2011 Atlanta Dream season

The 2011 WNBA season is the 4th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Dream finished the regular season with a 20-14 record, good for third-best in the Eastern Conference. The Dream then won their second consecutive Eastern Conference Championship.

2011 Atlanta Dream season
Coach	Marynell Meadors
Arena	Philips Arena
Attendance	6,487 per game
Results
Record	20–14 (.588)
Place	3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost in WNBA Finals
Team Leaders
Points	McCoughtry (21.6)
Rebounds	de Souza (7.5)
Assists	Harding (4.8)
Media
Television	FS-S, SSO ESPN2, NBATV
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Transactions

WNBA Draft

The following are the Dream's selections in the 2011 WNBA Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	8	Ta'Shia Phillips	United States	Xavier
2	18 (from S.A.)	Rachel Jarry	Australia	Australia
3	32	Kelsey Bolte	United States	Iowa State

Transaction log

• March 23: The Dream signed Sandora Irvin to a training camp contract.
• March 25: The Dream signed Ashley Paris to a training camp contract.
• April 1: The Dream re-signed Alison Bales.
• April 11: The Dream traded draft rights to Rachel Jarry and a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for draft rights to Felicia Chester.
• April 11: The Dream traded Kelly Miller, draft rights to Ta'Shia Phillips and a first-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Lindsey Harding and a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft.
• May 21: The Dream waived Kelsey Bolte and Ashley Paris.
• June 1: The Dream waived Shannon McCallum.
• June 2: The Dream waived Felicia Chester.
• June 6: The Dream waived Brittainey Raven and signed Kelly Mazzante.
• June 18: The Dream suspended Sancho Lyttle and signed Courtney Paris.
• July 2: The Dream waived Kelly Mazzante.

Trades

Date	Trade
April 11, 2011	To Atlanta Dream	To Minnesota Lynx
	Felicia Chester	Rachel Jarry and second-round pick in 2012 Draft
April 11, 2011	To Atlanta Dream	To Washington Mystics
	Lindsey Harding and second-round pick in 2012 Draft	Ta'Shia Phillips, Kelly Miller and first-round pick in 2012 Draft

Personnel changes

Additions Player Signed Former team Sandora Irvin March 23, 2011 free agent Lindsey Harding April 11, 2011 Washington Mystics Kelly Mazzante June 6, 2011 free agent Courtney Paris June 18, 2011 free agent

Subtractions Player Left New team Kelly Miller April 11, 2011 Washington Mystics Yelena Leuchanka May 15, 2011 hiatus Brittainey Raven June 6, 2011 free agent Kelly Mazzante July 2, 2011 free agent

Roster

2011 Atlanta Dream roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From C 33 Bales, Alison 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 04-04-1985 Duke G/F 8 Castro Marques, Izi 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 140 lb (64 kg) 03-13-1982 Brazil F/C 14 de Souza, Erika 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 03-03-1982 Brazil G 10 Harding, Lindsey 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 139 lb (63 kg) 06-12-1984 Duke F 24 Irvin, Sandora 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 02-23-1982 TCU G 5 Lehning, Shalee  5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 140 lb (64 kg) 10-27-1986 Kansas State F 20 Lyttle, Sancho 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 09-20-1983 Houston F 35 McCoughtry, Angel 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 09-10-1986 Louisville G 9 Miller, Coco 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 140 lb (64 kg) 09-06-1978 Georgia C 3 Paris, Courtney 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 09-21-1987 Oklahoma G/F 22 Price, Armintie 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 133 lb (60 kg) 04-03-1985 Mississippi	Head coach Marynell Meadors (Middle Tennessee) Assistant coaches Sue Panek (Maryland) Carol Ross (Mississippi) Player development Fred Williams (Boise State) Athletic trainer Kim Mosely (Southern Miss) Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Erika de Souza	Courtney Paris
PF	Sancho Lyttle	Alison Bales Sandora Irvin
SF	Angel McCoughtry
SG	Armintie Price	Iziane Castro Marques
PG	Lindsey Harding	Coco Miller Shalee Lehning

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Indiana Fever ^x	21	13	.618	–	13–4	8–9	13–9
Connecticut Sun ^x	21	13	.618	–	15–2	6–11	14–8
Atlanta Dream ^x	20	14	.588	1.0	11–6	9–8	14–8
New York Liberty ^x	19	15	.559	2.0	12-5	7–10	11–11
Chicago Sky ^o	14	20	.412	7.0	10–7	4–13	10–12
Washington Mystics ^o	6	28	.176	15.0	4–13	2–15	4–18

Schedule

Preseason

2011 Game Log: Preseason
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 May 29 12:00pm @ Great Britain NBATV 82–51 Miller (21) Irvin (8) Harding (5) Manchester Evening News Arena N/A 1–0

