2014 Atlanta Dream season

August 2023 March 2026 Atlanta Dream 2014 19 15 Eastern 1 Michael Cooper Philips Arena Lost Eastern Semis FS-S, SSOESPN2, NBATV The 2014 Atlanta Dream season was the 7th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association, and their 1st season under head coach, Michael Cooper. This was 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 gave the other team the lead and lost 81–80. Transactions WNBA draft 2014 WNBA draft Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 8 Shoni Schimmel United States Louisville 2 18 Inga Orekhova South Florida 2 20 Cassie Harberts United States USC Trades and Roster Changes DateTransaction 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.Bowman James Matee Ajavon dealt to Atlanta in a three way trade; Lawson to Washington https://www.swishappeal.com/2014/3/12/5501996/matee-ajavon-dealt-to-atlanta-in-a-three-way-trade-lawson-to swishappeal.com Swish Appeal June 7, 2022 March 25, 2014 Signed Samantha Prahlis and Jacki Gemelos to Training Camp Contracts March 26, 2014 Signed Erika de SouzaLee Albert Atlanta Dream cores and re-signs Erika de Souza to a new contract https://www.swishappeal.com/2014/3/26/5551694/erika-de-souza-re-signed-atlanta-dream-wnba-2014 swishappeal.com Swish Appeal June 7, 2022 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 DumercP Nate Atlanta Dream sign France's Celine Dumerc https://www.swishappeal.com/2014/4/3/5579566/wnba-atlanta-dream-sign-celine-dumerc-france swishappeal.com Swish Appeal June 7, 2022 April 4, 2014 Signed Jhasmin Player to a Training Camp ContractP Nate Samantha Prahalis gets a third chance in the WNBA with the Atlanta Dream https://www.swishappeal.com/wnba/2014/4/4/5582024/wnba-atlanta-dream-sign-samantha-prahalis swishappeal.com Swish Appeal June 7, 2022 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 Willis Kris Atlanta Dream open training camp on Sunday, announce roster https://www.peachtreehoops.com/2014/4/27/5658778/2014-wnba-atlanta-dream-training-camp-roster peachtreehoops.com SB Nation June 7, 2022 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 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 DraftDream acquires F Swin Cash from Chicago https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/wnba/2014/05/07/dream-acquires-f-swin-cash-from-chicago/8817131/ usatoday.com USA Today June 7, 2022 May 12, 2014 Waived Jhasmin Player, Samantha Prahlis, and Cassie HarbertsWillis Kris Dream waive Samantha Prahalis, Cassie Harberts, Jhasmin Player, roster now at 13 https://www.peachtreehoops.com/2014/5/13/5712054/atlanta-dream-roster-cuts-2014 peachtreehoops.com SB Nation June 7, 2022 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 SuspensionWillis Kris Dream activate Celine Dumerc, waive rookie Inga Orekhova https://www.peachtreehoops.com/2014/6/2/5774522/atlanta-dream-roster-celine-dumerc-waive-inga-orekhova peachtreehoops.com SB Nation June 7, 2022 July 9, 2014 Traded Swin Cash to the New York Liberty in exchange for Delisha Milton-JonesDream trade Swin Cash to Liberty https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/11197596/new-york-liberty-acquire-swin-cash-atlanta-dream-delisha-milton-jones ESPN.com ESPN June 7, 2022 August 18, 2014 Signed Sancho Lyttle to a Contract Extension Roster Atlanta Dream 2014 WNBA #6495ED white #FF0000 #FFFFFF 10 Matee Ajavon G 5 8 160 Rutgers USA 31 Nadia Colhado C 6 4 196 Brazil BRA 14 Erika de Souza F/C 6 5 190 Brazil BRA 9 Celine Dumerc G 5 7 132 France FRA 15 Tiffany Hayes G 5 10 155 Connecticut USA 13 Aneika Henry-Morello Aneika Henry F/C 6 4 192 Florida JAM 20 Sancho Lyttle F 6 5 175 Houston ESP 35 Angel McCoughtry F/G 6 1 173 Louisville USA 1 Delisha Milton-Jones F 6 1 185 Florida USA 23 Shoni Schimmel G 5 9 161 Louisville USA 5 Jasmine Thomas Jasmine Thomas (basketball) G 5 9 143 Duke USA 21 Amanda Thompson Amanda Thompson (basketball) F 6 1 180 Oklahoma USA USA Michael Cooper New Mexico USA Karleen