2014 Atlanta Dream season

2014 Atlanta Dream season
CoachMichael Cooper
ArenaPhilips Arena
Attendanceper game
Results
Record19–15 (.559)
Place1st (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost Eastern Semis
Team Leaders
PointsAngel McCoughtry – 18.5
ReboundsSancho Lyttle – 9.0
AssistsCeline Dumerc – 4.0
Media
TelevisionFS-S, SSO
ESPN2, NBATV

The 2014 Atlanta Dream season was the 7th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association, and their 1st season under head coach, Michael Cooper. This was 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.

Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2014 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 8 Shoni Schimmel  United States Louisville
2 18 Inga Orekhova  Ukraine South Florida
2 20 Cassie Harberts  United States USC

Trades and Roster Changes

Date Transaction
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

Roster

2014 Atlanta Dream roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightFrom
G10Ajavon, Matee5' 8" (1.73m)160 lb (73kg)Rutgers
C31Colhado, Nadia6' 4" (1.93m)196 lb (89kg)Brazil
F/C14de Souza, Erika6' 5" (1.96m)190 lb (86kg)Brazil
G9Dumerc, Celine5' 7" (1.7m)132 lb (60kg)France
G15Hayes, Tiffany5' 10" (1.78m)155 lb (70kg)Connecticut
F/C13Henry-Morello, Aneika6' 4" (1.93m)192 lb (87kg)Florida
F20Lyttle, Sancho6' 5" (1.96m)175 lb (79kg)Houston
G/F35McCoughtry, Angel6' 1" (1.85m)173 lb (78kg)Louisville
F1Milton-Jones, Delisha6' 1" (1.85m)185 lb (84kg)Florida
G23Schimmel, Shoni5' 9" (1.75m)161 lb (73kg)Louisville
G5Thomas, Jasmine5' 9" (1.75m)143 lb (65kg)Duke
F21Thompson, Amanda6' 1" (1.85m)180 lb (82kg)Oklahoma
Head coach
Michael Cooper (New Mexico)
Assistant coaches
Karleen Thompson (USC)
Teresa Edwards (Georgia)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Schedule

Preseason

2014 Game Log: Preseason
Total: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
1 May 11 @ New York W 63–58 Tiffany Hayes (14) Érika de Souza (7) Shoni Schimmel (4) Philips Arena
2444 		1–0
2014 season schedule

