2014 Atlanta Dream season

The 2014 Atlanta Dream season was the 7th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association, and their 1st season under head coach, Michael Cooper. This was also the first season the Dream has finished first in the East. In the last game of the Eastern Semis, the Dream had a 16-point lead at the end of the 3rd quarter, but gave the other team the lead and lost 81–80.

2014 Atlanta Dream season
Coach	Michael Cooper
Arena	Philips Arena
Attendance	per game
Results
Record	19–15 (.559)
Place	1st (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost Eastern Semis
Team Leaders
Points	Angel McCoughtry – 18.5
Rebounds	Sancho Lyttle – 9.0
Assists	Celine Dumerc – 4.0
Media
Television	FS-S, SSO ESPN2, NBATV
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Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2014 WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	8	Shoni Schimmel	United States	Louisville
2	18	Inga Orekhova	Ukraine	South Florida
2	20	Cassie Harberts	United States	USC

Trades and Roster Changes

Date	Transaction
January 15, 2014	Cored Erika de Souza
March 11, 2014	Extended a Qualifying Offer to Courtney Clements
March 12, 2014	Traded Alex Bentley and a 3rd Round Pick in the 2014 WNBA draft in a 3-Team Trade involving the Washington Mystics and the Connecticut Sun. Bentley went to the Sun, while the 3rd Round Pick went to Washington. Atlanta received Matee Ajavon and a 2nd Round Pick in the 2014 Draft from the Mystics.[1]
March 25, 2014	Signed Samantha Prahlis and Jacki Gemelos to Training Camp Contracts
March 26, 2014	Signed Erika de Souza[2]
March 30, 2014	Signed Nádia Colhado to a Training Camp Contract
April 1, 2014	Signed Courtney Clements to a Training Camp Contract
April 3, 2014	Signed Celine Dumerc[3]
April 4, 2014	Signed Jhasmin Player to a Training Camp Contract[4]
April 10, 2014	Signed Ashley Corral and Amanda Thompson to Training Camp Contracts
April 16, 2014	Signed Shoni Schimmel, Cassie Harberts, and Inga Orekhova to Rookie Scale Contracts
April 23, 2014	Signed Khaalidah Miller to a Training Camp Contract
April 25, 2014	Signed Danielle Wilson and Rebekah Gardner to Training Camp Contracts [5]
April 30, 2014	Waived Danielle Wilson, Ashley Corral, and Jacki Gemelos
May 4, 2014	Waived Khaalidah Miller and Rebekah Gardner
May 7, 2014	Exercised the 4th Year Team Option on Tiffany Hayes
	Traded Courtney Clements and 2nd Round Pick in the 2015 WNBA draft to the Chicago Sky for Swin Cash and a 3rd Round Pick in the 2015 Draft[6]
May 12, 2014	Waived Jhasmin Player, Samantha Prahlis, and Cassie Harberts[7]
May 15, 2014	Temporarily Suspend Celine Dumerc due to Overseas Commitments
May 30, 2014	Waived Inga Orekhova
June 2, 2014	Activated Celine Dumerc from her Temporary Suspension[8]
July 9, 2014	Traded Swin Cash to the New York Liberty in exchange for Delisha Milton-Jones[9]
August 18, 2014	Signed Sancho Lyttle to a Contract Extension

Roster

2014 Atlanta Dream roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight From G 10 Ajavon, Matee 5' 8" (1.73m) 160 lb (73kg) Rutgers C 31 Colhado, Nadia 6' 4" (1.93m) 196 lb (89kg) Brazil F/C 14 de Souza, Erika 6' 5" (1.96m) 190 lb (86kg) Brazil G 9 Dumerc, Celine 5' 7" (1.7m) 132 lb (60kg) France G 15 Hayes, Tiffany 5' 10" (1.78m) 155 lb (70kg) Connecticut F/C 13 Henry-Morello, Aneika 6' 4" (1.93m) 192 lb (87kg) Florida F 20 Lyttle, Sancho 6' 5" (1.96m) 175 lb (79kg) Houston G/F 35 McCoughtry, Angel 6' 1" (1.85m) 173 lb (78kg) Louisville F 1 Milton-Jones, Delisha 6' 1" (1.85m) 185 lb (84kg) Florida G 23 Schimmel, Shoni 5' 9" (1.75m) 161 lb (73kg) Louisville G 5 Thomas, Jasmine 5' 9" (1.75m) 143 lb (65kg) Duke F 21 Thompson, Amanda 6' 1" (1.85m) 180 lb (82kg) Oklahoma	Head coach Michael Cooper (New Mexico) Assistant coaches Karleen Thompson (USC) Teresa Edwards (Georgia) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Schedule

Preseason

2014 Game Log: Preseason
Total: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0) 1 May 11 @ New York W 63–58 Tiffany Hayes (14) Érika de Souza (7) Shoni Schimmel (4) Philips Arena 2444 1–0
2014 season schedule

