2016 Atlanta Dream season

August 2023 March 2026 Atlanta Dream 2016 17 17 Eastern 4 Michael Cooper Philips Arena Lost in Second Round to Chicago Sky The 2016 WNBA season is the 9th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association. The regular season began May 14 and concluded September 18.DREAM: Dream Schedule 2016Atlanta Dream Announces 2015 WNBA Schedule | NDNSPORTSSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes The Dream qualified for the playoffs as the sixth seed after missing the playoffs the previous year, finishing 17–17. The Dream defeated the Seattle Storm in the first round of the playoffs before falling to the Chicago Sky in the second round to end their season. Transactions WNBA draft 2016 WNBA draft Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country111Bria HolmesWest Virginia213Rachel HollivayRutgers216Courtney WalkerTexas A&M 3 28Niya JohnsonBaylor Trades and Roster Changes DateTransaction January 5, 2016 Exercised 4th-Year Team Options on Damiris Dantas and Shoni Schimmel January 6, 2016 Extended Qualifying Offers to Amanda Thompson, Aneika Henry-Morello, Tiffany Hayes, and Cierra Burdick February 1, 2016 Signed Tiffany HayesAtlanta Dream Re-signs Tiffany Hayes https://dream.wnba.com/news/atlanta-dream-resigns-tiffany-hayes/ dream.wnba.com WNBA July 5, 2022 February 2, 2016 Signed Carla CortijoDream Inks Unrestricted Free Agent Carla Cortijo https://dream.wnba.com/news/dream-inks-unrestricted-free-agent-carla-cortijo/ dream.wnba.com WNBA July 5, 2022 February 3, 2016 Traded the 4th Overall Pick in the 2016 WNBA draft to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for Elizabeth WilliamsSun Trade Elizabeth Williams To Dream For Fourth Pick In 2016 WNBA Draft https://www.wnba.com/news/sun-trade-elizabeth-williams-to-dream-for-fourth-pick-in-2016-wnba-draft/ wnba.com WNBA July 5, 2022 February 10, 2016 Signed Matee AjavonAtlanta Dream Re-signs Matee Ajavon https://dream.wnba.com/news/atlanta-dream-re-signs-matee-ajavon/ dream.wnba.com WNBA July 5, 2022 March 1, 2016 Signed Cierra Burdick Signed Ariel Massengale to a rookie-scale contractCierra Burdick, Ariel Massengale re-sign with Atlanta Dream https://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/college/university-of-tennessee/womens-sports/2016/03/02/cierra-burdick-ariel-massengale-resign-with-atlanta-dream/90872634/ knoxnews.com Knox News July 5, 2022 March 3, 2016 Signed Kara Braxton, Amanda Thompson, Meighan Simmons to training-camp contractsDream Sign Four Players to Roster https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/dream-sign-four-players-to-roster/n-5106832 oursportscentral.com Our Sports Central July 5, 2022 April 19, 2016 Signed Tina Roy to a training-camp contractDream Adds Tina Roy to Training Camp Roster https://dream.wnba.com/news/dream-adds-tina-roy-training-camp-roster/ dream.wnba.com WNBA July 5, 2022 Signed Bria Holmes to a rookie-scale contract April 21, 2016 Signed Niya Johnson and Courtney Walker to rookie-scale contracts April 27, 2016 Waived Kara BraxtonCarla Cortijo Joins Active Training Camp Roster https://dream.wnba.com/news/carla-cortijo-joins-active-training-camp-roster/ dream.wnba.com WNBA July 5, 2022 April 29, 2016 Waived Tina Roy and Amanda Thompson May 2, 2016 Traded Shoni Schimmel to the New York Liberty in exchange for a 2nd Round Pick in the 2017 WNBA draftAtlanta Dream Trades Shoni Schimmel to New York Liberty https://dream.wnba.com/news/atlanta-dream-trades-shoni-schimmel-new-york-liberty/ dream.wnba.com WNBA July 5, 2022 May 9, 2016 Claimed Jordan Jones of the WaiversDream Claims Jordan Jones off Waivers https://dream.wnba.com/news/dream-claims-jordan-jones-off-waivers/ dream.wnba.com WNBA July 5, 2022 May 10, 2016 Waived Ariel Massengale and Niya Johnson Traded the 2nd Round Pick received from the Liberty to the Indiana Fever in exchange for Layshia ClarendonDream Acquires Layshia Clarendon from Fever https://dream.wnba.com/news/dream-acquires-layshia-clarendon-fever/ dream.wnba.com WNBA July 5, 2022 May 11, 2016 Suspended Damiris Dantas for the Full Season due to Overseas Commitments May 12, 2016 Waived DeLisha Milton-Jones, Courtney Walker, Jordan Jones, and Roneeka HodgesAtlanta Dream Waives Four to Finalize Roster