2010 Atlanta Dream season

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2010 Atlanta Dream season
Coach Marynell Meadors
Arena Philips Arena
Attendance6,293 per game
Results
Record19–15 (.559)
Place4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost WNBA Finals
Team Leaders
Points Angel McCoughtry – 21.1
Rebounds Sancho Lyttle – 9.9
Assists Shalee Lehning – 4.8
Media
Television FS-S, SSO
NBATV, ESPN2

The 2010 Atlanta Dream season was the 3rd season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association, and their 3rd season under head coach, Marynell Meadors.

Contents

Transactions

Sacramento Monarchs Dispersal Draft

With the Sacramento Monarchs ceasing operation and based on the 2009 records of teams, the Dream selected 9th in the Dispersal Draft. The Dream waived their right to pick and chose nobody.

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
19 Chanel Mokango Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo Mississippi State
221 Brigitte Ardossi Flag of the United States.svg United States Georgia Tech
333 Brittainey Raven Flag of the United States.svg United States Texas

Trades and Roster Changes

DateTrade
January 5, 2010Extended Qualifying Offers to Ivory Latta and Yelena Leuchanka
February 2, 2010Signed Yelena Leuchanka to a Training Camp Contract
February 23, 2010Signed Ivory Latta and Erica White to Training Camp Contracts
March 10, 2010Signed Demetress Adams to a Training Camp Contract
March 11, 2010Traded Michelle Snow and a Second Round Pick in the 2011 WNBA draft to the San Antonio Silver Stars for Dalma Ivanyi and a Second Round Pick in the 2011 WNBA Draft [1]
March 16, 2010Signed Erika de Souza to a Multi-Year Contract [2]
March 16, 2010Signed Kelly Miller and Coco Miller to Multi-Year Contracts [3]
March 23, 2010Waived Ivory Latta [4]
April 14, 2010Signed Chanel Mokango, Brittainey Raven, and Brigitte Ardossi to Rookie Scale Contracts
April 19, 2010Signed Alison Bales to a Training Camp Contract
April 24, 2010Signed Shawn Goff to a Training Camp Contract
April 26, 2010Signed Britany Miller and Chandi Jones to Training Camp Contracts
Waived Jennifer Lacy [5]
April 28, 2010Signed Tatum Brown to a Training Camp Contract
May 2, 2010Waived Tatum Brown
May 5, 2010Waived Britany Miller
May 10, 2010Waived Erica White and Brigitte Ardossi
May 13, 2010Waived Shawn Goff
May 14, 2010Waived Chanel Mokango and Demetress Adams
Signed Armintie Price to a Contract Extension
Temporarily Suspend Yelena Leuchanka due to Overseas Commitments
May 19, 2010Activated Yelena Leuchanka from her Temporary Suspension
Waived Chamique Holdsclaw [6]

Roster

2010 Atlanta Dream roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightFrom
C 33 Flag of the United States.svg Bales, Alison 6' 7" (2.01m)218 lb (99kg) Duke
G/F 8 Flag of Brazil.svg Castro Marques, Iziane 6' 0" (1.83m)140 lb (64kg) Brazil
F/C 14 Flag of Brazil.svg de Souza, Erika 6' 5" (1.96m)190 lb (86kg) Brazil
G 5 Flag of the United States.svg Lehning, Shalee 5' 9" (1.75m)147 lb (67kg) Kansas State
C 11 Flag of Belarus.svg Leuchanka, Yelena 6' 5" (1.96m)195 lb (88kg) West Virginia
F 20 Flag of Spain.svg Lyttle, Sancho 6' 4" (1.93m)143 lb (65kg) Houston
F 35 Flag of the United States.svg McCoughtry, Angel 6' 1" (1.85m)160 lb (73kg) Louisville
SG 9 Flag of the United States.svg Miller, Coco 5' 9" (1.75m)140 lb (64kg) Georgia
PG 2 Flag of the United States.svg Miller, Kelly 5' 10" (1.78m)140 lb (64kg) Georgia
G/F 22 Flag of the United States.svg Price, Armintie 5' 9" (1.75m)133 lb (60kg) Mississippi
G 0 Flag of the United States.svg Raven, Brittainey 6' 0" (1.83m)162 lb (73kg) Texas
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Marynell Meadors (Middle Tennessee)
Assistant coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Sue Panek (Maryland)
Flag of the United States.svg Carol Ross (Mississippi)
Flag of the United States.svg Fred Williams (Boise State)
Strength and conditioning coach
Flag of the United States.svg Kim Moseley (Southern Miss)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  WNBA roster page