Regular season

2011 Game Log: Regular Season
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com
June Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 June 5 3:00pm New York SSO 88–94 (OT) Castro Marques (19) Lyttle (11) Harding (9) Philips Arena 8,038 0–1 2 June 9 7:00pm Washington ESPN2 90–98 (OT) de Souza (20) de Souza (15) Castro Marques (5) Philips Arena 5,020 0–2 3 June 11 8:00pm @ San Antonio 74–86 McCoughtry (19) de Souza (14) Harding (4) AT&T Center 9,140 0–3 4 June 14 7:00pm @ New York 79–58 McCoughtry (18) Bales Irvin (7) Lehning (6) Prudential Center 5,725 1–3 5 June 17 8:00pm @ Minnesota 85–96 McCoughtry (27) de Souza (11) Castro Marques (4) Target Center 7,556 1–4 6 June 19 3:00pm Minnesota SSO 64–77 Harding (14) de Souza (12) Harding Miller (3) Philips Arena 7,274 1–5 7 June 21 12:00pm Chicago SSO 71–68 McCoughtry (14) McCoughtry Paris (8) Harding (6) Philips Arena 6,154 2–5 8 June 24 7:30pm Phoenix FS-S FS-A 83–92 McCoughtry (24) Paris (8) Harding (4) Philips Arena 5,492 2–6 9 June 26 3:00pm San Antonio NBATV SSO 86–92 Miller (19) Paris (11) Price (5) Philips Arena 5,718 2–7 10 June 30 7:30pm New York SSO 87–81 de Souza (27) de Souza (15) McCoughtry Miller (4) Philips Arena 4,423 3–7
July Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 11 July 9 8:00pm @ Chicago CN100 69–81 McCoughtry (17) McCoughtry (8) McCoughtry (6) Allstate Arena 5,679 3–8 12 July 13 12:00pm @ New York 69–91 McCoughtry (17) de Souza (7) Lehning (3) Prudential Center 14,314 3–9 13 July 16 7:30pm Chicago NBATV FS-S CN100 76–68 McCoughtry (24) Bales de Souza (8) Price (10) Philips Arena 7,413 4–9 14 July 19 12:00pm Indiana NBATV SSO 84–74 Harding (19) de Souza (11) Harding (5) Philips Arena 7,645 5–9 15 July 20 11:30am @ Washington NBATV 86–79 McCoughtry (33) Irvin (11) McCoughtry Price (3) Verizon Center 13,954 6–9 All-Star break 16 July 26 8:00pm @ Tulsa 76–68 McCoughtry (37) Bales (9) Harding Lehning (3) BOK Center 3,435 7–9 17 July 28 7:00pm Los Angeles NBATV SSO 89–80 McCoughtry (22) McCoughtry (11) McCoughtry (7) Philips Arena 6,701 8–9 18 July 31 5:00pm @ Connecticut 92–99 McCoughtry (36) de Souza (9) Castro Marques (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,955 8–10
August Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 19 August 2 7:30pm New York FS-S 75–85 McCoughtry (24) McCoughtry Price (6) Harding (9) Philips Arena 4,573 8–11 20 August 7 3:00pm Seattle NBATV SSO 70–53 McCoughtry (17) de Souza Lyttle (7) Harding (7) Philips Arena 7,337 9–11 21 August 9 7:00pm @ Washington CSN-MA 72–70 McCoughtry (19) de Souza (12) McCoughtry (5) Verizon Center 9,536 10–11 22 August 11 10:00pm @ Phoenix 95–109 McCoughtry (25) de Souza (7) Bales (4) US Airways Center 7,940 10–12 23 August 13 10:00pm @ Seattle NBATV KONG 92–63 Castro Marques McCoughtry (17) McCoughtry (6) Price (4) KeyArena 9,686 11–12 24 August 16 10:30pm @ Los Angeles NBATV SSO PRIME 84–79 McCoughtry (23) de Souza (13) Price (8) STAPLES Center 7,522 12–12 25 August 19 7:30pm Connecticut NBATV SSO 94–88 (OT) McCoughtry (26) McCoughtry (12) Harding (5) Philips Arena 7,225 13–12 26 August 21 5:00pm @ Connecticut 87–96 McCoughtry (22) de Souza (10) Harding (9) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,636 13–13 27 August 23 8:00pm @ Chicago CN100 83–80 McCoughtry (22) McCoughtry (7) Harding (9) Allstate Arena 2,876 14–13 28 August 27 7:00pm @ Indiana NBATV SSO FS-I 86–80 McCoughtry (20) Lyttle (9) Castro Marques (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 9,242 15–13 29 August 30 7:30pm Indiana SSO 92–90 McCoughtry (28) Lyttle (11) Harding (6) Philips Arena 6,467 16–13
September Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 30 September 1 7:00pm @ Washington 81–85 McCoughtry (30) Irvin (7) Harding (8) Verizon Center 7,954 16–14 31 September 2 7:30pm Washington NBATV SSO 95–73 Price (19) Lyttle (8) Harding (7) Philips Arena 6,579 17–14 32 September 4 3:00pm Tulsa SSO 73–52 McCoughtry (19) Bales Price (6) Harding (10) Philips Arena 7,661 18–14 33 September 6 7:30pm Connecticut SSO 85–74 McCoughtry (35) Lyttle (12) Harding (8) Philips Arena 6,558 19–14 34 September 11 5:00pm @ Indiana NBATV SSO FS-I 93–88 McCoughtry (32) Bales (11) 4 players (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 11,521 20–14

