2011 Atlanta Dream season

August 2023 March 2026 Atlanta Dream 2011 20 14 Eastern 3 Marynell Meadors Philips Arena Lost in WNBA Finals FS-S, SSOESPN2, NBATV The 2011 Atlanta Dream season was the 4th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association, and their 4th season under head coach, Marynell Meadors. The Dream finished the regular season with a 20-14 record, good for third-best in the Eastern Conference. The Dream then won their second consecutive Eastern Conference Championship. The Dream made their way to the WNBA Finals before being swept by the Minnesota Lynx. Transactions WNBA draft 2011 WNBA draft Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country 1 8 Ta'Shia Phillips Xavier 2 18 Rachel Jarry Australia 3 32 Kelsey Bolte Iowa State Trades and Roster Changes DateTransaction January 7, 2011 Extended Qualifying Offers to Alison Bales and Yelena Leuchanka March 23, 2011 Signed Sandora Irvin to a Training Camp ContractAtlanta Dream Signs Forward Sandora Irvin https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/atlanta-dream-signs-forward-sandora-irvin/n-4170739 oursportscentral.com Our Sports Central July 5, 2022 March 24, 2011 Signed Ashley Paris to a Training Camp ContractFormer Sooner Ashley Paris Returns to WNBA https://www.news9.com/story/5e365d6b2f69d76f620714f8/former-sooner-ashley-paris-returns-to-wnba news9.com New 9 July 5, 2022 March 31, 2011 Signed Alison Bales to a Training Camp ContractAtlanta Dream Re-Signs Center Alison Bales https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/atlanta-dream-re-signs-center-alison-bales/n-4175600 oursportscentral.com Our Sports Central July 5, 2022 April 11, 2011 Traded Kelly Miller, the draft rights to Ta'Shia Phillips, and a 1st Round Pick in the 2012 WNBA draft to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Lindsey Harding and a 2nd Round Pick in 2012.Orton Kathy Washington Mystics trade Lindsey Harding, acquire Ta'Shia Phillips and Kelly Miller https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/washington-mystics-trade-lindsey-harding-acquire-tashia-phillips-and-kelly-miller/2011/04/11/AFUjEMND_story.html washingtonpost.com Washington Post July 5, 2022 Traded the draft rights to Rachel Jarry and a 2nd Round Pick in the 2012 WNBA draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for the draft rights to Felicia Chester April 21, 2011 Signed Kelsey Bolte to a Rookie Scale Contract April 28, 2011 Signed Shannon McCallum to a Training Camp Contract April 29, 2011 Signed Felicia Chester to a Rookie Scale Contract May 21, 2011 Waived Ashley Paris and Kelsey Bolte May 31, 2011 Exercised 4th-Year Team Option on Angel McCoughtry Declined Team Option on Shalee Lehning Waived Shannon McCallum June 1, 2011 Waived Felicia ChesterRoberson Doug Dream waive Chester https://www.ajc.com/sports/dream-waive-chester/z6S6emGmXbFN0U0AYnP57O/ ajc.com AJC July 5, 2022 June 5, 2011 Waived Brittainey Raven Signed Kelly MazzanteDREAM SIGNS VETERAN GUARD KELLY MAZZANTE https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/dream/dream_signs_kelly_mazzante_2011_06_06.html wnba.com WNBA July 5, 2022 June 16, 2011 Temporarily Suspend Sancho Lyttle due to Overseas Commitments June 18, 2011 Signed Courtney ParisAtlanta Dream Signs Center Courtney Paris https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/atlanta-dream-signs-center-courtney-paris/n-4227956 oursportscentral.com Our Sports Central July 5, 2022 July 3, 2011 Activated Sancho Lyttle from her Temporary Suspension Waived Kelly MazzanteWillis Kris Atlanta Dream Forward Sancho Lyttle Returns To Team, Kelly Mazzante Waived https://atlanta.sbnation.com/atlanta-hawks/2011/6/19/2231695/atlanta-dream-forward-sancho-lyttle-leaves-team-to-play-with-spanish atlanta.sbnation.com SB Nation July 5, 2022 September 8, 2011 Signed Sancho Lyttle to a Contract ExtensionWillis Kris The Atlanta Dream Re-Sign Sancho Lyttle To Multi-Year Deal https://www.peachtreehoops.com/platform/amp/2011/9/18/2432806/the-atlanta-dream-re-sign-sancho-lyttle-to-multi-year-deal peachtreehoops.com SB Nation July 5, 2022 Roster Atlanta Dream 2011 WNBA #6495ED #FFFFFF #FF0000 #FFFFFF 33 Alison Bales C 6 7 218 04-04-1985 3 Duke USA 8 Izi Castro Marques F/G 6 0 140 03-13-1982 8 Brazil BRA 14 Erika de Souza F/C 6 5 190 03-03-1982 5 Brazil BRA 10 Lindsey Harding G 5 8 139 06-12-1984 4 Duke USA 24 Sandora Irvin F 6 3 185 02-23-1982 5 TCU USA 5 Shalee Lehning G 5 9 140 10-27-1986 2 Kansas State USA yes 20 Sancho Lyttle F 6 4 175 09-20-1983 6 University of