2009 Atlanta Dream season

The 2009 WNBA season was the 2nd season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Dream qualified for the playoffs for the first time in franchise history. However, they were eliminated by the Detroit Shock in a sweep in the first round.

2009 Atlanta Dream season
Coach	Marynell Meadors
Arena	Philips Arena
Attendance	7,102 per game
Results
Record	18–16 (.529)
Place	2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost First Round
Team Leaders
Points	Castro Marques (14.4)
Rebounds	de Souza (9.1)
Assists	Lehning (3.7)
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Offseason

Dispersal Draft

Based on the Dream's 2008 record, they would pick 1st in the Houston Comets dispersal draft. The Dream picked Sancho Lyttle. [1]

WNBA Draft

The following are the Dream selections in the 2009 WNBA Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	1	Angel McCoughtry	United States	Louisville
2	25 (from Sea.)	Shalee Lehning	United States	Kansas State
3	27	Jessica Morrow	United States	Baylor

[2]

Transactions

• August 12: The Dream traded Tamera Young to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Armintie Price.
• July 3: The Dream signed Ivory Latta and waived Nikki Teasley.
• June 2: The Dream waived Ivory Latta.
• May 31: The Dream waived Chantelle Anderson.
• May 29: The Dream waived Marlies Gipson.
• May 15: The Dream signed Coco Miller.
• May 12: The Dream signed Marlies Gipson to a training camp contract.
• May 11: The Dream waived Jessica Morrow.
• April 28: The Dream waived Ashley Shields.
• April 20: The Dream signed Chamique Holdsclaw and announced the end of her retirement.
• April 15: The Dream waived Kristin Haynie.
• April 9: The Dream traded the 18th pick in the 2009 Draft to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Ashley Shields.
• April 8: The Dream waived Katie Mattera.
• February 18: The Dream signed Michelle Snow.
• February 17: The Dream re-signed Jennifer Lacy.
• February 11: The Dream signed Chantelle Anderson to a training camp contract.
• February 4: The Dream waived Kasha Terry.
• February 3: The Dream withdrew its core qualifying offer and waived Betty Lennox.
• January 21: The Dream traded Alison Bales to the Phoenix Mercury for their second-round pick in the 2009 draft.
• January 14: The Dream waived Chioma Nnamaka and Ann Strother.
• January 12: The Dream re-signed free agent Nikki Teasley.
• September 12, 2008: The Dream re-signed Iziane Castro Marques.

[3]

Date	Trade
December 17, 2008	To Atlanta Dream	To Los Angeles Sparks
	rights to Chamique Holdsclaw[4]	13th pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft
January 21, 2009	To Atlanta Dream	To Phoenix Mercury
	18th pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft	Alison Bales
April 9, 2009	To Atlanta Dream	To Detroit Shock
	Ashley Shields	18th pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft
August 12, 2009	To Atlanta Dream	To Chicago Sky
	Armintie Price	Tamera Young

Free agents

Additions Player Signed Former team Iziane Castro Marques September 12, 2008 re-signed Michelle Snow February 18, 2009 Houston Comets Chamique Holdsclaw April 20, 2009 retired Coco Miller May 15, 2009 Washington Mystics Ivory Latta July 3, 2009 re-signed Armintie Price August 12, 2009 Chicago Sky

Subtractions Player Left New team Chioma Nnamaka January 14, 2009 free agent Ann Strother January 14, 2009 free agent Betty Lennox February 3, 2009 Los Angeles Sparks Kasha Terry February 4, 2009 Seattle Storm Katie Feenstra Mattera April 8, 2009 San Antonio Silver Stars Kristin Haynie April 15, 2009 Detroit Shock Chantelle Anderson May 31, 2009 free agent Nikki Teasley July 3, 2009 free agent Tamera Young August 12, 2009 Chicago Sky

