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2009 Atlanta Dream season

The 2009 Atlanta Dream season was the 2nd season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association, and their second season under head coach, Marynell Meadors. 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.

Transactions

Houston Comets Dispersal Draft

With the Houston Comets ceasing operation and based on the 2008 records of teams, the Dream selected 1st in the Dispersal Draft.

Pick	Player	Nationality	College	Previous Team
1	Sancho Lyttle	Spain	Houston	Houston Comets

WNBA draft

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

Trades and Roster Changes

Date	Trade
December 8, 2008	Traded a First Round Pick in the 2009 WNBA draft to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for the rights to Chamique Holdsclaw
January 2, 2009	Extended Qualifying Offers to Kasha Terry, Yelena Leuchanka, and Jennifer Lacy
January 12, 2009	Signed Nikki Teasley
January 14, 2009	Waived Ann Strother and Chioma Nnamaka
Rescinded the Qualifying Offer to Kasha Terry
January 21, 2009	Traded Alison Bales to the Phoenix Mercury for a Second Round Pick in the 2009 WNBA draft
February 3, 2009	Waived Betty Lennox
February 4, 2009	Waived Kasha Terry
February 11, 2009	Signed Chantelle Anderson to a Training Camp Contract
February 17, 2009	Signed Jennifer Lacy to a Training Camp Contract
February 18, 2009	Signed Michelle Snow to a Training Camp Contract
April 8, 2009	Waived Katie Mattera
April 9, 2009	Traded a Second Round Pick in the 2009 WNBA draft to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Ashley Shields
April 13, 2009	Waived Kristin Haynie
April 14, 2009	Signed Angel McCoughtry, Shalee Lehning, and Jessica Morrow to Rookie Scale Contracts
April 20, 2009	Signed Chamique Holdsclaw
April 28, 2009	Waived Ashley Shields
May 11, 2009	Waived Jessica Morrow
May 12, 2009	Signed Marlies Gipson to a Training Camp Contract
May 15, 2009	Signed Coco Miller
May 29, 2009	Waived Marlies Gipson
May 31, 2009	Waived Chantelle Anderson
June 3, 2009	Waived Ivory Latta
July 3, 2009	Waived Nikki Teasley
Signed Ivory Latta
August 12, 2009	Traded Tamera Young to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Armintie Price

Roster

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench	C	PF	SF	SG	PG
Érika de Souza	Michelle Snow
Sancho Lyttle	Jennifer Lacy
Chamique Holdsclaw	Angel McCoughtry
Iziane Castro Marques	Armintie Price
Shalee Lehning	Ivory Latta
Coco Miller

Schedule

| Game| Date| Time (ET)| Opponent| Score| High points| High rebounds| High assists| Location/Attendance| Record}} |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 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

