# 2010 Atlanta Dream season

The 2010 WNBA season was the 3rd season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association.

## Transactions
### Sacramento Monarchs Dispersal Draft

With the Sacramento Monarchs ceasing operation and based on the 2009 records of teams, the Dream selected 9th in the Dispersal Draft. The Dream waived their right to pick and chose nobody.

### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 9 | Chanel Mokango | Congo | Mississippi State |
| 2 | 21 | Brigitte Ardossi | United States | Georgia Tech |
| 3 | 33 | Brittainey Raven | United States | Texas |

### Trades and Roster Changes

| Date | Trade |
| January 5, 2010 | Extended Qualifying Offers to Ivory Latta and Yelena Leuchanka |
| February 2, 2010 | Signed Yelena Leuchanka to a Training Camp Contract |
| February 23, 2010 | Signed Ivory Latta and Erica White to Training Camp Contracts |
| March 10, 2010 | Signed Demetress Adams to a Training Camp Contract |
| March 11, 2010 | Traded Michelle Snow and a Second Round Pick in the 2011 WNBA draft to the San Antonio Silver Stars for Dalma Ivanyi and a Second Round Pick in the 2011 WNBA Draft |
| March 16, 2010 | Signed Erika de Souza to a Multi-Year Contract |
| March 16, 2010 | Signed Kelly Miller and Coco Miller to Multi-Year Contracts |
| March 23, 2010 | Waived Ivory Latta |
| April 14, 2010 | Signed Chanel Mokango, Brittainey Raven, and Brigitte Ardossi to Rookie Scale Contracts |
| April 19, 2010 | Signed Alison Bales to a Training Camp Contract |
| April 24, 2010 | Signed Shawn Goff to a Training Camp Contract |
| April 26, 2010 | Signed Britany Miller and Chandi Jones to Training Camp Contracts |
| April 26, 2010 | Waived Jennifer Lacy |
| April 28, 2010 | Signed Tatum Brown to a Training Camp Contract |
| May 2, 2010 | Waived Tatum Brown |
| May 5, 2010 | Waived Britany Miller |
| May 10, 2010 | Waived Erica White and Brigitte Ardossi |
| May 13, 2010 | Waived Shawn Goff |
| May 14, 2010 | Waived Chanel Mokango and Demetress Adams |
| May 14, 2010 | Signed Armintie Price to a Contract Extension |
| May 14, 2010 | Temporarily Suspend Yelena Leuchanka due to Overseas Commitments |
| May 19, 2010 | Activated Yelena Leuchanka from her Temporary Suspension |
| May 19, 2010 | Waived Chamique Holdsclaw |

## Roster
### Depth

| Pos. | Starter | Bench |
| C | Érika de Souza | Alison Bales |
| PF | Sancho Lyttle | Yelena Leuchanka |
| SF | Angel McCoughtry | Brittainey Raven |
| SG | Iziane Castro Marques | Armintie Price |
| PG | Shalee Lehning | Kelly Miller Coco Miller |

## Schedule
### Preseason

2013 Preseason Schedule :
Total: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 411:00am@ Connecticut79-86McCoughtry (19)Price (7)Price (5)Mohegan Sun Arena 3,7790-1
2May 92:00pmWashington58-77Castro Marques (13)McCoughtry (6)Lehning, Price (3)Eblen Center 2,2190-2 :

