2018 Atlanta Dream season | |
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Coach | Nicki Collen |
Arena | McCamish Pavilion |
Attendance | 4,194 per game |
Results | |
Record | 23–11 (.676) |
Place | 1st (Eastern) |
Playoff finish | 2nd seed; Lost in Semifinals to Washington (2–3) |
Team Leaders | |
Points | Tiffany Hayes – 17.2 |
Rebounds | Jessica Breland – 7.9 |
Assists | Renee Montgomery – 3.7 |
Media | |
Television | Fox Sports South (FS-S), Fox Sports Southeast (FSSE) |
The 2018 WNBA season was the 11th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association. The team began its season on May 20, 2018, against the Dallas Wings. [1]
The Dream started the season slowly, going 2–2 in May with both losses coming to Dallas. The team continued to not be able to build momentum in June, posting a 5–6 record. The team started well in the month, going on a three game win streak, but couldn't continue that run, winning just 2 of the final 7 games in the month. However, the Dream found another gear in July. The Dream went on an 8 game winning streak and head coach Nicki Collen was awarded the Coach of the Month. The team finished the month 9–2 and in prime playoff position. The team continued its run in August, going 6–1 with their only loss on the road against Phoenix. Collen was again voted coach of the month. However, on August 9, the team lost their star Angel McCoughtry for the season with torn ligaments in her left knee. The team finished a franchise–best 23–11 which entered them into the 2018 WNBA Playoffs as the second seed.
As the second seed, Atlanta earned a double bye into the semifinal round. There, Atlanta faced off against the Washington Mystics. The Mystics were the third seed, finishing one game behind Atlanta in the regular season. The series was a close one, with the Mystics star Elena Delle Donne getting injured in game 3. However, the Dream were not able to capitalize and eventually lost the series 2 games to 3.
Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/team/country |
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2 | 15 | Monique Billings | ![]() | UCLA |
2 | 16 | Kristy Wallace | ![]() | Baylor |
3 | 27 | Mackenzie Engram | ![]() | Georgia |
Date | Transaction | |
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January 1, 2018 | Cored Angel McCoughtry | |
Exercised 4th-Year Team Option on Bria Holmes and Imani McGee-Stafford | ||
Extended a Qualifying Offer to Damiris Dantas | ||
January 16, 2018 | Bria Holmes to miss season due to Pregnancy [2] | |
February 1, 2018 | Signed Renee Montgomery [3] | |
Signed Maggie Lucas to a training-camp contract | ||
February 2, 2018 | Signed Jessica Breland [4] | |
February 8, 2018 | Signed Angel McCoughtry [5] | |
February 13, 2018 | Signed Adaora Elonu to a training-camp contract | |
February 14, 2018 | Signed Damiris Dantas [6] | |
March 9, 2018 | Signed Blake Dietrick to a training-camp contract | |
April 3, 2018 | Signed Elizabeth Williams to a Multi-Year Extension [7] | |
April 5, 2018 | Signed Yelena Leuchanka to a training-camp contract [8] | |
April 12, 2018 | Traded Bria Holmes to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for a Second Round Pick in 2018 and 2019 [9] | |
April 13, 2018 | Signed Alexa Hart and Rosemarie Julien to training-camp contracts | |
Waived Yelena Leuchanka [10] | ||
April 18, 2018 | Signed Mackenzie Engram to a rookie-scale contract | |
April 19, 2018 | Signed Monique Billings to a rookie-scale contract | |
May 4, 2018 | Waived Alexa Hart [11] | |
May 13, 2018 | Waived Rosemarie Julien [12] | |
May 16, 2018 | Waived Mackenzie Engram | |
May 17, 2018 | Waived Adaora Elonu [13] | |
June 30, 2018 | Waived Maggie Lucas [14] | |
July 4, 2018 | Signed Alexis Prince to a 7-day contract [15] | |
July 9, 2018 | Traded Layshia Clarendon and 2nd Round Pick in the 2019 WNBA draft to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for Alex Bentley [16] | |
July 11, 2018 | Signed Alexis Prince to a 2nd 7-day contract | |
July 18, 2018 | Signed Alexis Prince to a 3rd 7-day contract | |
July 25, 2018 | Signed Alexis Prince | |
August 7, 2018 | Signed Tiffany Hayes to a Multi-Year Extension [17] | |
August 10, 2018 | Signed Adaora Elonu to a 7-day contract [18] | |
August 17, 2018 | Signed Adaora Elonu |
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Total: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–1)
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2018 pre-season schedule |
2018 Regular Season Total: 23–11 (Home: 13–4; Road: 10–7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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May: 2–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–1)
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June: 5–6 (Home: 3–1; Road: 2–5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
July: 9–2 (Home: 5–2; Road: 4–0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
August: 6–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 3–1)
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2018 season schedule |
