2012 Atlanta Dream season

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

2012 Atlanta Dream season
Coach	M. Meadors (12-12) F. Williams (7-3)
Arena	Philips Arena
Attendance	5,453 per game
Results
Record	19–15 (.559)
Place	3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost in Conference Semifinals
Team Leaders
Points	Angel McCoughtry – 21.4
Rebounds	Erika de Souza – 8.2
Assists	Lindsey Harding – 4.5
Media
Television	FS-S, SSO ESPN2, NBATV
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Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2012 WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
2	14	Tiffany Hayes	United States	Connecticut
3	32	Isabelle Yacoubou (pick later voided)	France	France

Trades and Roster Changes

Date	Transaction
January 4, 2012	Extended Qualifying Offers to Courtney Paris, Armintie Herrington, Alison Bales, and Yelena Leuchanka
January 15, 2012	Cored Erika de Souza
January 31, 2012	Shalee Lehning announces her retirement from the WNBA[1]
February 8, 2012	Signed Cathrine Kraayeveld
February 9, 2012	Signed Yelena Leuchanka[2]
February 10, 2012	Signed Aneika Henry-Morello to a training-camp contract[3]
February 14, 2012	Signed Laurie Koehn to training-camp contract[4]
February 15, 2012	Signed Coco Miller and Courtney Paris to training-camp contracts[5]
March 3, 2012	Signed Ketia Swanier[6]
March 7, 2012	Signed Armintie Herrington
March 8, 2012	Signed Erika de Souza[7]
April 6, 2012	Signed Romina Ciappina to a training-camp contract
April 13, 2012	Alison Bales announces her retirement from the WNBA[8]
April 20, 2012	Signed Tiffany Hayes to a rookie-scale contract
	Signed Chelsea Regins and Aishah Sutherland to training-camp contracts
April 25, 2012	Signed Brittany Johnson to a training-camp contract
May 8, 2012	Waived Romina Ciappina, Chelsea Regins, Brittany Johnson, and Aishah Sutherland
May 16, 2012	Waived Coco Miller[9]
June 3, 2012	Waived Courtney Paris
June 4, 2012	Signed Jessica Moore[10]
July 2, 2012	Waived Jessica Moore
July 5, 2012	Signed Jessica Moore to a 7-day contract
July 12, 2012	Signed Jessica Moore to a 2nd 7-day contract

Roster

2013 Atlanta Dream roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight From F/C 14 de Souza, Erika 6' 5" (1.96m) 190 lb (86kg) Brazil G 10 Harding, Lindsey 5' 58" (3m) 139 lb (63kg) Duke G 15 Hayes, Tiffany 5' 10" (1.78m) 155 lb (70kg) Connecticut F/C 13 Henry-Morello, Aneika 6' 4" (1.93m) 192 lb (87kg) Florida G 12 Koehn, Laurie 5' 8" (1.73m) 145 lb (66kg) Kansas State F 33 Kraayeveld, Cathrine 6' 3" (1.91m) 183 lb (83kg) Oregon C 11 Leuchanka, Yelena 6' 5" (1.96m) 195 lb (88kg) West Virginia F 20 Lyttle, Sancho 6' 5" (1.96m) 175 lb (79kg) Houston G/F 35 McCoughtry, Angel 6' 1" (1.85m) 173 lb (78kg) Louisville G 22 Price, Armintie 5' 9" (1.75m) 132 lb (60kg) Mississippi G 8 Swanier, Ketia 5' 7" (1.7m) 150 lb (68kg) Connecticut	Head coach Fred Williams (Boise State) Assistant coaches Joe Ciampi (Mansfield State) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Depth

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

Schedule

Preseason

2012 Preseason Schedule
Total: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0) 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 Regular Season Total: 19–15 (Home: 11–6; Road: 8–9)
May: 2–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–1) 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 (Home: 3–3; Road: 2–2) 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 (Home: 0–0; Road: 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 (Home: 2–2; Road: 2–1) 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 (Home: 4–0; Road: 2–2) 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
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Playoffs

2012 Playoffs Schedule
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Indiana (Lost Series 1-2) 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

Standings

Eastern Conference v t e	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

Playoffs

Conference Semi-Finals Best-of-3

Conference Finals Best-of-3

WNBA Finals Best-of-5

E1

Connecticut

2

E4

New York

0

E1

Connecticut

1

Eastern Conference

E2

Indiana

2

E2

Indiana

2

E3

Atlanta

1

E2

Indiana

3

W1

Minnesota

1

W1

Minnesota

2

W4

Seattle

1

W1

Minnesota

2

Western Conference

W2

Los Angeles

0

W2

Los Angeles

2

W3

San Antonio

0

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		League leader

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Angel McCoughtry	24	17	29.9	44.7	33.7	80.0	5.0	2.9	2.5	1.1	21.4
Sancho Lyttle	34	34	31.6	41.2	25.5	75.8	7.6	2.5	2.4	0.7	14.0
Lindsey Harding	34	32	30.6	42.5	24.1	81.8	2.8	4.5	1.4	0.2	12.3
Erika de Souza	15	15	29.9	52.3	0.0	69.6	8.2	1.6	1.3	1.5	11.6
Tiffany Hayes	34	17	23.1	39.0	27.3	78.6	3.1	2.1	0.8	0.4	8.6
Armintie Herrington	34	33	26.6	50.9	0.0	60.2	3.7	2.5	1.1	0.3	8.4
Aneika Henry	34	14	18.0	46.8	0.0	76.2	4.1	0.4	0.5	0.9	4.8
Cathrine Kraayeveld	33	1	15.4	42.1	40.2	33.3	2.8	0.8	0.4	0.5	4.6
Yelena Leuchanka	19	5	13.7	38.1	0.0	71.4	2.7	0.6	0.5	0.5	3.1
Ketia Swanier	34	2	11.4	31.7	16.7	73.1	1.4	1.9	0.4	0.0	2.2
Jessica Moore	8	0	5.4	66.7	0.0	75.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.9
Laurie Koehn	23	0	4.9	34.1	33.3	0.0	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.0	1.8
Courtney Paris	4	0	7.3	50.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.5

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Lindsey Harding	3	3	38.0	42.6	25.0	88.9	4.7	5.3	2.7	0.3	19.0
Angel McCoughtry	3	3	33.3	41.2	25.0	81.8	5.7	3.3	2.3	1.3	18.0
Sancho Lyttle	3	3	34.3	36.2	0.0	75.0	7.0	0.7	3.0	0.7	12.3
Erika de Souza	3	3	29.7	41.4	0.0	100.0	6.3	0.3	0.7	0.7	8.7
Armintie Herrington	3	3	30.0	36.4	0.0	72.7	3.7	3.3	2.3	0.3	8.0
Tiffany Hayes	3	0	16.3	36.4	33.3	100.0	2.3	1.7	1.7	0.3	4.3
Aneika Henry	3	0	10.0	75.0	0.0	100.0	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.7	2.7
Ketia Swanier	2	0	3.0	66.7	50.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5
Cathrine Kraayeveld	3	0	6.3	100.0	100.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Angel McCoughtry	Eastern Conference Player of the Week	July 2	[11]
Sancho Lyttle	Eastern Conference Player of the Week	August 27	[12]
	All-Defensive First Team	September 28	[13]
Lindsey Harding	Eastern Conference Player of the Week	September 10	[14]
Armintie Price	All-Defensive Second Team	September 28	[13]
Tiffany Hayes	WNBA All-Rookie Team	October 7	[15]