Postseason

2011 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 7:00pm @ Connecticut NBATV 89–84 Harding (21) Lyttle (11) Price (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,373 1–0 2 September 18 3:00pm Connecticut ESPN2 69–64 de Souza Harding Lyttle McCoughtry (12) de Souza (10) Harding (6) Philips Arena 6,887 2–0
Eastern Conference Finals Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series 1 September 22 7:00pm @ Indiana ESPN2 74–82 Harding (17) de Souza (13) Harding (7) Conseco Fieldhouse 8,253 0–1 2 September 25 3:00pm Indiana ESPN2 94–77 Castro Marques (30) Lyttle Price (7) Harding (7) Philips Arena 8,052 1–1 3 September 27 8:00pm @ Indiana ESPN2 83–67 McCoughtry (26) Lyttle (11) Harding (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 9,036 2–1
WNBA Finals Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series 1 October 2 8:30pm @ Minnesota ESPN 74–88 McCoughtry (33) Bales (9) Harding (5) Target Center 15,258 0–1 2 October 5 8:00pm @ Minnesota ESPN2 95–101 McCoughtry (38) de Souza (10) Harding (7) Target Center 15,124 0–2 3 October 7 8:00pm Minnesota ESPN2 67–73 McCoughtry (22) de Souza (15) Harding (7) Philips Arena 11,543 0–3

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
Alison Bales	34	15	20.2	.486	.353	.750	4.7	1.2	0.44	1.56	5.0
Iziane Castro Marques	34	14	19.8	.360	.213	.620	1.7	1.7	0.38	0.12	7.6
Erika de Souza	32	32	27.4	.499	.000	.655	7.5	1.0	1.19	1.34	11.8
Lindsey Harding	34	33	30.5	.455	.303	.733	3.2	4.8	1.00	0.18	10.5
Sandora Irvin	30	1	8.3	.339	.000	.700	2.5	0.5	0.20	0.50	1.8
Shalee Lehning	18	0	12.1	.481	.444	.615	1.3	2.3	0.44	0.11	2.1
Sancho Lyttle	22	19	26.2	.448	.286	.709	6.3	2.1	2.36	0.55	10.0
Kelly Mazzante	6	0	5.7	.083	.083	.000	0.3	0.0	0.17	0.00	0.5
Angel McCoughtry	33	30	27.9	.424	.264	.777	5.2	2.5	2.18	0.97	21.6
Coco Miller	31	5	17.4	.432	.333	.541	1.9	1.4	0.58	0.03	7.3
Courtney Paris	28	0	9.6	.519	.000	.516	3.1	0.4	0.29	0.39	3.4
Armintie Price	34	21	23.4	.519	.000	.608	3.0	2.8	1.53	0.06	8.5
Brittainey Raven	0	0	0.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0

Postseason

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Alison Bales	8	0	16.0	.385	.429	.500	5.0	0.9	0.3	0.8	3.0
Iziane Castro Marques	8	3	25.6	.453	.536	.444	2.0	1.0	0.6	0.0	13.6
Erika de Souza	5	5	33.4	.424	.000	.500	11.4	1.4	0.6	1.2	11.0
Lindsey Harding	8	8	37.8	.391	.250	.743	3.0	5.9	1.9	0.3	14.5
Sandora Irvin	3	0	2.7	1.000	1.000	.000	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.0
Shalee Lehning	0	0	0.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Sancho Lyttle	8	8	29.3
Angel McCoughtry
Coco Miller
Courtney Paris
Armintie Price

Awards and honors

• Angel McCoughtry was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 18, 2011.
• Angel McCoughtry was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 25, 2011.
• Angel McCoughtry was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 15, 2011.
• Angel McCoughtry was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of September 5, 2011.
• Angel McCoughtry was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Month for the month of July.
• Angel McCoughtry was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a starter.
• Angel McCoughtry was named to the All-WNBA First Team.
• Angel McCoughtry was named to the All-Defensive First Team.
• Sancho Lyttle was named to the All-Defensive Second Team.
• Armintie Price was named to the All-Defensive Second Team.

References

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