2011 Atlanta Dream season explained

The 2011 WNBA season is the 4th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association. 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

Round	Pick	Player	School/team/country
1	8	Ta'Shia Phillips	Xavier
2	18	Rachel Jarry	Australia
3	32	Kelsey Bolte	Iowa State

Trades and Roster Changes

Date	Transaction
January 7, 2011	Extended Qualifying Offers to Alison Bales and Yelena Leuchanka
March 23, 2011	Signed Sandora Irvin to a Training Camp Contract^[1]
March 24, 2011	Signed Ashley Paris to a Training Camp Contract^[2]
March 31, 2011	Signed Alison Bales to a Training Camp Contract^[3]
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.^[4]
April 11, 2011	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 Chester^[5]
June 5, 2011	Waived Brittainey Raven
June 5, 2011	Signed Kelly Mazzante^[6]
June 16, 2011	Temporarily Suspend Sancho Lyttle due to Overseas Commitments
June 18, 2011	Signed Courtney Paris^[7]
July 3, 2011	Activated Sancho Lyttle from her Temporary Suspension
July 3, 2011	Waived Kelly Mazzante^[8]
September 8, 2011	Signed Sancho Lyttle to a Contract Extension^[9]

Roster

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Erika de Souza	Courtney Paris
PF	Sancho Lyttle	Alison Bales Sandora Irvin
SF	Angel McCoughtry
SG	Armintie Price	Iziane Castro Marques
PG	Lindsey Harding

Schedule

Preseason

|- 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

|- 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) || Bales
Irvin (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) || Harding
Miller (3) || Philips Arena
7,274 || 1–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 7 || June 21 || 12:00pm || Chicago || SSO || 71–68 || McCoughtry (14) || McCoughtry
Paris (8) || Harding (6) || Philips Arena
6,154 || 2–5|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 8 || June 24 || 7:30pm || Phoenix || FS-S
FS-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 || NBATV
SSO || 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) || McCoughtry
Miller (4) || Philips Arena
4,423 || 3–7 |-|- 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 || NBATV
FS-S
CN100 || 76–68 || McCoughtry (24) || Bales
de Souza (8) || Price (10) || Philips Arena
7,413 || 4–9|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 14 || July 19 || 12:00pm || Indiana || NBATV
SSO || 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) || McCoughtry
Price (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) || Harding
Lehning (3) || BOK Center
3,435 || 7–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 17 || July 28 || 7:00pm || Los Angeles || NBATV
SSO || 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 |-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 19 || August 2 || 7:30pm || New York || FS-S || 75–85 || McCoughtry (24) || McCoughtry
Price (6) || Harding (9) || Philips Arena
4,573 || 8–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 20 || August 7 || 3:00pm || Seattle || NBATV
SSO || 70–53 || McCoughtry (17) || de Souza
Lyttle (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 || NBATV
KONG || 92–63 || Castro Marques
McCoughtry (17) || McCoughtry (6) || Price (4) || KeyArena
9,686 || 11–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 24 || August 16 || 10:30pm || @ Los Angeles || NBATV
SSO
PRIME || 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 || NBATV
SSO || 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 || NBATV
SSO
FS-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 |-|- 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 || NBATV
SSO || 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) || Bales
Price (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 || NBATV
SSO
FS-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

|- 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 Souza
Harding
Lyttle
McCoughtry (12) || de Souza (10) || Harding (6) || Philips Arena
6,887 || 2–0|-|- 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) || Lyttle
Price (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|-|- 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|-

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 Harding	34	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 Price	34	21	23.4	51.9	0.0	60.8	3.0	2.8	1.5	0.1	8.5
Iziane Castro Marques	34	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 Bales	34	15	20.2	48.6	35.3	75.0	4.7	1.2	0.4	1.6	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 McCoughtry	Eastern Conference Player of the Week	July 25	^[10]
		July 31	^[11]
		August 22	^[12]
		September 12	^[13]
	Eastern Conference Player of the Month - July	August 2	^[14]
	All-Star Starter	July 16	^[15]
	All-WNBA First Team	September	^[16]
	All-Defensive First Team	September
Sancho Lyttle	All-Defensive Second Team	September
Armintie Price	All-Defensive Second Team	September

Notes and References

Web site: Atlanta Dream Signs Forward Sandora Irvin . oursportscentral.com . Our Sports Central . July 5, 2022.
Web site: Former Sooner Ashley Paris Returns to WNBA . news9.com . New 9 . July 5, 2022.
Web site: Atlanta Dream Re-Signs Center Alison Bales . oursportscentral.com . Our Sports Central . July 5, 2022.
Web site: Orton . Kathy . Washington Mystics trade Lindsey Harding, acquire Ta’Shia Phillips and Kelly Miller . washingtonpost.com . Washington Post . July 5, 2022.
Web site: Roberson . Doug . Dream waive Chester . ajc.com . AJC . July 5, 2022.
Web site: DREAM SIGNS VETERAN GUARD KELLY MAZZANTE . wnba.com . WNBA . July 5, 2022.
Web site: Atlanta Dream Signs Center Courtney Paris . oursportscentral.com . Our Sports Central . July 5, 2022.
Web site: Willis . Kris . Atlanta Dream Forward Sancho Lyttle Returns To Team, Kelly Mazzante Waived . atlanta.sbnation.com . SB Nation . July 5, 2022.
Web site: Willis . Kris . The Atlanta Dream Re-Sign Sancho Lyttle To Multi-Year Deal . peachtreehoops.com . SB Nation . July 5, 2022.
Web site: McCoughtry, Augustus earn WNBA Player of the Week honors . wltx.com . WLTX . July 6, 2022.
Web site: McCoughtry, Hammon earn WNBA Player of the Week honors . 9news.com . 9 News . July 6, 2022.
Web site: Atlanta's Angel McCoughtry and Los Angeles' Candace Parker Named WNBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week . wnba.com . WNBA . July 6, 2022.
Web site: Atlanta's McCoughtry and Seattle's Smith Named Players of the Week . oursportscentral.com . Our Sports Central . July 6, 2022.
Web site: Atlanta Dream's Angel McCoughtry and Minnesota Lynx' Seimone Augustus Named Players of the Month for July . wnba.com . WNBA . July 6, 2022.
Web site: Willis . Kris . WNBA All-Star Game 2011: Angel McCoughtry Named As Starter . atlanta.sbnation.com . SB Nation . July 6, 2022.
Web site: 2011 WNBA Season Awards . wnba.com . WNBA . July 6, 2022.