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2012 Atlanta Dream season
F. Williams (7-3) ESPN2, NBATV
The 2012 Atlanta Dream season was the 5th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association, and their 5th season under head coach, Marynell Meadors.
Transactions
WNBA draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/team/country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 14 | Tiffany Hayes | Connecticut | |
| 3 | 32 | Isabelle Yacoubou (pick later voided) | France |
Trades and Roster Changes
| Date | Transaction |
|---|---|
| January 4, 2012 | Extended Qualifying Offers to Courtney Paris, Armintie Herrington, Alison Bales, and Yelena Leuchanka |
| January 15, 2012 | Cored Erika de Souza |
| January 31, 2012 | Shalee Lehning announces her retirement from the WNBA |
| February 8, 2012 | Signed Cathrine Kraayeveld |
| February 9, 2012 | Signed Yelena Leuchanka |
| February 10, 2012 | Signed Aneika Henry-Morello to a training-camp contract |
| February 14, 2012 | Signed Laurie Koehn to training-camp contract |
| February 15, 2012 | Signed Coco Miller and Courtney Paris to training-camp contracts |
| March 3, 2012 | Signed Ketia Swanier |
| March 7, 2012 | Signed Armintie Herrington |
| March 8, 2012 | Signed Erika de Souza |
| April 6, 2012 | Signed Romina Ciappina to a training-camp contract |
| April 13, 2012 | Alison Bales announces her retirement from the WNBA |
| April 20, 2012 | Signed Tiffany Hayes to a rookie-scale contract |
| Signed Chelsea Regins and Aishah Sutherland to training-camp contracts | |
| April 25, 2012 | Signed Brittany Johnson to a training-camp contract |
| May 8, 2012 | Waived Romina Ciappina, Chelsea Regins, Brittany Johnson, and Aishah Sutherland |
| May 16, 2012 | Waived Coco Miller |
| June 3, 2012 | Waived Courtney Paris |
| June 4, 2012 | Signed Jessica Moore |
| July 2, 2012 | Waived Jessica Moore |
| July 5, 2012 | Signed Jessica Moore to a 7-day contract |
| July 12, 2012 | Signed Jessica Moore to a 2nd 7-day contract |
Roster
Depth
| Pos. | Starter | Bench | C | PF | SF | SG | PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erika de Souza | Yelena Leuchanka | ||||||
| Sancho Lyttle | Aneika Henry | ||||||
| Angel McCoughtry | Cathrine Kraayeveld | ||||||
| Tiffany Hayes | |||||||
| Armintie Price | Laurie Koehn | ||||||
| Lindsey Harding | Ketia Swanier |
Schedule
Preseason
| Game| Date| Time (ET)| Opponent| TV| Score| High points| High rebounds| High assists| Location/Attendance| Record}} |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || Sat 5 || 2:00 || Tulsa || || 91-89 || Koehn (21) || Henry (9) || Harding (6) || Philips Arena 4,340 || 1-0 |-
Regular season
Total: 19–15 (Home: 11–6; Road: 8–9)}} | Game| Date| Time (ET)| Opponent| TV| Score| High points| High rebounds| High assists| Location/Attendance| Record}} |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || Sat 19 || 7:00 || @ Indiana || SSO FS-I || 84-92 || McCoughtry (26) || Lyttle (10) || Harding (6) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,403 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || Fri 25 || 7:30 || New York || SSO || 100-74 || McCoughtry (23) || Leuchanka (7) || McCoughtry (7) || Philips Arena 6,802 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || Sun 27 || 3:00 || Indiana || SSO || 62-78 || McCoughtry (21) || Lyttle (9) || Price Swanier (2) || Philips Arena 7,282 || 1-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || Thu 31 || 7:00 || Phoenix || SSO || 81-65 || Kraayeveld Lyttle (12) || Kraayeveld (9) || Price (6) || Philips Arena 4,887 || 2-2 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || Sat 2 || 7:00 || Chicago || SSO CN100 || 92-94 (OT) || McCoughtry (33) || Lyttle Price Swanier (4) || Harding (6) || Philips Arena 4,503 || 2-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || Tue 5 || 7:00 || @ New York || || 72-79 || McCoughtry (21) || McCoughtry (14) || Price (4) || Prudential Center 4,823 || 2-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || Fri 8 || 7:30 || San Antonio || SSO || 60-57 || McCoughtry (16) || Lyttle (9) || McCoughtry (5) || Philips Arena 4,501 || 3-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 || Sun 10 || 5:00 || @ Connecticut || CPTV-S || 73-92 || McCoughtry (23) || Lyttle (8) || Harding (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,526 || 