# 2013 Atlanta Dream season

The 2013 WNBA season is the 6th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Dream finished second in the Eastern Conference with a 17-17 record, and won the Eastern Conference Finals, sweeping the Indiana Fever to earn their third trip in four years to the WNBA Finals, where they were swept by the Minnesota Lynx in three games.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 2 | 13 | Alex Bentley | United States | Penn State |
| 3 | 31 | Anne Marie Armstrong | United States | Georgia |

### Trades and Roster Changes

| Date | Trade |
| January 8, 2013 | Extended Qualifying Offers to Angel McCoughtry and Aneika Henry |
| February 5, 2013 | Signed Angel McCoughtry |
| February 14, 2013 | Signed Aneika Henry |
| February 19, 2013 | Traded the 7th and 19th Picks in the 2013 WNBA draft to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Jasmine Thomas and the 13th Pick in the 2013 Draft |
| March 18, 2013 | Signed Sydney Carter to a Training Camp Contract |
| April 19, 2013 | Signed Alex Bentley and Anne Marie Armstrong to their Rookie Scale Contracts |
| April 25, 2013 | Signed Blanche Alverson to a Training Camp Contract |
| April 30, 2013 | Signed Courtney Clements to a Training Camp Contract |
| May 14, 2013 | Waived Blance Alverson and Ketia Swanier |
| May 22, 2013 | Waived Cathrine Kraayeveld and Sydney Carter |
| May 23, 2013 | Temporarily Suspend the contract of Yelena Leuchanka |
| May 31, 2013 | Exercised the Team Option for the 4th Year on Jasmine Thomas |
| June 17, 2013 | Temporarily Suspend the contract of Sancho Lyttle |
| July 5, 2013 | Activated Sancho Lyttle from her Temporary Suspension |
| July 5, 2013 | Waived Anne Marie Armstrong |
| August 28, 2013 | Signed Anne Marie Armstrong to a 7-Day Contract |

## Schedule
### Preseason

2013 Game Log: Preseason :
Total: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0)
1
May 9
@ Tulsa
W 72–58
Courtney Clements (18)
Aneika Henry (10)
Armintie Herrington (3)
BOK Center 5280
1–0 :
2013 season schedule :

