# 2014 Atlanta Dream season

The 2014 WNBA season is the 7th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association. This is also the first season the Dream has finished first in the East. In the last game of the Eastern Semis, the Dream had a 16-point lead at the end of the 3rd quarter, but unfortunately gave the other team the lead and lost 81-80.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 8 | Shoni Schimmel | United States | Louisville |
| 2 | 18 | Inga Orekhova | Ukraine | South Florida |
| 2 | 20 | Cassie Harberts | United States | USC |

### Trades and Roster Changes

| Date | Transaction |
| January 15, 2014 | Cored Erika de Souza |
| March 11, 2014 | Extended a Qualifying Offer to Courtney Clements |
| March 12, 2014 | Traded Alex Bentley and a 3rd Round Pick in the 2014 WNBA draft in a 3-Team Trade involving the Washington Mystics and the Connecticut Sun. Bentley went to the Sun, while the 3rd Round Pick went to Washington. Atlanta received Matee Ajavon and a 2nd Round Pick in the 2014 Draft from the Mystics. |
| March 25, 2014 | Signed Samantha Prahlis and Jacki Gemelos to Training Camp Contracts |
| March 26, 2014 | Signed Erika de Souza |
| March 30, 2014 | Signed Nádia Colhado to a Training Camp Contract |
| April 1, 2014 | Signed Courtney Clements to a Training Camp Contract |
| April 3, 2014 | Signed Celine Dumerc |
| April 4, 2014 | Signed Jhasmin Player to a Training Camp Contract |
| April 10, 2014 | Signed Ashley Corral and Amanda Thompson to Training Camp Contracts |
| April 16, 2014 | Signed Shoni Schimmel, Cassie Harberts, and Inga Orekhova to Rookie Scale Contracts |
| April 23, 2014 | Signed Khaalidah Miller to a Training Camp Contract |
| April 25, 2014 | Signed Danielle Wilson and Rebekah Gardner to Training Camp Contracts |
| April 30, 2014 | Waived Danielle Wilson, Ashley Corral, and Jacki Gemelos |
| May 4, 2014 | Waived Khaalidah Miller and Rebekah Gardner |
| May 7, 2014 | Exercised the 4th Year Team Option on Tiffany Hayes |
| May 7, 2014 | Traded Courtney Clements and 2nd Round Pick in the 2015 WNBA draft to the Chicago Sky for Swin Cash and a 3rd Round Pick in the 2015 Draft |
| May 12, 2014 | Waived Jhasmin Player, Samantha Prahlis, and Cassie Harberts |
| May 15, 2014 | Temporarily Suspend Celine Dumerc due to Overseas Commitments |
| May 30, 2014 | Waived Inga Orekhova |
| June 2, 2014 | Activated Celine Dumerc from her Temporary Suspension |
| July 9, 2014 | Traded Swin Cash to the New York Liberty in exchange for Delisha Milton-Jones |
| August 18, 2014 | Signed Sancho Lyttle to a Contract Extension |

## Schedule
### Preseason

2014 Game Log: Preseason :
Total: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
1
May 11
@ New York
W 63–58
Tiffany Hayes (14)
Érika de Souza (7)
Shoni Schimmel (4)
Philips Arena 2444
1–0 :
2014 season schedule :