Regular season

2014 Game Log: Regular Season
May: 3–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–1) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 May 16 7:30pm San Antonio SSO W 79-75 de Souza (23) de Souza (11) Shoni Schimmel (11) Philips Arena 4,575 1-0 2 May 17 7:00pm @ Indiana FS-S W 90-88 McCoughtry (27) Lyttle (21) Schimmel (10) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,275 2-0 3 May 24 8:00pm @ Chicago L 73-87 de Souza (18) de Souza (12) Schimmel (8) Allstate Arena 4,136 2-1 4 May 25 6:00pm Indiana SSO L 77-82 McCoughtry (19) de Souza (9) Schimmel (8) Philips Arena 5,517 2-2 5 May 30 7:30pm Seattle SSO W 80-69 Hayes (20) Lyttle (10) McCoughtry (8) Philips Arena 5,486 3-2
June: 9–2 (Home: 7–0; Road: 2–2) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 6 June 1 3:00pm @ Connecticut L 76-85 Hayes (17) de Souza (8) Lyttle (3) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,071 3-3 7 June 3 7:00pm Los Angeles ESPN2 W 93-85 de Souza (27) Lyttle (12) Schimmel (7) Philips Arena 5,409 4-3 8 June 7 7:00pm Chicago SSO W 97-59 de Souza, McCoughtry (20) Lyttle (12) Dumerc (5) Philips Arena 5,458 5-3 9 June 13 7:30pm Minnesota SSO W 85-82 McCoughtry (23) Lyttle (12) Dumerc (7) Philips Arena 6,684 6-3 10 June 15 4:00pm @ Washington W 75-67 de Souza McCoughtry (16) de Souza (9) McCoughtry (5) Verizon Center 7,229 7-3 11 June 18 12:00pm Washington FS-S W 83-73 McCoughtry (27) Lyttle (10) McCoughtry (4) Philips Arena 8,895 8-3 12 June 15 8:00pm @ Chicago CN100 W 93-86 Castro Marques (31) de Souza (13) Lehning (9) Allstate Arena 3,292 9-3 13 June 19 7:00pm @ Indiana L 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 W 96-90 McCoughtry (29) Lyttle (12) Castro Marques (8) Philips Arena 9,598 10-4 15 June 27 3:00pm Los Angeles NBATV SSO W 89-81 Castro Marques (25) Lyttle (11) Lehning, McCoughtry (5) Philips Arena 7,855 11-4 16 June 29 7:00pm Phoenix SSO W 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 W 76-58 Castro Marques (22) Lyttle (14) Lehning (5) Philips Arena 4,020 13-4 18 July 3 7:00pm Chicago NBATV SSO L 82-88 McCoughtry (20) de Souza (15) Lyttle, K. Miller (3) Philips Arena 6,920 13-5 19 July 7 7:00pm Connecticut SSO W 108-103 (OT) Castro Marques, McCoughtry (32) de Souza (13) Lehning (8) Philips Arena 5,305 14-5 20 July 14 1:00pm @ Minnesota L 81-83 McCoughtry (25) de Souza (20) Lehning (6) Target Center 12,311 14-6 21 July 16 7:00pm @ Indiana L 70-89 McCoughtry (27) Leuchanka (7) Lehning (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,532 14-7 22 July 17 7:00pm @ Connecticut L 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 L 72-82 McCoughtry (23) Lyttle (8) Castro Marques (6) Verizon Center 14,347 14-9 24 July 25 3:00pm New York NBATV SSO W 82-75 McCoughtry (28) de Souza, McCoughtry (10) McCoughtry (6) Philips Arena 7,030 15-9 25 July 27 1:30pm @ Tulsa NBATV COX W 105-89 Castro Marques (23) Lyttle (14) Lehning (6) BOK Center 3,800 16-9 26 July 30 7:30pm @ Connecticut W 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 W 90-74 Castro Marques (22) Lyttle (8) Lehning, McCoughtry (7) Philips Arena 6,270 18-9 28 August 3 7:30pm Washington ESPN2 L 78-86 McCoughtry (30) Lyttle (9) Lehning (6) Philips Arena 9,072 18-10 29 August 6 7:00pm @ Indiana L 93-95 McCoughtry (31) Lyttle (8) Lehning (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 9,214 18-11 30 August 10 7:00pm Seattle FS-S L 70-80 McCoughtry (16) Lyttle (17) Lehning (6) Philips Arena 6,042 18-12 31 August 13 7:00pm New York SSO L 83-90 McCoughtry (22) Lyttle (13) Lehning (8) Philips Arena 6,025 18-13 32 August 14 8:00pm @ Chicago CN100 W 92-74 de Souza (17) Bales (12) Price (6) Allstate Arena 4,214 19-13 33 August 17 7:00pm Chicago NBATV FS-S L 79-84 Castro Marques (19) Leuchanka (11) Lehning, Miller (4) Philips Arena 5,209 19-14 34 August 22 3:00pm Washington SSO L 81-90 McCoughtry (19) Lyttle (11) Lyttle (6) Philips Arena 9,570 19-15