3-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 9 || Fri 15 || 7:30 || Los Angeles || SSO || 92-59 || McCoughtry (31) || Henry (9) || Harding (6) || Philips Arena 8,872 || 4-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || Sun 17 || 3:00 || Connecticut || SSO || 73-75 || Price (20) || Lyttle (9) || Price (6) || Philips Arena 4,323 || 4-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 || Tue 19 || 7:00 || New York || FS-S || 60-73 || Harding Lyttle (13) || Lyttle (13) || Price (5) || Philips Arena 4,134 || 4-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || Sun 24 || 4:00 || @ New York || MSG || 74-64 || McCoughtry (23) || McCoughtry (8) || Swanier (9) || Prudential Center 6,754 || 5-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || Tue 26 || 12:00 || Indiana || SSO || 70-58 || McCoughtry (22) || Kraayeveld (10) || Harding (5) || Philips Arena 8,388 || 6-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || Fri 29 || 8:00 || @ Tulsa || || 102-92 || McCoughtry (24) || Lyttle (8) || Harding (7) || BOK Center 4,235 || 7-7 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 15 || Sun 1 || 6:00 || @ Chicago || CN100 || 69-71 || McCoughtry (21) || Lyttle (7) || Harding Hayes (3) || Allstate Arena 6,093 || 7-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || Sat 7 || 10:00 || @ Phoenix || || 100-93 (2OT) || Lyttle (31) || Lyttle (10) || Swanier (5) || US Airways Center 7,948 || 8-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 || Sun 8 || 8:30 || @ Los Angeles || NBATV KDOC || 63-79 || Lyttle (17) || Henry (8) || Harding (5) || Staples Center 11,019 || 8-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || Wed 11 || 3:00 || @ Seattle || || 70-59 || Lyttle (21) || Hayes (8) || Harding (5) || KeyArena 9,686 || 9-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 19 || Fri 13 || 8:00 || @ San Antonio || SSO FS-SW || 70-91 || Lyttle (21) || Lyttle (12) || Harding (6) || AT&T Center 13,426 || 9-10
| - |
|---|
| - |
| - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |
| 20 |
| 5,593 |
| - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |
| 21 |
| SSO |
| FS-I |
| Price (6) |
| 9,302 |
| - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |
| 22 |
| FS-S |
| CN100 |
| Lyttle (7) |
| Swanier |
| Lyttle (5) |
| 4,010 |
| - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |
| 23 |
| CSN-MA |
| Hayes (5) |
| 9,697 |
| - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |
| 24 |
| McCoughtry (14) |
| 7,224 |
| - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |
| 25 |
| Lyttle (9) |
| 2,813 |
| - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |
| 26 |
| 3,381 |
| - |
| - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |
| 27 |
| SSO |
| Hayes |
| Harding (4) |
| 5,020 |
| - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |
| 28 |
| FS-S |
| FS-I |
| 4,112 |
| - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |
| 29 |
| 9,308 |
| - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |
| 30 |
| Harding (15) |
| 6,898 |
| - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |
| 31 |
| FS-S |
| Harding (5) |
| 5,558 |
| - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |
| 32 |
| 7,368 |
| - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |
| 33 |
| 4,188 |
| - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |
| 34 |
| Harding |
| Hayes (3) |
| 9,143 |
| - |
| All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com |
Playoffs
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || September 28 || 7:00 || @ Indiana || ESPN2 || 75-66 || Harding (23) || Lyttle McCoughtry (9) || Harding (7) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,776 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || September 30 || 4:00 || Indiana || ESPN || 88-103 || McCoughtry (22) || de Souza (9) || Harding (6) || Philips Arena 6,890 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || October 2 || 7:00 || @ Indiana || NBATV || 64-75 || Harding (17) || de Souza Harding (7) || Price (4) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,840 || 1-2 |-
Standings
Playoffs
Statistics
Regular season
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angel McCoughtry | 24 | 17 | 29.9 | 44.7 | 33.7 | 80.0 | 5.0 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 21.4 |
| Sancho Lyttle | 34 | 34 | 31.6 | 41.2 | 25.5 | 75.8 | 7.6 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 14.0 |
