 2 @ Washington W 73–63 Angel McCoughtry (15) Sancho Lyttle (9) Angel McCoughtry (5) Verizon Center
8938		 3–0
7 June 7 New York W 75–56 Sancho Lyttle (18) Tiffany Hayes (7) Angel McCoughtry (10) Philips Arena
6173		 4–0
8 June 9 @ New York L 67–76 Sancho Lyttle (18) Sancho Lyttle (11) Angel McCoughtry (5) Prudential Center
5933		 4–1
9 June 14 Seattle W 68–59 Angel McCoughtry (23) Angel McCoughtry (9) Angel McCoughtry (7) Philips Arena
4960		 5–1
10 June 16 Chicago W 88–74 Angel McCoughtry (23) Erika de Souza (11) Tiffany Hayes (8) Philips Arena
5552		 6–1
11 June 23 @ Connecticut W 78–77 Angel McCoughtry (34) Le'Coe Willingham (7) Angel McCoughtry (2) Mohegan Sun Arena
7557		 7–1
12 June 25 Indiana W 76–60 Erika de Souza (17) Erika de Souza (10) McCoughtry & Herrington (4) Philips Arena
10155		 8–1
13 June 28 Washington W 86–75 Angel McCoughtry (21) Erika de Souza (9) Tiffany Hayes (6) Philips Arena
5512		 9–1
14 June 30 San Antonio W 93–67 Tiffany Hayes (19) Erika de Souza (7) Angel McCoughtry (9) Philips Arena
5359		 10–1
July: 1–4 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–4)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
15 July 9 @ Minnesota L 72–94 Angel McCoughtry (16) Erika de Souza (13) Angel McCoughtry (5) Target Center
8623		 10–2
16 July 14 @ Seattle L 65–73 de Souza
Bentley (16)		 Erika de Souza (14) Alex Bentley (5) Key Arena
6479		 10–3
17 July 17 @ Los Angeles L 73–77 Angel McCoughtry (24) Erika de Souza (18) Angel McCoughtry (5) Staples Center
10876		 10–4
18 July 21 @ Tulsa L 63–90 Angel McCoughtry (21) Erika de Souza (16) Alex Bentley (3) BOK Center
4107		 10–5
19 July 24 Connecticut W 74–65 Angel McCoughtry (22) Erika de Souza (10) Angel McCoughtry (6) Philips Arena
4434		 11–5
August: 3–8 (Home: 3–3; Road: 0–5)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
All-Star Break
20 August 3 @ Phoenix L 76–82 Angel McCoughtry (33) Erika de Souza (11) Angel McCoughtry (8) US Airways Center
8138		 11–6
21 August 10 @ Indiana L 66–80 Angel McCoughtry (17) Erika de Souza (5) Alex Bentley (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
9271		 11–7
22 August 11 New York L 82–88 Angel McCoughtry (30) Erika de Souza (10) McCoughtry & Thomas (5) Philips Arena
4576		 11–8
23 August 14 @ Connecticut L 86–88 Angel McCoughtry (33) McCoughtry & de Souza (8) Armintie Herrington (6) Mohegan Sun Arena
5206		 11–9
24 August 16 Connecticut W 88–57 Angel McCoughtry (30) Erika de Souza (15) Angel McCoughtry (8) Philips Arena
4435		 12–9
25 August 18 Washington W 76–58 Tiffany Hayes (23) Erika de Souza (8) Jasmine Thomas (4) Philips Arena
4873		 13–9
26 August 20 Minnesota W 88–75 Tiffany Hayes (23) Erika de Souza (16) Alex Bentley (6) Philips Arena
4855		 14–9
27 August 23 @ Washington L 64–74 Angel McCoughtry (17) Erika de Souza (12) Angel McCoughtry (8) Verizon Center
7088		 14–10
28 August 24 Chicago L 56–67 Angel McCoughtry (20) Erika de Souza (16) Angel McCoughtry (3) Philips Arena
7412		 14–11
29 August 28 Washington L 80–85 (OT) Angel McCoughtry (23) Erika de Souza (14) Alex Bentley (7) Philips Arena
4415		 14–12
30 August 31 @ Chicago L 68–85 Alex Bentley (19) Erika de Souza (9) Jasmine Thomas (6) Allstate Arena
6047		 14–13
September: 3–4 (Home:2–1; Road: 1–3)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
31 September 2 Los Angeles W 92–82 Erika de Souza (27) Jasmine Thomas (8) Alex Bentley (11) Philips Arena
5504		 15–13
32 September 4 Indiana W 89–80 (OT) Angel McCoughtry (30) Erika de Souza (15) Angel McCoughtry (8) Philips Arena
4019		 16–13
33 September 6 @ New York W 70–57 Angel McCoughtry (16) Erika de Souza (14) Angel McCoughtry (3) Prudential Center
7021		 17–13
34 September 8 Phoenix L 71–79 Angel McCoughtry (25) Erika de Souza (10) Armintie Herrington (5) Philips Arena
9740		 17–14
35 September 11 @ Connecticut L 77–78 Angel McCoughtry (23) Angel McCoughtry (10) Angel McCoughtry (7) Mohegan Sun Arena
5724		 17–15
36 September 13 @ Chicago L 82–87 Angel McCoughtry (29) Erika de Souza (13) Jasmine Thomas (6) Allstate Arena
7679		 17–16
37 September 15 @ San Antonio L 68–97 Alex Bentley (17) Aneika Henry (10) Jasmine Thomas (6) AT&T Center
7486		 17–17
2013 season schedule