### Regular season

2014 Game Log: Regular Season :
May: 3–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 167:30pmSan AntonioSSOW 79-75de Souza (23)de Souza (11)Shoni Schimmel (11)Philips Arena 4,5751-0
2May 177:00pm@ IndianaFS-SW 90-88McCoughtry (27)Lyttle (21)Schimmel (10)Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,2752-0
3May 248:00pm@ ChicagoL 73-87de Souza (18)de Souza (12)Schimmel (8)Allstate Arena 4,1362-1
4May 256:00pmIndianaSSOL 77-82McCoughtry (19)de Souza (9)Schimmel (8)Philips Arena 5,5172-2
5May 307:30pmSeattleSSOW 80-69Hayes (20)Lyttle (10)McCoughtry (8)Philips Arena 5,4863-2 :
June: 9–2 (Home: 7–0; Road: 2–2)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
6June 13:00pm@ ConnecticutL 76-85Hayes (17)de Souza (8)Lyttle (3)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,0713-3
7June 37:00pmLos AngelesESPN2W 93-85de Souza (27)Lyttle (12)Schimmel (7)Philips Arena 5,4094-3
8June 77:00pmChicagoSSOW 97-59de Souza, McCoughtry (20)Lyttle (12)Dumerc (5)Philips Arena 5,4585-3
9June 137:30pmMinnesotaSSOW 85-82McCoughtry (23)Lyttle (12)Dumerc (7)Philips Arena 6,6846-3
10June 154:00pm@ WashingtonW 75-67de Souza McCoughtry (16)de Souza (9)McCoughtry (5)Verizon Center 7,2297-3
11June 1812:00pmWashingtonFS-SW 83-73McCoughtry (27)Lyttle (10)McCoughtry (4)Philips Arena 8,8958-3
12June 158:00pm@ ChicagoCN100W 93-86Castro Marques (31)de Souza (13)Lehning (9)Allstate Arena 3,2929-3
13June 197:00pm@ IndianaL 91-94Catchings, Douglas (17)Catchings (7)Catchings (6)Conseco Fieldhouse 8,1879-4
14June 2312:00pmTulsaNBATV SSO FS-OKW 96-90McCoughtry (29)Lyttle (12)Castro Marques (8)Philips Arena 9,59810-4
15June 273:00pmLos AngelesNBATV SSOW 89-81Castro Marques (25)Lyttle (11)Lehning, McCoughtry (5)Philips Arena 7,85511-4
16June 297:00pmPhoenixSSOW 94-88McCoughtry (18)Leuchanka (9)K. Miller (8)Philips Arena 4,07312-4 :
July: 5–5 (Home: 3–1; Road: 2–4)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
17July 17:00pmMinnesotaSSOW 76-58Castro Marques (22)Lyttle (14)Lehning (5)Philips Arena 4,02013-4
18July 37:00pmChicagoNBATV SSOL 82-88McCoughtry (20)de Souza (15)Lyttle, K. Miller (3)Philips Arena 6,92013-5
19July 77:00pmConnecticutSSOW 108-103 (OT)Castro Marques, McCoughtry (32)de Souza (13)Lehning (8)Philips Arena 5,30514-5
20July 141:00pm@ MinnesotaL 81-83McCoughtry (25)de Souza (20)Lehning (6)Target Center 12,31114-6
21July 167:00pm@ IndianaL 70-89McCoughtry (27)Leuchanka (7)Lehning (3)Conseco Fieldhouse 7,53214-7
22July 177:00pm@ ConnecticutL 80-96McCoughtry (27)Lyttle (11)Castro Marques, Price (5)Mohegan Sun Arena 7,37814-8
23July 2111:30am@ WashingtonNBATV CSN-MAL 72-82McCoughtry (23)Lyttle (8)Castro Marques (6)Verizon Center 14,34714-9
24July 253:00pmNew YorkNBATV SSOW 82-75McCoughtry (28)de Souza, McCoughtry (10)McCoughtry (6)Philips Arena 7,03015-9
25July 271:30pm@ TulsaNBATV COXW 105-89Castro Marques (23)Lyttle (14)Lehning (6)BOK Center 3,80016-9
26July 307:30pm@ ConnecticutW 94-62McCoughtry (20)de Souza (13)K. Miller, Price (5)Mohegan Sun Arena 7,00317-9 :
August: 2–6 (Home: 1–5; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
27August 13:00pmIndianaNBATV SSOW 90-74Castro Marques (22)Lyttle (8)Lehning, McCoughtry (7)Philips Arena 6,27018-9
28August 37:30pmWashingtonESPN2L 78-86McCoughtry (30)Lyttle (9)Lehning (6)Philips Arena 9,07218-10
29August 67:00pm@ IndianaL 93-95McCoughtry (31)Lyttle (8)Lehning (6)Conseco Fieldhouse 9,21418-11
30August 107:00pmSeattleFS-SL 70-80McCoughtry (16)Lyttle (17)Lehning (6)Philips Arena 6,04218-12
31August 137:00pmNew YorkSSOL 83-90McCoughtry (22)Lyttle (13)Lehning (8)Philips Arena 6,02518-13
32August 148:00pm@ ChicagoCN100W 92-74de Souza (17)Bales (12)Price (6)Allstate Arena 4,21419-13
33August 177:00pmChicagoNBATV FS-SL 79-84Castro Marques (19)Leuchanka (11)Lehning, Miller (4)Philips Arena 5,20919-14
34August 223:00pmWashingtonSSOL 81-90McCoughtry (19)Lyttle (11)Lyttle (6)Philips Arena 9,57019-15 :

### Playoffs

2014 Game Log: Playoffs :
Eastern Semifinals vs. Chicago (Lost Series 1-2)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1
August 22
Chicago
L 77-80
Angel McCoughtry (24)
Sancho Lyttle (14)
Shoni Schimmel (6)
Philips Arena 5,985
0–1
2
August 24
@ Chicago
W 92-83
Angel McCoughtry (39)
Lyttle Thomas (7)
Jasmine Thomas (6)
Allstate Arena 4,546
1–1
3
August 26
Chicago
L 80-81
Erika de Souza (18)
Sancho Lyttle (13)
Shoni Schimmel (6)
Philips Arena 4,829
1–2 :
2014 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 | y- Atlanta Dream | 19 | 15 | .559 | - | 34 |
| 2 | x- Indiana Fever | 16 | 18 | .471 | 3.0 | 34 |
| 3 | x-Washington Mystics | 16 | 18 | .471 | 3.0 | 34 |
| 4 | x-Chicago Sky | 15 | 19 | .441 | 4.0 | 34 |
| 5 | e-New York Liberty | 15 | 19 | .441 | 4.0 | 34 |
| 6 | e-Connecticut Sun | 13 | 21 | .382 | 6.0 | 34 |

