# 2012 Atlanta Dream season

The 2012 WNBA season is the 5th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/team/country |
| 2 | 14 | Tiffany Hayes | United States | Connecticut |
| 3 | 32 | Isabelle Yacoubou (pick later voided) | France | 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 |
| April 20, 2012 | 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 | Erika de Souza | Yelena Leuchanka |
| PF | Sancho Lyttle | Aneika Henry |
| SF | Angel McCoughtry | Cathrine Kraayeveld Tiffany Hayes |
| SG | Armintie Price | Laurie Koehn |
| PG | Lindsey Harding | Ketia Swanier |

## Schedule
### Preseason

2012 Preseason Schedule :
Total: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1Sat 52:00Tulsa91-89Koehn (21)Henry (9)Harding (6)Philips Arena 4,3401-0 :

### Regular season

2012 Regular Season Total: 19–15 (Home: 11–6; Road: 8–9) :
May: 2–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1Sat 197:00@ IndianaSSO FS-I84-92McCoughtry (26)Lyttle (10)Harding (6)Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,4030-1
2Fri 257:30New YorkSSO100-74McCoughtry (23)Leuchanka (7)McCoughtry (7)Philips Arena 6,8021-1
3Sun 273:00IndianaSSO62-78McCoughtry (21)Lyttle (9)Price Swanier (2)Philips Arena 7,2821-2
4Thu 317:00PhoenixSSO81-65Kraayeveld Lyttle (12)Kraayeveld (9)Price (6)Philips Arena 4,8872-2 :
June: 5–5 (Home: 3–3; Road: 2–2)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
5Sat 27:00ChicagoSSO CN10092-94 (OT)McCoughtry (33)Lyttle Price Swanier (4)Harding (6)Philips Arena 4,5032-3
6Tue 57:00@ New York72-79McCoughtry (21)McCoughtry (14)Price (4)Prudential Center 4,8232-4
7Fri 87:30San AntonioSSO60-57McCoughtry (16)Lyttle (9)McCoughtry (5)Philips Arena 4,5013-4
8Sun 105:00@ ConnecticutCPTV-S73-92McCoughtry (23)Lyttle (8)Harding (5)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,5263-5
9Fri 157:30Los AngelesSSO92-59McCoughtry (31)Henry (9)Harding (6)Philips Arena 8,8724-5
10Sun 173:00ConnecticutSSO73-75Price (20)Lyttle (9)Price (6)Philips Arena 4,3234-6
11Tue 197:00New YorkFS-S60-73Harding Lyttle (13)Lyttle (13)Price (5)Philips Arena 4,1344-7
12Sun 244:00@ New YorkMSG74-64McCoughtry (23)McCoughtry (8)Swanier (9)Prudential Center 6,7545-7
13Tue 2612:00IndianaSSO70-58McCoughtry (22)Kraayeveld (10)Harding (5)Philips Arena 8,3886-7
14Fri 298:00@ Tulsa102-92McCoughtry (24)Lyttle (8)Harding (7)BOK Center 4,2357-7 :
July: 2–3 (Home: 0–0; Road: 2–3)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
15Sun 16:00@ ChicagoCN10069-71McCoughtry (21)Lyttle (7)Harding Hayes (3)Allstate Arena 6,0937-8
16Sat 710:00@ Phoenix100-93 (2OT)Lyttle (31)Lyttle (10)Swanier (5)US Airways Center 7,9488-8
17Sun 88:30@ Los AngelesNBATV KDOC63-79Lyttle (17)Henry (8)Harding (5)Staples Center 11,0198-9
18Wed 113:00@ Seattle70-59Lyttle (21)Hayes (8)Harding (5)KeyArena 9,6869-9
19Fri 138:00@ San AntonioSSO FS-SW70-91Lyttle (21)Lyttle (12)Harding (6)AT&T Center 13,4269-10
Summer Olympic break :
August: 4–3 (Home: 2–2; Road: 2–1)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
Summer Olympic break
20Fri 178:30@ ChicagoCN10082-76McCoughtry (25)McCoughtry (8)Lyttle (7)Allstate Arena 5,59310-10
21Sat 187:00@ IndianaNBATV SSO FS-I72-86McCoughtry (22)de Souza Price (6)3 players (2)Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,30210-11
22Wed 227:00ChicagoNBATV FS-S CN10082-71Lyttle (24)Kraayveld Lyttle (7)Hayes Swanier Lyttle (5)Philips Arena 4,01011-11
23Fri 247:00@ WashingtonNBATV CSN-MA81-69Price (19)de Souza (8)Harding Hayes (5)Verizon Center 9,69712-11
24Sat 257:00MinnesotaESPN274-84Lyttle McCoughtry (14)Lyttle (9)Harding (9)Philips Arena 7,22412-12
25Tue 287:00TulsaFS-S80-84de Souza 16de Souza Lyttle (9)Harding (7)Philips Arena 2,81312-13
26Thu 307:00WashingtonSSO82-59de Souza (21)de Souza (10)Harding (5)Philips Arena 3,38113-13 :
September: 6–2 (Home: 4–0; Road: 2–2)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
27Sun 23:00ConnecticutNBATV SSO87-80McCoughtry (24)Lyttle (13)Lyttle Hayes Harding (4)Philips Arena 5,02014-13
28Wed 57:00IndianaNBATV FS-S FS-I71-64Harding (20)Lyttle (12)Harding (3)Philips Arena 4,11215-13
29Fri 78:00@ MinnesotaSSO93-97McCoughtry (30)Lyttle (12)Harding (7)Target Center 9,30815-14
30Sun 93:00WashingtonSSO93-68Price Harding (15)de Souza (10)Harding (9)Philips Arena 6,89816-14
31Tue 117:00SeattleNBATV FS-S77-61McCoughtry (23)de Souza (8)Hayes Harding (5)Philips Arena 5,55817-14
32Fri 147:00@ Washington82-74McCoughtry (26)de Souza (8)McCoughtry (8)Verizon Center 7,36818-14
33Thu 208:00@ Chicago75-66McCoughtry (21)de Souza (10)Harding (8)Allstate Arena 4,18819-14
34Sun 235:00@ ConnecticutCPTV-S72-92Harding (16)Hayes (9)McCoughtry Harding Hayes (3)Mohegan Sun Arena 9,14319-15 :
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com :