### Regular Season

2013 Regular Season Total: 17–17 (Home: 13–4; Road: 4–13) :
May: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
4
May 25
Tulsa
W 98–81
Tiffany Hayes (21)
Sancho Lyttle (10)
Jasmine Thomas (6)
Philips Arena 7519
1–0
5
May 31
@ Indiana
W 86–77
Angel McCoughtry (29)
Sancho Lyttle (11)
Alex Bentley (6)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 10756
2–0 :
June: 8–1 (Home: 6–0; Road: 2–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
6
June 2
@ Washington
W 73–63
Angel McCoughtry (15)
Sancho Lyttle (9)
Angel McCoughtry (5)
Verizon Center 8938
3–0
7
June 7
New York
W 75–56
Sancho Lyttle (18)
Tiffany Hayes (7)
Angel McCoughtry (10)
Philips Arena 6173
4–0
8
June 9
@ New York
L 67–76
Sancho Lyttle (18)
Sancho Lyttle (11)
Angel McCoughtry (5)
Prudential Center 5933
4–1
9
June 14
Seattle
W 68–59
Angel McCoughtry (23)
Angel McCoughtry (9)
Angel McCoughtry (7)
Philips Arena 4960
5–1
10
June 16
Chicago
W 88–74
Angel McCoughtry (23)
Erika de Souza (11)
Tiffany Hayes (8)
Philips Arena 5552
6–1
11
June 23
@ Connecticut
W 78–77
Angel McCoughtry (34)
Le'Coe Willingham (7)
Angel McCoughtry (2)
Mohegan Sun Arena 7557
7–1
12
June 25
Indiana
W 76–60
Erika de Souza (17)
Erika de Souza (10)
McCoughtry & Herrington (4)
Philips Arena 10155
8–1
13
June 28
Washington
W 86–75
Angel McCoughtry (21)
Erika de Souza (9)
Tiffany Hayes (6)
Philips Arena 5512
9–1
14
June 30
San Antonio
W 93–67
Tiffany Hayes (19)
Erika de Souza (7)
Angel McCoughtry (9)
Philips Arena 5359
10–1 :
July: 1–4 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–4)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
15
July 9
@ Minnesota
L 72–94
Angel McCoughtry (16)
Erika de Souza (13)
Angel McCoughtry (5)
Target Center 8623
10–2
16
July 14
@ Seattle
L 65–73
de Souza Bentley (16)
Erika de Souza (14)
Alex Bentley (5)
Key Arena 6479
10–3
17
July 17
@ Los Angeles
L 73–77
Angel McCoughtry (24)
Erika de Souza (18)
Angel McCoughtry (5)
Staples Center 10876
10–4
18
July 21
@ Tulsa
L 63–90
Angel McCoughtry (21)
Erika de Souza (16)
Alex Bentley (3)
BOK Center 4107
10–5
19
July 24
Connecticut
W 74–65
Angel McCoughtry (22)
Erika de Souza (10)
Angel McCoughtry (6)
Philips Arena 4434
11–5 :
August: 3–8 (Home: 3–3; Road: 0–5)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
All-Star Break
20
August 3
@ Phoenix
L 76–82
Angel McCoughtry (33)
Erika de Souza (11)
Angel McCoughtry (8)
US Airways Center 8138
11–6
21
August 10
@ Indiana
L 66–80
Angel McCoughtry (17)
Erika de Souza (5)
Alex Bentley (5)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9271
11–7
22
August 11
New York
L 82–88
Angel McCoughtry (30)
Erika de Souza (10)
McCoughtry & Thomas (5)
Philips Arena 4576
11–8
23
August 14
@ Connecticut
L 86–88
Angel McCoughtry (33)
McCoughtry & de Souza (8)
Armintie Herrington (6)
Mohegan Sun Arena 5206
11–9
24
August 16
Connecticut
W 88–57
Angel McCoughtry (30)
Erika de Souza (15)
Angel McCoughtry (8)
Philips Arena 4435
12–9
25
August 18
Washington
W 76–58
Tiffany Hayes (23)
Erika de Souza (8)
Jasmine Thomas (4)
Philips Arena 4873
13–9
26
August 20
Minnesota
W 88–75
Tiffany Hayes (23)
Erika de Souza (16)
Alex Bentley (6)
Philips Arena 4855
14–9
27
August 23
@ Washington
L 64–74
Angel McCoughtry (17)
Erika de Souza (12)
Angel McCoughtry (8)
Verizon Center 7088
14–10
28
August 24
Chicago
L 56–67
Angel McCoughtry (20)
Erika de Souza (16)
Angel McCoughtry (3)
Philips Arena 7412
14–11
29
August 28
Washington
L 80–85 (OT)
Angel McCoughtry (23)
Erika de Souza (14)
Alex Bentley (7)
Philips Arena 4415
14–12
30
August 31
@ Chicago
L 68–85
Alex Bentley (19)
Erika de Souza (9)
Jasmine Thomas (6)
Allstate Arena 6047
14–13 :
September: 3–4 (Home:2–1; Road: 1–3)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
31
September 2
Los Angeles
W 92–82
Erika de Souza (27)
Jasmine Thomas (8)
Alex Bentley (11)
Philips Arena 5504
15–13
32
September 4
Indiana
W 89–80 (OT)
Angel McCoughtry (30)
Erika de Souza (15)
Angel McCoughtry (8)
Philips Arena 4019
16–13
33
September 6
@ New York
W 70–57
Angel McCoughtry (16)
Erika de Souza (14)
Angel McCoughtry (3)
Prudential Center 7021
17–13
34
September 8
Phoenix
L 71–79
Angel McCoughtry (25)
Erika de Souza (10)
Armintie Herrington (5)
Philips Arena 9740
17–14
35
September 11
@ Connecticut
L 77–78
Angel McCoughtry (23)
Angel McCoughtry (10)
Angel McCoughtry (7)
Mohegan Sun Arena 5724
17–15
36
September 13
@ Chicago
L 82–87
Angel McCoughtry (29)
Erika de Souza (13)
Jasmine Thomas (6)
Allstate Arena 7679
17–16
37
September 15
@ San Antonio
L 68–97
Alex Bentley (17)
Aneika Henry (10)
Jasmine Thomas (6)
AT&T Center 7486
17–17 :
2013 season schedule :

## Standings

| # | Eastern Conference vte | Eastern Conference vte | Eastern Conference vte | Eastern Conference vte | Eastern Conference vte | Eastern Conference vte |
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
| 1 | z-Chicago Sky | 24 | 10 | .706 | - | 34 |
| 2 | x-Atlanta Dream | 17 | 17 | .500 | 7 | 34 |
| 3 | x-Washington Mystics | 17 | 17 | .500 | 7 | 34 |
| 4 | x-Indiana Fever | 16 | 18 | .471 | 8 | 34 |
| 5 | e-New York Liberty | 11 | 23 | .324 | 13 | 34 |
| 6 | e-Connecticut Sun | 10 | 24 | .294 | 14 | 34 |

### Playoffs

2013 Playoffs: Total: 4–4 (Home: 2–2; Road: 2–2) :
Eastern Semifinals vs. Washington (Win Series 2-1)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1
September 19
Washington
L 56–71
Angel McCoughtry (20)
Erika de Souza (12)
Angel McCoughtry (3)
Philips Arena 3862
0–1
2
September 21
@ Washington
W 63–45
Angel McCoughtry (20)
Erika de Souza (15)
Jasmine Thomas (6)
Verizon Center 7065
1–1
3
September 23
Washington
W 80–72
de Souza & Hayes (18)
Erika de Souza (14)
Angel McCoughtry (7)
Philips Arena 4078
2–1 :
Eastern Finals vs. Indiana (Win Series 2-0)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1
September 26
Indiana
W 84–79
Tiffany Hayes (23)
Armintie Herrington (7)
Herrington & McCoughtry (5)
Philips Arena 4238
1–0
2
September 29
@ Indiana
W 67–53
Angel McCoughtry (27)
Armintie Herrington (9)
Angel McCoughtry (3)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7051
2–0 :
WNBA Finals vs. Minnesota (Lost Series 0-3)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1
October 6
@ Minnesota
L 59–84
Angel McCoughtry (17)
Aneika Henry (14)
Armintie Herrington (3)
Target Center 13804
0–1
2
October 8
@ Minnesota
L 63–88
Angel McCoughtry (15)
Erika de Souza (8)
Angel McCoughtry (4)
Target Center 12313
0–2
3
October 10
Minnesota
L 77–86
Tiffany Hayes (20)
Erika de Souza (9)
Alex Bentley (6)
Gwinnett Center 5040
0–3 :
2013 season schedule :

