2012 Atlanta Dream season

The 2012 WNBA season is the 5th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association.

2012 Atlanta Dream season
Coach	M. Meadors (12-12) F. Williams (7-3)
Arena	Philips Arena
Attendance	5,453 per game
Results
Record	19–15 (.559)
Place	3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost in Conference Semifinals
Team Leaders
Points	McCoughtry (21.4)
Rebounds	de Souza (8.2)
Assists	Harding (4.5)
Media
Television	FS-S, SSO ESPN2, NBATV
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Transactions

WNBA Draft

The following are the Dream's selections in the 2012 WNBA Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
2	14 (from Was.)	Tiffany Hayes	United States	Connecticut
3	32	Isabelle Yacoubou (pick later voided)	France	France

Transaction log

• April 11, 2011: The Dream acquired a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft from the Washington Mystics in exchange for a first-round pick in the 2012 Draft as part of the Lindsey Harding trade.
• April 11, 2011: The Dream traded a second-round pick to the Minnesota Lynx as part of the Felicia Chester/Rachel Jarry transaction.
• January 31: The Dream announced Shalee Lehning's retirement.
• February 8: The Dream signed Cathrine Kraayeveld.
• February 9: The Dream re-signed Yelena Leuchanka.
• February 10: The Dream signed Aneika Henry.
• February 14: The Dream signed Laurie Koehn.
• February 15: The Dream re-signed Coco Miller and Courtney Paris.
• March 1: The Dream signed Ketia Swanier.
• March 8: The Dream re-signed Erika de Souza and Armintie Price.
• April 6: The Dream signed Romina Ciappina.
• April 13: The Dream announced Alison Bales' retirement.
• April 20: The Dream signed Aishah Sutherland, Chelsea Regins, and draft pick Tiffany Hayes.
• April 25: The Dream signed Brittany Johnson.
• May 8: The Dream waived Romina Ciappina, Brittany Johnson, Chelsea Regins, and Aishah Sutherland.
• May 16: The Dream waived Coco Miller.
• June 4: The Dream waived Courtney Paris and signed Jessica Moore.
• August 13: The Dream waived Jessica Moore.

Personnel changes

Additions Player Signed Former team Cathrine Kraayeveld February 8, 2012 Chicago Sky Yelena Leuchanka February 9, 2012 re-signed Aneika Henry February 13, 2012 free agent Laurie Koehn February 14, 2012 free agent Ketia Swanier March 1, 2012 Phoenix Mercury Tiffany Hayes April 16, 2012 draft pick

Subtractions Player Left New team Izi Castro Marques 2012 free agent Sandora Irvin 2012 free agent Shalee Lehning January 31, 2012 retired Alison Bales April 13, 2012 retired Coco Miller May 16, 2012 free agent Courtney Paris June 4, 2012 free agent

Roster

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Erika de Souza	Yelena Leuchanka
PF	Sancho Lyttle	Aneika Henry
SF	Angel McCoughtry	Cathrine Kraayeveld Tiffany Hayes
SG	Armintie Price	Laurie Koehn
PG	Lindsey Harding	Ketia Swanier

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Connecticut Sun ^y	25	9	.735	–	12–5	13–4	18–4
Indiana Fever ^x	22	12	.647	3.0	13–4	9–8	15–7
Atlanta Dream ^x	19	15	.559	6.0	11–6	8–9	12–10
New York Liberty ^x	15	19	.441	10.0	9–8	6–11	10–12
Chicago Sky ^o	14	20	.412	11.0	7–10	7–10	8–14
Washington Mystics ^o	5	29	.147	20.0	4–13	1–16	3–19

Schedule

Preseason

2012 Game Log: Preseason (May)
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 Sat 5 2:00 Tulsa 91-89 Koehn (21) Henry (9) Harding (6) Philips Arena 4,340 1-0