https://dream.wnba.com/news/atlanta-dream-waives-four-finalize-roster/ dream.wnba.com WNBA July 5, 2022 May 13, 2016 Signed Rachel Hollivay to their rookie-scale contract June 10, 2016 Temporarily Suspend Sancho Lyttle due to Overseas Commitments Signed Avery Warley-Talbert June 19, 2016 Waived Avery Warley-Talbert June 21, 2016 Activated Sancho Lyttle from the Temporary Suspension June 27, 2016 Waived Cierra Burdick Claimed Markeisha Gatling of a WaiversDream Adds Markeisha Gatling to Roster https://dream.wnba.com/news/dream-adds-markeisha-gatling-roster/ dream.wnba.com WNBA July 5, 2022 December 6, 2016 Exercised the 4th-Year Team Option on Reshanda Gray and Elizabeth Williams Roster Atlanta Dream 2016 WNBA #6495ED #FFFFFF #dc143c #FFFFFF 10 Matee Ajavon G 5 8 160 05-07-1986 8 Rutgers USA 23 Layshia Clarendon G 5 9 140 05-02-1991 3 California USA 8 Carla Cortijo G 5 8 135 07-21-1987 1 Texas PUR 12 Damiris Dantas C 6 3 196 11-17-1992 2 Brazil BRA S 34 Markeisha Gatling C 6 5 195 07-14-1992 2 North Carolina State USA 21 Reshanda Gray F 6 2 192 06-01-1993 1 California USA 15 Tiffany Hayes G 5 10 155 09-20-1989 4 Connecticut USA 14 Rachel Hollivay C 6 4 210 10-24-1993 R Rutgers USA 32 Bria Holmes G 6 1 170 04-19-1994 R West Virginia USA 20 Sancho Lyttle F 6 4 175 09-20-1983 11 University of Houston Spain 35 Angel McCoughtry F 6 1 160 09-10-1986 7 Louisville USA 0 Meighan Simmons G 5 9 140 01-25-1992 R Tennessee USA 52 Elizabeth Williams basketball C/F 6 3 192 06-23-1993 1 Duke USA USA Michael Cooper New Mexico USA Miles Cooper 1 USC USA Karleen Thompson 1 USC USA Michael Douglas 1 Morehouse Depth Pos.StarterBench C Elizabeth Williams Rachel HollivayMarkeisha Gatling PF Sancho Lyttle Reshanda Gray SF Angel McCoughtry Bria Holmes SG Tiffany Hayes Matee AjavonMeighan Simmons PG Layshia Clarendon Carla Cortijo Schedule Preseason background:#6495ED; color:white 2016 Game Log: Preseason y background:#dc143c; color:white Total: 0–4 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 1 | May 4 | vs. San Antonio | L 67–74 | Simmons (10) | Williams (10) | Tied (3) | Mohegan Sun Arena4,199 | 0–1 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 2 | May 5 | vs. Chicago | L 75–95 | Williams (12) | Hollivay (6) | Holmes (8) | Mohegan Sun Arena4,025 | 0–2 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 3 | May 7 | @ Los Angeles | L 80–88 | Holmes (18) | Gray (8) | Cortijo (6) | Pasadena College460 | 0–3 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 4 | May 10 | Los Angeles | L 63–69 | Simmons (11) | Williams (13) | Ajavon (4) | McCamish Pavilion1,385 | 0–4 |- atl yes 2016 Regular season background:#6495ED; color:white 2016 Regular SeasonTotal: 17–17 (Home: 11–6; Road: 6–11) y background:#dc143c; color:white May: 5–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 3–1) Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 1 | May 14 | @ San Antonio | W 73–63 | McCoughtry (15) | Williams (10) | Tied (3) | AT&T Center7,572 | 1–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | May 20 | @ Indiana | L 85–94 | Tied (19) | McCoughtry (8) | 3 Tied (2) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse7,608 | 1–1 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 3 | May 22 | Chicago | W 87–81 | McCoughtry (21) | Clarendon (8) | Cortijo (5) | Philips Arena6,152 | 2–1 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 4 | May 24 | @ New York | W 85–79 (OT) | Hayes (27) | Lyttle (14) | Tied (3) | Madison Square Garden14,503 | 3–1 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 5 | May 27 | @ Dallas | W 102–93 | McCoughtry (26) | Lyttle (10) | Lyttle (6) | College Park Center4,712 | 4–1 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 6 | May 29 | Indiana | W 85–76 | McCoughtry (22) | Williams (7) | Hayes (6) | Philips Arena5,233 | 5–1 |- y background:#dc143c; color:white June: 3–7 (Home: 2–3; Road: 1–4) Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 7 | June 3 | @ Connecticut | W 83–77 | Hayes (23) | Lyttle (11) | McCoughtry (4) | Mohegan Sun Arena4,541 | 6–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 8 | June 5 | Washington | L 79–86 | McCoughtry (28) | Lyttle (11) | Cortijo (5) | Philips Arena3,611 | 6–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 