Total: 18–16 (Home: 12–5; Road: 6–11)}} |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || June 6 || 7:00pm || Indiana || || 87-86 (2OT) || Holdsclaw (23) || de Souza (17) || Holdsclaw, Teasley (4) || Philips Arena 8,709 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || June 7 || 4:00pm || @ Washington || || 71-77 || Miller (17) || de Souza (6) || Lehning (4) || Verizon Center 11,759 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || June 14 || 3:00pm || @ Connecticut || || 67-62 || Lyttle (20) || Lyttle (16) || Teasley (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,429 || 2-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || June 19 || 7:30pm || Washington || || 93-81 || Lyttle (20) || Lyttle (13) || Teasley (4) || Philips Arena 6,050 || 3-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || June 21 || 3:00pm || New York || || 81-93 || Holdsclaw (17) || Lyttle (9) || Teasley (5) || Philips Arena 5,624 || 3-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 || June 23 || 12:00pm || Chicago || || 98-99 (OT) || McCoughtry (26) || de Souza (7) || McCoughtry (8) || Philips Arena 10,351 || 3-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || June 26 || 7:30pm || Detroit || || 96-86 || Holdsclaw (28) || de Souza (13) || Teasley (11) || Philips Arena 5,935 || 4-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || June 27 || 7:00pm || @ Connecticut || || 68-82 || Castro Marques (16) || Snow (9) || Lehning (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,264 || 4-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || June 30 || 7:00pm || Minnesota || ESPN2 || 85-91 || Castro Marques (31) || de Souza (10) || Lehning (4) || Philips Arena 7,686 || 4-6 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || July 3 || 7:30pm || Washington || || 72-65 || Holdsclaw (18) || Lacy, Snow (8) || Holdsclaw (8) || Philips Arena 5,456 || 5-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 12 || July 5 || 6:00pm || @ Indiana || || 74-78 || Lyttle (18) || de Souza (8) || Lehning, McCoughtry (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse 7,024 || 5-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || July 7 || 7:30pm || Connecticut || || 72-67 || Holdsclaw (19) || de Souza (17) || Lehning (7) || Philips Arena 6,225 || 6-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || July 15 || 1:00pm || @ Minnesota || FSN-N || 91-77 || Holdsclaw (28) || Lyttle (10) || Lehning (5) || Target Center 11,245 || 7-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 || July 17 || 7:00pm|| @ Indiana || || 79-84 || de Souza (23) || de Souza (14) || Castro Marques, Lehning (3) || Conseco Fieldhouse 7,975 || 7-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 || July 19 || 4:00pm || @ New York || || 86-89 || Holdsclaw (26) || de Souza (10) || de Souza (3) || Madison Square Garden 8,560 || 7-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || July 22 || 12:00pm || @ Detroit || || 98-95 (OT) || Latta (22) || Snow (12) || Holdsclaw (4) || Palace of Auburn Hills 14,439 || 8-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || July 30 || 7:30pm || Phoenix || || 106-76 || McCoughtry (17) || de Souza (14) || Lehning (5) || Philips Arena 7,827 || 9-10 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || August 6 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || || 92-84 || Holdsclaw (21) || Lyttle (10) || Lehning (7) || AT&T Center 5,042 || 11-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 22 || August 8 || 7:00pm || Chicago || || 80-82 || Latta (18) || de Souza (15) || Latta, Miller (3) || Philips Arena 5,424 || 11-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 || August 13 || 7:30pm || Detroit || || 80-75 || Castro Marques (16) || de Souza (13) || Lehning (5) || Philips Arena 5,641 || 12-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || August 15 || 7:00pm || Seattle || || 88-79 || Lyttle (20) || de Souza (12) || Lehning (6) || Philips Arena 8,751 || 13-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 25 || August 20 || 7:30pm || San Antonio || || 93-87 || McCoughtry (34) || de Souza (11) || Lehning (6) || Philips Arena 5,848 || 14-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || August 25 || 7:30pm || Sacramento || || 103-83 || Castro Marques (30) || Lyttle (9) || Lehning (10) || Philips Arena 5,159 || 15-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 || August 27 || 7:30pm || @ Detroit || || 83-87 || Castro Marques (19) || de Souza (13) || McCoughtry (5) || Palace of Auburn Hills 5,695 || 15-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 29 || August 29 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || || 84-91 (2OT) || McCoughtry (16) || Lyttle (11) || Lehning, McCoughtry (4) || KeyArena 9,089 || 15-14 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || September 4 || 10:00pm || @ Sacramento || || 98-90 || de Souza (27) || de Souza (13) || McCoughtry (10) || ARCO Arena 6,517 || 17-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 32 || September 5 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || || 82-100 || de Souza (23) || Snow (7) || Lehning (10) || US Airways Center 10,424 || 17-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33 || September 11 || 7:00pm || Connecticut || || 88-64 || McCoughtry (18) || de Souza (14) || Lyttle (5) || Philips Arena 8,644 || 18-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 34 || September 12 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || || 64-82 || McCoughtry (19) || McCoughtry (13) || Castro Marques, de Souza (3) || Verizon Center 11,987 || 18-16 |- | All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess

Postseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 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 |-