Regular season

2012 Game Log: Regular Season
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com
May (2–2) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 Sat 19 7:00 @ Indiana SSO FS-I 84-92 McCoughtry (26) Lyttle (10) Harding (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,403 0-1 2 Fri 25 7:30 New York SSO 100-74 McCoughtry (23) Leuchanka (7) McCoughtry (7) Philips Arena 6,802 1-1 3 Sun 27 3:00 Indiana SSO 62-78 McCoughtry (21) Lyttle (9) Price Swanier (2) Philips Arena 7,282 1-2 4 Thu 31 7:00 Phoenix SSO 81-65 Kraayeveld Lyttle (12) Kraayeveld (9) Price (6) Philips Arena 4,887 2-2
June (5–5) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 5 Sat 2 7:00 Chicago SSO CN100 92-94 (OT) McCoughtry (33) Lyttle Price Swanier (4) Harding (6) Philips Arena 4,503 2-3 6 Tue 5 7:00 @ New York 72-79 McCoughtry (21) McCoughtry (14) Price (4) Prudential Center 4,823 2-4 7 Fri 8 7:30 San Antonio SSO 60-57 McCoughtry (16) Lyttle (9) McCoughtry (5) Philips Arena 4,501 3-4 8 Sun 10 5:00 @ Connecticut CPTV-S 73-92 McCoughtry (23) Lyttle (8) Harding (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,526 3-5 9 Fri 15 7:30 Los Angeles SSO 92-59 McCoughtry (31) Henry (9) Harding (6) Philips Arena 8,872 4-5 10 Sun 17 3:00 Connecticut SSO 73-75 Price (20) Lyttle (9) Price (6) Philips Arena 4,323 4-6 11 Tue 19 7:00 New York FS-S 60-73 Harding Lyttle (13) Lyttle (13) Price (5) Philips Arena 4,134 4-7 12 Sun 24 4:00 @ New York MSG 74-64 McCoughtry (23) McCoughtry (8) Swanier (9) Prudential Center 6,754 5-7 13 Tue 26 12:00 Indiana SSO 70-58 McCoughtry (22) Kraayeveld (10) Harding (5) Philips Arena 8,388 6-7 14 Fri 29 8:00 @ Tulsa 102-92 McCoughtry (24) Lyttle (8) Harding (7) BOK Center 4,235 7-7
July (2-3) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 15 Sun 1 6:00 @ Chicago CN100 69-71 McCoughtry (21) Lyttle (7) Harding Hayes (3) Allstate Arena 6,093 7-8 16 Sat 7 10:00 @ Phoenix 100-93 (2OT) Lyttle (31) Lyttle (10) Swanier (5) US Airways Center 7,948 8-8 17 Sun 8 8:30 @ Los Angeles NBATV KDOC 63-79 Lyttle (17) Henry (8) Harding (5) Staples Center 11,019 8-9 18 Wed 11 3:00 @ Seattle 70-59 Lyttle (21) Hayes (8) Harding (5) KeyArena 9,686 9-9 19 Fri 13 8:00 @ San Antonio SSO FS-SW 70-91 Lyttle (21) Lyttle (12) Harding (6) AT&T Center 13,426 9-10 Summer Olympic break
August (4–3) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record Summer Olympic break 20 Fri 17 8:30 @ Chicago CN100 82-76 McCoughtry (25) McCoughtry (8) Lyttle (7) Allstate Arena 5,593 10-10 21 Sat 18 7:00 @ Indiana NBATV SSO FS-I 72-86 McCoughtry (22) de Souza Price (6) 3 players (2) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,302 10-11 22 Wed 22 7:00 Chicago NBATV FS-S CN100 82-71 Lyttle (24) Kraayveld Lyttle (7) Hayes Swanier Lyttle (5) Philips Arena 4,010 11-11 23 Fri 24 7:00 @ Washington NBATV CSN-MA 81-69 Price (19) de Souza (8) Harding Hayes (5) Verizon Center 9,697 12-11 24 Sat 25 7:00 Minnesota ESPN2 74-84 Lyttle McCoughtry (14) Lyttle (9) Harding (9) Philips Arena 7,224 12-12 25 Tue 28 7:00 Tulsa FS-S 80-84 de Souza 16 de Souza Lyttle (9) Harding (7) Philips Arena 2,813 12-13 26 Thu 30 7:00 Washington SSO 82-59 de Souza (21) de Souza (10) Harding (5) Philips Arena 3,381 13-13
September (6–2) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 27 Sun 2 3:00 Connecticut NBATV SSO 87-80 McCoughtry (24) Lyttle (13) Lyttle Hayes Harding (4) Philips Arena 5,020 14-13 28 Wed 5 7:00 Indiana NBATV FS-S FS-I 71-64 Harding (20) Lyttle (12) Harding (3) Philips Arena 4,112 15-13 29 Fri 7 8:00 @ Minnesota SSO 93-97 McCoughtry (30) Lyttle (12) Harding (7) Target Center 9,308 15-14 30 Sun 9 3:00 Washington SSO 93-68 Price Harding (15) de Souza (10) Harding (9) Philips Arena 6,898 16-14 31 Tue 11 7:00 Seattle NBATV FS-S 77-61 McCoughtry (23) de Souza (8) Hayes Harding (5) Philips Arena 5,558 17-14 32 Fri 14 7:00 @ Washington 82-74 McCoughtry (26) de Souza (8) McCoughtry (8) Verizon Center 7,368 18-14 33 Thu 20 8:00 @ Chicago 75-66 McCoughtry (21) de Souza (10) Harding (8) Allstate Arena 4,188 19-14 34 Sun 23 5:00 @ Connecticut CPTV-S 72-92 Harding (16) Hayes (9) McCoughtry Harding Hayes (3) Mohegan Sun Arena 9,143 19-15

