# 2011 Atlanta Dream season

The 2011 WNBA season is the 4th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association. 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.

## Transactions
### 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 |
| March 24, 2011 | Signed Ashley Paris to a Training Camp Contract |
| March 31, 2011 | Signed Alison Bales to a Training Camp Contract |
| 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. |
| April 11, 2011 | 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 |
| May 31, 2011 | Declined Team Option on Shalee Lehning |
| May 31, 2011 | Waived Shannon McCallum |
| June 1, 2011 | Waived Felicia Chester |
| June 5, 2011 | Waived Brittainey Raven |
| June 5, 2011 | Signed Kelly Mazzante |
| June 16, 2011 | Temporarily Suspend Sancho Lyttle due to Overseas Commitments |
| June 18, 2011 | Signed Courtney Paris |
| July 3, 2011 | Activated Sancho Lyttle from her Temporary Suspension |
| July 3, 2011 | Waived Kelly Mazzante |
| September 8, 2011 | Signed Sancho Lyttle to a Contract Extension |

## Roster
### 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)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 2912:00pm@ Great BritainNBATV82–51Miller (21)Irvin (8)Harding (5)Manchester Evening News Arena N/A1–0 :

### Regular season

2011 Regular Season Total: 20–14 (Home: 13–4; Road: 4–13) :
June: 3–7 (Home: 2–5; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1June 53:00pmNew YorkSSO88–94 (OT)Castro Marques (19)Lyttle (11)Harding (9)Philips Arena 8,0380–1
2June 97:00pmWashingtonESPN290–98 (OT)de Souza (20)de Souza (15)Castro Marques (5)Philips Arena 5,0200–2
3June 118:00pm@ San Antonio74–86McCoughtry (19)de Souza (14)Harding (4)AT&T Center 9,1400–3
4June 147:00pm@ New York79–58McCoughtry (18)Bales Irvin (7)Lehning (6)Prudential Center 5,7251–3
5June 178:00pm@ Minnesota85–96McCoughtry (27)de Souza (11)Castro Marques (4)Target Center 7,5561–4
6June 193:00pmMinnesotaSSO64–77Harding (14)de Souza (12)Harding Miller (3)Philips Arena 7,2741–5
7June 2112:00pmChicagoSSO71–68McCoughtry (14)McCoughtry Paris (8)Harding (6)Philips Arena 6,1542–5
8June 247:30pmPhoenixFS-S FS-A83–92McCoughtry (24)Paris (8)Harding (4)Philips Arena 5,4922–6
9June 263:00pmSan AntonioNBATV SSO86–92Miller (19)Paris (11)Price (5)Philips Arena 5,7182–7
10June 307:30pmNew YorkSSO87–81de Souza (27)de Souza (15)McCoughtry Miller (4)Philips Arena 4,4233–7 :
July: 5–3 (Home: 3–0; Road: 2–3)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
11July 98:00pm@ ChicagoCN10069–81McCoughtry (17)McCoughtry (8)McCoughtry (6)Allstate Arena 5,6793–8
12July 1312:00pm@ New York69–91McCoughtry (17)de Souza (7)Lehning (3)Prudential Center 14,3143–9
13July 167:30pmChicagoNBATV FS-S CN10076–68McCoughtry (24)Bales de Souza (8)Price (10)Philips Arena 7,4134–9
14July 1912:00pmIndianaNBATV SSO84–74Harding (19)de Souza (11)Harding (5)Philips Arena 7,6455–9
15July 2011:30am@ WashingtonNBATV86–79McCoughtry (33)Irvin (11)McCoughtry Price (3)Verizon Center 13,9546–9
All-Star break
16July 268:00pm@ Tulsa76–68McCoughtry (37)Bales (9)Harding Lehning (3)BOK Center 3,4357–9
17July 287:00pmLos AngelesNBATV SSO89–80McCoughtry (22)McCoughtry (11)McCoughtry (7)Philips Arena 6,7018–9
18July 315:00pm@ Connecticut92–99McCoughtry (36)de Souza (9)Castro Marques (6)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,9558–10 :
August: 8–3 (Home: 3–1; Road: 5–2)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
19August 27:30pmNew YorkFS-S75–85McCoughtry (24)McCoughtry Price (6)Harding (9)Philips Arena 4,5738–11
20August 73:00pmSeattleNBATV SSO70–53McCoughtry (17)de Souza Lyttle (7)Harding (7)Philips Arena 7,3379–11
21August 97:00pm@ WashingtonCSN-MA72–70McCoughtry (19)de Souza (12)McCoughtry (5)Verizon Center 9,53610–11
22August 1110:00pm@ Phoenix95–109McCoughtry (25)de Souza (7)Bales (4)US Airways Center 7,94010–12
23August 1310:00pm@ SeattleNBATV KONG92–63Castro Marques McCoughtry (17)McCoughtry (6)Price (4)KeyArena 9,68611–12
24August 1610:30pm@ Los AngelesNBATV SSO PRIME84–79McCoughtry (23)de Souza (13)Price (8)STAPLES Center 7,52212–12
25August 197:30pmConnecticutNBATV SSO94–88 (OT)McCoughtry (26)McCoughtry (12)Harding (5)Philips Arena 7,22513–12
26August 215:00pm@ Connecticut87–96McCoughtry (22)de Souza (10)Harding (9)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,63613–13
27August 238:00pm@ ChicagoCN10083–80McCoughtry (22)McCoughtry (7)Harding (9)Allstate Arena 2,87614–13
28August 277:00pm@ IndianaNBATV SSO FS-I86–80McCoughtry (20)Lyttle (9)Castro Marques (3)Conseco Fieldhouse 9,24215–13
29August 307:30pmIndianaSSO92–90McCoughtry (28)Lyttle (11)Harding (6)Philips Arena 6,46716–13 :
September: 4–17 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
30September 17:00pm@ Washington81–85McCoughtry (30)Irvin (7)Harding (8)Verizon Center 7,95416–14
31September 27:30pmWashingtonNBATV SSO95–73Price (19)Lyttle (8)Harding (7)Philips Arena 6,57917–14
32September 43:00pmTulsaSSO73–52McCoughtry (19)Bales Price (6)Harding (10)Philips Arena 7,66118–14
33September 67:30pmConnecticutSSO85–74McCoughtry (35)Lyttle (12)Harding (8)Philips Arena 6,55819–14
34September 115:00pm@ IndianaNBATV SSO FS-I93–88McCoughtry (32)Bales (11)4 players (4)Conseco Fieldhouse 11,52120–14 :
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com :

