2012 Atlanta Dream season

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2012 Atlanta Dream season
Head 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 McCoughtry (21.4)
Rebounds de Souza (8.2)
Assists Harding (4.5)
Media
Television FS-S, SSO
ESPN2, NBATV
Atlanta Dream seasons
< 2011 2013 >

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

Transactions

WNBA Draft

The following are the Dream's selections in the 2012 WNBA Draft.

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
2 14 (from Was.) Tiffany Hayes  United States Connecticut
3 32 Isabelle Yacoubou (pick later voided)  France France

Transaction log

  • April 11, 2011: The Dream acquired a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft from the Washington Mystics in exchange for a first-round pick in the 2012 Draft as part of the Lindsey Harding trade.
  • April 11, 2011: The Dream traded a second-round pick to the Minnesota Lynx as part of the Felicia Chester/Rachel Jarry transaction.
  • January 31: The Dream announced Shalee Lehning's retirement.
  • February 8: The Dream signed Cathrine Kraayeveld.
  • February 9: The Dream re-signed Yelena Leuchanka.
  • February 10: The Dream signed Aneika Henry.
  • February 14: The Dream signed Laurie Koehn.
  • February 15: The Dream re-signed Coco Miller and Courtney Paris.
  • March 1: The Dream signed Ketia Swanier.
  • March 8: The Dream re-signed Erika de Souza and Armintie Price.
  • April 6: The Dream signed Romina Ciappina.
  • April 13: The Dream announced Alison Bales' retirement.
  • April 20: The Dream signed Aishah Sutherland, Chelsea Regins, and draft pick Tiffany Hayes.
  • April 25: The Dream signed Brittany Johnson.
  • May 8: The Dream waived Romina Ciappina, Brittany Johnson, Chelsea Regins, and Aishah Sutherland.
  • May 16: The Dream waived Coco Miller.
  • June 4: The Dream waived Courtney Paris and signed Jessica Moore.
  • August 13: The Dream waived Jessica Moore.

Personnel changes

Roster

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

Season standings

Eastern Conference
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

Schedule

Preseason

2012 Game Log: Preseason (May)
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 Game Log: Regular Season
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com
May (2–2)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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

Postseason

2012 Game Log: Postseason
Eastern Conference Semifinals
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

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
Erika de Souza 15 15 29.9 .523 .000 .696 8.2 1.6 1.3 1.5 11.6
Lindsey Harding 34 32 30.6 .425 .241 .818 2.8 4.5 1.4 0.2 12.3
Tiffany Hayes 34 17 23.1 .390 .273 .786 3.1 2.1 0.8 0.4 8.6
Aneika Henry 34 14 18.0 .468 .000 .762 4.1 0.4 0.5 0.9 4.8
Armintie Herrington 34 33 26.6 .509 .000 .602 3.7 2.5 1.1 0.3 8.4
Laurie Koehn 23 0 4.9 .341 .333 .000 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 1.8
Cathrine Kraayeveld 33 1 15.4 .421 .402 .333 2.8 0.8 0.4 0.5 4.6
Yelena Leuchanka 19 5 13.7 .381 .000 .714 2.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 3.1
Sancho Lyttle 34 34 31.6 .412 .255 .758 7.6 2.5 2.4 0.7 14.0
Angel McCoughtry 24 17 29.9 .447 .337 .800 5.0 2.9 2.5 1.1 21.4
Jessica Moore 8 0 5.4 .667 .000 .750 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9
Courtney Paris 4 0 7.3 .500 .000 .000 2.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.5
Ketia Swanier 34 2 11.4 .317 .167 .731 1.4 1.9 0.4 0.0 2.2

Postseason

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Erika de Souza 3 3 29.7 .414 .000 1.000 6.3 0.3 0.7 0.7 8.7
Lindsey Harding 3 3 38.0 .426 .250 .889 4.7 5.3 2.7 0.3 19.0
Tiffany Hayes 3 0 16.3 .364 .333 1.000 2.3 1.7 1.7 0.3 4.3
Aneika Henry 3 0 10.0 .750 .000 1.000 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.7 2.7
Armintie Herrington 3 3 30.0 .364 .000 .727 3.7 3.3 2.3 0.3 8.0
Cathrine Kraayeveld 3 0 6.3 1.000 1.000 .000 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 1.0
Sancho Lyttle 3 3 34.3 .362 .000 .750 7.0 0.7 3.0 0.7 12.3
Angel McCoughtry 3 3 33.3 .412 .250 .818 5.7 3.3 2.3 1.3 18.0
Ketia Swanier 2 0 3.0 .667 .500 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.5

Awards and honors

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References

External links

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