## 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 | Atlanta | 1 | | | | | | |
| E4 | Chicago | 2 | | | | | | |
| E4 | Chicago | 2 | E4 | Chicago | 2 | | | |
| Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | E4 | Chicago | 2 | | | |
| Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | E2 | Indiana | 1 | | | |
| E2 | Indiana | 2 | E2 | Indiana | 1 | | | |
| E3 | Washington | 0 | | | | | | |
| E3 | Washington | 0 | | | | E4 | Chicago | 0 |
| | | | | | | W1 | Phoenix | 3 |
| W1 | Phoenix | 2 | | | | | | | W1 | Phoenix | 3 |
| W4 | Los Angeles | 0 | | | | | | |
| W4 | Los Angeles | 0 | W1 | Phoenix | 2 | | | |
| Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | W1 | Phoenix | 2 | | | |
| Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | W2 | Minnesota | 1 | | | |
| W2 | Minnesota | 2 | W2 | Minnesota | 1 | | | |
| W3 | San Antonio | 0 | | | | | | |
* 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 | 31 | 29 | 31.4 | 42.0 | 29.5 | 80.9 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 18.5 |
| Erika de Souza | 33 | 33 | 29.9 | 54.5 | 0.0 | 70.6 | 8.7 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 13.8 |
| Tiffany Hayes | 34 | 32 | 28.4 | 46.6 | 35.7 | 76.0 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 12.9 |
| Sancho Lyttle | 34 | 34 | 31.3 | 45.9 | 27.3 | 66.3 | 9.0 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 12.2 |
| Shoni Schimmel | 34 | 2 | 21.3 | 37.4 | 34.2 | 84.0 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 8.3 |
| Jasmine Thomas | 34 | 23 | 17.5 | 32.3 | 25.5 | 71.4 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 4.8 |
| Aneika Henry-Morello | 34 | 4 | 12.8 | 58.2 | 0.0 | 67.6 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 4.5 |
| Delisha Milton-Jones | 2 | 0 | 11.5 | 28.6 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 4.5 |
| Celine Dumerc | 28 | 11 | 18.8 | 29.5 | 23.1 | 69.4 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 3.3 |
| Nadia Colhado | 16 | 0 | 7.9 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 28.6 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 2.8 |
| Matee Ajavon | 24 | 1 | 9.2 | 27.8 | 11.1 | 72.4 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.2 |
| Amanda Thompson | 21 | 0 | 8.3 | 36.1 | 0.0 | 83.3 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.7 |
| Swin Cash | 17 | 1 | 8.8 | 23.3 | 0.0 | 40.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.5 |
| Inga Orekhova | 2 | 0 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |

### Playoffs

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Angel McCoughtry | 3 | 3 | 35.0 | 43.3 | 44.4 | 92.3 | 6.0 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 26.7 |
| Tiffany Hayes | 3 | 3 | 30.7 | 48.1 | 33.3 | 90.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 12.7 |
| Erika de Souza | 3 | 3 | 27.7 | 56.7 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 5.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 12.7 |
| Sancho Lyttle | 3 | 3 | 36.3 | 39.4 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 11.3 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 9.3 |
| Jasmine Thomas | 3 | 2 | 22.7 | 42.1 | 33.3 | 62.5 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 7.3 |
| Shoni Schimmel | 3 | 0 | 19.3 | 36.8 | 37.5 | 100.0 | 2.7 | 5.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6.3 |
| Aneika Henry-Morello | 3 | 0 | 16.3 | 72.7 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 6.3 |
| Celine Dumerc | 1 | 1 | 28.0 | 66.7 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 |
| Matee Ajavon | 2 | 0 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded |
| Angel McCoughtry | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | June 23 |
| Angel McCoughtry | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | July 14 |
| Angel McCoughtry | Eastern Conference Player of the Month - June | June 30 |
| Angel McCoughtry | All-Star Selection | July 8 |
| Angel McCoughtry | All-WNBA Second Team | September 11 |
| Angel McCoughtry | All-Defensive First Team | August 22 |
| Shoni Schimmel | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | August 18 |
| Shoni Schimmel | All-Star Selection | July 8 |
| Shoni Schimmel | All-Star MVP | July 19 |
| Erika de Souza | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | June 10 |
| Erika de Souza | All-Star Selection | July 8 |
| Sancho Lyttle | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | June 30 |
| Sancho Lyttle | All-Defensive First Team | August 22 |