### Playoffs

2011 Playoffs Schedule :
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Connecticut (Won Series 2-0)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1September 167:00pm@ ConnecticutNBATV89–84Harding (21)Lyttle (11)Price (5)Mohegan Sun Arena 7,3731–0
2September 183:00pmConnecticutESPN269–64de Souza Harding Lyttle McCoughtry (12)de Souza (10)Harding (6)Philips Arena 6,8872–0 :
Eastern Conference Finals vs. Indiana (Won Series 2-1)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1September 227:00pm@ IndianaESPN274–82Harding (17)de Souza (13)Harding (7)Conseco Fieldhouse 8,2530–1
2September 253:00pmIndianaESPN294–77Castro Marques (30)Lyttle Price (7)Harding (7)Philips Arena 8,0521–1
3September 278:00pm@ IndianaESPN283–67McCoughtry (26)Lyttle (11)Harding (6)Conseco Fieldhouse 9,0362–1 :
WNBA Finals vs. Minnesota (Lost Series 0-3)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1October 28:30pm@ MinnesotaESPN74–88McCoughtry (33)Bales (9)Harding (5)Target Center 15,2580–1
2October 58:00pm@ MinnesotaESPN295–101McCoughtry (38)de Souza (10)Harding (7)Target Center 15,1240–2
3October 78:00pmMinnesotaESPN267–73McCoughtry (22)de Souza (15)Harding (7)Philips Arena 11,5430–3 :

## 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 Semi-Finals Best-of-3 | Conference Semi-Finals Best-of-3 | Conference Semi-Finals Best-of-3 | Conference Finals Best-of-3 | Conference Finals Best-of-3 | Conference Finals Best-of-3 | WNBA Finals Best-of-5 | WNBA Finals Best-of-5 | WNBA Finals Best-of-5 |
| E1 | Indiana | 2 | | | | | | |
| E4 | New York | 1 | | | | | | |
| E4 | New York | 1 | E1 | Indiana | 1 | | | |
| Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | E1 | Indiana | 1 | | | |
| Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | E3 | Atlanta | 2 | | | |
| E2 | Connecticut | 0 | E3 | Atlanta | 2 | | | |
| E3 | Atlanta | 2 | | | | | | |
| E3 | Atlanta | 2 | | | | E3 | Atlanta | 0 |
| | | | | | | W1 | Minnesota | 3 |
| W1 | Minnesota | 2 | | | | | | | W1 | Minnesota | 3 |
| W4 | San Antonio | 1 | | | | | | |
| W4 | San Antonio | 1 | W1 | Minnesota | 2 | | | |
| Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | W1 | Minnesota | 2 | | | |
| Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | W3 | Phoenix | 0 | | | |
| W2 | Seattle | 1 | W3 | Phoenix | 0 | | | |
| W3 | Phoenix | 2 | | | | | | |
* Bold – Series winner
* Italics – Team with home-court advantage

## Statistics
### 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 |
| Angel McCoughtry | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | July 25 |
| Angel McCoughtry | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | July 31 |
| Angel McCoughtry | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | August 22 |
| Angel McCoughtry | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | September 12 |
| Angel McCoughtry | Eastern Conference Player of the Month - July | August 2 |
| Angel McCoughtry | All-Star Starter | July 16 |
| Angel McCoughtry | All-WNBA First Team | September |
| Angel McCoughtry | All-Defensive First Team | September |
| Sancho Lyttle | All-Defensive Second Team | September |
| Armintie Price | All-Defensive Second Team | September |