2012 Atlanta Dream season

2012 Atlanta Dream season

Head Coach

Arena

Attendance

5,453 per game

Results
Record	19–15 (.559)
Place	3rd (Eastern)
Playoff Finish	Lost in Conference Semifinals
Team Leaders
Points	McCoughtry (21.4)
Rebounds	de Souza (8.2)
Assists	Harding (4.5)
Media
Television	FS-S, SSO ESPN2, NBATV
Atlanta Dream seasons
< 2011	2013 >

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

Transactions

WNBA Draft

The following are the Dream's selections in the 2012 WNBA Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
2	14 (from Was.)	Tiffany Hayes	United States	Connecticut
3	32	Isabelle Yacoubou (pick later voided)	France	France

Transaction log

April 11, 2011: The Dream acquired a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft from the Washington Mystics in exchange for a first-round pick in the 2012 Draft as part of the Lindsey Harding trade.
April 11, 2011: The Dream traded a second-round pick to the Minnesota Lynx as part of the Felicia Chester/Rachel Jarry transaction.
January 31: The Dream announced Shalee Lehning's retirement.
February 8: The Dream signed Cathrine Kraayeveld.
February 9: The Dream re-signed Yelena Leuchanka.
February 10: The Dream signed Aneika Henry.
February 14: The Dream signed Laurie Koehn.
February 15: The Dream re-signed Coco Miller and Courtney Paris.
March 1: The Dream signed Ketia Swanier.
March 8: The Dream re-signed Erika de Souza and Armintie Price.
April 6: The Dream signed Romina Ciappina.
April 13: The Dream announced Alison Bales' retirement.
April 20: The Dream signed Aishah Sutherland, Chelsea Regins, and draft pick Tiffany Hayes.
April 25: The Dream signed Brittany Johnson.
May 8: The Dream waived Romina Ciappina, Brittany Johnson, Chelsea Regins, and Aishah Sutherland.
May 16: The Dream waived Coco Miller.
June 4: The Dream waived Courtney Paris and signed Jessica Moore.
August 13: The Dream waived Jessica Moore.

Personnel changes

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Cathrine Kraayeveld	February 8, 2012	Chicago Sky
Yelena Leuchanka	February 9, 2012	re-signed
Aneika Henry	February 13, 2012	free agent
Laurie Koehn	February 14, 2012	free agent
Ketia Swanier	March 1, 2012	Phoenix Mercury
Tiffany Hayes	April 16, 2012	draft pick

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Izi Castro Marques	2012	free agent
Sandora Irvin	2012	free agent
Shalee Lehning	January 31, 2012	retired
Alison Bales	April 13, 2012	retired
Coco Miller	May 16, 2012	free agent
Courtney Paris	June 4, 2012	free agent

Roster

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

Season standings

Eastern Conference	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

Schedule

Preseason

2012 Game Log: Preseason (May)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	Sat 5	2:00	Tulsa		91-89	Koehn (21)	Henry (9)	Harding (6)	Philips Arena 4,340	1-0

Regular season

2012 Game Log: Regular Season

All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

May (2–2)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	Sat 19	7:00	@ Indiana	SSO FS-I	84-92	McCoughtry (26)	Lyttle (10)	Harding (6)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,403	0-1
2	Fri 25	7:30	New York	SSO	100-74	McCoughtry (23)	Leuchanka (7)	McCoughtry (7)	Philips Arena 6,802	1-1
3	Sun 27	3:00	Indiana	SSO	62-78	McCoughtry (21)	Lyttle (9)	Price Swanier (2)	Philips Arena 7,282	1-2
4	Thu 31	7:00	Phoenix	SSO	81-65	Kraayeveld Lyttle (12)	Kraayeveld (9)	Price (6)	Philips Arena 4,887	2-2