9 | June 10 | Minnesota | L 78–110 | Hayes (23) | Clarendon (7) | McCoughtry (4) | Philips Arena5,368 | 6–3 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 10 | June 12 | Connecticut | W 93–87 | Williams (20) | Williams (10) | Clarendon (9) | Philips Arena4,486 | 7–3 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 11 | June 17 | Chicago | W 101–97 | McCoughtry (22) | Williams (9) | Hayes (5) | Philips Arena4,560 | 8–3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 12 | June 18 | @ Washington | L 65–95 | Hayes (12) | McCoughtry (8) | Cortijo (4) | Verizon Center6,977 | 8–4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 13 | June 22 | New York | L 79–90 | McCoughtry (22) | Lyttle (11) | Tied (4) | Philips Arena10,345 | 8–5 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 14 | June 25 | @ San Antonio | L 69–73 | McCoughtry (23) | Williams (10) | Tied (3) | AT&T Center9,439 | 8–6 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 15 | June 28 | @ Seattle | L 81–84 | McCoughtry (22) | Hollivay (9) | Tied (3) | KeyArena4,648 | 8–7 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 16 | June 30 | @ Los Angeles | L 75–84 | Hayes (32) | Williams (10) | Clarendon (7) | Staples Center10,215 | 8–8 |- y background:#dc143c; color:white July: 5–4 (Home: 4–1; Road: 1–3) Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- style="background:#fcc;" | 17 | July 3 | Phoenix | L 87–95 | Hayes (26) | Williams (9) | Hayes (5) | Philips Arena6,557 | 8–9 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 18 | July 5 | Seattle | W 77–64 | Lyttle (22) | Lyttle (11) | Tied (4) | Philips Arena3,983 | 9–9 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 19 | July 8 | Dallas | W 95–90 (OT) | Tied (27) | Lyttle (14) | McCoughtry (9) | Philips Arena6,745 | 10–9 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 20 | July 10 | @ Connecticut | W 67–63 | McCoughtry (26) | Lyttle (14) | Lyttle (3) | Mohegan Sun Arena5,857 | 11–9 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 21 | July 13 | @ New York | L 86–62 | Hayes (12) | Lyttle (9) | Clarendon (3) | Madison Square Garden11,317 | 11–10 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 22 | July 15 | @ Indiana | L 72–78 | Cortijo (20) | Williams (8) | McCoughtry (6) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse8,612 | 11–11 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 23 | July 17 | Los Angeles | W 91–74 | Tied (17) | Williams (12) | Clarendon (6) | Philips Arena7,551 | 12–11 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 24 | July 20 | @ Minnesota | L 65–83 | Clarendon (11) | Williams (8) | Tied (2) | Target Center16,132 | 12–12 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 25 | July 22 | Dallas | W 93–88 | Gray (22) | Williams (11) | McCoughtry (5) | McCamish Pavilion4,749 | 13–12 |- y background:#dc143c; color:white August: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1) Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- style="background:#fcc;" | 26 | August 26 | @ Chicago | L 82–90 | Tied (19) | Williams (9) | Tied (4) | Allstate Arena6,016 | 13–13 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 27 | August 28 | Connecticut | W 87–73 | McCoughtry (22) | Williams (8) | 3 Tied (5) | Philips Arena7,055 | 14–13 |- y background:#dc143c; color:white September: 3–4 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–2) Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- style="background:#fcc;" | 28 | September 4 | Seattle | L 82–91 | McCoughtry (32) | Williams (6) | Williams (4) | Philips Arena5,695 | 14–14 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 29 | September 6 | Phoenix | W 91–87 | McCoughtry (27) | McCoughtry (8) | Clarendon (6) | Philips Arena3,625 | 15–14 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 30 | September 8 | @ Los Angeles | W 86–81 | McCoughtry (32) | Williams (12) | Clarendon (6) | Staples Center6,152 | 16–14 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 31 | September 11 | @ Phoenix | L 75–86 | Hayes (22) | Williams (16) | Clarendon (4) | Talking Stick Resort Arena9,877 | 16–15 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 32 | September 13 | San Antonio | L 67–71 | Holmes (20) | Williams (12) | Hayes (4) | Philips