2014 Atlanta Dream season | |
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Coach | Michael Cooper |
Arena | Philips Arena |
Attendance | per game |
Results | |
Record | 19–15 (.559) |
Place | 1st (Eastern) |
Playoff finish | Lost Eastern Semis |
Team Leaders | |
Points | Angel McCoughtry – 18.5 |
Rebounds | Sancho Lyttle – 9.0 |
Assists | Celine Dumerc – 4.0 |
Media | |
Television | FS-S, SSO ESPN2, NBATV |
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.
Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
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1 | 8 | Shoni Schimmel | United States | Louisville |
2 | 18 | Inga Orekhova | Ukraine | South Florida |
2 | 20 | Cassie Harberts | United States | USC |
Date | Transaction | |
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January 15, 2014 | Cored Erika de Souza | |
March 11, 2014 | Extended a Qualifying Offer to Courtney Clements | |
March 12, 2014 | Traded Alex Bentley and a 3rd Round Pick in the 2014 WNBA draft in a 3-Team Trade involving the Washington Mystics and the Connecticut Sun. Bentley went to the Sun, while the 3rd Round Pick went to Washington. Atlanta received Matee Ajavon and a 2nd Round Pick in the 2014 Draft from the Mystics. [1] | |
March 25, 2014 | Signed Samantha Prahlis and Jacki Gemelos to Training Camp Contracts | |
March 26, 2014 | Signed Erika de Souza [2] | |
March 30, 2014 | Signed Nádia Colhado to a Training Camp Contract | |
April 1, 2014 | Signed Courtney Clements to a Training Camp Contract | |
April 3, 2014 | Signed Celine Dumerc [3] | |
April 4, 2014 | Signed Jhasmin Player to a Training Camp Contract [4] | |
April 10, 2014 | Signed Ashley Corral and Amanda Thompson to Training Camp Contracts | |
April 16, 2014 | Signed Shoni Schimmel, Cassie Harberts, and Inga Orekhova to Rookie Scale Contracts | |
April 23, 2014 | Signed Khaalidah Miller to a Training Camp Contract | |
April 25, 2014 | Signed Danielle Wilson and Rebekah Gardner to Training Camp Contracts [5] | |
April 30, 2014 | Waived Danielle Wilson, Ashley Corral, and Jacki Gemelos | |
May 4, 2014 | Waived Khaalidah Miller and Rebekah Gardner | |
May 7, 2014 | Exercised the 4th Year Team Option on Tiffany Hayes | |
Traded Courtney Clements and 2nd Round Pick in the 2015 WNBA draft to the Chicago Sky for Swin Cash and a 3rd Round Pick in the 2015 Draft [6] | ||
May 12, 2014 | Waived Jhasmin Player, Samantha Prahlis, and Cassie Harberts [7] | |
May 15, 2014 | Temporarily Suspend Celine Dumerc due to Overseas Commitments | |
May 30, 2014 | Waived Inga Orekhova | |
June 2, 2014 | Activated Celine Dumerc from her Temporary Suspension [8] | |
July 9, 2014 | Traded Swin Cash to the New York Liberty in exchange for Delisha Milton-Jones [9] | |
August 18, 2014 | Signed Sancho Lyttle to a Contract Extension |
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Total: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
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May: 3–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–1)
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August: 2–6 (Home: 1–5; Road: 1–1)
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Eastern Semifinals vs. Chicago (Lost Series 1-2)
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2014 season schedule |
# | Eastern Conference | |||||
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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 |
Conference semi-finals: best-of-3 | Conference finals: best-of-3 | WNBA finals: best-of-5 | ||||||||||||
E1 | Atlanta | 1 | ||||||||||||
E4 | Chicago | 2 | ||||||||||||
E4 | Chicago | 2 | ||||||||||||
Eastern Conference | ||||||||||||||
E2 | Indiana | 1 | ||||||||||||
E2 | Indiana | 2 | ||||||||||||
E3 | Washington | 0 | ||||||||||||
E4 | Chicago | 0 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Phoenix | 3 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Phoenix | 2 | ||||||||||||
W4 | Los Angeles | 0 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Phoenix | 2 | ||||||||||||
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W2 | Minnesota | 1 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Minnesota | 2 | ||||||||||||
W3 | San Antonio | 0 |
Legend | |||||||
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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 |
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Angel McCoughtry | 31 | 29 | 31.4 | 42.0 | 29.5 | 80.9 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 18.5 |
Erika de Souza | 33 | 33 | 29.9 | 54.5 | 0.0 | 70.6 | 8.7 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 13.8 |
Tiffany Hayes | 34 | 32 | 28.4 | 46.6 | 35.7 | 76.0 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 12.9 |
Sancho Lyttle | 34 | 34 | 31.3 | 45.9 | 27.3 | 66.3 | 9.0 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 12.2 |
Shoni Schimmel | 34 | 2 | 21.3 | 37.4 | 34.2 | 84.0 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 8.3 |
Jasmine Thomas | 34 | 23 | 17.5 | 32.3 | 25.5 | 71.4 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 4.8 |
Aneika Henry-Morello | 34 | 4 | 12.8 | 58.2 | 0.0 | 67.6 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 4.5 |
Delisha Milton-Jones | 2 | 0 | 11.5 | 28.6 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 4.5 |
Celine Dumerc | 28 | 11 | 18.8 | 29.5 | 23.1 | 69.4 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 3.3 |
Nadia Colhado | 16 | 0 | 7.9 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 28.6 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 2.8 |
Matee Ajavon | 24 | 1 | 9.2 | 27.8 | 11.1 | 72.4 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.2 |
Amanda Thompson | 21 | 0 | 8.3 | 36.1 | 0.0 | 83.3 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.7 |
Swin Cash | 17 | 1 | 8.8 | 23.3 | 0.0 | 40.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.5 |
Inga Orekhova | 2 | 0 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Angel McCoughtry | 3 | 3 | 35.0 | 43.3 | 44.4 | 92.3 | 6.0 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 26.7 |
Tiffany Hayes | 3 | 3 | 30.7 | 48.1 | 33.3 | 90.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 12.7 |
Erika de Souza | 3 | 3 | 27.7 | 56.7 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 5.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 12.7 |
Sancho Lyttle | 3 | 3 | 36.3 | 39.4 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 11.3 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 9.3 |
Jasmine Thomas | 3 | 2 | 22.7 | 42.1 | 33.3 | 62.5 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 7.3 |
Shoni Schimmel | 3 | 0 | 19.3 | 36.8 | 37.5 | 100.0 | 2.7 | 5.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6.3 |
Aneika Henry-Morello | 3 | 0 | 16.3 | 72.7 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 6.3 |
Celine Dumerc | 1 | 1 | 28.0 | 66.7 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 |
Matee Ajavon | 2 | 0 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
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Angel McCoughtry | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | June 23 | [10] |
July 14 | [11] | ||
Eastern Conference Player of the Month - June | June 30 | [12] | |
All-Star Selection | July 8 | [13] [14] | |
All-WNBA Second Team | September 11 | [15] | |
All-Defensive First Team | August 22 | [16] | |
Shoni Schimmel | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | August 18 | [17] |
All-Star Selection | July 8 | [13] | |
All-Star MVP | July 19 | [18] | |
Erika de Souza | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | June 10 | [19] |
All-Star Selection | July 8 | [13] | |
Sancho Lyttle | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | June 30 | [20] |
All-Defensive First Team | August 22 | [16] | |
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