2011 Atlanta Dream season

The 2011 Atlanta Dream season was the 4th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association, and their 4th season under head coach, Marynell Meadors. 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. The Dream made their way to the WNBA Finals before being swept by the Minnesota Lynx.

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	Angel McCoughtry – 21.6
Rebounds	Erika de Souza – 7.5
Assists	Lindsey Harding – 4.8
Media
Television	FS-S, SSO ESPN2, NBATV
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Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2011 WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
1	8	Ta'Shia Phillips	United States	Xavier
2	18	Rachel Jarry	Australia	Australia
3	32	Kelsey Bolte	United States	Iowa State

Trades and Roster Changes

Date	Transaction
January 7, 2011	Extended Qualifying Offers to Alison Bales and Yelena Leuchanka
March 23, 2011	Signed Sandora Irvin to a Training Camp Contract[1]
March 24, 2011	Signed Ashley Paris to a Training Camp Contract[2]
March 31, 2011	Signed Alison Bales to a Training Camp Contract[3]
April 11, 2011	Traded Kelly Miller, the draft rights to Ta'Shia Phillips, and a 1st Round Pick in the 2012 WNBA draft to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Lindsey Harding and a 2nd Round Pick in 2012.[4]
	Traded the draft rights to Rachel Jarry and a 2nd Round Pick in the 2012 WNBA draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for the draft rights to Felicia Chester
April 21, 2011	Signed Kelsey Bolte to a Rookie Scale Contract
April 28, 2011	Signed Shannon McCallum to a Training Camp Contract
April 29, 2011	Signed Felicia Chester to a Rookie Scale Contract
May 21, 2011	Waived Ashley Paris and Kelsey Bolte
May 31, 2011	Exercised 4th-Year Team Option on Angel McCoughtry
	Declined Team Option on Shalee Lehning
	Waived Shannon McCallum
June 1, 2011	Waived Felicia Chester[5]
June 5, 2011	Waived Brittainey Raven
	Signed Kelly Mazzante[6]
June 16, 2011	Temporarily Suspend Sancho Lyttle due to Overseas Commitments
June 18, 2011	Signed Courtney Paris[7]
July 3, 2011	Activated Sancho Lyttle from her Temporary Suspension
	Waived Kelly Mazzante[8]
September 8, 2011	Signed Sancho Lyttle to a Contract Extension[9]

Roster

2011 Atlanta Dream roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs C 33 Bales, Alison 6' 7" (2.01m) 218 lb (99kg) 1985-04-04 Duke 3 G/F 8 Castro Marques, Izi 6' 0" (1.83m) 140 lb (64kg) 1982-03-13 Brazil 8 F/C 14 de Souza, Erika 6' 5" (1.96m) 190 lb (86kg) 1982-03-03 Brazil 5 G 10 Harding, Lindsey 5' 8" (1.73m) 139 lb (63kg) 1984-06-12 Duke 4 F 24 Irvin, Sandora 6' 3" (1.91m) 185 lb (84kg) 1982-02-23 TCU 5 G 5 Lehning, Shalee  5' 9" (1.75m) 140 lb (64kg) 1986-10-27 Kansas State 2 F 20 Lyttle, Sancho 6' 4" (1.93m) 175 lb (79kg) 1983-09-20 Houston 6 F 35 McCoughtry, Angel 6' 1" (1.85m) 160 lb (73kg) 1986-09-10 Louisville 2 G 9 Miller, Coco 5' 9" (1.75m) 140 lb (64kg) 1978-09-06 Georgia 10 C 3 Paris, Courtney 6' 4" (1.93m) 250 lb (113kg) 1987-09-21 Oklahoma 1 G/F 22 Price, Armintie 5' 9" (1.75m) 133 lb (60kg) 1985-04-03 Mississippi 4	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 (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (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