### Regular season

2010 Regular Season Total: 19–15 (Home: 10–7; Road: 9–8) :
May: 6–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 4–0)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 158:00pm@ San AntonioFS-SW75-70Castro Marques (23)de Souza (15)Lehning (6)AT&T Center 9,4091-0
2May 167:00pmIndianaSSO66-62de Souza, Price (14)de Souza (11)Miller (6)Philips Arena 7,3372-0
3May 217:00pmConnecticutNBATV FS-S CSN-NE97-82McCoughtry (32)Lyttle (17)Lehning (10)Philips Arena 4,0923-0
4May 234:00pm@ New York86-77McCoughtry (21)Bales, de Souza (10)McCoughtry (6)Madison Square Garden 9,5484-0
5May 2810:00pm@ Phoenix96-93McCoughtry (28)Lyttle (17)Lehning (5)US Airways Center 7,9865-0
6May 308:00pm@ Los Angeles101-82McCoughtry (32)de Souza (13)Castro Marques, Lehning (5)STAPLES Center 8,4046-0 :
June: 6–4 (Home: 4–1; Road: 2–3)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
7June 19:30pm@ SeattleESPN272-90McCoughtry (16)Lyttle (6)McCoughtry (3)KeyArena 7,5866-1
8June 47:00pmChicagoFS-S70-80Castro Marques (18)de Souza (7)Lehning (6)Philips Arena 2,5156-2
9June 57:00pm@ Washington86-79 (OT)de Souza, McCoughtry (23)Lyttle (17)Castro Marques, K. Miller (6)Verizon Center 8,9867-2
10June 117:30pm@ New York79-91de Souza (21)Lyttle (14)K. Miller (6)Madison Square Garden 8,3327-3
11June 133:00pmSan AntonioNBATV SSO90-83Lyttle (24)Lyttle (12)Lehning (8)Philips Arena 6,0508-3
12June 158:00pm@ ChicagoCN10093-86Castro Marques (31)de Souza (13)Lehning (9)Allstate Arena 3,2929-3
13June 197:00pm@ Indiana91-94Catchings, Douglas (17)Catchings (7)Catchings (6)Conseco Fieldhouse 8,1879-4
14June 2312:00pmTulsaNBATV SSO FS-OK96-90McCoughtry (29)Lyttle (12)Castro Marques (8)Philips Arena 9,59810-4
15June 273:00pmLos AngelesNBATV SSO89-81Castro Marques (25)Lyttle (11)Lehning, McCoughtry (5)Philips Arena 7,85511-4
16June 297:00pmPhoenixSSO94-88McCoughtry (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 17:00pmMinnesotaSSO76-58Castro Marques (22)Lyttle (14)Lehning (5)Philips Arena 4,02013-4
18July 37:00pmChicagoNBATV SSO82-88McCoughtry (20)de Souza (15)Lyttle, K. Miller (3)Philips Arena 6,92013-5
19July 77:00pmConnecticutSSO108-103 (OT)Castro Marques, McCoughtry (32)de Souza (13)Lehning (8)Philips Arena 5,30514-5
20July 141:00pm@ Minnesota81-83McCoughtry (25)de Souza (20)Lehning (6)Target Center 12,31114-6
21July 167:00pm@ Indiana70-89McCoughtry (27)Leuchanka (7)Lehning (3)Conseco Fieldhouse 7,53214-7
22July 177:00pm@ Connecticut80-96McCoughtry (27)Lyttle (11)Castro Marques, Price (5)Mohegan Sun Arena 7,37814-8
23July 2111:30am@ WashingtonNBATV CSN-MA72-82McCoughtry (23)Lyttle (8)Castro Marques (6)Verizon Center 14,34714-9
24July 253:00pmNew YorkNBATV SSO82-75McCoughtry (28)de Souza, McCoughtry (10)McCoughtry (6)Philips Arena 7,03015-9
25July 271:30pm@ TulsaNBATV COX105-89Castro Marques (23)Lyttle (14)Lehning (6)BOK Center 3,80016-9
26July 307:30pm@ Connecticut94-62McCoughtry (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 SSO90-74Castro Marques (22)Lyttle (8)Lehning, McCoughtry (7)Philips Arena 6,27018-9
28August 37:30pmWashingtonESPN278-86McCoughtry (30)Lyttle (9)Lehning (6)Philips Arena 9,07218-10
29August 67:00pm@ Indiana93-95McCoughtry (31)Lyttle (8)Lehning (6)Conseco Fieldhouse 9,21418-11
30August 107:00pmSeattleFS-S70-80McCoughtry (16)Lyttle (17)Lehning (6)Philips Arena 6,04218-12
31August 137:00pmNew YorkSSO83-90McCoughtry (22)Lyttle (13)Lehning (8)Philips Arena 6,02518-13
32August 148:00pm@ ChicagoCN10092-74de Souza (17)Bales (12)Price (6)Allstate Arena 4,21419-13
33August 177:00pmChicagoNBATV FS-S79-84Castro Marques (19)Leuchanka (11)Lehning, Miller (4)Philips Arena 5,20919-14
34August 223:00pmWashingtonSSO81-90McCoughtry (19)Lyttle (11)Lyttle (6)Philips Arena 9,57019-15 :
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess :

### Playoffs

2010 Playoffs Schedule :
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Washington (Won Series 2-0)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1August 257:00pm@ WashingtonNBATV95-90McCoughtry (28)de Souza, Lyttle (9)Price (8)Verizon Center 10,3221-0
2August 277:30pmWashingtonNBATV FS-S101-77McCoughtry, Castro Marques (21)Lyttle (10)Lehning (9)Philips Arena 7,8902-0 :
Eastern Conference Finals vs. New York (Won Series 2-0)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1September 57:00pm@ New YorkNBATV MSG81-75McCoughtry (21)Lyttle (13)Lehning (5)Madison Square Garden 14,2481-0
2September 77:30pmNew YorkNBATV FS-S MSG105-93McCoughtry (42)de Souza (6)Castro Marques (5)Philips Arena 9,0452-0 :
WNBA Finals vs. Seattle (Lost Series 0-3)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1September 123:00pm@ SeattleABC77-79Castro Marques, McCoughtry (19)Lyttle (14)Lehning (3)KeyArena 15,0840-1
2September 149:00pm@ SeattleESPN284-87Castro Marques, McCoughtry (21)McCoughtry (9)C. Miller (8)KeyArena 13,8980-2
3September 168:00pmSeattleESPN284-87McCoughtry (35)de Souza (14)C. Miller (5)Philips Arena 10,5220-3 :