Thompson University of Southern California USA Teresa Edwards University of Georgia Schedule Preseason background:#6495ED; color:white 2014 Game Log: Preseason y background:#dc143c; color:white Total: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0) |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | May 11 | @ New York | 20140511 NYLATL 63 58 | Tiffany Hayes (14) | Érika de Souza (7) | Shoni Schimmel (4) | Philips Arena2444 | 1–0 |- atl 2014 Regular season background:#6495ED; color:white 2014 Game Log: Regular Season y background:#dc143c; color:white May: 3–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–1) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || May 16 || 7:30pm || San Antonio || SSO || W 79-75 || de Souza (23) || de Souza (11) || Shoni Schimmel (11) || Philips Arena 4,575 || 1-0 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || May 17 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || FS-S || W 90-88 || McCoughtry (27) || Lyttle (21) || Schimmel (10) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,275 || 2-0 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || May 24 || 8:00pm || @ Chicago || || L 73-87 || de Souza (18) || de Souza (12) || Schimmel (8) || Allstate Arena 4,136 || 2-1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 4 || May 25 || 6:00pm || Indiana || SSO || L 77-82 || McCoughtry (19) || de Souza (9) || Schimmel (8) || Philips Arena 5,517 || 2-2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || May 30 || 7:30pm || Seattle || SSO || W 80-69 || Hayes (20) || Lyttle (10) || McCoughtry (8) || Philips Arena 5,486 || 3-2 |- y background:#dc143c; color:white June: 9–2 (Home: 7–0; Road: 2–2) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || June 1 || 3:00pm || @ Connecticut || || L 76-85 || Hayes (17) || de Souza (8) || Lyttle (3) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,071 || 3-3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || June 3 || 7:00pm || Los Angeles || ESPN2 || W 93-85 || de Souza (27) || Lyttle (12) || Schimmel (7) || Philips Arena 5,409 || 4-3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || June 7 || 7:00pm || Chicago || SSO || W 97-59 || de Souza, McCoughtry (20) || Lyttle (12) || Dumerc (5) || Philips Arena 5,458 || 5-3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 9 || June 13 || 7:30pm || Minnesota || SSO || W 85-82 || McCoughtry (23) || Lyttle (12) || Dumerc (7) || Philips Arena 6,684|| 6-3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 10 || June 15 || 4:00pm || @ Washington || || W 75-67 || de SouzaMcCoughtry (16) || de Souza (9) || McCoughtry (5) || Verizon Center 7,229 || 7-3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || June 18 || 12:00pm || Washington || FS-S || W 83-73 || McCoughtry (27) || Lyttle (10) || McCoughtry (4) || Philips Arena 8,895 || 8-3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || June 15 || 8:00pm || @ Chicago || CN100 || W 93-86 || Castro Marques (31) || de Souza (13) || Lehning (9) || Allstate Arena 3,292 || 9-3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 13 || June 19 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || || L 91-94 || Catchings, Douglas (17) || Catchings (7) || Catchings (6) || Conseco Fieldhouse 8,187 || 9-4 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || June 23 || 12:00pm || Tulsa || NBATVSSOFS-OK || W 96-90 || McCoughtry (29) || Lyttle (12) || Castro Marques (8) || Philips Arena 9,598 || 10-4 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || June 27 || 3:00pm || Los Angeles || NBATVSSO || W 89-81 || Castro Marques (25) || Lyttle (11) || Lehning, McCoughtry (5) || Philips Arena 7,855 || 11-4 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || June 29 || 7:00pm || Phoenix || SSO || W 94-88 || McCoughtry (18) || Leuchanka (9) || K. Miller (8) || Philips Arena 4,073 || 12-4 |- y background:#dc143c; color:white July: 5–5 (Home: 3–1; Road: 2–4) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || July 