Standings

# Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB GP
1 z-Chicago Sky2410.706-34
2 x-Atlanta Dream1717.500734
3 x-Washington Mystics1717.500734
4 x-Indiana Fever1618.471834
5 e-New York Liberty1123.3241334
6 e-Connecticut Sun1024.2941434

Playoffs

2013 Playoffs: Total: 4–4 (Home: 2–2; Road: 2–2)
Eastern Semifinals vs. Washington (Win Series 2-1)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1 September 19 Washington L 56–71 Angel McCoughtry (20) Erika de Souza (12) Angel McCoughtry (3) Philips Arena
3862		 0–1
2 September 21 @ Washington W 63–45 Angel McCoughtry (20) Erika de Souza (15) Jasmine Thomas (6) Verizon Center
7065		 1–1
3 September 23 Washington W 80–72 de Souza & Hayes (18) Erika de Souza (14) Angel McCoughtry (7) Philips Arena
4078		 2–1
Eastern Finals vs. Indiana (Win Series 2-0)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1 September 26 Indiana W 84–79 Tiffany Hayes (23) Armintie Herrington (7) Herrington & McCoughtry (5) Philips Arena
4238		 1–0
2 September 29 @ Indiana W 67–53 Angel McCoughtry (27) Armintie Herrington (9) Angel McCoughtry (3) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
7051		 2–0
WNBA Finals vs. Minnesota (Lost Series 0-3)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1 October 6 @ Minnesota L 59–84 Angel McCoughtry (17) Aneika Henry (14) Armintie Herrington (3) Target Center
13804		 0–1
2 October 8 @ Minnesota L 63–88 Angel McCoughtry (15) Erika de Souza (8) Angel McCoughtry (4) Target Center
12313		 0–2
3 October 10 Minnesota L 77–86 Tiffany Hayes (20) Erika de Souza (9) Alex Bentley (6) Gwinnett Center
5040		 0–3
2013 season schedule

Playoffs

Conference semifinals
Best-of-3 		Conference finals
Best-of-3 		WNBA Finals
Best-of-5
         
E1 Chicago 0
E4 Indiana 2
E4 Indiana 0
Eastern Conference
E2 Atlanta 2
E2 Atlanta 2
E3 Washington 1
E2 Atlanta 0
W1 Minnesota 3
W1 Minnesota 2
W4 Seattle 0
W1 Minnesota 2
Western Conference
W3 Phoenix 0
W2 Los Angeles 1
W3 Phoenix 2
  • Bold – Series winner
  • Italics – 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 33 32 31.4 41.3 20.4 82.4 5.3 4.4 2.7 0.7 21.5
Sancho Lyttle 6 6 30.0 52.9 40.0 66.7 8.5 2.5 2.3 1.3 14.3
Erika de Souza 34 34 29.9 52.9 0.0 67.7 9.9 1.3 1.3 1.8 12.9
Tiffany Hayes 23 4 22.3 40.6 37.7 74.5 3.7 1.7 1.2 0.1 11.3
Jasmine Thomas 34 29 27.5 35.9 21.6 69.6 3.0 3.1 0.9 0.3 8.5
Alex Bentley 34 10 22.1 39.8 32.9 71.1 1.4 2.8 1.0 0.1 8.3
Armintie Herrington 28 26 29.9 46.7 0.0 59.1 3.4 2.4 2.3 0.1 7.0
Le'Coe Willingham 34 28 22.2 42.4 30.4 71.4 4.2 0.8 0.8 0.3 4.1
Aneika Henry-Morello 34 1 12.8 45.0 0.0 76.5 3.9 0.5 0.3 0.5 3.9
Courtney Clements 26 0 9.4 20.2 23.1 75.0 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.1 2.2
Ruth Riley 16 0 7.6 31.6 40.0 66.7 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.3 1.1
Anne Marie Armstrong 9 0 2.8 50.0 50.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.7