Regular season

2014 Game Log: Regular Season
May: 3–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–1)
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
1 May 16 7:30pm San Antonio SSO W 79-75 de Souza (23) de Souza (11) Shoni Schimmel (11) Philips Arena
4,575		 1-0
2 May 17 7:00pm @ Indiana FS-S W 90-88 McCoughtry (27) Lyttle (21) Schimmel (10) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
8,275		 2-0
3 May 24 8:00pm @ Chicago L 73-87 de Souza (18) de Souza (12) Schimmel (8) Allstate Arena
4,136		 2-1
4 May 25 6:00pm Indiana SSO L 77-82 McCoughtry (19) de Souza (9) Schimmel (8) Philips Arena
5,517		 2-2
5 May 30 7:30pm Seattle SSO W 80-69 Hayes (20) Lyttle (10) McCoughtry (8) Philips Arena
5,486		 3-2
June: 9–2 (Home: 7–0; Road: 2–2)
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
6 June 1 3:00pm @ Connecticut L 76-85 Hayes (17) de Souza (8) Lyttle (3) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,071		 3-3
7 June 3 7:00pm Los Angeles ESPN2 W 93-85 de Souza (27) Lyttle (12) Schimmel (7) Philips Arena
5,409		 4-3
8 June 7 7:00pm Chicago SSO W 97-59 de Souza, McCoughtry (20) Lyttle (12) Dumerc (5) Philips Arena
5,458		 5-3
9 June 13 7:30pm Minnesota SSO W 85-82 McCoughtry (23) Lyttle (12) Dumerc (7) Philips Arena
6,684		 6-3
10 June 15 4:00pm @ Washington W 75-67 de Souza
McCoughtry (16)		 de Souza (9) McCoughtry (5) Verizon Center
7,229		 7-3
11 June 18 12:00pm Washington FS-S W 83-73 McCoughtry (27) Lyttle (10) McCoughtry (4) Philips Arena
8,895		 8-3
12 June 15 8:00pm @ Chicago CN100 W 93-86 Castro Marques (31) de Souza (13) Lehning (9) Allstate Arena
3,292		 9-3
13 June 19 7:00pm @ Indiana L 91-94 Catchings, Douglas (17) Catchings (7) Catchings (6) Conseco Fieldhouse
8,187		 9-4
14 June 23 12:00pm Tulsa NBATV
SSO
FS-OK		 W 96-90 McCoughtry (29) Lyttle (12) Castro Marques (8) Philips Arena
9,598		 10-4
15 June 27 3:00pm Los Angeles NBATV
SSO		 W 89-81 Castro Marques (25) Lyttle (11) Lehning, McCoughtry (5) Philips Arena
7,855		 11-4
16 June 29 7:00pm Phoenix SSO W 94-88 McCoughtry (18) Leuchanka (9) K. Miller (8) Philips Arena
4,073		 12-4
July: 5–5 (Home: 3–1; Road: 2–4)
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
17 July 1 7:00pm Minnesota SSO W 76-58 Castro Marques (22) Lyttle (14) Lehning (5) Philips Arena
4,020		 13-4
18 July 3 7:00pm Chicago NBATV
SSO		 L 82-88 McCoughtry (20) de Souza (15) Lyttle, K. Miller (3) Philips Arena
6,920		 13-5
19 July 7 7:00pm Connecticut SSO W 108-103 (OT) Castro Marques, McCoughtry (32) de Souza (13) Lehning (8) Philips Arena
5,305		 14-5
20 July 14 1:00pm @ Minnesota L 81-83 McCoughtry (25) de Souza (20) Lehning (6) Target Center
12,311		 14-6
21 July 16 7:00pm @ Indiana L 70-89 McCoughtry (27) Leuchanka (7) Lehning (3) Conseco Fieldhouse
7,532		 14-7
22 July 17 7:00pm @ Connecticut L 80-96 McCoughtry (27) Lyttle (11) Castro Marques, Price (5) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,378		 14-8
23 July 21 11:30am @ Washington NBATV
CSN-MA		 L 72-82 McCoughtry (23) Lyttle (8) Castro Marques (6) Verizon Center
14,347		 14-9
24 July 25 3:00pm New York NBATV
SSO		 W 82-75 McCoughtry (28) de Souza, McCoughtry (10) McCoughtry (6) Philips Arena
7,030		 15-9
25 July 27 1:30pm @ Tulsa NBATV
COX		 W 105-89 Castro Marques (23) Lyttle (14) Lehning (6) BOK Center
3,800		 16-9
26 July 30 7:30pm @ Connecticut W 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)
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
27 August 1 3:00pm Indiana NBATV
SSO		 W 90-74 Castro Marques (22) Lyttle (8) Lehning, McCoughtry (7) Philips Arena
6,270		 18-9
28 August 3 7:30pm Washington ESPN2 L 78-86 McCoughtry (30) Lyttle (9) Lehning (6) Philips Arena
9,072		 18-10
29 August 6 7:00pm @ Indiana L 93-95 McCoughtry (31) Lyttle (8) Lehning (6) Conseco Fieldhouse
9,214		 18-11
30 August 10 7:00pm Seattle FS-S L 70-80 McCoughtry (16) Lyttle (17) Lehning (6) Philips Arena
6,042		 18-12
31 August 13 7:00pm New York SSO L 83-90 McCoughtry (22) Lyttle (13) Lehning (8) Philips Arena
6,025		 18-13
32 August 14 8:00pm @ Chicago CN100 W 92-74 de Souza (17) Bales (12) Price (6) Allstate Arena
4,214		 19-13
33 August 17 7:00pm Chicago NBATV
FS-S		 L 79-84 Castro Marques (19) Leuchanka (11) Lehning, Miller (4) Philips Arena
5,209		 19-14
34 August 22 3:00pm Washington SSO L 81-90 McCoughtry (19) Lyttle (11) Lyttle (6) Philips Arena
9,570		 19-15

Playoffs

2014 Game Log: Playoffs
Eastern Semifinals vs. Chicago (Lost Series 1-2)
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
1 August 22 Chicago L 77-80 Angel McCoughtry (24) Sancho Lyttle (14) Shoni Schimmel (6) Philips Arena
5,985 		0–1
2 August 24 @ Chicago W 92-83 Angel McCoughtry (39) Lyttle
Thomas (7) 		Jasmine Thomas (6) Allstate Arena
4,546 		1–1
3 August 26 Chicago L 80-81 Erika de Souza (18) Sancho Lyttle (13) Shoni Schimmel (6) Philips Arena
4,829 		1–2
2014 season schedule

Standings

# Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB GP
1 y- 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

Playoffs

Main article: 2014 WNBA Playoffs
Conference semifinals
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
Western Conference
W2 Minnesota 1
W2 Minnesota 2
W3 San Antonio 0
  • Bold – Series winner
  • Italics – Team with home-court advantage

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
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

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
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

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
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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