2012 Atlanta Dream season

2012 Atlanta Dream season
CoachM. Meadors (12-12)
F. Williams (7-3)
ArenaPhilips Arena
Attendance5,453 per game
Results
Record19–15 (.559)
Place3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost in Conference Semifinals
Team Leaders
PointsAngel McCoughtry – 21.4
ReboundsErika de Souza – 8.2
AssistsLindsey Harding – 4.5
Media
TelevisionFS-S, SSO
ESPN2, NBATV

The 2012 WNBA season is the 5th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2012 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
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. From
F/C 14 Brazil de Souza, Erika 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Brazil
G 10 United States Harding, Lindsey 5 ft 58 in (3.00 m) 139 lb (63 kg) Duke
G 15 United States Hayes, Tiffany 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Connecticut
F/C 13 Jamaica Henry-Morello, Aneika 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 192 lb (87 kg) Florida
G 12 United States Koehn, Laurie 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 145 lb (66 kg) Kansas State
F 33 United States Kraayeveld, Cathrine 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 183 lb (83 kg) Oregon
C 11 Belgium Leuchanka, Yelena 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) West Virginia
F 20 Spain Lyttle, Sancho 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Houston
G/F 35 United States McCoughtry, Angel 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 173 lb (78 kg) Louisville
G 22 United States Price, Armintie 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 132 lb (60 kg) Mississippi
G 8 United States Swanier, Ketia 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Connecticut
Head coach
Assistant coaches



Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (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)
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
1 Sat 5 2:00 Tulsa 91-89 Koehn (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)
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
1 Sat 19 7:00 @ Indiana SSO
FS-I		 84-92 McCoughtry (26) Lyttle (10) Harding (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
9,403		 0-1
2 Fri 25 7:30 New York SSO 100-74 McCoughtry (23) Leuchanka (7) McCoughtry (7) Philips Arena
6,802		 1-1
3 Sun 27 3:00 Indiana SSO 62-78 McCoughtry (21) Lyttle (9) Price
Swanier (2)		 Philips Arena
7,282		 1-2
4 Thu 31 7:00 Phoenix SSO 81-65 Kraayeveld
Lyttle (12)		 Kraayeveld (9) Price (6) Philips Arena
4,887		 2-2
June: 5–5 (Home: 3–3; Road: 2–2)
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
5 Sat 2 7:00 Chicago SSO
CN100		 92-94
(OT)		 McCoughtry (33) Lyttle
Price
Swanier (4)		 Harding (6) Philips Arena
4,503		 2-3
6 Tue 5 7:00 @ New York 72-79 McCoughtry (21) McCoughtry (14) Price (4) Prudential Center
4,823		 2-4
7 Fri 8 7:30 San Antonio SSO 60-57 McCoughtry (16) Lyttle (9) McCoughtry (5) Philips Arena
4,501		 3-4
8 Sun 10 5:00 @ Connecticut CPTV-S 73-92 McCoughtry (23) Lyttle (8) Harding (5) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,526		 3-5
9 Fri 15 7:30 Los Angeles SSO 92-59 McCoughtry (31) Henry (9) Harding (6) Philips Arena
8,872		 4-5
10 Sun 17 3:00 Connecticut SSO 73-75 Price (20) Lyttle (9) Price (6) Philips Arena
4,323		 4-6
11 Tue 19 7:00 New York FS-S 60-73 Harding
Lyttle (13)		 Lyttle (13) Price (5) Philips Arena
4,134		 4-7
12 Sun 24 4:00 @ New York MSG 74-64 McCoughtry (23) McCoughtry (8) Swanier (9) Prudential Center
6,754		 5-7
13 Tue 26 12:00 Indiana SSO 70-58 McCoughtry (22) Kraayeveld (10) Harding (5) Philips Arena
8,388		 6-7
14 Fri 29 8:00 @ Tulsa 102-92 McCoughtry (24) Lyttle (8) Harding (7) BOK Center
4,235		 7-7
July: 2–3 (Home: 0–0; Road: 2–3)
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
15 Sun 1 6:00 @ Chicago CN100 69-71 McCoughtry (21) Lyttle (7) Harding
Hayes (3)		 Allstate Arena
6,093		 7-8
16 Sat 7 10:00 @ Phoenix 100-93
(2OT)		 Lyttle (31) Lyttle (10) Swanier (5) US Airways Center
7,948		 8-8
17 Sun 8 8:30 @ Los Angeles NBATV
KDOC		 63-79 Lyttle (17) Henry (8) Harding (5) Staples Center
11,019		 8-9
18 Wed 11 3:00 @ Seattle 70-59 Lyttle (21) Hayes (8) Harding (5) KeyArena
9,686		 9-9
19 Fri 13 8:00 @ San Antonio SSO
FS-SW		 70-91 Lyttle (21) Lyttle (12) Harding (6) AT&T Center
13,426		 9-10
Summer Olympic break
August: 4–3 (Home: 2–2; Road: 2–1)
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
Summer Olympic break
20 Fri 17 8:30 @ Chicago CN100 82-76 McCoughtry (25) McCoughtry (8) Lyttle (7) Allstate Arena
5,593		 10-10
21 Sat 18 7:00 @ Indiana NBATV
SSO
FS-I		 72-86 McCoughtry (22) de Souza
Price (6)		 3 players (2) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
9,302		 10-11
22 Wed 22 7:00 Chicago NBATV
FS-S
CN100		 82-71 Lyttle (24) Kraayveld
Lyttle (7)		 Hayes
Swanier
Lyttle (5)		 Philips Arena
4,010		 11-11
23 Fri 24 7:00 @ Washington NBATV
CSN-MA		 81-69 Price (19) de Souza (8) Harding
Hayes (5)		 Verizon Center
9,697		 12-11
24 Sat 25 7:00 Minnesota ESPN2 74-84 Lyttle
McCoughtry (14)		 Lyttle (9) Harding (9) Philips Arena
7,224		 12-12
25 Tue 28 7:00 Tulsa FS-S 80-84 de Souza 16 de Souza
Lyttle (9)		 Harding (7) Philips Arena
2,813		 12-13
26 Thu 30 7:00 Washington SSO 82-59 de Souza (21) de Souza (10) Harding (5) Philips Arena
3,381		 13-13
September: 6–2 (Home: 4–0; Road: 2–2)
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
27 Sun 2 3:00 Connecticut NBATV
SSO		 87-80 McCoughtry (24) Lyttle (13) Lyttle
Hayes
Harding (4)		 Philips Arena
5,020		 14-13
28 Wed 5 7:00 Indiana NBATV
FS-S
FS-I		 71-64 Harding (20) Lyttle (12) Harding (3) Philips Arena
4,112		 15-13
29 Fri 7 8:00 @ Minnesota SSO 93-97 McCoughtry (30) Lyttle (12) Harding (7) Target Center
9,308		 15-14
30 Sun 9 3:00 Washington SSO 93-68 Price
Harding (15)		 de Souza (10) Harding (9) Philips Arena
6,898		 16-14
31 Tue 11 7:00 Seattle NBATV
FS-S		 77-61 McCoughtry (23) de Souza (8) Hayes
Harding (5)		 Philips Arena
5,558		 17-14
32 Fri 14 7:00 @ Washington 82-74 McCoughtry (26) de Souza (8) McCoughtry (8) Verizon Center
7,368		 18-14
33 Thu 20 8:00 @ Chicago 75-66 McCoughtry (21) de Souza (10) Harding (8) Allstate Arena
4,188		 19-14
34 Sun 23 5:00 @ Connecticut CPTV-S 72-92 Harding (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)
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series
1 September 28 7:00 @ Indiana ESPN2 75-66 Harding (23) Lyttle
McCoughtry (9)		 Harding (7) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
7,776		 1-0
2 September 30 4:00 Indiana ESPN 88-103 McCoughtry (22) de Souza (9) Harding (6) Philips Arena
6,890		 1-1
3 October 2 7:00 @ Indiana NBATV 64-75 Harding (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 y 25 9 .735 – 12–5 13–4 18–4
Indiana Fever x 22 12 .647 3.0 13–4 9–8 15–7
Atlanta Dream x 19 15 .559 6.0 11–6 8–9 12–10
New York Liberty x 15 19 .441 10.0 9–8 6–11 10–12
Chicago Sky o 14 20 .412 11.0 7–10 7–10 8–14
Washington Mystics o 5 29 .147 20.0 4–13 1–16 3–19

Playoffs

Conference Semi-Finals
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

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

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