2009 Atlanta Dream season
CoachMarynell Meadors
ArenaPhilips Arena
Attendance7,102 per game
Results
Record18–16 (.529)
Place2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost First Round
Team Leaders
PointsIziane Castro Marques – 14.4
ReboundsÉrika de Souza – 9.1
AssistsShalee Lehning – 3.7

The 2009 WNBA season was the 2nd season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Dream qualified for the playoffs for the first time in franchise history. However, they were eliminated by the Detroit Shock in a sweep in the first round.

Transactions

Houston Comets Dispersal Draft

With the Houston Comets ceasing operation and based on the 2008 records of teams, the Dream selected 1st in the Dispersal Draft.[1]

Pick Player Nationality College Previous Team
1 Sancho Lyttle  Spain Houston Houston Comets

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 1 Angel McCoughtry  United States Louisville
2 25 Shalee Lehning  United States Kansas State
3 27 Jessica Morrow  United States Baylor

Trades and Roster Changes

Date Trade
December 8, 2008 Traded a First Round Pick in the 2009 WNBA draft to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for the rights to Chamique Holdsclaw[2]
January 2, 2009 Extended Qualifying Offers to Kasha Terry, Yelena Leuchanka, and Jennifer Lacy
January 12, 2009 Signed Nikki Teasley[3]
January 14, 2009 Waived Ann Strother and Chioma Nnamaka[4]
Rescinded the Qualifying Offer to Kasha Terry
January 21, 2009 Traded Alison Bales to the Phoenix Mercury for a Second Round Pick in the 2009 WNBA draft[5]
February 3, 2009 Waived Betty Lennox[6]
February 4, 2009 Waived Kasha Terry[7]
February 11, 2009 Signed Chantelle Anderson to a Training Camp Contract[8]
February 17, 2009 Signed Jennifer Lacy to a Training Camp Contract
February 18, 2009 Signed Michelle Snow to a Training Camp Contract[9]
April 8, 2009 Waived Katie Mattera[10]
April 9, 2009 Traded a Second Round Pick in the 2009 WNBA draft to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Ashley Shields[11]
April 13, 2009 Waived Kristin Haynie
April 14, 2009 Signed Angel McCoughtry, Shalee Lehning, and Jessica Morrow to Rookie Scale Contracts
April 20, 2009 Signed Chamique Holdsclaw[12]
April 28, 2009 Waived Ashley Shields[13]
May 11, 2009 Waived Jessica Morrow
May 12, 2009 Signed Marlies Gipson to a Training Camp Contract
May 15, 2009 Signed Coco Miller[14]
May 29, 2009 Waived Marlies Gipson
May 31, 2009 Waived Chantelle Anderson[15]
June 3, 2009 Waived Ivory Latta[16]
July 3, 2009 Waived Nikki Teasley
Signed Ivory Latta[17]
August 12, 2009 Traded Tamera Young to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Armintie Price[18]

Roster

2009 Atlanta Dream Roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHt.Wt.From
G/F 8 Brazil Castro Marques, Iziane 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 140 lb (64 kg) Brazil
F/C 14 Brazil DeSouza, Erika 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Brazil
F 1 United States Holdsclaw, Chamique 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 172 lb (78 kg) Tennessee
F 21 United States Lacy, Jennifer 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Pepperdine
G 12 United States Latta, Ivory 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 143 lb (65 kg) North Carolina
G 5 United States Lehning, Shalee 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 147 lb (67 kg) Kansas State
F 20 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Lyttle, Sancho 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 143 lb (65 kg) Houston
F 35 United States McCoughtry, Angel 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Louisville
SG 9 United States Miller, Coco 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 140 lb (64 kg) Georgia
G/F 22 United States Price, Armintie 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 133 lb (60 kg) Mississippi
C 2 United States Snow, Michelle 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 158 lb (72 kg) Tennessee
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Athletic trainer
  • United States Kara Dolling
Strength and conditioning coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Depth

Pos. Starter Bench
C Érika de Souza Michelle Snow
PF Sancho Lyttle Jennifer Lacy
SF Chamique Holdsclaw Angel McCoughtry
SG Iziane Castro Marques Armintie Price
PG Shalee Lehning Ivory Latta
Coco Miller

Schedule

2009 Preseason Schedule
Total: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 277:00pmConnecticut76-73de Souza, Holdsclaw (16)de Souza (9)Teasley (7)Philips Arena
4,980		1-0