Depth

Pos.StarterBench
C Érika de Souza Alison Bales
PF Sancho Lyttle Yelena Leuchanka
SF Angel McCoughtry Brittainey Raven
SG Iziane Castro Marques Armintie Price
PG Shalee Lehning Kelly Miller
Coco Miller

Schedule

Preseason

2013 Preseason Schedule
Total: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 411:00am@ Connecticut 79-86 McCoughtry (19) Price (7) Price (5) Mohegan Sun Arena
3,779		0–1
2May 92:00pm Washington 58-77 Castro Marques (13) McCoughtry (6) Lehning, Price (3) Eblen Center
2,219		0–2

Regular season

2010 Regular Season
Total: 19–15 (Home: 10–7; Road: 9–8)
May: 6–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 4–0)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 158:00pm@ San Antonio FS-SW 75-70 Castro Marques (23) de Souza (15) Lehning (6) AT&T Center
9,409		1–0
2May 167:00pm Indiana SSO 66-62 de Souza, Price (14) de Souza (11) Miller (6) Philips Arena
7,337		2–0
3May 217:00pm Connecticut NBATV
FS-S
CSN-NE 		97-82 McCoughtry (32) Lyttle (17) Lehning (10) Philips Arena
4,092		3–0
4May 234:00pm@ New York 86-77 McCoughtry (21) Bales, de Souza (10) McCoughtry (6) Madison Square Garden
9,548		4–0
5May 2810:00pm@ Phoenix 96-93 McCoughtry (28) Lyttle (17) Lehning (5) US Airways Center
7,986		5–0
6May 308:00pm@ Los Angeles 101-82 McCoughtry (32) de Souza (13) Castro Marques, Lehning (5) STAPLES Center
8,404		6–0
June: 6–4 (Home: 4–1; Road: 2–3)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
7June 19:30pm@ Seattle ESPN2 72-90 McCoughtry (16) Lyttle (6) McCoughtry (3) KeyArena
7,586		6–1
8June 47:00pm Chicago FS-S 70-80 Castro Marques (18) de Souza (7) Lehning (6) Philips Arena
2,515		6–2
9June 57:00pm@ Washington 86-79 (OT) de Souza, McCoughtry (23) Lyttle (17) Castro Marques, K. Miller (6) Verizon Center
8,986		7–2
10June 117:30pm@ New York 79-91 de Souza (21) Lyttle (14) K. Miller (6) Madison Square Garden
8,332		7–3
11June 133:00pm San Antonio NBATV
SSO 		90-83 Lyttle (24) Lyttle (12) Lehning (8) Philips Arena
6,050		8–3
12June 158:00pm@ Chicago CN100 93-86 Castro Marques (31) de Souza (13) Lehning (9) Allstate Arena
3,292		9–3
13June 197:00pm@ Indiana 91-94 Catchings, Douglas (17) Catchings (7) Catchings (6) Conseco Fieldhouse
8,187		9–4
14June 2312:00pm Tulsa NBATV
SSO
FS-OK 		96-90 McCoughtry (29) Lyttle (12) Castro Marques (8) Philips Arena
9,598		10–4
15June 273:00pm Los Angeles NBATV
SSO 		89-81 Castro Marques (25) Lyttle (11) Lehning, McCoughtry (5) Philips Arena
7,855		11–4
16June 297:00pm Phoenix SSO 94-88 McCoughtry (18) Leuchanka (9) K. Miller (8) Philips Arena
4,073		12–4
July: 5–5 (Home: 3–1; Road: 2–4)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
17July 17:00pm Minnesota SSO 76-58 Castro Marques (22) Lyttle (14) Lehning (5) Philips Arena
4,020		13–4
18July 37:00pm Chicago NBATV
SSO 		82-88 McCoughtry (20) de Souza (15) Lyttle, K. Miller (3) Philips Arena
6,920		13–5
19July 77:00pm Connecticut SSO 108-103 (OT) Castro Marques, McCoughtry (32) de Souza (13) Lehning (8) Philips Arena
5,305		14–5
20July 141:00pm@ Minnesota 81-83 McCoughtry (25) de Souza (20) Lehning (6) Target Center
12,311		14–6
21July 167:00pm@ Indiana 70-89 McCoughtry (27) Leuchanka (7) Lehning (3) Conseco Fieldhouse
7,532		14–7
22July 177:00pm@ Connecticut 80-96 McCoughtry (27) Lyttle (11) Castro Marques, Price (5) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,378		14–8
23July 2111:30am@ Washington NBATV
CSN-MA 		72-82 McCoughtry (23) Lyttle (8) Castro Marques (6) Verizon Center
14,347		14–9
24July 253:00pm New York NBATV
SSO 		82-75 McCoughtry (28) de Souza, McCoughtry (10) McCoughtry (6) Philips Arena
7,030		15–9
25July 271:30pm@ Tulsa NBATV
COX 		105-89 Castro Marques (23) Lyttle (14) Lehning (6) BOK Center
3,800		16–9
26July 307:30pm@ Connecticut 94-62 McCoughtry (20) de Souza (13) K. Miller, Price (5) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,003		17–9
August: 2–6 (Home: 1–5; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
27August 13:00pm Indiana NBATV
SSO 		90-74 Castro Marques (22) Lyttle (8) Lehning, McCoughtry (7) Philips Arena
6,270		18–9
28August 37:30pm Washington ESPN2 78-86 McCoughtry (30) Lyttle (9) Lehning (6) Philips Arena
9,072		18–10
29August 67:00pm@ Indiana 93-95 McCoughtry (31) Lyttle (8) Lehning (6) Conseco Fieldhouse
9,214		18–11
30August 107:00pm Seattle FS-S 70-80 McCoughtry (16) Lyttle (17) Lehning (6) Philips Arena
6,042		18–12
31August 137:00pm New York SSO 83-90 McCoughtry (22) Lyttle (13) Lehning (8) Philips Arena
6,025		18–13
32August 148:00pm@ Chicago CN100 92-74 de Souza (17) Bales (12) Price (6) Allstate Arena
4,214		19–13
33August 177:00pm Chicago NBATV
FS-S 		79-84 Castro Marques (19) Leuchanka (11) Lehning, Miller (4) Philips Arena
5,209		19–14
34August 223:00pm Washington SSO 81-90 McCoughtry (19) Lyttle (11) Lyttle (6) Philips Arena
9,570		19–15
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess

Playoffs

2010 Playoffs Schedule
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Washington (Won Series 2-0)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1August 257:00pm@ Washington NBATV 95-90 McCoughtry (28) de Souza, Lyttle (9) Price (8) Verizon Center
10,322		1–0
2August 277:30pm Washington NBATV
FS-S 		101-77 McCoughtry, Castro Marques (21) Lyttle (10) Lehning (9) Philips Arena
7,890		2–0
Eastern Conference Finals vs. New York (Won Series 2-0)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1September 57:00pm@ New York NBATV
MSG 		81-75 McCoughtry (21) Lyttle (13) Lehning (5) Madison Square Garden
14,248		1–0
2September 77:30pm New York NBATV
FS-S
MSG 		105-93 McCoughtry (42) de Souza (6) Castro Marques (5) Philips Arena
9,045		2–0
WNBA Finals vs. Seattle (Lost Series 0-3)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1September 123:00pm@ Seattle ABC 77-79 Castro Marques, McCoughtry (19) Lyttle (14) Lehning (3) KeyArena
15,084		0–1
2September 149:00pm@ Seattle ESPN2 84-87 Castro Marques, McCoughtry (21) McCoughtry (9) C. Miller (8) KeyArena
13,898		0–2
3September 168:00pm Seattle ESPN2 84-87 McCoughtry (35) de Souza (14) C. Miller (5) Philips Arena
10,522		0–3

Standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Washington Mystics x2212.647–13–49–813–9
New York Liberty x2212.647–13–49–814–8
Indiana Fever x2113.6181.013–48–913–9
Atlanta Dream x1915.5593.010–79–810–12
Connecticut Sun o1717.5005.012–55–129–13
Chicago Sky o1420.4128.07–107–107–15

Playoffs

Conference semifinals
Best-of-3 		Conference finals
Best-of-3 		WNBA Finals
Best-of-5
         
E1 Washington 0
E4 Atlanta 2
E4 Atlanta 2
Eastern Conference
E2 New York 0
E2 New York 2
E3 Indiana 1
E4 Atlanta 0
W1 Seattle 3
W1 Seattle 2
W4 Los Angeles 0
W1 Seattle 2
Western Conference
W2 Phoenix 0
W2 Phoenix 2
W3 San Antonio 0

Statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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 gameTeam leaderLeague leader

Regular Season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Angel McCoughtry 343430.740.826.280.34.93.11.940.621.1
Iziane Castro Marques 343428.944.429.565.91.72.60.80.116.9
Sancho Lyttle 323129.148.40.072.59.92.21.70.612.8
Érika de Souza 343425.657.10.054.78.30.90.81.212.4
Armintie Price 34016.538.70.059.43.01.80.90.14.9
Yelena Leuchanka 32010.647.620.074.42.60.40.50.34.2
Alison Bales 34315.643.341.779.63.80.80.71.13.9
Shalee Lehning 333323.545.336.146.72.74.80.80.23.7
Kelly Miller 30116.429.032.988.01.92.60.80.13.6
Coco Miller 2707.340.019.285.70.60.80.20.03.1
Brittainey Raven 2305.424.427.887.50.90.40.20.01.5

Playoffs

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Angel McCoughtry 7730.946.245.579.75.42.32.00.626.7
Iziane Castro Marques 7732.147.140.747.82.42.00.10.116.9
Coco Miller 7725.739.126.378.92.73.31.30.010.6
Sancho Lyttle 7725.450.00.088.99.61.72.01.110.6
Erika de Souza 7125.750.00.080.08.31.10.72.310.3
Armintie Price 7625.734.20.060.02.73.60.90.05.0
Yelena Leuchanka 709.655.650.050.02.00.40.40.13.4
Shalee Lehning 7013.136.825.050.01.92.60.40.02.9
Kelly Miller 406.875.050.0100.00.51.50.30.02.5
Alison Bales 707.362.50.00.01.70.40.31.01.4
Brittainey Raven 401.00.00.075.00.30.00.00.00.8

Awards and honors

RecipientAwardDate awardedRef.
Angel McCoughtry Eastern Conference Player of the Week May 24 [7]
June 1 [8]
Eastern Conference Player of the Month - May June 3 [9]
All-Defensive First Team August 29 [10]
All-WNBA Second Team September 13 [11]
Sancho Lyttle All-Defensive Second Team August 29 [10]
Iziane Castro Marques Eastern Conference Player of the Week July 12 [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Atlanta Dream Trades Center Michelle Snow". Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Dream Re-Signs WNBA All-Star Erika de Souza". WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Twins Kelly and Coco Miller sign with Dream". ESPN. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Dream Releases Guard Ivory Latta". WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  5. ↑ "WNBA training camps underway". hoopfeed.com. Hoopfeed. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Dream Waives Holdsclaw; Leuchanka Joins Team". WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Lauren Jackson and Angel McCoughtry Named Players of the Week Presented by Kia Motors". WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Candace Parker named WNBA Western Conference player of the week". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Angel McCoughtry and Lauren Jackson Named Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month". WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  10. 1 2 "2010 WNBA All-Defensive Team Announced". WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  11. ↑ "2010 All-WNBA First and Second Teams Announced". WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  12. ↑ "DREAM FORWARD IZIANE CASTRO MARQUES NAMED WNBA EASTERN CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK". WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
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