Roster

Atlanta Dream roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From G/F 8 Castro Marques, Iziane 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 140 lb (64 kg) Brazil F/C 14 DeSouza, Erika 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Brazil F 1 Holdsclaw, Chamique 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 172 lb (78 kg) Tennessee F 21 Lacy, Jennifer 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Pepperdine G 12 Latta, Ivory 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 143 lb (65 kg) North Carolina G 5 Lehning, Shalee 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 147 lb (67 kg) Kansas State F 20 Lyttle, Sancho 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 143 lb (65 kg) Houston F 35 McCoughtry, Angel 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Louisville SG 9 Miller, Coco 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 140 lb (64 kg) Georgia G/F 22 Price, Armintie 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 133 lb (60 kg) Mississippi C 2 Snow, Michelle 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 158 lb (72 kg) Tennessee	Head coach Marynell Meadors (Middle Tennessee State) Assistant coaches Carol Ross (Mississippi) Fred Williams (Boise State) Sue Panek Athletic trainer Kara Dolling Strength and conditioning coach Jackie Ansley (Virginia Tech) Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Indiana Fever ^x	22	12	.647	–	14–3	8–9	17–5
Atlanta Dream ^x	18	16	.529	4.0	12–5	6–11	10–12
Detroit Shock ^x	18	16	.529	4.0	11–6	7–10	11–11
Washington Mystics ^x	16	18	.471	6.0	11–6	5–12	10–12
Chicago Sky ^o	16	18	.471	6.0	12–5	4–13	10–12
Connecticut Sun ^o	16	18	.471	6.0	12–5	4–13	9–12
New York Liberty ^o	13	21	.382	9.0	8–9	5–12	8–13

Schedule

Preseason

2009 Game Log: Preseason
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 May 27 7:00pm Connecticut 76-73 de Souza, Holdsclaw (16) de Souza (9) Teasley (7) Philips Arena 4,980 1-0

Regular season

2009 Game Log: Regular Season
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June Game Date Time Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 June 6 7:00pm Indiana 87-86 (2OT) Holdsclaw (23) de Souza (17) Holdsclaw, Teasley (4) Philips Arena 8,709 1-0 2 June 7 4:00pm @ Washington 71-77 Miller (17) de Souza (6) Lehning (4) Verizon Center 11,759 1-1 3 June 12 8:30pm @ Chicago CN100 NBA TV 73-81 Castro Marques (20) de Souza (8) Miller (4) UIC Pavilion 5,689 1-2 4 June 14 3:00pm @ Connecticut 67-62 Lyttle (20) Lyttle (16) Teasley (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,429 2-2 5 June 19 7:30pm Washington 93-81 Lyttle (20) Lyttle (13) Teasley (4) Philips Arena 6,050 3-2 6 June 21 3:00pm New York 81-93 Holdsclaw (17) Lyttle (9) Teasley (5) Philips Arena 5,624 3-3 7 June 23 12:00pm Chicago 98-99 (OT) McCoughtry (26) de Souza (7) McCoughtry (8) Philips Arena 10,351 3-4 8 June 26 7:30pm Detroit 96-86 Holdsclaw (28) de Souza (13) Teasley (11) Philips Arena 5,935 4-4 9 June 27 7:00pm @ Connecticut 68-82 Castro Marques (16) Snow (9) Lehning (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,264 4-5 10 June 30 7:00pm Minnesota ESPN2 85-91 Castro Marques (31) de Souza (10) Lehning (4) Philips Arena 7,686 4-6
July Game Date Time Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 11 July 3 7:30pm Washington 72-65 Holdsclaw (18) Lacy, Snow (8) Holdsclaw (8) Philips Arena 5,456 5-6 12 July 5 6:00pm @ Indiana 74-78 Lyttle (18) de Souza (8) Lehning, McCoughtry (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,024 5-7 13 July 7 7:30pm Connecticut 72-67 Holdsclaw (19) de Souza (17) Lehning (7) Philips Arena 6,225 6-7 14 July 11 7:30pm @ New York 69-71 Castro Marques (18) Castro Marques, de Souza, Holdsclaw (8) Castro Marques (6) Madison Square Garden 8,732 6-8 15 July 15 1:00pm @ Minnesota FSN-N 91-77 Holdsclaw (28) Lyttle (10) Lehning (5) Target Center 11,245 7-8 16 July 17 7:00pm @ Indiana 79-84 de Souza (23) de Souza (14) Castro Marques, Lehning (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,975 7-9 17 July 19 4:00pm @ New York 86-89 Holdsclaw (26) de Souza (10) de Souza (3) Madison Square Garden 8,560 7-10 18 July 22 12:00pm @ Detroit 98-95 (OT) Latta (22) Snow (12) Holdsclaw (4) Palace of Auburn Hills 14,439 8-10 19 July 30 7:30pm Phoenix 106-76 McCoughtry (17) de Souza (14) Lehning (5) Philips Arena 7,827 9-10
August Game Date Time Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 20 August 1 7:00pm New York NBA TV MSG 89-83 Holdsclaw (18) Holdsclaw, Lyttle (7) Latta, Lehning (3) Philips Arena 6,103 10-10 21 August 6 8:00pm @ San Antonio 92-84 Holdsclaw (21) Lyttle (10) Lehning (7) AT&T Center 5,042 11-10 22 August 8 7:00pm Chicago 80-82 Latta (18) de Souza (15) Latta, Miller (3) Philips Arena 5,424 11-11 23 August 13 7:30pm Detroit 80-75 Castro Marques (16) de Souza (13) Lehning (5) Philips Arena 5,641 12-11 24 August 15 7:00pm Seattle 88-79 Lyttle (20) de Souza (12) Lehning (6) Philips Arena 8,751 13-11 25 August 20 7:30pm San Antonio 93-87 McCoughtry (34) de Souza (11) Lehning (6) Philips Arena 5,848 14-11 26 August 23 3:00pm Los Angeles 87-91 Castro Marques (26) de Souza (9) Castro Marques, Lehning (4) Philips Arena 11,304 14-12 27 August 25 7:30pm Sacramento 103-83 Castro Marques (30) Lyttle (9) Lehning (10) Philips Arena 5,159 15-12 28 August 27 7:30pm @ Detroit 83-87 Castro Marques (19) de Souza (13) McCoughtry (5) Palace of Auburn Hills 5,695 15-13 29 August 29 10:00pm @ Seattle 84-91 (2OT) McCoughtry (16) Lyttle (11) Lehning, McCoughtry (4) KeyArena 9,089 15-14
September Game Date Time Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 30 September 1 10:30pm @ Los Angeles 84-79 Castro Marques (27) de Souza, Lyttle (7) de Souza, Latta (3) STAPLES Center 8,756 16-14 31 September 4 10:00pm @ Sacramento 98-90 de Souza (27) de Souza (13) McCoughtry (10) ARCO Arena 6,517 17-14 32 September 5 10:00pm @ Phoenix 82-100 de Souza (23) Snow (7) Lehning (10) US Airways Center 10,424 17-15 33 September 11 7:00pm Connecticut 88-64 McCoughtry (18) de Souza (14) Lyttle (5) Philips Arena 8,644 18-15 34 September 12 7:00pm @ Washington 64-82 McCoughtry (19) McCoughtry (13) Castro Marques, de Souza (3) Verizon Center 11,987 18-16