## 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 | Chicago | 0 | | | | | | |
| E4 | Indiana | 2 | | | | | | |
| E4 | Indiana | 2 | E4 | Indiana | 0 | | | |
| Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | E4 | Indiana | 0 | | | |
| Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | E2 | Atlanta | 2 | | | |
| E2 | Atlanta | 2 | E2 | Atlanta | 2 | | | |
| E3 | Washington | 1 | | | | | | |
| E3 | Washington | 1 | | | | E2 | Atlanta | 0 |
| | | | | | | W1 | Minnesota | 3 |
| W1 | Minnesota | 2 | | | | | | | W1 | Minnesota | 3 |
| W4 | Seattle | 0 | | | | | | |
| W4 | Seattle | 0 | W1 | Minnesota | 2 | | | |
| Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | W1 | Minnesota | 2 | | | |
| Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | W3 | Phoenix | 0 | | | |
| W2 | Los Angeles | 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 | 32 | 31.4 | 41.3 | 20.4 | 82.4 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 21.5 |
| Sancho Lyttle | 6 | 6 | 30.0 | 52.9 | 40.0 | 66.7 | 8.5 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 14.3 |
| Erika de Souza | 34 | 34 | 29.9 | 52.9 | 0.0 | 67.7 | 9.9 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 12.9 |
| Tiffany Hayes | 23 | 4 | 22.3 | 40.6 | 37.7 | 74.5 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 11.3 |
| Jasmine Thomas | 34 | 29 | 27.5 | 35.9 | 21.6 | 69.6 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 8.5 |
| Alex Bentley | 34 | 10 | 22.1 | 39.8 | 32.9 | 71.1 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 8.3 |
| Armintie Herrington | 28 | 26 | 29.9 | 46.7 | 0.0 | 59.1 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 7.0 |
| Le'Coe Willingham | 34 | 28 | 22.2 | 42.4 | 30.4 | 71.4 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 4.1 |
| Aneika Henry-Morello | 34 | 1 | 12.8 | 45.0 | 0.0 | 76.5 | 3.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 3.9 |
| Courtney Clements | 26 | 0 | 9.4 | 20.2 | 23.1 | 75.0 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 2.2 |
| Ruth Riley | 16 | 0 | 7.6 | 31.6 | 40.0 | 66.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.1 |
| Anne Marie Armstrong | 9 | 0 | 2.8 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.7 |

### Playoffs

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Angel McCoughtry | 8 | 8 | 30.9 | 31.4 | 25.0 | 83.0 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 17.9 |
| Tiffany Hayes | 8 | 6 | 28.6 | 39.0 | 35.3 | 76.7 | 4.5 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 12.4 |
| Erika de Souza | 8 | 8 | 30.8 | 47.0 | 0.0 | 58.8 | 9.9 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 11.0 |
| Armintie Herrington | 8 | 5 | 27.4 | 51.0 | 0.0 | 63.2 | 4.5 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 7.8 |
| Jasmine Thomas | 8 | 8 | 28.9 | 31.0 | 0.0 | 70.0 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 6.4 |
| Aneika Henry-Morello | 8 | 3 | 22.8 | 55.0 | 0.0 | 83.3 | 6.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 6.1 |
| Alex Bentley | 8 | 0 | 17.4 | 28.3 | 19.0 | 88.9 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 5.8 |
| Ruth Riley | 4 | 0 | 6.5 | 75.0 | 100.0 | 50.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Le'Coe Willingham | 4 | 2 | 18.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Courtney Clements | 4 | 0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded |
| Angel McCoughtry | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | May 24 - June 2 |
| Angel McCoughtry | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | June 10 - June 16 |
| Angel McCoughtry | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | June 17 - June 23 |
| Angel McCoughtry | Eastern Conference Player of the Month - June | July 1 |
| Angel McCoughtry | Peak Performer: Points | September 18 |
| Angel McCoughtry | All-WNBA Second Team | September 25 |
| Angel McCoughtry | All-Star Selection | July 23 |
| Angel McCoughtry | All-Defensive First Team | September 20 |
| Erika de Souza | All-Star Selection | July 23 |
| Erika de Souza | All-Defensive Second Team | September 20 |
| Armintie Herrington | All-Defensive First Team | September 20 |
| Alex Bentley | All-Rookie Team | September 20 |