1 || 7:00pm || Minnesota || SSO || W 76-58 || Castro Marques (22) || Lyttle (14) || Lehning (5) || Philips Arena 4,020 || 13-4 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 18 || July 3 || 7:00pm || Chicago || NBATVSSO || L 82-88 || McCoughtry (20) || de Souza (15) || Lyttle, K. Miller (3) || Philips Arena 6,920 || 13-5 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || July 7 || 7:00pm || Connecticut || SSO || W 108-103 (OT) || Castro Marques, McCoughtry (32) || de Souza (13) || Lehning (8) || Philips Arena 5,305 || 14-5 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 20 || July 14 || 1:00pm || @ Minnesota || || L 81-83 || McCoughtry (25) || de Souza (20) || Lehning (6) || Target Center 12,311 || 14-6 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 21 || July 16 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || || L 70-89 || McCoughtry (27) || Leuchanka (7) || Lehning (3) || Conseco Fieldhouse 7,532 || 14-7 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 22 || July 17 || 7:00pm || @ Connecticut || || L 80-96 || McCoughtry (27) || Lyttle (11) || Castro Marques, Price (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena 7,378 || 14-8 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 23 || July 21 || 11:30am || @ Washington || NBATVCSN-MA || L 72-82 || McCoughtry (23) || Lyttle (8) || Castro Marques (6) || Verizon Center 14,347 || 14-9 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || July 25 || 3:00pm || New York || NBATVSSO || W 82-75 || McCoughtry (28) || de Souza, McCoughtry (10) || McCoughtry (6) || Philips Arena 7,030 || 15-9 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 25 || July 27 || 1:30pm || @ Tulsa || NBATVCOX || W 105-89 || Castro Marques (23) || Lyttle (14) || Lehning (6) || BOK Center 3,800 || 16-9 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || July 30 || 7:30pm || @ Connecticut || || W 94-62 || McCoughtry (20) || de Souza (13) || K. Miller, Price (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena 7,003 || 17-9 |- y background:#dc143c; color:white August: 2–6 (Home: 1–5; Road: 1–1) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || August 1 || 3:00pm || Indiana || NBATVSSO || W 90-74 || Castro Marques (22) || Lyttle (8) || Lehning, McCoughtry (7) || Philips Arena 6,270 || 18-9 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 || August 3 || 7:30pm || Washington || ESPN2 || L 78-86 || McCoughtry (30) || Lyttle (9) || Lehning (6) || Philips Arena 9,072 || 18-10 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 29 || August 6 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || || L 93-95 || McCoughtry (31) || Lyttle (8) || Lehning (6) || Conseco Fieldhouse 9,214 || 18-11 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 30 || August 10 || 7:00pm || Seattle || FS-S || L 70-80 || McCoughtry (16) || Lyttle (17) || Lehning (6) || Philips Arena 6,042 || 18-12 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 31 || August 13 || 7:00pm || New York || SSO || L 83-90 || McCoughtry (22) || Lyttle (13) || Lehning (8) || Philips Arena 6,025 || 18-13 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || August 14 || 8:00pm || @ Chicago || CN100 || W 92-74 || de Souza (17) || Bales (12) || Price (6) || Allstate Arena 4,214 || 19-13 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 || August 17 || 7:00pm || Chicago || NBATVFS-S || L 79-84 || Castro Marques (19) || Leuchanka (11) || Lehning, Miller (4) || Philips Arena 5,209 || 19-14 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 34 || August 22 || 3:00pm || Washington || SSO || L 81-90 || McCoughtry (19) || Lyttle (11) || Lyttle (6) || Philips Arena 9,570 || 19-15 |- Playoffs background:#6495ED; color:white 2014 Game Log: Playoffs y background:#dc143c; color:white Eastern Semifinals vs. Chicago (Lost Series 1-2) Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | August 22 | Chicago | L 77-80 | Angel McCoughtry (24) | Sancho Lyttle (14) | Shoni