2019 Atlanta Dream season

The 2019 WNBA season was the 12th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association. The team began its season on May 24, 2019 against the Dallas Wings and concluded the season on September 8 against the New York Liberty.[1]

2019 Atlanta Dream season
Coach	Nicki Collen
Arena	State Farm Arena
Attendance	4,270 per game
Results
Record	8–26 (.235)
Place	6th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did Not Qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Tiffany Hayes – 14.7 ppg
Rebounds	Jessica Breland – 7.3 rpg
Assists	Alex Bentley – 3.0 apg
Media
Television	WSB-TV
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On December 13, 2018 the Atlanta Dream announced that they would return to State Farm Arena, formerly Philips Arena, after playing the previous two seasons at Georgia Tech's McCamish Pavilion while State Farm Arena underwent a $192.5 million renovation.[2]

The Dream endured a season without start Angel McCoughtry, who missed time with a knee ligament injury sustained in 2018. The Dream started slowly only winning 2 games of their first ten. Early July brought some hope to the team, with the Dream winning three of four games between July 5 and July 12. However, the streak would not continue as the Dream lost twelve games in a row from July 14 to August 20. The Dream won three of their last 7 games to finish with an 8–26 record, last in the WNBA. It was the Dream's second worst season in franchise history. For the first time in franchise history, the Dream did not have a player selected to the All-Star Game.

Transactions

WNBA Draft

The Dream made the following selections in the 2019 WNBA Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	11	Brianna Turner	United States	Notre Dame
2	23	Maite Cazorla	Spain	Oregon
3	35	Li Yueru	China	Guangdong Vermilion Birds (China)

Trades and roster changes

Date	Details
February 2,2019	Signed G Blake Dietrick to a Training Camp Contract.[3]
February 6, 2019	Signed F Haley Peters to a Training Camp Contract.[4]
February 11, 2019	Signed F Lynetta Kizer to a Training Camp Contract.[5][6]
March 15, 2019	Signed C Mengran Sun to a Training Camp Contract.[7]
April 10, 2019	Traded F Brianna Turner to Phoenix for C Marie Gülich[8]
April 17, 2019	Signed G Meme Jackson to training camp contract.[9]
May 16, 2019	Traded C Imani McGee-Stafford to Dallas Wings for Dallas' third round pick in the 2020 WNBA draft[10]

Roster

Atlanta Dream roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G 20 Bentley, Alex 5' 7" (1.7m) 152 lb (69kg) 10-27-1990 Penn State 6 F 25 Billings, Monique 6' 4" (1.93m) 185 lb (84kg) 05-02-1996 UCLA 1 F 51 Breland, Jessica 6' 2" (1.88m) 166 lb (75kg) 02-23-1988 North Carolina 7 G 5 Cazorla, Maite 5' 10" (1.78m) 155 lb (70kg) 6-18-1997 Oregon R C 81 Coates, Alaina 6' 4" (1.93m) 225 lb (102kg) 04-07-1995 South Carolina 1 F 10 Coffey, Nia 5' 10" (1.78m) 182 lb (83kg) 06-11-1993 Northwestern 2 C 24 Gülich, Marie 6' 5" (1.96m) 205 lb (93kg) 05-28-1994 Oregon State 1 G 15 Hayes, Tiffany 5' 10" (1.78m) 155 lb (70kg) 09-20-1989 Connecticut 7 G/F 35 McCoughtry, Angel  6' 1" (1.85m) 173 lb (78kg) 07-10-1986 Louisville 9 G 21 Montgomery, Renee 5' 7" (1.7m) 140 lb (64kg) 12-02-1986 Connecticut 10 G 7 Sykes, Brittney 5' 9" (1.75m) 154 lb (70kg) 02-07-1994 Syracuse 2 F/C 1 Williams, Elizabeth 6' 3" (1.91m) 200 lb (91kg) 06-23-1993 Duke 4 East: ATL • CHI • CON • IND • NY • WAS | West: DAL • LV • LA • MIN • PHO • SEA

Head coach Nicki Collen (Marquette) Assistant coaches Mike Peterson (Northwest Christian College) Darius Taylor (Michigan) Athletic trainer Jessica Cohen (Vanderbilt) Strength and conditioning coach Ashley Alexander (New Orleans) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured WNBA roster page