Playoffs

2014 Game Log: Playoffs
Eastern Semifinals vs. Chicago (Lost Series 1-2) Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 August 22 Chicago L 77-80 Angel McCoughtry (24) Sancho Lyttle (14) Shoni Schimmel (6) Philips Arena 5,985 0–1 2 August 24 @ Chicago W 92-83 Angel McCoughtry (39) Lyttle Thomas (7) Jasmine Thomas (6) Allstate Arena 4,546 1–1 3 August 26 Chicago L 80-81 Erika de Souza (18) Sancho Lyttle (13) Shoni Schimmel (6) Philips Arena 4,829 1–2
2014 season schedule

Standings

#	Eastern Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	y- Atlanta Dream	19	15	.559	-	34
2	x- Indiana Fever	16	18	.471	3.0	34
3	x-Washington Mystics	16	18	.471	3.0	34
4	x-Chicago Sky	15	19	.441	4.0	34
5	e-New York Liberty	15	19	.441	4.0	34
6	e-Connecticut Sun	13	21	.382	6.0	34

Playoffs

Main article: 2014 WNBA Playoffs

Conference semifinals Best-of-3

Conference finals Best-of-3

WNBA Finals Best-of-5

E1

Atlanta

1

E4

Chicago

2

E4

Chicago

2

Eastern Conference

E2

Indiana

1

E2

Indiana

2

E3

Washington

0

E4

Chicago

0

W1

Phoenix

3

W1

Phoenix

2

W4

Los Angeles

0

W1

Phoenix

2

Western Conference

W2

Minnesota

1

W2

Minnesota

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	31	29	31.4	42.0	29.5	80.9	5.2	3.6	2.4	0.4	18.5
Erika de Souza	33	33	29.9	54.5	0.0	70.6	8.7	1.2	1.1	1.4	13.8
Tiffany Hayes	34	32	28.4	46.6	35.7	76.0	3.0	2.5	1.0	0.3	12.9
Sancho Lyttle	34	34	31.3	45.9	27.3	66.3	9.0	2.4	2.2	0.6	12.2
Shoni Schimmel	34	2	21.3	37.4	34.2	84.0	2.2	3.6	0.8	0.1	8.3
Jasmine Thomas	34	23	17.5	32.3	25.5	71.4	2.1	1.6	0.5	0.1	4.8
Aneika Henry-Morello	34	4	12.8	58.2	0.0	67.6	3.4	0.3	0.2	0.7	4.5
Delisha Milton-Jones	2	0	11.5	28.6	50.0	100.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	4.5
Celine Dumerc	28	11	18.8	29.5	23.1	69.4	2.0	4.0	1.1	0.1	3.3
Nadia Colhado	16	0	7.9	50.0	0.0	28.6	1.8	0.1	0.3	0.4	2.8
Matee Ajavon	24	1	9.2	27.8	11.1	72.4	0.8	0.7	0.5	0.0	2.2
Amanda Thompson	21	0	8.3	36.1	0.0	83.3	2.1	0.5	0.2	0.5	1.7
Swin Cash	17	1	8.8	23.3	0.0	40.0	0.9	0.7	0.4	0.2	1.5
Inga Orekhova	2	0	6.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Angel McCoughtry	3	3	35.0	43.3	44.4	92.3	6.0	3.3	2.7	0.3	26.7
Tiffany Hayes	3	3	30.7	48.1	33.3	90.0	3.0	2.0	0.3	0.3	12.7
Erika de Souza	3	3	27.7	56.7	0.0	50.0	5.3	0.7	0.3	0.7	12.7
Sancho Lyttle	3	3	36.3	39.4	0.0	66.7	11.3	3.3	1.0	1.0	9.3
Jasmine Thomas	3	2	22.7	42.1	33.3	62.5	3.0	3.3	0.7	0.0	7.3
Shoni Schimmel	3	0	19.3	36.8	37.5	100.0	2.7	5.7	1.0	0.0	6.3
Aneika Henry-Morello	3	0	16.3	72.7	0.0	75.0	2.3	0.3	0.7	0.0	6.3
Celine Dumerc	1	1	28.0	66.7	50.0	0.0	3.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	5.0
Matee Ajavon	2	0	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Angel McCoughtry	Eastern Conference Player of the Week	June 23	[10]
		July 14	[11]
	Eastern Conference Player of the Month - June	June 30	[12]
	All-Star Selection	July 8	[13][14]
	All-WNBA Second Team	September 11	[15]
	All-Defensive First Team	August 22	[16]
Shoni Schimmel	Eastern Conference Player of the Week	August 18	[17]
	All-Star Selection	July 8	[13]
	All-Star MVP	July 19	[18]
Erika de Souza	Eastern Conference Player of the Week	June 10	[19]
	All-Star Selection	July 8	[13]
Sancho Lyttle	Eastern Conference Player of the Week	June 30	[20]
	All-Defensive First Team	August 22	[16]