Schimmel (6) | Philips Arena5,985 | 0–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | August 24 | @ Chicago | W 92-83 | Angel McCoughtry (39) | LyttleThomas (7) | Jasmine Thomas (6) | Allstate Arena4,546 | 1–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 3 | August 26 | Chicago | L 80-81 | Erika de Souza (18) | Sancho Lyttle (13) | Shoni Schimmel (6) | Philips Arena4,829 | 1–2 |- atl 2014 Standings ATL Playoffs 2014 WNBA Playoffs Bracket 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 Ref. Angel McCoughtry Eastern Conference Player of the Week June 23 Atlanta Dream's Angel McCoughtry Named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/atlanta-dreams-angel-mccoughtry-named-wnba-eastern-conference-player-of-the-week/n-4816129 oursportscentral.com Our Sports Central June 7, 2022 July 14 All-Star Starters Shine: McCoughtry and Moore Earn WNBA Player of the Week Honors https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/all-star-starters-shine-mccoughtry-and-moore-earn-wnba-player-of-the-week-honors/n-4833249 oursportscentral.com Our Sports Central June 7, 2022 Eastern Conference Player of the Month - June June 30 Player of the Month History https://www.wnba.com/history-player-of-the-month/ wnba.com WNBA June 7, 2022 All-Star Selection July 8 MOORE IS BETTER AS MINNESOTA'S MAYA TOPS ALL VOTE-GETTERS IN 2014 WNBA ALL-STAR BALLOTING PRESENTED BY BOOST MOBILE https://www.wnba.com/news/allstar_starters_070814.html wnba.com WNBA June 7, 2022Atlanta Dream's Erika De Souza Named to WNBA All-Star Team https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/atlanta-dreams-erika-de-souza-named-to-wnba-all-star-team/n-4833940 oursportscentral.com Our Sports Central June 7, 2022 All-WNBA Second Team September 11 P Nate 2014 All-WNBA First and Second Teams: MVP Maya Moore, Minnesota Lynx headline selections https://www.swishappeal.com/wnba/2014/9/11/6137123/all-wnba-team-2014-maya-moore-minnesota-lynx swishappeal.com Swish Appeal June 7, 2022 All-Defensive First Team August 22 January Named To All-Defensive First Team, Catchings Makes Second Team https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/fever/news/january-all-defensive-team-catchings-second-team-140822.html wnba.com WNBA June 7, 2022 Shoni Schimmel Eastern Conference Player of the Week August 18 DREAM'S SCHIMMEL NAMED EAST PLAYER OF THE WEEK https://www.foxsports.com/stories/other/dreams-schimmel-named-east-player-of-the-week foxsports.com Fox Sports June 7, 2022 All-Star Selection July 8 All-Star MVP July 19 Killian Tyler Shoni Schimmel scores WNBA All-Star record 29 to lift East by West in OT https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/wnba/2014/07/19/schimmels-29-leads-east-over-west-125-124-in-ot/12889629/ usatoday.com USA Today June 7, 2022 Erika de Souza Eastern Conference Player of the Week June 10 Willis Kris Erika de Souza named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week https://www.peachtreehoops.com/2014/6/10/5796210/erika-de-souza-wnba-player-of-the-week peachtreehoops.com SB Nation June 7, 2022 All-Star Selection July 8 Sancho Lyttle Eastern Conference Player of the Week June 30 Atlanta Dream's Sancho Lyttle Named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/atlanta-dreams-sancho-lyttle-named-wnba-eastern-conference-player-of-the-week/n-4822006 oursportscentral.com Our Sports Central June 7, 2022 All-Defensive First Team August 22 References WNBA.com Dream Acquires Matee Ajavon From Washington In Three-Team Trade http://www.wnba.com/dream/news/dreamacquiresajavon031214.html March 12, 2014 May 22, 2014 WNBA.com Atlanta Dream Signs French Star Céline Dumerc http://www.wnba.com/dream/news/dreamsignscelinedumerc040314.html April 3, 2014 May 22, 2014 WNBA.com Atlanta Dream Acquires Four-Time All-Star Swin Cash in Trade with Chicago Sky http://www.wnba.com/news/atlanta_signs_cash_2014_05_07.html May 7, 2014 May 22, 2014 Category:Atlanta Dream seasons Atlanta Atlanta Dream