## Standings

| Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| Washington Mystics $^x$ | 22 | 12 | .647 | – | 13–4 | 9–8 | 13–9 |
| New York Liberty $^x$ | 22 | 12 | .647 | – | 13–4 | 9–8 | 14–8 |
| Indiana Fever $^x$ | 21 | 13 | .618 | 1.0 | 13–4 | 8–9 | 13–9 |
| Atlanta Dream $^x$ | 19 | 15 | .559 | 3.0 | 10–7 | 9–8 | 10–12 |
| Connecticut Sun $^o$ | 17 | 17 | .500 | 5.0 | 12–5 | 5–12 | 9–13 |
| Chicago Sky $^o$ | 14 | 20 | .412 | 8.0 | 7–10 | 7–10 | 7–15 |

## 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 | Washington | 0 | | | | | | |
| E4 | Atlanta | 2 | | | | | | |
| E4 | Atlanta | 2 | E4 | Atlanta | 2 | | | |
| Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | E4 | Atlanta | 2 | | | |
| Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | E2 | New York | 0 | | | |
| E2 | New York | 2 | E2 | New York | 0 | | | |
| E3 | Indiana | 1 | | | | | | |
| E3 | Indiana | 1 | | | | E4 | Atlanta | 0 |
| | | | | | | W1 | Seattle | 3 |
| W1 | Seattle | 2 | | | | | | | W1 | Seattle | 3 |
| W4 | Los Angeles | 0 | | | | | | |
| W4 | Los Angeles | 0 | W1 | Seattle | 2 | | | |
| Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | W1 | Seattle | 2 | | | |
| Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | W2 | Phoenix | 0 | | | |
| W2 | Phoenix | 2 | W2 | Phoenix | 0 | | | |
| 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 | 34 | 34 | 30.7 | 40.8 | 26.2 | 80.3 | 4.9 | 3.1 | 1.94 | 0.6 | 21.1 |
| Iziane Castro Marques | 34 | 34 | 28.9 | 44.4 | 29.5 | 65.9 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 16.9 |
| Sancho Lyttle | 32 | 31 | 29.1 | 48.4 | 0.0 | 72.5 | 9.9 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 12.8 |
| Érika de Souza | 34 | 34 | 25.6 | 57.1 | 0.0 | 54.7 | 8.3 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 12.4 |
| Armintie Price | 34 | 0 | 16.5 | 38.7 | 0.0 | 59.4 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 4.9 |
| Yelena Leuchanka | 32 | 0 | 10.6 | 47.6 | 20.0 | 74.4 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 4.2 |
| Alison Bales | 34 | 3 | 15.6 | 43.3 | 41.7 | 79.6 | 3.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 3.9 |
| Shalee Lehning | 33 | 33 | 23.5 | 45.3 | 36.1 | 46.7 | 2.7 | 4.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 3.7 |
| Kelly Miller | 30 | 1 | 16.4 | 29.0 | 32.9 | 88.0 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 3.6 |
| Coco Miller | 27 | 0 | 7.3 | 40.0 | 19.2 | 85.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 3.1 |
| Brittainey Raven | 23 | 0 | 5.4 | 24.4 | 27.8 | 87.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.5 |

### Playoffs

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Angel McCoughtry | 7 | 7 | 30.9 | 46.2 | 45.5 | 79.7 | 5.4 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 26.7 |
| Iziane Castro Marques | 7 | 7 | 32.1 | 47.1 | 40.7 | 47.8 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 16.9 |
| Coco Miller | 7 | 7 | 25.7 | 39.1 | 26.3 | 78.9 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 10.6 |
| Sancho Lyttle | 7 | 7 | 25.4 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 88.9 | 9.6 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 10.6 |
| Erika de Souza | 7 | 1 | 25.7 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 80.0 | 8.3 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 10.3 |
| Armintie Price | 7 | 6 | 25.7 | 34.2 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 5.0 |
| Yelena Leuchanka | 7 | 0 | 9.6 | 55.6 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 3.4 |
| Shalee Lehning | 7 | 0 | 13.1 | 36.8 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2.9 |
| Kelly Miller | 4 | 0 | 6.8 | 75.0 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2.5 |
| Alison Bales | 7 | 0 | 7.3 | 62.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.4 |
| Brittainey Raven | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded |
| Angel McCoughtry | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | May 24 |
| Angel McCoughtry | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | June 1 |
| Angel McCoughtry | Eastern Conference Player of the Month - May | June 3 |
| Angel McCoughtry | All-Defensive First Team | August 29 |
| Angel McCoughtry | All-WNBA Second Team | September 13 |
| Sancho Lyttle | All-Defensive Second Team | August 29 |
| Iziane Castro Marques | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | July 12 |