2014 Atlanta Dream season

2014 Atlanta Dream season

Head Coach

Arena

Results
Record	19–15 (.559)
Place	1st (Eastern)
Playoff Finish	Lost Eastern Semis
Team Leaders
Points	McCoughtry (18.5)
Rebounds	Lyttle (9.0)
Assists	Dumerc (4.0)
Media
Television	FS-S, SSO ESPN2, NBATV
Atlanta Dream seasons
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The 2014 WNBA season is the 7th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association. This is 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 unfortunately gave the other team the lead and lost 81-80.

Transactions

WNBA Draft

The following are the Dream's selections in the 2014 WNBA Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	8	Shoni Schimmel	United States	Louisville
2	18	Inga Orekhova	Ukraine	South Florida
2	20	Cassie Harberts	United States	USC

Trades

Date	Trade
March 12, 2014	To Atlanta Dream	To Connecticut Sun	To Washington Mystics
March 12, 2014	Matee Ajavon 2014 2nd round pick (18th overall)	Alex Bentley 2014 3rd round pick (32nd overall)	Kara Lawson

Date	Trade
May 7, 2014	To Atlanta Dream	To Chicago Sky
May 7, 2014	Swin Cash	Courtney Clements

Personnel changes

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Matee Ajavon	March 12, 2014	Washington Mystics
Céline Dumerc	April 4, 2014	free agent
Swin Cash	May 7, 2014	Chicago Sky

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Alex Bentley	March 12, 2014	Connecticut Sun
Armintie Herrington	April 1, 2014	Los Angeles Sparks
Courtney Clements	May 7, 2014	Chicago Sky

Roster

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Erika de Souza	Nadia Gomes Colhado
PF	Sancho Lyttle	Aneika Henry
SF	Angel McCoughtry	Swin Cash / Amanda Thompson
SG	Tiffany Hayes	Matee Ajavon
PG	Jasmine Thomas	Shoni Schimmel / Celine Dumerc

Season standings

#	Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	y- Atlanta Dream	19	15	.559	-	34
2	x- Indiana Fever	16	18	.471	3.0	34
3	x-Washington Mystics	16	18	.471	3.0	34
4	x-Chicago Sky	15	19	.441	4.0	34

5	e-New York Liberty	15	19	.441	4.0	34
6	e-Connecticut Sun	13	21	.382	6.0	34

Schedule

Preseason

2014 pre-season game log
Total: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)

Pre-season: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	May 11	@ New York	W 63–58	Tiffany Hayes (14)	Erika de Souza (7)	Shoni Schimmel (4)	Philips Arena 2444	1–0

2014 season schedule

Regular season

2011 Game Log: Regular Season

Watch all games live on WNBA LiveAccess

May (3-2)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	May 16	7:30pm	San Antonio	SSO	79-75	deSouza (23)	de Souza (11)	Shoni Schimmel (11)	Philips Arena 4,575	1-0
2	May 17	7:00pm	@ Indiana	FS-S	90-88	McCoughtry (27)	Lyttle (21)	Schimmel (10)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,275	2-0
3	May 24	8:00pm	@ Chicago		73-87	de Souza (18)	de Souza (12)	Schimmel (8)	Allstate Arena 4,136	2-1
4	May 25	6:00pm	Indiana	SSO	77-82	McCoughtry (19)	de Souza (9)	Schimmel (8)	Philips Arena 5,517	2-2
5	May 30	7:30pm	Seattle	SSO	80-69	Hayes (20)	Lyttle (10)	McCoughtry (8)	Philips Arena 5,486	3-2

June (2-1)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
6	June 1	3:00pm	@ Connecticut		76-85	Hayes (17)	de Souza (8)	Lyttle (3)	Mohegan Sun Arena 6,071	3-3
7	June 3	7:00pm	Los Angeles	ESPN2	93-85	de Souza (27)	Lyttle (12)	Schimmel (7)	Philips Arena 5,409	4-3
8	June 7	7:00pm	Chicago	SSO	97-59	de Souza, McCoughtry (20)	Lyttle (12)	Dumerc (5)	Philips Arena 5,458	5-3
9	June 13	7:30pm	Minnesota	SSO					Philips Arena
10	June 15	4:00pm	@ Washington						Verizon Center
11	June 18	12:00pm	Washington	FS-S					Philips Arena
12	June 15	8:00pm	@ Chicago	CN100	93-86	Castro Marques (31)	de Souza (13)	Lehning (9)	Allstate Arena 3,292	9-3
13	June 19	7:00pm	@ Indiana		91-94	Catchings, Douglas (17)	Catchings (7)	Catchings (6)	Conseco Fieldhouse 8,187	9-4
14	June 23	12:00pm	Tulsa	NBATV SSO FS-OK	96-90	McCoughtry (29)	Lyttle (12)	Castro Marques (8)	Philips Arena 9,598	10-4
15	June 27	3:00pm	Los Angeles	NBATV SSO	89-81	Castro Marques (25)	Lyttle (11)	Lehning, McCoughtry (5)	Philips Arena 7,855	11-4
16	June 29	7:00pm	Phoenix	SSO	94-88	McCoughtry (18)	Leuchanka (9)	K. Miller (8)	Philips Arena 4,073	12-4