June (5–5)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
5	Sat 2	7:00	Chicago	SSO CN100	92-94 (OT)	McCoughtry (33)	Lyttle Price Swanier (4)	Harding (6)	Philips Arena 4,503	2-3
6	Tue 5	7:00	@ New York		72-79	McCoughtry (21)	McCoughtry (14)	Price (4)	Prudential Center 4,823	2-4
7	Fri 8	7:30	San Antonio	SSO	60-57	McCoughtry (16)	Lyttle (9)	McCoughtry (5)	Philips Arena 4,501	3-4
8	Sun 10	5:00	@ Connecticut	CPTV-S	73-92	McCoughtry (23)	Lyttle (8)	Harding (5)	Mohegan Sun Arena 6,526	3-5
9	Fri 15	7:30	Los Angeles	SSO	92-59	McCoughtry (31)	Henry (9)	Harding (6)	Philips Arena 8,872	4-5
10	Sun 17	3:00	Connecticut	SSO	73-75	Price (20)	Lyttle (9)	Price (6)	Philips Arena 4,323	4-6
11	Tue 19	7:00	New York	FS-S	60-73	Harding Lyttle (13)	Lyttle (13)	Price (5)	Philips Arena 4,134	4-7
12	Sun 24	4:00	@ New York	MSG	74-64	McCoughtry (23)	McCoughtry (8)	Swanier (9)	Prudential Center 6,754	5-7
13	Tue 26	12:00	Indiana	SSO	70-58	McCoughtry (22)	Kraayeveld (10)	Harding (5)	Philips Arena 8,388	6-7
14	Fri 29	8:00	@ Tulsa		102-92	McCoughtry (24)	Lyttle (8)	Harding (7)	BOK Center 4,235	7-7

July (2-3)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
15	Sun 1	6:00	@ Chicago	CN100	69-71	McCoughtry (21)	Lyttle (7)	Harding Hayes (3)	Allstate Arena 6,093	7-8
16	Sat 7	10:00	@ Phoenix		100-93 (2OT)	Lyttle (31)	Lyttle (10)	Swanier (5)	US Airways Center 7,948	8-8
17	Sun 8	8:30	@ Los Angeles	NBATV KDOC	63-79	Lyttle (17)	Henry (8)	Harding (5)	Staples Center 11,019	8-9
18	Wed 11	3:00	@ Seattle		70-59	Lyttle (21)	Hayes (8)	Harding (5)	KeyArena 9,686	9-9
19	Fri 13	8:00	@ San Antonio	SSO FS-SW	70-91	Lyttle (21)	Lyttle (12)	Harding (6)	AT&T Center 13,426	9-10
Summer Olympic break

August (4–3)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
Summer Olympic break
20	Fri 17	8:30	@ Chicago	CN100	82-76	McCoughtry (25)	McCoughtry (8)	Lyttle (7)	Allstate Arena 5,593	10-10
21	Sat 18	7:00	@ Indiana	NBATV SSO FS-I	72-86	McCoughtry (22)	de Souza Price (6)	3 players (2)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,302	10-11
22	Wed 22	7:00	Chicago	NBATV FS-S CN100	82-71	Lyttle (24)	Kraayveld Lyttle (7)	Hayes Swanier Lyttle (5)	Philips Arena 4,010	11-11
23	Fri 24	7:00	@ Washington	NBATV CSN-MA	81-69	Price (19)	de Souza (8)	Harding Hayes (5)	Verizon Center 9,697	12-11
24	Sat 25	7:00	Minnesota	ESPN2	74-84	Lyttle McCoughtry (14)	Lyttle (9)	Harding (9)	Philips Arena 7,224	12-12
25	Tue 28	7:00	Tulsa	FS-S	80-84	de Souza 16	de Souza Lyttle (9)	Harding (7)	Philips Arena 2,813	12-13
26	Thu 30	7:00	Washington	SSO	82-59	de Souza (21)	de Souza (10)	Harding (5)	Philips Arena 3,381	13-13

September (6–2)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
27	Sun 2	3:00	Connecticut	NBATV SSO	87-80	McCoughtry (24)	Lyttle (13)	Lyttle Hayes Harding (4)	Philips Arena 5,020	14-13
28	Wed 5	7:00	Indiana	NBATV FS-S FS-I	71-64	Harding (20)	Lyttle (12)	Harding (3)	Philips Arena 4,112	15-13
29	Fri 7	8:00	@ Minnesota	SSO	93-97	McCoughtry (30)	Lyttle (12)	Harding (7)	Target Center 9,308	15-14
30	Sun 9	3:00	Washington	SSO	93-68	Price Harding (15)	de Souza (10)	Harding (9)	Philips Arena 6,898	16-14
31	Tue 11	7:00	Seattle	NBATV FS-S	77-61	McCoughtry (23)	de Souza (8)	Hayes Harding (5)	Philips Arena 5,558	17-14
32	Fri 14	7:00	@ Washington		82-74	McCoughtry (26)	de Souza (8)	McCoughtry (8)	Verizon Center 7,368	18-14
33	Thu 20	8:00	@ Chicago		75-66	McCoughtry (21)	de Souza (10)	Harding (8)	Allstate Arena 4,188	19-14
34	Sun 23	5:00	@ Connecticut	CPTV-S	72-92	Harding (16)	Hayes (9)	McCoughtry Harding Hayes (3)	Mohegan Sun Arena 9,143	19-15

