2010 Atlanta Dream season

The 2010 Atlanta Dream season was the 3rd season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association, and their 3rd season under head coach, Marynell Meadors.

2010 Atlanta Dream season
Coach	Marynell Meadors
Arena	Philips Arena
Attendance	6,293 per game
Results
Record	19–15 (.559)
Place	4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost WNBA Finals
Team Leaders
Points	Angel McCoughtry – 21.1
Rebounds	Sancho Lyttle – 9.9
Assists	Shalee Lehning – 4.8
Media
Television	FS-S, SSO NBATV, ESPN2
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Transactions

Sacramento Monarchs Dispersal Draft

With the Sacramento Monarchs ceasing operation and based on the 2009 records of teams, the Dream selected 9th in the Dispersal Draft. The Dream waived their right to pick and chose nobody.

WNBA draft

See also: 2010 WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	9	Chanel Mokango	Congo	Mississippi State
2	21	Brigitte Ardossi	United States	Georgia Tech
3	33	Brittainey Raven	United States	Texas

Trades and Roster Changes

Date	Trade
January 5, 2010	Extended Qualifying Offers to Ivory Latta and Yelena Leuchanka
February 2, 2010	Signed Yelena Leuchanka to a Training Camp Contract
February 23, 2010	Signed Ivory Latta and Erica White to Training Camp Contracts
March 10, 2010	Signed Demetress Adams to a Training Camp Contract
March 11, 2010	Traded Michelle Snow and a Second Round Pick in the 2011 WNBA draft to the San Antonio Silver Stars for Dalma Ivanyi and a Second Round Pick in the 2011 WNBA Draft[1]
March 16, 2010	Signed Erika de Souza to a Multi-Year Contract[2]
March 16, 2010	Signed Kelly Miller and Coco Miller to Multi-Year Contracts[3]
March 23, 2010	Waived Ivory Latta[4]
April 14, 2010	Signed Chanel Mokango, Brittainey Raven, and Brigitte Ardossi to Rookie Scale Contracts
April 19, 2010	Signed Alison Bales to a Training Camp Contract
April 24, 2010	Signed Shawn Goff to a Training Camp Contract
April 26, 2010	Signed Britany Miller and Chandi Jones to Training Camp Contracts
	Waived Jennifer Lacy[5]
April 28, 2010	Signed Tatum Brown to a Training Camp Contract
May 2, 2010	Waived Tatum Brown
May 5, 2010	Waived Britany Miller
May 10, 2010	Waived Erica White and Brigitte Ardossi
May 13, 2010	Waived Shawn Goff
May 14, 2010	Waived Chanel Mokango and Demetress Adams
	Signed Armintie Price to a Contract Extension
	Temporarily Suspend Yelena Leuchanka due to Overseas Commitments
May 19, 2010	Activated Yelena Leuchanka from her Temporary Suspension
	Waived Chamique Holdsclaw[6]

Roster

2010 Atlanta Dream roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight From C 33 Bales, Alison 6' 7" (2.01m) 218 lb (99kg) Duke G/F 8 Castro Marques, Iziane 6' 0" (1.83m) 140 lb (64kg) Brazil F/C 14 de Souza, Erika 6' 5" (1.96m) 190 lb (86kg) Brazil G 5 Lehning, Shalee 5' 9" (1.75m) 147 lb (67kg) Kansas State C 11 Leuchanka, Yelena 6' 5" (1.96m) 195 lb (88kg) West Virginia F 20 Lyttle, Sancho 6' 4" (1.93m) 143 lb (65kg) Houston F 35 McCoughtry, Angel 6' 1" (1.85m) 160 lb (73kg) Louisville SG 9 Miller, Coco 5' 9" (1.75m) 140 lb (64kg) Georgia PG 2 Miller, Kelly 5' 10" (1.78m) 140 lb (64kg) Georgia G/F 22 Price, Armintie 5' 9" (1.75m) 133 lb (60kg) Mississippi G 0 Raven, Brittainey 6' 0" (1.83m) 162 lb (73kg) Texas	Head coach Marynell Meadors (Middle Tennessee) Assistant coaches Sue Panek (Maryland) Carol Ross (Mississippi) Fred Williams (Boise State) Strength and conditioning coach Kim Moseley (Southern Miss) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured   WNBA roster page