Standings

Playoffs

Statistics

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Iziane Castro Marques	34	33	26.9	41.3	34.5	78.0	2.2	2.0	1.1	0.1	14.4
Chamique Holdsclaw	25	25	28.3	41.4	20.0	83.9	4.4	2.2	1.4	0.3	13.9
Sancho Lyttle	34	31	27.4	50.7	0.0	74.3	7.5	1.5	2.0	0.6	13.0
Angel McCoughtry	34	10	21.6	47.6	29.4	74.1	3.1	2.1	2.2	0.4	12.8
Erika de Souza	34	34	27.3	52.8	0.0	65.3	9.1	1.1	0.9	1.3	11.8
Ivory Latta	24	0	14.6	40.9	36.0	82.6	0.7	1.4	0.5	0.0	6.1
Michelle Snow	34	2	14.8	47.9	0.0	76.1	4.3	0.5	0.4	0.5	5.4
Nikki Teasley	10	10	23.4	40.0	41.2	80.0	1.7	3.5	0.9	0.1	3.9
Coco Miller	34	5	12.0	41.0	29.6	88.5	1.5	1.0	0.4	0.1	3.9
Shalee Lehning	34	20	20.8	38.7	20.0	77.4	2.3	3.7	0.5	0.1	3.0
Jennifer Lacy	32	0	11.3	32.7	21.1	66.7	2.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	3.0
Tamera Young	11	0	6.5	33.3	20.0	64.7	1.3	0.5	0.5	0.1	2.7
Armintie Price	11	0	8.9	35.7	0.0	60.0	1.5	0.4	0.3	0.2	1.5

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Angel McCoughtry	2	2	29.0	48.4	57.1	66.7	5.5	3.0	1.0	0.0	19.0
Iziane Castro Marques	2	2	25.5	50.0	50.0	70.6	1.5	4.5	0.0	0.0	16.0
Ivory Latta	2	2	37.5	40.0	33.3	88.9	2.0	2.5	0.5	0.0	13.5
Erika de Souza	2	2	27.0	55.6	0.0	75.0	7.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	11.5
Sancho Lyttle	2	2	25.5	41.2	0.0	42.9	5.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	5.0
Armintie Price	2	0	15.5	33.3	0.0	57.1	3.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	5.0
Michelle Snow	2	0	16.5	30.0	0.0	60.0	4.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	4.5
Coco Miller	2	0	6.5	60.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	3.5
Chamique Holdsclaw	1	0	13.0	25.0	0.0	100.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
Jennifer Lacy	2	0	11.5	0.0	0.0	50.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Sancho Lyttle	Eastern Conference Player of the Week	August 17
2009 WNBA All-Star Selection	July 20	title=WNBA Announces All-Star Game Reserves	url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/allstar2009/as09_reserves_090720.html	website=wnba.com	publisher=WNBA	access-date=July 6, 2022}}
All-Defensive Second Team	September 25	title=2009 WNBA All-Defensive Team Selections Announced	url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/news/awards09_alldefensive.html	website=wnba.com	publisher=WNBA	access-date=July 6, 2022}}
Angel McCoughtry	All-Defensive Second Team	September 25
WNBA Rookie of the Year	October 1
WNBA All-Rookie Team	October 1
Érika de Souza	2009 WNBA All-Star Selection	July 20
Marynell Meadors	WNBA Coach of the Year	October 1

References

[http://www.wnba.com/news/comets_dispersal_081208.html WNBA.com: Houston Comets dispersal draft]
"Dream Acquires Rights To Chamique Holdsclaw". Our Sports Central.
"Dream Re-Signs Point Guard Nikki Teasley". Our Sports Central.
"DREAM WAIVES CHIOMA NNAMAKA and ANN STROTHER". WNBA.
"Mercury Acquires Center Alison Bales". WNBA.
"BYE BYE BETTY: Atlanta Dream waive nine-year veteran Lennox". Score ATL.
"DREAM WAIVES FORWARD KASHA TERRY". WNBA.
"Dream Signs Center Chantelle Anderson". Our Sports Central.
"Atlanta Dream signs All-Star forward Holdsclaw". Access WDUN.
"Dream Waives Center Katie Feenstra Mattera". Our Sports Central.
"Early Draft-Day Deal". WNBA.
"DREAM SIGNS WNBA ALL-STAR CHAMIQUE HOLDSCLAW". WNBA.
"DREAM WAIVES GUARD ASHLEY SHIELDS". WNBA.
"COCO MILLER SIGNS WITH ATLANTA DREAM". Georgia Athletics.
"Dream Waives Chantelle Anderson And Marlies Gibson". Our Sports Central.
"Dream Waives Guard Ivory Latta". Our Sports Central.
"Dream Signs Ivory Latta And Waives Nikki Teasley". Our Sports Central.
"Sky acquire Dream's Young for Price". ESPN.
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