2013 Atlanta Dream season

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2013 Atlanta Dream season
Coach Fred Williams
Arena Philips Arena
Attendance5,643 per game
Results
Record1717 (.500)
Place2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost WNBA Finals (3-0 to Minnesota Lynx)
Team Leaders
Points Angel McCoughtry – 21.5
Rebounds Erika de Souza – 9.9
Assists Angel McCoughtry – 4.4
Media
Television FS-S, SSO
ESPN2, NBATV

The 2013 WNBA season is the 6th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Dream finished second in the Eastern Conference with a 17-17 record, and won the Eastern Conference Finals, sweeping the Indiana Fever to earn their third trip in four years to the WNBA Finals, where they were swept by the Minnesota Lynx in three games.

Contents

Transactions

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
213 Alex Bentley Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Penn State
331 Anne Marie Armstrong Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Georgia

Trades and Roster Changes

DateTrade
January 8, 2013Extended Qualifying Offers to Angel McCoughtry and Aneika Henry
February 5, 2013Signed Angel McCoughtry
February 14, 2013Signed Aneika Henry
February 19, 2013Traded the 7th and 19th Picks in the 2013 WNBA draft to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Jasmine Thomas and the 13th Pick in the 2013 Draft [1]
March 18, 2013Signed Sydney Carter to a Training Camp Contract [2]
April 19, 2013Signed Alex Bentley and Anne Marie Armstrong to their Rookie Scale Contracts
April 25, 2013Signed Blanche Alverson to a Training Camp Contract [3]
April 30, 2013Signed Courtney Clements to a Training Camp Contract [4]
May 14, 2013Waived Blance Alverson and Ketia Swanier [5]
May 22, 2013Waived Cathrine Kraayeveld and Sydney Carter [6]
May 23, 2013Temporarily Suspend the contract of Yelena Leuchanka
May 31, 2013Exercised the Team Option for the 4th Year on Jasmine Thomas
June 17, 2013Temporarily Suspend the contract of Sancho Lyttle
July 5, 2013Activated Sancho Lyttle from her Temporary Suspension
Waived Anne Marie Armstrong [7]
August 28, 2013Signed Anne Marie Armstrong to a 7-Day Contract [8]

Roster

2013 Atlanta Dream Roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHt.Wt.From
G 2 Flag of the United States.svg Bentley, Alex 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)152 lb (69 kg) Penn State
G 54 Flag of the United States.svg Clements, Courtney 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)157 lb (71 kg) San Diego State
F/C 14 Flag of Brazil.svg de Souza, Erika 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)190 lb (86 kg) Brazil
G 15 Flag of the United States.svg Hayes, Tiffany 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)155 lb (70 kg) Connecticut
F/C 13 Flag of Jamaica.svg Henry-Morello, Aneika 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)192 lb (87 kg) Florida
F 20 Flag of Spain.svg Lyttle, Sancho 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)175 lb (79 kg) Houston
G/F 35 Flag of the United States.svg McCoughtry, Angel 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)173 lb (78 kg) Louisville
G 22 Flag of the United States.svg Herrington, Armintie 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)132 lb (60 kg) Mississippi
C 0 Flag of the United States.svg Riley, Ruth 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)198 lb (90 kg) Notre Dame
G 5 Flag of the United States.svg Thomas, Jasmine 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)143 lb (65 kg) Duke
F 43 Flag of the United States.svg Willingham, Le'Coe 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)200 lb (91 kg) Auburn
Head coach
Assistant coaches




Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Schedule

Preseason

2013 Game Log: Preseason
Total: 10 (Home: 00; Road: 10)
2013 season schedule

Regular Season

2013 Regular Season
Total: 17–17 (Home: 13–4; Road: 4–13)
May: 20 (Home: 10; Road: 10)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
4May 25 Tulsa W 98–81 Tiffany Hayes (21) Sancho Lyttle (10) Jasmine Thomas (6) Philips Arena
7519
10
5May 31@ Indiana W 86–77 Angel McCoughtry (29) Sancho Lyttle (11) Alex Bentley (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
10756
20
July: 14 (Home: 10; Road: 04)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
15July 9@ Minnesota L 72–94 Angel McCoughtry (16) Erika de Souza (13) Angel McCoughtry (5) Target Center
8623
102
16July 14@ Seattle L 65–73 de Souza
Bentley (16)
Erika de Souza (14) Alex Bentley (5) Key Arena
6479
103
17July 17@ Los Angeles L 73–77 Angel McCoughtry (24) Erika de Souza (18) Angel McCoughtry (5) Staples Center
10876
104
18July 21@ Tulsa L 63–90 Angel McCoughtry (21) Erika de Souza (16) Alex Bentley (3) BOK Center
4107
105
19July 24 Connecticut W 74–65 Angel McCoughtry (22) Erika de Souza (10) Angel McCoughtry (6) Philips Arena
4434
115
August: 38 (Home: 33; Road: 05)
September: 34 (Home:21; Road: 13)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
31September 2 Los Angeles W 92–82 Erika de Souza (27) Jasmine Thomas (8) Alex Bentley (11) Philips Arena
5504
1513
32September 4 Indiana W 89–80 (OT) Angel McCoughtry (30) Erika de Souza (15) Angel McCoughtry (8) Philips Arena
4019
1613
33September 6@ New York W 70–57 Angel McCoughtry (16) Erika de Souza (14) Angel McCoughtry (3) Prudential Center
7021
1713
34September 8 Phoenix L 71–79 Angel McCoughtry (25) Erika de Souza (10) Armintie Herrington (5) Philips Arena
9740
1714
35September 11@ Connecticut L 77–78 Angel McCoughtry (23) Angel McCoughtry (10) Angel McCoughtry (7) Mohegan Sun Arena
5724
1715
36September 13@ Chicago L 82–87 Angel McCoughtry (29) Erika de Souza (13) Jasmine Thomas (6) Allstate Arena
7679
1716
37September 15@ San Antonio L 68–97 Alex Bentley (17) Aneika Henry (10) Jasmine Thomas (6) AT&T Center
7486
1717
2013 season schedule