Postseason

2009 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 8:00pm @ Detroit ESPN2 89-94 Castro Marques (25) Lyttle (9) Castro Marques (7) Palace of Auburn Hills 6,122 0-1 2 September 18 7:30pm Detroit NBA TV 79-94 Latta (21) de Souza (7) McCoughtry, Latta, Price (3) Gwinnett Arena 4,780 0-2

Regular Season 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

Player Statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Iziane Castro Marques	34	33	26.9	2.2	2.0	1.06	0.06	14.4
Érika de Souza	34	34	27.3	9.1	1.1	0.94	1.29	11.8
Chamique Holdsclaw	25	25	28.3	4.4	2.2	1.36	0.28	13.9
Jennifer Lacy	32	0	11.3	2.2	0.3	0.28	0.22	3.0
Ivory Latta	24	0	14.6	0.7	1.4	0.54	0.04	6.1
Shalee Lehning	34	20	20.8	2.3	3.7	0.53	0.09	3.0
Sancho Lyttle	34	31	27.4	7.5	1.5	2.00	0.65	13.0
Angel McCoughtry	34	10	21.6	3.1	2.1	2.18	0.35	12.8
Coco Miller	34	5	12.0	1.5	1.0	0.35	0.06	3.9
Armintie Price	11	0	8.9	1.5	0.4	0.27	0.18	1.5
Michelle Snow	34	2	14.8	4.3	0.5	0.44	0.50	5.4
Nikki Teasley	10	10	23.4	1.7	3.5	0.90	0.10	3.9
Tamera Young	11	0	6.5	1.3	0.5	0.60	0.10	2.7

Team Statistics

Team	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PF	PPG
Atlanta Dream	.449	.305	.754	37.0	16.1	9.7	3.6	17.4	21.8	84.1
Opponents	.421	.342	.773	34.5	18.1	10.2	3.9	17.7	20.6	82.3

Awards and honors

• Sancho Lyttle was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 10, 2009.
• Érika de Souza was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as an Eastern Conference reserve.
• Sancho Lyttle was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as an Eastern Conference reserve.
• Angel McCoughtry was named to the All-Rookie Team.
• Sancho Lyttle was named to the All-Defensive Second Team.
• Angel McCoughtry was named to the All-Defensive Second Team.

References

1. WNBA.com: Houston Comets dispersal draft
2. "WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Draft Board". Archived from the original on 2009-06-11. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
3. WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Transactions
4. http://www.wnba.com/dream/news/holdsclaw_081217.html

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