### Playoffs

2012 Playoffs Schedule :
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Indiana (Lost Series 1-2)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1September 287:00@ IndianaESPN275-66Harding (23)Lyttle McCoughtry (9)Harding (7)Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,7761-0
2September 304:00IndianaESPN88-103McCoughtry (22)de Souza (9)Harding (6)Philips Arena 6,8901-1
3October 27:00@ IndianaNBATV64-75Harding (17)de Souza Harding (7)Price (4)Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,8401-2 :

## Standings

| Eastern Conference vte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| Connecticut Sun $^y$ | 25 | 9 | .735 | – | 12–5 | 13–4 | 18–4 |
| Indiana Fever $^x$ | 22 | 12 | .647 | 3.0 | 13–4 | 9–8 | 15–7 |
| Atlanta Dream $^x$ | 19 | 15 | .559 | 6.0 | 11–6 | 8–9 | 12–10 |
| New York Liberty $^x$ | 15 | 19 | .441 | 10.0 | 9–8 | 6–11 | 10–12 |
| Chicago Sky $^o$ | 14 | 20 | .412 | 11.0 | 7–10 | 7–10 | 8–14 |
| Washington Mystics $^o$ | 5 | 29 | .147 | 20.0 | 4–13 | 1–16 | 3–19 |

## 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 | Connecticut | 2 | | | | | | |
| E4 | New York | 0 | | | | | | |
| E4 | New York | 0 | E1 | Connecticut | 1 | | | |
| Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | E1 | Connecticut | 1 | | | |
| Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | E2 | Indiana | 2 | | | |
| E2 | Indiana | 2 | E2 | Indiana | 2 | | | |
| E3 | Atlanta | 1 | | | | | | |
| E3 | Atlanta | 1 | | | | E2 | Indiana | 3 |
| | | | | | | W1 | Minnesota | 1 |
| W1 | Minnesota | 2 | | | | | | | W1 | Minnesota | 1 |
| W4 | Seattle | 1 | | | | | | |
| W4 | Seattle | 1 | W1 | Minnesota | 2 | | | |
| Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | W1 | Minnesota | 2 | | | |
| Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | W2 | Los Angeles | 0 | | | |
| W2 | Los Angeles | 2 | W2 | Los Angeles | 0 | | | |
| W3 | San Antonio | 0 | | | | | | |

## 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 |
| Angel McCoughtry | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | July 2 |
| Sancho Lyttle | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | August 27 |
| Sancho Lyttle | All-Defensive First Team | September 28 |
| 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 |