Standings

# Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB GP
1z-Chicago Sky 2410.706-34
2x-Atlanta Dream 1717.500734
3x-Washington Mystics 1717.500734
4x-Indiana Fever 1618.471834
5e-New York Liberty 1123.3241334
6e-Connecticut Sun 1024.2941434

Playoffs

2013 Playoffs: Total: 44 (Home: 22; Road: 22)
Eastern Semifinals vs. Washington (Win Series 2-1)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1September 19 Washington L 56–71 Angel McCoughtry (20) Erika de Souza (12) Angel McCoughtry (3) Philips Arena
3862
01
2September 21@ Washington W 63–45 Angel McCoughtry (20) Erika de Souza (15) Jasmine Thomas (6) Verizon Center
7065
11
3September 23 Washington W 80–72 de Souza & Hayes (18) Erika de Souza (14) Angel McCoughtry (7) Philips Arena
4078
21
Eastern Finals vs. Indiana (Win Series 2-0)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1September 26 Indiana W 84–79 Tiffany Hayes (23) Armintie Herrington (7) Herrington & McCoughtry (5) Philips Arena
4238
10
2September 29@ Indiana W 67–53 Angel McCoughtry (27) Armintie Herrington (9) Angel McCoughtry (3) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
7051
20
WNBA Finals vs. Minnesota (Lost Series 0-3)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1October 6@ Minnesota L 59–84 Angel McCoughtry (17) Aneika Henry (14) Armintie Herrington (3) Target Center
13804
01
2October 8@ Minnesota L 63–88 Angel McCoughtry (15) Erika de Souza (8) Angel McCoughtry (4) Target Center
12313
02
3October 10 Minnesota L 77–86 Tiffany Hayes (20) Erika de Souza (9) Alex Bentley (6) Gwinnett Center
5040
03
2013 season schedule

Playoffs

Conference Semi-Finals
Best-of-3
Conference Finals
Best-of-3
WNBA Finals
Best-of-5
         
E1 Chicago 0
E4 Indiana 2
E4 Indiana 0
Eastern Conference
E2 Atlanta 2
E2 Atlanta 2
E3 Washington 1
E2 Atlanta 0
W1 Minnesota 3
W1 Minnesota 2
W4 Seattle 0
W1 Minnesota 2
Western Conference
W3 Phoenix 0
W2 Los Angeles 1
W3 Phoenix 2

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 333231.441.320.482.45.34.42.70.721.5
Sancho Lyttle 6630.052.940.066.78.52.52.31.314.3
Erika de Souza 343429.952.90.067.79.91.31.31.812.9
Tiffany Hayes 23422.340.637.774.53.71.71.20.111.3
Jasmine Thomas 342927.535.921.669.63.03.10.90.38.5
Alex Bentley 341022.139.832.971.11.42.81.00.18.3
Armintie Herrington 282629.946.70.059.13.42.42.30.17.0
Le'Coe Willingham 342822.242.430.471.44.20.80.80.34.1
Aneika Henry-Morello 34112.845.00.076.53.90.50.30.53.9
Courtney Clements 2609.420.223.175.00.90.30.20.12.2
Ruth Riley 1607.631.640.066.70.80.20.20.31.1
Anne Marie Armstrong902.850.050.00.00.40.00.10.00.7

Playoffs

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Angel McCoughtry 8830.931.425.083.03.63.82.01.017.9
Tiffany Hayes 8628.639.035.376.74.51.90.50.012.4
Erika de Souza 8830.847.00.058.89.91.31.00.811.0
Armintie Herrington 8527.451.00.063.24.52.31.90.17.8
Jasmine Thomas 8828.931.00.070.02.92.00.90.86.4
Aneika Henry-Morello 8322.855.00.083.36.60.30.60.96.1
Alex Bentley 8017.428.319.088.91.82.01.10.35.8
Ruth Riley 406.575.0100.050.00.50.30.00.02.0
Le'Coe Willingham 4218.010.00.00.01.81.00.80.30.5
Courtney Clements 402.30.00.050.00.50.00.30.30.3

Awards and honors

RecipientAwardDate awardedRef.
Angel McCoughtry Eastern Conference Player of the Week May 24 - June 2 [9]
June 10 - June 16 [10]
June 17 - June 23 [11]
Eastern Conference Player of the Month - June July 1 [12]
Peak Performer: Points September 18 [13]
All-WNBA Second Team September 25 [14]
All-Star Selection July 23 [15] [16]
All-Defensive First Team September 20 [17]
Erika de Souza All-Star Selection July 23 [15]
All-Defensive Second Team September 20 [17]
Armintie Herrington All-Defensive First Team September 20 [17]
Alex Bentley All-Rookie Team September 20 [18]

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