Houston Spain 35 Angel McCoughtry F 6 1 160 09-10-1986 2 Louisville USA 9 Coco Miller G 5 9 140 09-06-1978 10 Georgia USA 3 Courtney Paris C 6 4 250 09-21-1987 1 Oklahoma USA 22 Armintie Price G/F 5 9 133 04-03-1985 4 Mississippi USA USA Marynell Meadors Middle Tennessee USA Sue Panek 1 Maryland USA Carol Ross Mississippi USA Fred Williams basketball, born 1957 Boise State USA Kim Mosely 1 Southern Mississippi Depth Pos.StarterBench C Erika de Souza Courtney Paris PF Sancho Lyttle Alison BalesSandora Irvin SF Angel McCoughtry SG Armintie Price Iziane Castro Marques PG Lindsey Harding Coco MillerShalee Lehning 8px Schedule Preseason background:#6495ED; color:white 2011 Preseason Schedule y background:#dc143c; color:white Total: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || May 29 || 12:00pm || @ Great Britain || NBATV || 82–51 || Miller (21) || Irvin (8) || Harding (5) || Manchester Evening News Arena N/A || 1–0 |- Regular season background:#6495ED; color:white 2011 Regular SeasonTotal: 20–14 (Home: 13–4; Road: 4–13) y background:#dc143c; color:white June: 3–7 (Home: 2–5; Road: 1–2) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || June 5 || 3:00pm || New York || SSO || 88–94 (OT) || Castro Marques (19) || Lyttle (11) || Harding (9) || Philips Arena 8,038 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || June 9 || 7:00pm || Washington || ESPN2 || 90–98 (OT) || de Souza (20) || de Souza (15) || Castro Marques (5) || Philips Arena 5,020 || 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || June 11 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || || 74–86 || McCoughtry (19) || de Souza (14) || Harding (4) || AT&T Center 9,140 || 0–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || June 14 || 7:00pm || @ New York || || 79–58 || McCoughtry (18) || BalesIrvin (7) || Lehning (6) || Prudential Center 5,725 || 1–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || June 17 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || || 85–96 || McCoughtry (27) || de Souza (11) || Castro Marques (4) || Target Center 7,556 || 1–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || June 19 || 3:00pm || Minnesota || SSO || 64–77 || Harding (14) || de Souza (12) || HardingMiller (3) || Philips Arena 7,274 || 1–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || June 21 || 12:00pm || Chicago || SSO || 71–68 || McCoughtry (14) || McCoughtryParis (8) || Harding (6) || Philips Arena 6,154 || 2–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 || June 24 || 7:30pm || Phoenix || FS-SFS-A || 83–92 || McCoughtry (24) || Paris (8) || Harding (4) || Philips Arena 5,492 || 2–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || June 26 || 3:00pm || San Antonio || NBATVSSO || 86–92 || Miller (19) || Paris (11) || Price (5) || Philips Arena 5,718 || 2–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 10 || June 30 || 7:30pm || New York || SSO || 87–81 || de Souza (27) || de Souza (15) || McCoughtryMiller (4) || Philips Arena 4,423 || 3–7 |- y background:#dc143c; color:white July: 5–3 (Home: 3–0; Road: 2–3) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 || July 9 || 8:00pm || @ Chicago || CN100 || 69–81 || McCoughtry (17) || McCoughtry (8) || McCoughtry (6) || Allstate Arena 5,679 || 3–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 12 || July 13 || 12:00pm || @ New York || || 69–91 || McCoughtry (17) || de Souza (7) || Lehning (3) || Prudential Center 14,314 || 3–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || July 16 || 7:30pm || Chicago || NBATVFS-SCN100 || 76–68 || McCoughtry (24) || Balesde Souza (8) || Price (10) || Philips Arena 7,413 || 4–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || July 19 || 12:00pm || Indiana || NBATVSSO || 84–74 || Harding (19) || de Souza (11) || Harding (5) || Philips Arena 7,645 || 5–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || July 20 || 11:30am || @ Washington || NBATV || 86–79 || McCoughtry (33) || Irvin (11) || McCoughtryPrice (3) || Verizon Center 13,954 || 6–9 |- | colspan="11" align="center" valign="middle" | All-Star break |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || July 26 || 8:00pm || @ Tulsa || || 76–68 || McCoughtry (37) || Bales (9) || HardingLehning (3) || BOK Center 3,435 || 7–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || July 28 || 7:00pm || Los Angeles || NBATVSSO || 89–80 || McCoughtry (22) || McCoughtry (11) || McCoughtry (7) || Philips Arena 6,701 || 8–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 18 || July 31 || 