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Érika de Souza	Alison Bales
PF	Sancho Lyttle	Yelena Leuchanka
SF	Angel McCoughtry	Brittainey Raven
SG	Iziane Castro Marques	Armintie Price
PG	Shalee Lehning	Kelly Miller Coco Miller

Schedule

Preseason

2013 Preseason Schedule
Total: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 May 4 11:00am @ Connecticut 79-86 McCoughtry (19) Price (7) Price (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 3,779 0–1 2 May 9 2:00pm Washington 58-77 Castro Marques (13) McCoughtry (6) Lehning, Price (3) Eblen Center 2,219 0–2

Regular season

2010 Regular Season Total: 19–15 (Home: 10–7; Road: 9–8)
May: 6–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 4–0) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 May 15 8:00pm @ San Antonio FS-SW 75-70 Castro Marques (23) de Souza (15) Lehning (6) AT&T Center 9,409 1–0 2 May 16 7:00pm Indiana SSO 66-62 de Souza, Price (14) de Souza (11) Miller (6) Philips Arena 7,337 2–0 3 May 21 7:00pm Connecticut NBATV FS-S CSN-NE 97-82 McCoughtry (32) Lyttle (17) Lehning (10) Philips Arena 4,092 3–0 4 May 23 4:00pm @ New York 86-77 McCoughtry (21) Bales, de Souza (10) McCoughtry (6) Madison Square Garden 9,548 4–0 5 May 28 10:00pm @ Phoenix 96-93 McCoughtry (28) Lyttle (17) Lehning (5) US Airways Center 7,986 5–0 6 May 30 8:00pm @ Los Angeles 101-82 McCoughtry (32) de Souza (13) Castro Marques, Lehning (5) STAPLES Center 8,404 6–0
June: 6–4 (Home: 4–1; Road: 2–3) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 7 June 1 9:30pm @ Seattle ESPN2 72-90 McCoughtry (16) Lyttle (6) McCoughtry (3) KeyArena 7,586 6–1 8 June 4 7:00pm Chicago FS-S 70-80 Castro Marques (18) de Souza (7) Lehning (6) Philips Arena 2,515 6–2 9 June 5 7:00pm @ Washington 86-79 (OT) de Souza, McCoughtry (23) Lyttle (17) Castro Marques, K. Miller (6) Verizon Center 8,986 7–2 10 June 11 7:30pm @ New York 79-91 de Souza (21) Lyttle (14) K. Miller (6) Madison Square Garden 8,332 7–3 11 June 13 3:00pm San Antonio NBATV SSO 90-83 Lyttle (24) Lyttle (12) Lehning (8) Philips Arena 6,050 8–3 12 June 15 8:00pm @ Chicago CN100 93-86 Castro Marques (31) de Souza (13) Lehning (9) Allstate Arena 3,292 9–3 13 June 19 7:00pm @ Indiana 91-94 Catchings, Douglas (17) Catchings (7) Catchings (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 8,187 9–4 14 June 23 12:00pm Tulsa NBATV SSO FS-OK 96-90 McCoughtry (29) Lyttle (12) Castro Marques (8) Philips Arena 9,598 10–4 15 June 27 3:00pm Los Angeles NBATV SSO 89-81 Castro Marques (25) Lyttle (11) Lehning, McCoughtry (5) Philips Arena 7,855 11–4 16 June 29 7:00pm Phoenix SSO 94-88 McCoughtry (18) Leuchanka (9) K. Miller (8) Philips Arena 4,073 12–4
July: 5–5 (Home: 3–1; Road: 2–4) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 17 July 1 7:00pm Minnesota SSO 76-58 Castro Marques (22) Lyttle (14) Lehning (5) Philips Arena 4,020 13–4 18 July 3 7:00pm Chicago NBATV SSO 82-88 McCoughtry (20) de Souza (15) Lyttle, K. Miller (3) Philips Arena 6,920 13–5 19 July 7 7:00pm Connecticut SSO 108-103 (OT) Castro Marques, McCoughtry (32) de Souza (13) Lehning (8) Philips Arena 5,305 14–5 20 July 14 1:00pm @ Minnesota 81-83 McCoughtry (25) de Souza (20) Lehning (6) Target Center 12,311 14–6 21 July 16 7:00pm @ Indiana 70-89 McCoughtry (27) Leuchanka (7) Lehning (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,532 14–7 22 July 17 7:00pm @ Connecticut 80-96 McCoughtry (27) Lyttle (11) Castro Marques, Price (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,378 14–8 23 July 21 11:30am @ Washington NBATV CSN-MA 72-82 McCoughtry (23) Lyttle (8) Castro Marques (6) Verizon Center 14,347 14–9 24 July 25 3:00pm New York NBATV SSO 82-75 McCoughtry (28) de Souza, McCoughtry (10) McCoughtry (6) Philips Arena 7,030 15–9 25 July 27 1:30pm @ Tulsa NBATV COX 105-89 Castro Marques (23) Lyttle (14) Lehning (6) BOK Center 3,800 16–9 26 July 30 7:30pm @ Connecticut 94-62 McCoughtry (20) de Souza (13) K. Miller, Price (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,003 17–9
August: 2–6 (Home: 1–5; Road: 1–1) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 27 August 1 3:00pm Indiana NBATV SSO 90-74 Castro Marques (22) Lyttle (8) Lehning, McCoughtry (7) Philips Arena 6,270 18–9 28 August 3 7:30pm Washington ESPN2 78-86 McCoughtry (30) Lyttle (9) Lehning (6) Philips Arena 9,072 18–10 29 August 6 7:00pm @ Indiana 93-95 McCoughtry (31) Lyttle (8) Lehning (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 9,214 18–11 30 August 10 7:00pm Seattle FS-S 70-80 McCoughtry (16) Lyttle (17) Lehning (6) Philips Arena 6,042 18–12 31 August 13 7:00pm New York SSO 83-90 McCoughtry (22) Lyttle (13) Lehning (8) Philips Arena 6,025 18–13 32 August 14 8:00pm @ Chicago CN100 92-74 de Souza (17) Bales (12) Price (6) Allstate Arena 4,214 19–13 33 August 17 7:00pm Chicago NBATV FS-S 79-84 Castro Marques (19) Leuchanka (11) Lehning, Miller (4) Philips Arena 5,209 19–14 34 August 22 3:00pm Washington SSO 81-90 McCoughtry (19) Lyttle (11) Lyttle (6) Philips Arena 9,570 19–15
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess

Playoffs

2010 Playoffs Schedule
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Washington (Won Series 2-0) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series 1 August 25 7:00pm @ Washington NBATV 95-90 McCoughtry (28) de Souza, Lyttle (9) Price (8) Verizon Center 10,322 1–0 2 August 27 7:30pm Washington NBATV FS-S 101-77 McCoughtry, Castro Marques (21) Lyttle (10) Lehning (9) Philips Arena 7,890 2–0
Eastern Conference Finals vs. New York (Won Series 2-0) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series 1 September 5 7:00pm @ New York NBATV MSG 81-75 McCoughtry (21) Lyttle (13) Lehning (5) Madison Square Garden 14,248 1–0 2 September 7 7:30pm New York NBATV FS-S MSG 105-93 McCoughtry (42) de Souza (6) Castro Marques (5) Philips Arena 9,045 2–0
WNBA Finals vs. Seattle (Lost Series 0-3) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series 1 September 12 3:00pm @ Seattle ABC 77-79 Castro Marques, McCoughtry (19) Lyttle (14) Lehning (3) KeyArena 15,084 0–1 2 September 14 9:00pm @ Seattle ESPN2 84-87 Castro Marques, McCoughtry (21) McCoughtry (9) C. Miller (8) KeyArena 13,898 0–2 3 September 16 8:00pm Seattle ESPN2 84-87 McCoughtry (35) de Souza (14) C. Miller (5) Philips Arena 10,522 0–3

Standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Washington Mystics x	22	12	.647	–	13–4	9–8	13–9
New York Liberty x	22	12	.647	–	13–4	9–8	14–8
Indiana Fever x	21	13	.618	1.0	13–4	8–9	13–9
Atlanta Dream x	19	15	.559	3.0	10–7	9–8	10–12
Connecticut Sun o	17	17	.500	5.0	12–5	5–12	9–13
Chicago Sky o	14	20	.412	8.0	7–10	7–10	7–15

Playoffs

Conference semifinals Best-of-3

Conference finals Best-of-3

WNBA Finals Best-of-5

E1

Washington

0

E4

Atlanta

2

E4

Atlanta

2

Eastern Conference

E2

New York

0

E2

New York

2

E3

Indiana

1

E4

Atlanta

0

W1

Seattle

3

W1

Seattle

2

W4

Los Angeles

0

W1

Seattle

2

Western Conference

W2

Phoenix

0

W2

Phoenix

2

W3

San Antonio

0

• 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	34	34	30.7	40.8	26.2	80.3	4.9	3.1	1.94	0.6	21.1
Iziane Castro Marques	34	34	28.9	44.4	29.5	65.9	1.7	2.6	0.8	0.1	16.9
Sancho Lyttle	32	31	29.1	48.4	0.0	72.5	9.9	2.2	1.7	0.6	12.8
Érika de Souza	34	34	25.6	57.1	0.0	54.7	8.3	0.9	0.8	1.2	12.4
Armintie Price	34	0	16.5	38.7	0.0	59.4	3.0	1.8	0.9	0.1	4.9
Yelena Leuchanka	32	0	10.6	47.6	20.0	74.4	2.6	0.4	0.5	0.3	4.2
Alison Bales	34	3	15.6	43.3	41.7	79.6	3.8	0.8	0.7	1.1	3.9
Shalee Lehning	33	33	23.5	45.3	36.1	46.7	2.7	4.8	0.8	0.2	3.7
Kelly Miller	30	1	16.4	29.0	32.9	88.0	1.9	2.6	0.8	0.1	3.6
Coco Miller	27	0	7.3	40.0	19.2	85.7	0.6	0.8	0.2	0.0	3.1
Brittainey Raven	23	0	5.4	24.4	27.8	87.5	0.9	0.4	0.2	0.0	1.5

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Angel McCoughtry	7	7	30.9	46.2	45.5	79.7	5.4	2.3	2.0	0.6	26.7
Iziane Castro Marques	7	7	32.1	47.1	40.7	47.8	2.4	2.0	0.1	0.1	16.9
Coco Miller	7	7	25.7	39.1	26.3	78.9	2.7	3.3	1.3	0.0	10.6
Sancho Lyttle	7	7	25.4	50.0	0.0	88.9	9.6	1.7	2.0	1.1	10.6
Erika de Souza	7	1	25.7	50.0	0.0	80.0	8.3	1.1	0.7	2.3	10.3
Armintie Price	7	6	25.7	34.2	0.0	60.0	2.7	3.6	0.9	0.0	5.0
Yelena Leuchanka	7	0	9.6	55.6	50.0	50.0	2.0	0.4	0.4	0.1	3.4
Shalee Lehning	7	0	13.1	36.8	25.0	50.0	1.9	2.6	0.4	0.0	2.9
Kelly Miller	4	0	6.8	75.0	50.0	100.0	0.5	1.5	0.3	0.0	2.5
Alison Bales	7	0	7.3	62.5	0.0	0.0	1.7	0.4	0.3	1.0	1.4
Brittainey Raven	4	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	75.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Angel McCoughtry	Eastern Conference Player of the Week	May 24	[7]
		June 1	[8]
	Eastern Conference Player of the Month - May	June 3	[9]
	All-Defensive First Team	August 29	[10]
	All-WNBA Second Team	September 13	[11]
Sancho Lyttle	All-Defensive Second Team	August 29	[10]
Iziane Castro Marques	Eastern Conference Player of the Week	July 12	[12]