Game log

Preseason

2019 pre-season game log
May: 2–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 2–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 13 vs. Dallas Wings W 82–59 Bentley (15) Gülich (6) Tied (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 3,300 1–0 2 May 14 vs. New York Liberty W 87–92 Coffey (18) McGee-Stafford (6) Tied (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 3,458 2–0 3 May 17 Washington Mystics L 64–75 Hayes (17) Billings (6) Montgomery (4) Albany Civic Center N/A 2–1
2019 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2019 game log Total: 8–26 (Home: 5–12; Road: 3–14)
May: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 24 Dallas Wings W 76–72 Breland (17) Tied (6) Sykes (4) State Farm Arena 3,070 1–0 2 May 31 Seattle Storm L 66–82 Sykes (12) 3 tied (8) Bentley (4) State Farm Arena 2,119 1–1
June : 1–7 (Home: 1–4; Road: 0–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 3 June 1 @ Washington Mystics L 75–96 Tied (11) Breland (7) Bentley (4) St. Elizabeth's East Arena 4,200 1–2 4 June 6 Las Vegas Aces L 69–92 Sykes (15) Breland (9) Montgomery (5) State Farm Arena 2,630 1–3 5 June 9 Connecticut Sun L 59–65 Tied (14) Billings (10) Tied (3) State Farm Arena 3,082 1–4 6 June 15 @ Dallas Wings L 61–71 Williams (16) Williams (8) Hayes (3) College Park Center 5,220 1–5 7 June 19 Indiana Fever W 88–78 Hayes (28) Billings (8) Montgomery (9) State Farm Arena 6,474 2–5 8 June 21 @ Connecticut Sun L 76–86 Sykes (18) Breland (8) Hayes (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,608 2–6 9 June 23 Washington Mystics L 73–89 Hayes (18) Billings (14) Cazorla (6) State Farm Arena 4,136 2–7 10 June 30 New York Liberty L 58–74 Sykes (18) Williams (8) Tied (4) State Farm Arena 4,359 2–8
July : 3–8 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–6) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 11 July 2 @ Minnesota Lynx L 68–85 Williams (14) Breland (5) Bentley (5) Target Center 8,208 2–9 12 July 5 @ Seattle Storm W 77–66 Hayes (21) Williams (9) Tied (5) Alaska Airlines Arena 8,111 3–9 13 July 7 @ Phoenix Mercury L 63–65 Sykes (29) Sykes (10) 3 tied (3) Talking Stick Resort Arena 9,850 3–10 14 July 10 Connecticut Sun W 78–75 Hayes (18) Breland (13) Tied (4) State Farm Arena 3,866 4–10 15 July 12 Minnesota Lynx W 60–53 Williams (17) Breland (9) Hayes (4) State Farm Arena 4,001 5–10 16 July 14 Los Angeles Sparks L 71–76 (OT) Hayes (24) Billings (16) Hayes (4) State Farm Arena 5,083 5–11 17 July 17 @ Chicago Sky L 76–77 Montgomery (23) Breland (11) Tied (6) Wintrust Arena 10,143 5–12 18 July 19 @ Connecticut Sun L 69–98 Sykes (26) Coffey (7) Sykes (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,733 5–13 19 July 21 @ Washington Mystics L 65–93 Williams (14) Gülich (8) Cazorla (4) St. Elizabeth's East Arena 4,200 5–14 20 July 23 Los Angeles Sparks L 66–78 Billings (16) Tied (8) Bentley (5) State Farm Arena 7,047 5–15 21 July 31 @ Indiana Fever L 59–61 Williams (17) Billings (12) Breland (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,702 5–16
August : 2–7 (Home: 0–4; Road: 2–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 22 August 3 Chicago Sky L 75–87 Bentley (21) Breland (7) Hayes (4) State Farm Arena 5,427 5–17 23 August 6 Minnesota Lynx L 69–85 Montgomery (19) Sykes (8) Tied (3) State Farm Arena 3,395 5–18 24 August 10 @ Indiana Fever L 82–87 Hayes (34) Sykes (9) Sykes (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,923 5–19 25 August 13 @ Las Vegas Aces L 90–94 Breland (18) Gülich (12) Bentley (7) Mandalay Bay Events Center 3,532 5–20 26 August 16 @ Phoenix Mercury L 68–77 Montgomery (17) Williams (11) Williams (4) Talking Stick Resort Arena 8,480 5–21 27 August 20 Chicago Sky L 83–87 Hayes (27) Billings (9) Bentley (5) State Farm Arena 4,662 5–22 28 August 23 @ New York Liberty W 90–87 Hayes (19) Breland (12) Sykes (6) Westchester County Center 1,831 6–22 29 August 25 @ Dallas Wings W 77–73 Hayes (23) Breland (12) Bentley (4) College Park Center 4,715 7–22 30 August 29 Phoenix Mercury L 58–65 Montgomery (20) Breland (11) 3 tied (3) State Farm Arena 3,727 7–23
September : 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 31 September 1 @ Seattle Storm L 75–92 Tied (15) Williams (6) Bentley (5) Alaska Airlines Arena 9,000 7–24 32 September 3 @ Los Angeles Sparks L 60–70 Tied (15) Billings (10) Montgomery (4) Staples Center 9,889 7–25 33 September 5 Las Vegas Aces W 78–74 Williams (20) Billings (14) Bentley (8) State Farm Arena 4,023 8–25 34 September 8 New York Liberty L 63–71 Bentley (17) Breland (12) Breland (4) State Farm Arena 5,495 8–26
2019 season schedule