| Lindsey Harding | 34 | 32 | 30.6 | 42.5 | 24.1 | 81.8 | 2.8 | 4.5 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 12.3 |
| Erika de Souza | 15 | 15 | 29.9 | 52.3 | 0.0 | 69.6 | 8.2 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 11.6 |
| Tiffany Hayes | 34 | 17 | 23.1 | 39.0 | 27.3 | 78.6 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 8.6 |
| Armintie Herrington | 34 | 33 | 26.6 | 50.9 | 0.0 | 60.2 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 8.4 |
| Aneika Henry | 34 | 14 | 18.0 | 46.8 | 0.0 | 76.2 | 4.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 4.8 |
| Cathrine Kraayeveld | 33 | 1 | 15.4 | 42.1 | 40.2 | 33.3 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 4.6 |
| Yelena Leuchanka | 19 | 5 | 13.7 | 38.1 | 0.0 | 71.4 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 3.1 |
| Ketia Swanier | 34 | 2 | 11.4 | 31.7 | 16.7 | 73.1 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2.2 |
| Jessica Moore | 8 | 0 | 5.4 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 |
| Laurie Koehn | 23 | 0 | 4.9 | 34.1 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.8 |
| Courtney Paris | 4 | 0 | 7.3 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
Playoffs
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsey Harding | 3 | 3 | 38.0 | 42.6 | 25.0 | 88.9 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 19.0 |
| Angel McCoughtry | 3 | 3 | 33.3 | 41.2 | 25.0 | 81.8 | 5.7 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 18.0 |
| Sancho Lyttle | 3 | 3 | 34.3 | 36.2 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 7.0 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 12.3 |
| Erika de Souza | 3 | 3 | 29.7 | 41.4 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 6.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 8.7 |
| Armintie Herrington | 3 | 3 | 30.0 | 36.4 | 0.0 | 72.7 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 8.0 |
| Tiffany Hayes | 3 | 0 | 16.3 | 36.4 | 33.3 | 100.0 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 4.3 |
| Aneika Henry | 3 | 0 | 10.0 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 2.7 |
| Ketia Swanier | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 66.7 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 |
| Cathrine Kraayeveld | 3 | 0 | 6.3 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
Awards and honors
| Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angel McCoughtry | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | July 2 | ||||
| Sancho Lyttle | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | August 27 | ||||
| All-Defensive First Team | September 28 | title=Indiana Fever's Catchings and Chicago Sky's Fowles Headline the 2012 WNBA All-Defensive Team | url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/playoffs/2012/all_defensive_team_120928.html | website=wnba.com | publisher=WNBA | access-date=July 5, 2022}} |
| Lindsey Harding | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | September 10 | ||||
| Armintie Price | All-Defensive Second Team | September 28 | ||||
| Tiffany Hayes | WNBA All-Rookie Team | October 7 |
References
References
- "DREAM GUARD SHALEE LEHNING ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT". WNBA.
- "Atlanta Dream Re-Signs Center Yelena Leuchanka". Our Sports Central.
- "ATLANTA DREAM SIGNS FORWARD ANEIKA HENRY". WNBA.
- "Atlanta Dream Signs Guard Laurie Koehn". Our Sports Central.
- "Atlanta Dream Re-Signs Coco Miller and Courtney Paris". Our Sports Central.
- "Swanier Headed Home!!". 2x Inc..
- "De Souza and Price re-sign with Dream". WFMY News2.
- "Alison Bales leaves WNBA for school". ESPN.
- Hoopfeed.com. "Atlanta Dream waived Coco Miller, put Erika de Souza on suspended list. Roster at 11. #wnba".
- "WNBA 2012: Dream Waives Courtney Parris To Make Room For Jessica Moore". SB Nation.
- "Atlanta Dream's Angel McCoughtry Named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week". Our Sports Central.
- "Atlanta's Lyttle and Los Angeles' Toliver Named WNBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week Presented by Boost Mobile". WNBA.
- "Indiana Fever's Catchings and Chicago Sky's Fowles Headline the 2012 WNBA All-Defensive Team". WNBA.
- "Harding, Moore named Players of the Week". WTSP.
- "Nneka Ogwumike, Glory Johnson Headline 2012 All-Rookie Team". WNBA.
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