Arena5,312 | 16–16 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 33 | September 15 | Washington | W 94–91 | McCoughtry (31) | Williams (10) | Clarendon (9) | Philips Arena4,404 | 17–16 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 34 | September 17 | @ Minnesota | L 87–95 | McCoughtry (18) | Williams (9) | Clarendon (7) | Target Center11,663 | 17–17 atl 2016 Playoffs background:#6495ED; color:white 2016 Playoffs y background:#dc143c; color:white Total: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1) Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 1 | September 21 | Seattle | W 94–85 | McCoughtry (37) | Williams (16) | Tied (7) | McCamish Pavilion2,553 | 1–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | September 25 | @ Chicago | L 98–108 | Hayes (30) | Williams (9) | McCoughtry (9) | Allstate Arena3,922 | 0–1 ATL yes 2016 Standings ATL Playoffs Bracket Statistics Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Angel McCoughtry 33 32 30.0 .434 .302 .788 5.7 2.8 1.6 0.7 19.5 Tiffany Hayes 33 33 30.8 .441 .274 .804 3.4 2.4 1.2 0.2 15.0 Elizabeth Williams 34 34 34.7 .442 .000 .692 8.1 1.2 0.8 2.3 11.9 Layshia Clarendon 34 32 28.2 .466 .346 .765 4.3 3.5 0.7 0.1 10.4 Sancho Lyttle 19 18 30.1 .416 .222 .760 7.8 1.8 2.1 1.0 7.6 Bria Holmes 33 10 21.3 .435 .274 .774 2.6 1.2 0.9 0.2 7.5 Carla Cortijo 27 1 10.9 .354 .289 .781 1.6 1.6 0.3 0.0 4.7 Reshanda Gray 28 5 9.6 .521 .000 .556 2.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 3.4 Matee Ajavon 32 2 10.6 .305 .231 .750 1.6 1.2 0.4 0.3 3.3 Meighan Simmons 25 0 5.9 .289 .286 .833 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.1 2.6 Markeisha Gatling 16 2 10.5 .447 .000 .889 2.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 2.6 Rachel Hollivay 32 1 8.9 .316 .000 .469 2.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 1.2 Cierra Burdick 8 0 3.6 .125 .000 .500 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 Avery Warley-Talbert 1 0 4.0 .000 .000 .000 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Playoffs Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Angel McCoughtry 2 2 35.0 54.8 70.0 73.3 4.5 8.0 0.5 0.0 32.0 Tiffany Hayes 1 1 37.0 58.8 42.9 87.5 6.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 30.0 Bria Holmes 2 2 35.0 50.0 28.6 62.5 5.5 2.5 0.5 0.5 15.5 Elizabeth Williams 2 2 38.5 38.1 0.0 77.8 12.5 1.5 0.5 2.5 11.5 Layshia Clarendon 2 2 32.0 53.3 25.0 62.5 6.0 6.0 0.0 1.0 11.0 Matee Ajavon 2 1 15.5 50.0 0.0 100.0 2.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 7.0 Meighan Simmons 2 0 12.5 10.0 14.3 0.0 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.5 Markeisha Gatling 2 0 7.0 0.0 0.0 75.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.5 Carla Cortijo 2 0 3.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 Reshanda Gray 2 0 3.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Awards and honors Recipient Award Date awarded Ref. Angel McCoughtry Eastern Conference Player of the Week May 31 Dream's Angel McCoughtry and Sparks' Candace Parker named WNBA Players of the Week https://pr.nba.com/angel-mccoughtry-candace-parker-wnba-players-of-the-week/ pr.nba.com NBA PR July 5, 2022 July 11 Atlanta's Angel McCoughtry Honored as WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week https://dream.wnba.com/news/atlantas-angel-mccoughtry-honored-wnba-eastern-conference-player-week/ dream.wnba.com WNBA July 5, 2022 All-Defensive First Team September 30 Sylvia Fowles, Nneka Ogwumike Headline 2016 WNBA All-Defensive Team https://www.wnba.com/news/2016-wnba-all-defensive-team-official-release/ wnba.com WNBA July 5, 2022 All-WNBA Second Team October 14 2016 All-WNBA First and Second Teams Announced https://www.wnba.com/news/2016-all-wnba-teams-official-release/ wnba.com WNBA July 5, 2022 Elizabeth Williams Most Improved Player Award September 21 Dream’s Elizabeth Williams Named 2016 WNBA Most Improved Player https://www.wnba.com/news/elizabeth-williams-2016-wnba-most-improved-player-award/ wnba.com WNBA July 5, 2022 References External links THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE ATLANTA DREAM Atlanta Dream 2016 Schedule - Dream Home and Away - ESPN Category:Atlanta Dream seasons Atlanta Atlanta Dream Category:2016 in Atlanta