Schedule

Preseason

2011 Preseason Schedule
Total: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0) 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 Regular Season Total: 20–14 (Home: 13–4; Road: 4–13)
June: 3–7 (Home: 2–5; Road: 1–2) 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: 5–3 (Home: 3–0; Road: 2–3) 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: 8–3 (Home: 3–1; Road: 5–2) 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: 4–17 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–1) 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
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Playoffs

2011 Playoffs Schedule
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Connecticut (Won Series 2-0) 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 vs. Indiana (Won Series 2-1) 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 vs. Minnesota (Lost Series 0-3) 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

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

Playoffs

Conference semifinals Best-of-3

Conference finals Best-of-3

WNBA Finals Best-of-5

E1

Indiana

2

E4

New York

1

E1

Indiana

1

Eastern Conference

E3

Atlanta

2

E2

Connecticut

0

E3

Atlanta

2

E3

Atlanta

0

W1

Minnesota

3

W1

Minnesota

2

W4

San Antonio

1

W1

Minnesota

2

Western Conference

W3

Phoenix

0

W2

Seattle

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	30	27.9	42.4	26.4	77.7	5.2	2.5	2.2	1.0	21.6
Erika de Souza	32	32	27.4	49.9	0.0	65.5	7.5	1.0	1.2	1.3	11.8
Lindsey Harding	34	33	30.5	45.5	30.3	73.3	3.2	4.8	1.0	0.2	10.5
Sancho Lyttle	22	19	26.2	44.8	28.6	70.9	6.3	2.1	2.4	0.6	10.0
Armintie Price	34	21	23.4	51.9	0.0	60.8	3.0	2.8	1.5	0.1	8.5
Iziane Castro Marques	34	14	19.8	36.0	21.3	62.0	1.7	1.7	0.4	0.1	7.6
Coco Miller	31	5	17.4	43.2	33.3	54.1	1.9	1.4	0.6	0.0	7.3
Alison Bales	34	15	20.2	48.6	35.3	75.0	4.7	1.2	0.4	1.6	5.0
Courtney Paris	28	0	9.6	51.9	0.0	51.6	3.1	0.4	0.3	0.4	3.4
Shalee Lehning	18	0	12.1	48.1	44.4	61.5	1.3	2.3	0.4	0.1	2.1
Sandora Irvin	30	1	8.3	33.9	0.0	70.0	2.5	0.5	0.2	0.5	1.8
Kelly Mazzante	6	0	5.7	8.3	8.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.5

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Angel McCoughtry	8	8	29.1	42.3	30.0	74.7	5.5	1.5	3.0	0.9	23.1
Lindsey Harding	8	8	37.8	39.1	25.0	74.3	3.0	5.9	1.9	0.3	14.5
Iziane Castro Marques	8	3	25.6	45.3	53.6	44.4	2.0	1.0	0.6	0.0	13.6
Erika de Souza	5	5	33.4	42.4	0.0	50.0	11.4	1.4	0.6	1.2	11.0
Sancho Lyttle	8	8	29.3	39.1	0.0	75.0	7.5	1.0	2.3	0.6	10.0
Armintie Price	8	8	30.1	46.8	0.0	66.7	5.3	3.5	1.6	0.3	7.5
Alison Bales	8	0	16.0	38.5	42.9	50.0	5.0	0.9	0.3	0.8	3.0
Coco Miller	8	0	8.0	20.0	20.0	50.0	1.3	0.9	0.5	0.0	1.3
Sandora Irvin	3	0	2.7	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.0
Courtney Paris	5	0	3.6	50.0	0.0	50.0	1.0	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.6

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Angel McCoughtry	Eastern Conference Player of the Week	July 25	[10]
		July 31	[11]
		August 22	[12]
		September 12	[13]
	Eastern Conference Player of the Month - July	August 2	[14]
	All-Star Starter	July 16	[15]
	All-WNBA First Team	September	[16]
	All-Defensive First Team	September	[16]
Sancho Lyttle	All-Defensive Second Team	September	[16]
Armintie Price	All-Defensive Second Team	September	[16]