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Angel McCoughtry 8 8 30.9 31.4 25.0 83.0 3.6 3.8 2.0 1.0 17.9
Tiffany Hayes 8 6 28.6 39.0 35.3 76.7 4.5 1.9 0.5 0.0 12.4
Erika de Souza 8 8 30.8 47.0 0.0 58.8 9.9 1.3 1.0 0.8 11.0
Armintie Herrington 8 5 27.4 51.0 0.0 63.2 4.5 2.3 1.9 0.1 7.8
Jasmine Thomas 8 8 28.9 31.0 0.0 70.0 2.9 2.0 0.9 0.8 6.4
Aneika Henry-Morello 8 3 22.8 55.0 0.0 83.3 6.6 0.3 0.6 0.9 6.1
Alex Bentley 8 0 17.4 28.3 19.0 88.9 1.8 2.0 1.1 0.3 5.8
Ruth Riley 4 0 6.5 75.0 100.0 50.0 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 2.0
Le'Coe Willingham 4 2 18.0 10.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 1.0 0.8 0.3 0.5
Courtney Clements 4 0 2.3 0.0 0.0 50.0 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.3

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Angel McCoughtry Eastern Conference Player of the Week May 24 - June 2 [9]
June 10 - June 16 [10]
June 17 - June 23 [11]
Eastern Conference Player of the Month - June July 1 [12]
Peak Performer: Points September 18 [13]
All-WNBA Second Team September 25 [14]
All-Star Selection July 23 [15][16]
All-Defensive First Team September 20 [17]
Erika de Souza All-Star Selection July 23 [15]
All-Defensive Second Team September 20 [17]
Armintie Herrington All-Defensive First Team September 20 [17]
Alex Bentley All-Rookie Team September 20 [18]

References

  1. ↑ "Atlanta Dream Acquires Jasmine Thomas in Trade With Washington". atlantadailyworld.com. Atlanta Daily World. February 20, 2013. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Dream Signs Sydney Carter To Training Camp Contract". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Blanche Alverson Signs Training Camp Contract With Atlanta Dream". auburntigers.com. Auburn Athletics. April 25, 2013. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Courtney Clements to Join Atlanta Dream's Training Camp". themw.com. Mountain West Conference. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Atlanta Dream waive Blanche Alverson and Ketia Swanier". swishappeal.com. Swish Appeal. May 14, 2013. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  6. ↑ P, Nate (May 22, 2013). "Atlanta Dream waive Sydney Carter, Cathrine Kraayeveld to finalize roster". swishappeal.com. Swish Appeal. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Wesleyan grad Armstrong waived by WNBA's Dream". gwinnetdailypost.com. Gwinnett Daily Post. July 8, 2013. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Atlanta Dream Signs Anne Marie Armstrong to Seven-Day Contract". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. August 28, 2013. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  9. ↑ "ATLANTA'S ANGEL MCCOUGHTRY, LOS ANGELES' CANDACE PARKER NAMED WNBA EASTERN AND WESTERN CONFERENCE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Dream's McCoughtry and Mercury's Taurasi Named WNBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
  11. ↑ "DREAM'S MCCOUGHTRY AND SHOCK'S JOHNSON NAMED WNBA EASTERN AND WESTERN CONFERENCE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
  12. ↑ "DREAM'S MCCOUGHTRY AND MERCURY'S TAURASI NAMED WNBA EASTERN AND WESTERN CONFERENCE PLAYERS OF THE MONTH". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Angel McCoughtry, Sylvia Fowles and Danielle Robinson Capture 2013 WNBA Peak Performer Awards". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. September 18, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Fever's Catchings Named to All-WNBA Second Team". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
  15. 1 2 "Seven First-Time All-Star Selections Headline Reserves for Boost Mobile WNBA All-Star Game 2013". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Atlanta's de Souza to Replace Chicago's Elena Delle Donne in Boost Mobile WNBA All-Star Game 2013". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  17. 1 2 3 "Chicago's Fowles and Indiana's Catchings Headline 2013 WNBA All-Defensive Team". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
  18. ↑ "Delle Donne, Griner Headline 2013 WNBA All-Rookie Team as Unanimous Selections". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
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