Postseason

2012 Game Log: Postseason

Eastern Conference Semifinals

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Series
1	September 28	7:00	@ Indiana	ESPN2	75-66	Harding (23)	Lyttle McCoughtry (9)	Harding (7)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,776	1-0
2	September 30	4:00	Indiana	ESPN	88-103	McCoughtry (22)	de Souza (9)	Harding (6)	Philips Arena 6,890	1-1
3	October 2	7:00	@ Indiana	NBATV	64-75	Harding (17)	de Souza Harding (7)	Price (4)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,840	1-2

Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
de Souza, Erika !Erika de Souza	15	15	29.9	.523	.000	.696	8.2	1.6	1.3	1.5	11.6
Harding, Lindsey !Lindsey Harding	34	32	30.6	.425	.241	.818	2.8	4.5	1.4	0.2	12.3
Hayes, Tiffany !Tiffany Hayes	34	17	23.1	.390	.273	.786	3.1	2.1	0.8	0.4	8.6
Henry, Aneika !Aneika Henry	34	14	18.0	.468	.000	.762	4.1	0.4	0.5	0.9	4.8
Herrington, Armintie !Armintie Herrington	34	33	26.6	.509	.000	.602	3.7	2.5	1.1	0.3	8.4
Koehn, Laurie !Laurie Koehn	23	0	4.9	.341	.333	.000	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.0	1.8
Kraayeveld, Cathrine !Cathrine Kraayeveld	33	1	15.4	.421	.402	.333	2.8	0.8	0.4	0.5	4.6
Leuchanka, Yelena !Yelena Leuchanka	19	5	13.7	.381	.000	.714	2.7	0.6	0.5	0.5	3.1
Lyttle, Sancho !Sancho Lyttle	34	34	31.6	.412	.255	.758	7.6	2.5	2.4	0.7	14.0
McCoughtry, Angel !Angel McCoughtry	24	17	29.9	.447	.337	.800	5.0	2.9	2.5	1.1	21.4
Moore, Jessica !Jessica Moore	8	0	5.4	.667	.000	.750	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.9
Paris, Courtney !Courtney Paris	4	0	7.3	.500	.000	.000	2.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.5
Swanier, Ketia !Ketia Swanier	34	2	11.4	.317	.167	.731	1.4	1.9	0.4	0.0	2.2

Postseason

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
de Souza, Erika !Erika de Souza	3	3	29.7	.414	.000	1.000	6.3	0.3	0.7	0.7	8.7
Harding, Lindsey !Lindsey Harding	3	3	38.0	.426	.250	.889	4.7	5.3	2.7	0.3	19.0
Hayes, Tiffany !Tiffany Hayes	3	0	16.3	.364	.333	1.000	2.3	1.7	1.7	0.3	4.3
Henry, Aneika !Aneika Henry	3	0	10.0	.750	.000	1.000	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.7	2.7
Herrington, Armintie !Armintie Herrington	3	3	30.0	.364	.000	.727	3.7	3.3	2.3	0.3	8.0
Kraayeveld, Cathrine !Cathrine Kraayeveld	3	0	6.3	1.000	1.000	.000	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0
Lyttle, Sancho !Sancho Lyttle	3	3	34.3	.362	.000	.750	7.0	0.7	3.0	0.7	12.3
McCoughtry, Angel !Angel McCoughtry	3	3	33.3	.412	.250	.818	5.7	3.3	2.3	1.3	18.0
Swanier, Ketia !Ketia Swanier	2	0	3.0	.667	.500	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5

References

External links

Atlanta Dream

Founded in 2007 Based in Atlanta, Georgia

The Franchise	Franchise Current season

Arenas	Philips Arena

Head Coaches	Marynell Meadors Fred Williams Michael Cooper

Administration	Owner: Ron Terwilliger Kathy Betty Dream Too LLC

General Mangers	Marynell Meadors Fred Williams Angela Taylor

All-Stars	Izi Castro Marques Érika de Souza Sancho Lyttle Angel McCoughtry Shoni Schimmel

Seasons	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Playoff Appearances	2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Conference Titles	2010 2011 2013

WNBA Titles	None

Rivals	Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever Minnesota Lynx

Media	TV: FS South (FS-S), SportSouth (SSO) Announcers: Bob Rathbun, LaChina Robinson

2012 WNBA season by team

Draft Playoffs Finals

Eastern	Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever New York Liberty Washington Mystics

Western	Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury San Antonio Silver Stars Seattle Storm Tulsa Shock

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