Postseason

2012 Game Log: Postseason

Eastern Conference Semifinals Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series 1 September 28 7:00 @ Indiana ESPN2 75-66 Harding (23) Lyttle McCoughtry (9) Harding (7) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,776 1-0 2 September 30 4:00 Indiana ESPN 88-103 McCoughtry (22) de Souza (9) Harding (6) Philips Arena 6,890 1-1 3 October 2 7:00 @ Indiana NBATV 64-75 Harding (17) de Souza Harding (7) Price (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,840 1-2

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
Erika de Souza	15	15	29.9	.523	.000	.696	8.2	1.6	1.3	1.5	11.6
Lindsey Harding	34	32	30.6	.425	.241	.818	2.8	4.5	1.4	0.2	12.3
Tiffany Hayes	34	17	23.1	.390	.273	.786	3.1	2.1	0.8	0.4	8.6
Aneika Henry	34	14	18.0	.468	.000	.762	4.1	0.4	0.5	0.9	4.8
Armintie Herrington	34	33	26.6	.509	.000	.602	3.7	2.5	1.1	0.3	8.4
Laurie Koehn	23	0	4.9	.341	.333	.000	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.0	1.8
Cathrine Kraayeveld	33	1	15.4	.421	.402	.333	2.8	0.8	0.4	0.5	4.6
Yelena Leuchanka	19	5	13.7	.381	.000	.714	2.7	0.6	0.5	0.5	3.1
Sancho Lyttle	34	34	31.6	.412	.255	.758	7.6	2.5	2.4	0.7	14.0
Angel McCoughtry	24	17	29.9	.447	.337	.800	5.0	2.9	2.5	1.1	21.4
Jessica Moore	8	0	5.4	.667	.000	.750	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.9
Courtney Paris	4	0	7.3	.500	.000	.000	2.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.5
Ketia Swanier	34	2	11.4	.317	.167	.731	1.4	1.9	0.4	0.0	2.2

Postseason

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Erika de Souza	3	3	29.7	.414	.000	1.000	6.3	0.3	0.7	0.7	8.7
Lindsey Harding	3	3	38.0	.426	.250	.889	4.7	5.3	2.7	0.3	19.0
Tiffany Hayes	3	0	16.3	.364	.333	1.000	2.3	1.7	1.7	0.3	4.3
Aneika Henry	3	0	10.0	.750	.000	1.000	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.7	2.7
Armintie Herrington	3	3	30.0	.364	.000	.727	3.7	3.3	2.3	0.3	8.0
Cathrine Kraayeveld	3	0	6.3	1.000	1.000	.000	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0
Sancho Lyttle	3	3	34.3	.362	.000	.750	7.0	0.7	3.0	0.7	12.3
Angel McCoughtry	3	3	33.3	.412	.250	.818	5.7	3.3	2.3	1.3	18.0
Ketia Swanier	2	0	3.0	.667	.500	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5

Awards and honors

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