July

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
17	July 1	7:00pm	Minnesota	SSO	76-58	Castro Marques (22)	Lyttle (14)	Lehning (5)	Philips Arena 4,020	13-4
18	July 3	7:00pm	Chicago	NBATV SSO	82-88	McCoughtry (20)	de Souza (15)	Lyttle, K. Miller (3)	Philips Arena 6,920	13-5
19	July 7	7:00pm	Connecticut	SSO	108-103 (OT)	Castro Marques, McCoughtry (32)	de Souza (13)	Lehning (8)	Philips Arena 5,305	14-5
20	July 14	1:00pm	@ Minnesota		81-83	McCoughtry (25)	de Souza (20)	Lehning (6)	Target Center 12,311	14-6
21	July 16	7:00pm	@ Indiana		70-89	McCoughtry (27)	Leuchanka (7)	Lehning (3)	Conseco Fieldhouse 7,532	14-7
22	July 17	7:00pm	@ Connecticut		80-96	McCoughtry (27)	Lyttle (11)	Castro Marques, Price (5)	Mohegan Sun Arena 7,378	14-8
23	July 21	11:30am	@ Washington	NBATV CSN-MA	72-82	McCoughtry (23)	Lyttle (8)	Castro Marques (6)	Verizon Center 14,347	14-9
24	July 25	3:00pm	New York	NBATV SSO	82-75	McCoughtry (28)	de Souza, McCoughtry (10)	McCoughtry (6)	Philips Arena 7,030	15-9
25	July 27	1:30pm	@ Tulsa	NBATV COX	105-89	Castro Marques (23)	Lyttle (14)	Lehning (6)	BOK Center 3,800	16-9
26	July 30	7:30pm	@ Connecticut		94-62	McCoughtry (20)	de Souza (13)	K. Miller, Price (5)	Mohegan Sun Arena 7,003	17-9

August

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
27	August 1	3:00pm	Indiana	NBATV SSO	90-74	Castro Marques (22)	Lyttle (8)	Lehning, McCoughtry (7)	Philips Arena 6,270	18-9
28	August 3	7:30pm	Washington	ESPN2	78-86	McCoughtry (30)	Lyttle (9)	Lehning (6)	Philips Arena 9,072	18-10
29	August 6	7:00pm	@ Indiana		93-95	McCoughtry (31)	Lyttle (8)	Lehning (6)	Conseco Fieldhouse 9,214	18-11
30	August 10	7:00pm	Seattle	FS-S	70-80	McCoughtry (16)	Lyttle (17)	Lehning (6)	Philips Arena 6,042	18-12
31	August 13	7:00pm	New York	SSO	83-90	McCoughtry (22)	Lyttle (13)	Lehning (8)	Philips Arena 6,025	18-13
32	August 14	8:00pm	@ Chicago	CN100	92-74	de Souza (17)	Bales (12)	Price (6)	Allstate Arena 4,214	19-13
33	August 17	7:00pm	Chicago	NBATV FS-S	79-84	Castro Marques (19)	Leuchanka (11)	Lehning, Miller (4)	Philips Arena 5,209	19-14
34	August 22	3:00pm	Washington	SSO	81-90	McCoughtry (19)	Lyttle (11)	Lyttle (6)	Philips Arena 9,570	19-15

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

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG

Awards and honors

WNBA All-Stars - Angel McCoughtry (starter), Shoni Schimmel (starter)

References

"Dream Acquires Matee Ajavon From Washington In Three-Team Trade". WNBA.com. March 12, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2014.

"Atlanta Dream Signs French Star Céline Dumerc". WNBA.com. April 3, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2014.

"Atlanta Dream Acquires Four-Time All-Star Swin Cash in Trade with Chicago Sky". WNBA.com. May 7, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2014.

External links

Atlanta Dream

Founded in 2007 Based in Atlanta, Georgia

The Franchise	Franchise Current season

Arenas	Philips Arena

Head Coaches	Marynell Meadors Fred Williams Michael Cooper

Administration	Owner: Ron Terwilliger Kathy Betty Dream Too LLC

General Mangers	Marynell Meadors Fred Williams Angela Taylor

All-Stars	Izi Castro Marques Érika de Souza Sancho Lyttle Angel McCoughtry Shoni Schimmel

Seasons	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Playoff Appearances	2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Conference Titles	2010 2011 2013

WNBA Titles	None

Rivals	Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever Minnesota Lynx

Media	TV: FS South (FS-S), SportSouth (SSO) Announcers: Bob Rathbun, LaChina Robinson

2014 WNBA season by team

Draft All-Star Game Playoffs Finals

Eastern	Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever New York Liberty Washington Mystics

Western	Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury San Antonio Stars Seattle Storm Tulsa Shock

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