Standings

#	Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
1	Washington Mystics (1)	26	8	.765	–	14–3	12–5	13–3
2	Connecticut Sun (2)	23	11	.676	3	15–2	8–9	11–5
3	Chicago Sky (5)	20	14	.588	6	12–5	8–9	11–5
4	e –Indiana Fever	13	21	.382	13	7–10	6–11	7–9
5	e –New York Liberty	10	24	.294	16	4–13	6–11	3–13
6	e –Atlanta Dream	8	26	.235	18	5–12	3–14	3–13

Notes

(#) – Conference Standing, Playoff Seeds shown to the right of team name

e – Eliminated from playoffs

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

Statistics are accurate as of September 11, 2019.
Source:[11]

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Tiffany Hayes	29	29	28.2	39.3	30.8	76.4	3.0	2.8	1.0	0.3	14.7
Brittney Sykes	34	27	25.9	36.5	25.9	70.3	4.4	2.5	0.6	0.5	10.2
Renee Montgomery	34	34	27.9	37.0	32.4	82.4	2.2	2.6	0.9	0.5	9.5
Elizabeth Williams	32	32	28.4	45.5	0.0	73.2	6.5	1.2	0.8	1.7	9.3
Alex Bentley	29	4	21.9	30.7	23.5	85.7	1.9	3.0	0.7	0.3	9.0
Jessica Breland	33	33	23.2	37.8	23.7	87.9	7.3	1.7	1.3	1.1	7.5
Monique Billings	29	2	19.1	38.9	100	78.3	6.9	0.6	0.6	0.4	5.5
Nia Coffey	28	6	13.9	33.8	37.9	54.8	2.8	0.4	0.5	0.5	5.0
Marie Gülich	31	1	11.3	36.1	32.0	72.7	2.7	0.6	0.2	0.8	3.3
Maite Cazorla	31	1	15.4	31.2	23.6	87.5	0.7	1.6	0.6	0	3.0
Alaina Coates	9	0	8.3	64.3	0	53.8	3.0	0.1	0.2	0.7	2.8
Angel McCoughtry	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

References

1. "Atlanta Dream 2019 Season Schedule". WNBA.com. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
2. "Atlanta Dream Announce 2019 Home Games to be Played at State Farm Arena". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. December 13, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
3. "Atlanta Dream Re-Sign Blake Dietrick to Contract". dream.wnba.com. Atlanta Dream. February 2, 2019. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
4. "Atlanta Dream Sign Forward Haley Peters". dream.wnba.com. Atlanta Dream. February 6, 2019. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
5. "Atlanta Dream Sign Forward Lynetta Kizer". dream.wnba.com. Atlanta Dream. February 11, 2019. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
6. DuDonis, Blake (February 11, 2019). "Atlanta Dream add veteran Lynetta Kizer to roster". highposthoops.com. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
7. "Atlanta Dream Add Center Mengran Sun". dream.wnba.com. Atlanta Dream. March 15, 2019. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
8. Russo, Kelsey (April 10, 2019). "Atlanta Dream draft, trade Brianna Turner". ajc.com. Atlanta Journal Constitution. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
9. "Atlanta Dream Sign Jackson to Training Camp Contract". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. April 17, 2019. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
10. "Dream trade center Imani McGee-Stafford to Dallas". Atlanta Journal Constitution. May 16, 2019. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
11. "Team Stats". wnba.com. Retrieved September 11, 2019.

External links

• THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE ATLANTA DREAM