2016 Playoffs: Total: 2–3 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2018 playoff schedule |
# | Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
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1 | Atlanta Dream (2) | 23 | 11 | .676 | – | 13–4 | 10–7 | 12–4 |
2 | Washington Mystics (3) | 22 | 12 | .647 | 1 | 12–5 | 10–7 | 12–4 |
3 | Connecticut Sun (4) | 21 | 13 | .618 | 2 | 13–4 | 8–9 | 9–7 |
4 | e – Chicago Sky | 13 | 21 | .382 | 10 | 7–10 | 6–11 | 6–10 |
5 | e – New York Liberty | 7 | 27 | .206 | 16 | 4–13 | 3–14 | 6–10 |
6 | e – Indiana Fever | 6 | 28 | .176 | 17 | 2–15 | 4–13 | 3–13 |
Notes
First round: Single elimination (Aug. 21) | Second round: Single elimination (Aug. 23) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Aug. 26 – Sept. 4) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 7 – Sept. 12) | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Seattle Storm | 91 | 91 | 66 | 84 | 94 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Connecticut Sun | 86 | 5 | Phoenix Mercury | 87 | 87 | 86 | 86 | 84 | |||||||||||||||
5 | Phoenix Mercury | 101 | 5 | Phoenix Mercury | 96 | 1 | Seattle Storm | 89 | 75 | 98 | ||||||||||||||
8 | Dallas Wings | 83 | 3 | Washington Mystics | 76 | 73 | 82 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Atlanta Dream | 84 | 78 | 81 | 76 | 81 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Washington Mystics | 96 | 3 | Washington Mystics | 87 | 75 | 76 | 97 | 86 | |||||||||||||||
6 | Los Angeles Sparks | 75 | 6 | Los Angeles Sparks | 64 | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Minnesota Lynx | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Note: Teams re-seeded after second round and semi-finals.
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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Tiffany Hayes | 31 | 29 | 28.9 | .441 | .321 | .817 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 17.2 |
Angel McCoughtry | 29 | 28 | 27.6 | .420 | .276 | .836 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 16.5 |
Renee Montgomery | 34 | 34 | 27.5 | .389 | .371 | .881 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 10.3 |
Brittney Sykes | 29 | 7 | 20.7 | .411 | .268 | .663 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 9.7 |
Elizabeth Williams | 33 | 32 | 26.8 | .548 | .000 | .563 | 5.8 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 9.1 |
Alex Bentley | 16 | 0 | 20.8 | .376 | .310 | .529 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 8.7 |
Jessica Breland | 34 | 34 | 26.4 | .428 | .000 | .750 | 7.9 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 8.3 |
Damiris Dantas | 19 | 0 | 13.4 | .433 | .238 | .722 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 5.4 |
Alexis Prince | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | .600 | 1.000 | .000 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 |
Monique Billings | 32 | 0 | 11.0 | .441 | .000 | .750 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 3.3 |
Imani McGee-Stafford | 29 | 2 | 10.5 | .453 | .000 | .467 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2.9 |
Blake Dietrick | 26 | 0 | 7.2 | .343 | .391 | .667 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.4 |
Adaora Elonu | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Tiffany Hayes | 5 | 5 | 33.6 | 44.4 | 37.5 | 80.0 | 6.2 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 16.4 |
Alex Bentley | 5 | 0 | 24.0 | 44.4 | 32.0 | 75.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 15.6 |
Brittney Sykes | 5 | 5 | 27.0 | 47.3 | 41.2 | 50.0 | 3.6 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 12.6 |
Elizabeth Williams | 5 | 5 | 31.4 | 51.1 | 0.0 | 54.5 | 8.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 10.8 |
Jessica Breland | 5 | 5 | 31.0 | 37.0 | 0.0 | 83.3 | 10.8 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 9.0 |
Renee Montgomery | 5 | 5 | 31.6 | 29.3 | 28.6 | 84.6 | 2.0 | 4.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 8.6 |
Monique Billings | 5 | 0 | 12.8 | 47.4 | 0.0 | 57.9 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 5.8 |
Imani McGee-Stafford | 4 | 0 | 5.8 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 |
Adaora Elonu | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Blake Dietrick | 3 | 0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
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Tiffany Hayes | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | June 11, 2018 | [19] |
July 23, 2018 | [20] | ||
August 6, 2018 | [21] | ||
Eastern Conference Player of the Month - July | August 1, 2018 | [22] | |
Angel McCoughtry | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | June 24, 2018 | [23] |
WNBA All-Star Selection | July 17, 2018 | [24] | |
Jessica Breland | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | July 15, 2018 | [25] |
Nicki Collen | WNBA Coach of the Month - July | August 2, 2018 | [26] |
WNBA Coach of the Month - August | August 20, 2018 | [27] | |
WNBA Coach of the Year | August 28, 2018 | [28] | |
Chris Sienko | WNBA Basketball Executive of the Year | August 28, 2018 | [29] |
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