5:00pm || @ Connecticut || || 92–99 || McCoughtry (36) || de Souza (9) || Castro Marques (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,955 || 8–10 |- y background:#dc143c; color:white August: 8–3 (Home: 3–1; Road: 5–2) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 19 || August 2 || 7:30pm || New York || FS-S || 75–85 || McCoughtry (24) || McCoughtryPrice (6) || Harding (9) || Philips Arena 4,573 || 8–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || August 7 || 3:00pm || Seattle || NBATVSSO || 70–53 || McCoughtry (17) || de SouzaLyttle (7) || Harding (7) || Philips Arena 7,337 || 9–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || August 9 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || CSN-MA || 72–70 || McCoughtry (19) || de Souza (12) || McCoughtry (5) || Verizon Center 9,536 || 10–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 22 || August 11 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || || 95–109 || McCoughtry (25) || de Souza (7) || Bales (4) || US Airways Center 7,940 || 10–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 || August 13 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || NBATVKONG || 92–63 || Castro MarquesMcCoughtry (17) || McCoughtry (6) || Price (4) || KeyArena 9,686 || 11–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || August 16 || 10:30pm || @ Los Angeles || NBATVSSOPRIME || 84–79 || McCoughtry (23) || de Souza (13) || Price (8) || STAPLES Center 7,522 || 12–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 25 || August 19 || 7:30pm || Connecticut || NBATVSSO || 94–88 (OT) || McCoughtry (26) || McCoughtry (12) || Harding (5) || Philips Arena 7,225 || 13–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 26 || August 21 || 5:00pm || @ Connecticut || || 87–96 || McCoughtry (22) || de Souza (10) || Harding (9) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,636 || 13–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || August 23 || 8:00pm || @ Chicago || CN100 || 83–80 || McCoughtry (22) || McCoughtry (7) || Harding (9) || Allstate Arena 2,876 || 14–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 28 || August 27 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || NBATVSSOFS-I || 86–80 || McCoughtry (20) || Lyttle (9) || Castro Marques (3) || Conseco Fieldhouse 9,242 || 15–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || August 30 || 7:30pm || Indiana || SSO || 92–90 || McCoughtry (28) || Lyttle (11) || Harding (6) || Philips Arena 6,467 || 16–13 |- y background:#dc143c; color:white September: 4–17 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–1) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 30 || September 1 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || || 81–85 || McCoughtry (30) || Irvin (7) || Harding (8) || Verizon Center 7,954 || 16–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || September 2 || 7:30pm || Washington || NBATVSSO || 95–73 || Price (19) || Lyttle (8) || Harding (7) || Philips Arena 6,579 || 17–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || September 4 || 3:00pm || Tulsa || SSO || 73–52 || McCoughtry (19) || BalesPrice (6) || Harding (10) || Philips Arena 7,661 || 18–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33 || September 6 || 7:30pm || Connecticut || SSO || 85–74 || McCoughtry (35) || Lyttle (12) || Harding (8) || Philips Arena 6,558 || 19–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 34 || September 11 || 5:00pm || @ Indiana || NBATVSSOFS-I || 93–88 || McCoughtry (32) || Bales (11) || 4 players (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse 11,521 || 20–14 |- | All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com Playoffs background:#6495ED; color:white 2011 Playoffs Schedule y background:#dc143c; color:white Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Connecticut (Won Series 2-0) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || September 16 || 7:00pm || @ Connecticut || NBATV || 89–84 || Harding (21) || Lyttle (11) || Price (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena 7,373 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || September 18 || 3:00pm || Connecticut || ESPN2 || 69–64 || de SouzaHardingLyttleMcCoughtry (12) || de Souza (10) || Harding (6) || Philips Arena 6,887 || 2–0 |- y background:#dc143c; color:white Eastern Conference Finals vs. Indiana (Won Series 2-1) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || September 22 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || ESPN2 || 74–82 || Harding (17) || de Souza (13) || Harding (7) || Conseco Fieldhouse 8,253 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || September 25 || 3:00pm || Indiana || ESPN2 || 94–77 || Castro Marques (30) || LyttlePrice (7) || Harding (7) || Philips Arena 8,052 || 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || September 27 || 8:00pm || @ Indiana || ESPN2 || 83–67 || McCoughtry (26) || Lyttle (11) || Harding (6) || Conseco Fieldhouse 9,036 || 2–1 |- y background:#dc143c; color:white WNBA Finals vs. Minnesota (Lost Series 0-3) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || October 2 || 8:30pm || @ Minnesota || ESPN || 74–88 || McCoughtry (33) || Bales (9) || Harding (5) || Target Center 15,258 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || October 5 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || ESPN2 || 95–101 || McCoughtry (38) || de Souza (10) || Harding (7) || Target Center 15,124 || 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || October 7 || 8:00pm || Minnesota || ESPN2 || 67–73 || McCoughtry (22) || de Souza (15) || Harding (7) || Philips Arena 11,543 || 0–3 |- Standings ATL Playoffs Bracket Statistics Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Angel McCoughtry 33 30 27.9 42.4 26.4 77.7 5.2 2.5 2.2 1.0 21.6 Erika de Souza 32 32 27.4 49.9 0.0 65.5 7.5 1.0 1.2 1.3 11.8 Lindsey Harding34 33 30.5 45.5 30.3 73.3 3.2 4.8 1.0 0.2 10.5 Sancho Lyttle 22 19 26.2 44.8 28.6 70.9 6.3 2.1 2.4 0.6 10.0 Armintie Price34 21 23.4 51.9 0.0 60.8 3.0 2.8 1.5 0.1 8.5 Iziane Castro Marques34 14 19.8 36.0 21.3 62.0 1.7 1.7 0.4 0.1 7.6 Coco Miller 31 5 17.4 43.2 33.3 54.1 1.9 1.4 0.6 0.0 7.3 Alison Bales34 15 20.2 48.6 35.3 75.0 4.7 1.2 0.41.6 5.0 Courtney Paris 28 0 9.6 51.9 0.0 51.6 3.1 0.4 0.3 0.4 3.4 Shalee Lehning 18 0 12.1 48.1 44.4 61.5 1.3 2.3 0.4 0.1 2.1 Sandora Irvin 30 1 8.3 33.9 0.0 70.0 2.5 0.5 0.2 0.5 1.8 Kelly Mazzante 6 0 5.7 8.3 8.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.5 Playoffs Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Angel McCoughtry 8 8 29.1 42.3 30.0 74.7 5.5 1.5 3.0 0.9 23.1 Lindsey Harding 8 8 37.8 39.1 25.0 74.3 3.0 5.9 1.9 0.3 14.5 Iziane Castro Marques 8 3 25.6 45.3 53.6 44.4 2.0 1.0 0.6 0.0 13.6 Erika de Souza 5 5 33.4 42.4 0.0 50.0 11.4 1.4 0.6 1.2 11.0 Sancho Lyttle 8 8 29.3 39.1 0.0 75.0 7.5 1.0 2.3 0.6 10.0 Armintie Price 8 8 30.1 46.8 0.0 66.7 5.3 3.5 1.6 0.3 7.5 Alison Bales 8 0 16.0 38.5 42.9 50.0 5.0 0.9 0.3 0.8 3.0 Coco Miller 8 0 8.0 20.0 20.0 50.0 1.3 0.9 0.5 0.0 1.3 Sandora Irvin 3 0 2.7 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.0 Courtney Paris 5 0 3.6 50.0 0.0 50.0 1.0 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.6 Awards and honors Recipient Award Date awarded Ref. Angel McCoughtryEastern Conference Player of the Week July 25McCoughtry, Augustus earn WNBA Player of the Week honors https://www.wltx.com/article/sports/wnba/mccoughtry-augustus-earn-wnba-player-of-the-week-honors/101-378001223 wltx.com WLTX July 6, 2022 July 31 McCoughtry, Hammon earn WNBA Player of the Week honors https://www.9news.com/article/sports/wnba/mccoughtry-hammon-earn-wnba-player-of-the-week-honors/73-334729365 9news.com 9 News July 6, 2022 August 22 Atlanta's Angel McCoughtry and Los Angeles' Candace Parker Named WNBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/news/potw_110822.html wnba.com WNBA July 6, 2022 September 12Atlanta's McCoughtry and Seattle's Smith Named Players of the Week https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/atlantas-mccoughtry-and-seattles-smith-named-players-of-the-week/n-4293885 oursportscentral.com Our Sports Central July 6, 2022 Eastern Conference Player of the Month - July August 2 Atlanta Dream's Angel McCoughtry and Minnesota Lynx' Seimone Augustus Named Players of the Month for July https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/news/potm_july_2011.html wnba.com WNBA July 6, 2022 All-Star Starter July 16 Willis Kris WNBA All-Star Game 2011: Angel McCoughtry Named As Starter https://atlanta.sbnation.com/2011/7/16/2337985/wnba-all-star-game-2011-angel-mccoughtry-named-as-starter atlanta.sbnation.com SB Nation July 6, 2022 All-WNBA First Team September 2011 WNBA Season Awards https://www.wnba.com/awards2011/ wnba.com WNBA July 6, 2022 All-Defensive First Team September Sancho Lyttle All-Defensive Second Team September Armintie Price All-Defensive Second Team September References External links Category:Atlanta Dream seasons Atlanta Category:Eastern Conference (WNBA) championship seasons Atlanta Dream