Regular season

2009 Regular Season
Total: 18–16 (Home: 12–5; Road: 6–11)
June: 4–6 (Home: 3–3; Road: 1–3)
GameDateTimeOpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1June 67:00pmIndiana87-86 (2OT)Holdsclaw (23)de Souza (17)Holdsclaw, Teasley (4)Philips Arena
8,709		1-0
2June 74:00pm@ Washington71-77Miller (17)de Souza (6)Lehning (4)Verizon Center
11,759		1-1
3June 128:30pm@ ChicagoCN100
NBA TV		73-81Castro Marques (20)de Souza (8)Miller (4)UIC Pavilion
5,689		1-2
4June 143:00pm@ Connecticut67-62Lyttle (20)Lyttle (16)Teasley (5)Mohegan Sun Arena
6,429		2-2
5June 197:30pmWashington93-81Lyttle (20)Lyttle (13)Teasley (4)Philips Arena
6,050		3-2
6June 213:00pmNew York81-93Holdsclaw (17)Lyttle (9)Teasley (5)Philips Arena
5,624		3-3
7June 2312:00pmChicago98-99 (OT)McCoughtry (26)de Souza (7)McCoughtry (8)Philips Arena
10,351		3-4
8June 267:30pmDetroit96-86Holdsclaw (28)de Souza (13)Teasley (11)Philips Arena
5,935		4-4
9June 277:00pm@ Connecticut68-82Castro Marques (16)Snow (9)Lehning (4)Mohegan Sun Arena
6,264		4-5
10June 307:00pmMinnesotaESPN285-91Castro Marques (31)de Souza (10)Lehning (4)Philips Arena
7,686		4-6
July: 5–4 (Home: 3–0; Road: 2–4)
GameDateTimeOpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
11July 37:30pmWashington72-65Holdsclaw (18)Lacy, Snow (8)Holdsclaw (8)Philips Arena
5,456		5-6
12July 56:00pm@ Indiana74-78Lyttle (18)de Souza (8)Lehning, McCoughtry (4)Conseco Fieldhouse
7,024		5-7
13July 77:30pmConnecticut72-67Holdsclaw (19)de Souza (17)Lehning (7)Philips Arena
6,225		6-7
14July 117:30pm@ New York69-71Castro Marques (18)Castro Marques, de Souza, Holdsclaw (8)Castro Marques (6)Madison Square Garden
8,732		6-8
15July 151:00pm@ MinnesotaFSN-N91-77Holdsclaw (28)Lyttle (10)Lehning (5)Target Center
11,245		7-8
16July 177:00pm@ Indiana79-84de Souza (23)de Souza (14)Castro Marques, Lehning (3)Conseco Fieldhouse
7,975		7-9
17July 194:00pm@ New York86-89Holdsclaw (26)de Souza (10)de Souza (3)Madison Square Garden
8,560		7-10
18July 2212:00pm@ Detroit98-95 (OT)Latta (22)Snow (12)Holdsclaw (4)Palace of Auburn Hills
14,439		8-10
19July 307:30pmPhoenix106-76McCoughtry (17)de Souza (14)Lehning (5)Philips Arena
7,827		9-10
August: 6–4 (Home: 5–2; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTimeOpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
20August 17:00pmNew YorkNBA TV
MSG		89-83Holdsclaw (18)Holdsclaw, Lyttle (7)Latta, Lehning (3)Philips Arena
6,103		10-10
21August 68:00pm@ San Antonio92-84Holdsclaw (21)Lyttle (10)Lehning (7)AT&T Center
5,042		11-10
22August 87:00pmChicago80-82Latta (18)de Souza (15)Latta, Miller (3)Philips Arena
5,424		11-11
23August 137:30pmDetroit80-75Castro Marques (16)de Souza (13)Lehning (5)Philips Arena
5,641		12-11
24August 157:00pmSeattle88-79Lyttle (20)de Souza (12)Lehning (6)Philips Arena
8,751		13-11
25August 207:30pmSan Antonio93-87McCoughtry (34)de Souza (11)Lehning (6)Philips Arena
5,848		14-11
26August 233:00pmLos Angeles87-91Castro Marques (26)de Souza (9)Castro Marques, Lehning (4)Philips Arena
11,304		14-12
27August 257:30pmSacramento103-83Castro Marques (30)Lyttle (9)Lehning (10)Philips Arena
5,159		15-12
28August 277:30pm@ Detroit83-87Castro Marques (19)de Souza (13)McCoughtry (5)Palace of Auburn Hills
5,695		15-13
29August 2910:00pm@ Seattle84-91 (2OT)McCoughtry (16)Lyttle (11)Lehning, McCoughtry (4)KeyArena
9,089		15-14
September: 3–2 (Home: 1–0; Road: 2–2)
GameDateTimeOpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
30September 110:30pm@ Los Angeles84-79Castro Marques (27)de Souza, Lyttle (7)de Souza, Latta (3)STAPLES Center
8,756		16-14
31September 410:00pm@ Sacramento98-90de Souza (27)de Souza (13)McCoughtry (10)ARCO Arena
6,517		17-14
32September 510:00pm@ Phoenix82-100de Souza (23)Snow (7)Lehning (10)US Airways Center
10,424		17-15
33September 117:00pmConnecticut88-64McCoughtry (18)de Souza (14)Lyttle (5)Philips Arena
8,644		18-15
34September 127:00pm@ Washington64-82McCoughtry (19)McCoughtry (13)Castro Marques, de Souza (3)Verizon Center
11,987		18-16
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess

Postseason

2009 Postseason Schedule
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Detroit (Lost Series 0-2)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1September 168:00pm@ DetroitESPN289-94Castro Marques (25)Lyttle (9)Castro Marques (7)Palace of Auburn Hills
6,122		0-1
2September 187:30pmDetroitNBA TV79-94Latta (21)de Souza (7)McCoughtry, Latta, Price (3)Gwinnett Arena
4,780		0-2

Standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Indiana Fever x2212.647–14–38–917–5
Atlanta Dream x1816.5294.012–56–1110–12
Detroit Shock x1816.5294.011–67–1011–11
Washington Mystics x1618.4716.011–65–1210–12
Chicago Sky o1618.4716.012–54–1310–12
Connecticut Sun o1618.4716.012–54–139–12
New York Liberty o1321.3829.08–95–128–13

Playoffs

Conference Semi-Finals
Best-of-3 		Conference Finals
Best-of-3 		WNBA Finals
Best-of-5
         
E1 Indiana 2
E4 Washington 0
E1 Indiana 2
Eastern Conference
E3 Detroit 1
E2 Atlanta 0
E3 Detroit 2
E1 Indiana 2
W1 Phoenix 3
W1 Phoenix 2
W4 San Antonio 1
W1 Phoenix 2
Western Conference
W3 Los Angeles 1
W2 Seattle 1
W3 Los Angeles 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
Iziane Castro Marques 34 33 26.9 41.3 34.5 78.0 2.2 2.0 1.1 0.1 14.4
Chamique Holdsclaw 25 25 28.3 41.4 20.0 83.9 4.4 2.2 1.4 0.3 13.9
Sancho Lyttle 34 31 27.4 50.7 0.0 74.3 7.5 1.5 2.0 0.6 13.0
Angel McCoughtry 34 10 21.6 47.6 29.4 74.1 3.1 2.1 2.2 0.4 12.8
Erika de Souza 34 34 27.3 52.8 0.0 65.3 9.1 1.1 0.9 1.3 11.8
Ivory Latta 24 0 14.6 40.9 36.0 82.6 0.7 1.4 0.5 0.0 6.1
Michelle Snow 34 2 14.8 47.9 0.0 76.1 4.3 0.5 0.4 0.5 5.4
Nikki Teasley 10 10 23.4 40.0 41.2 80.0 1.7 3.5 0.9 0.1 3.9
Coco Miller 34 5 12.0 41.0 29.6 88.5 1.5 1.0 0.4 0.1 3.9
Shalee Lehning 34 20 20.8 38.7 20.0 77.4 2.3 3.7 0.5 0.1 3.0
Jennifer Lacy 32 0 11.3 32.7 21.1 66.7 2.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 3.0
Tamera Young 11 0 6.5 33.3 20.0 64.7 1.3 0.5 0.5 0.1 2.7
Armintie Price 11 0 8.9 35.7 0.0 60.0 1.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 1.5

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Angel McCoughtry 2 2 29.0 48.4 57.1 66.7 5.5 3.0 1.0 0.0 19.0
Iziane Castro Marques 2 2 25.5 50.0 50.0 70.6 1.5 4.5 0.0 0.0 16.0
Ivory Latta 2 2 37.5 40.0 33.3 88.9 2.0 2.5 0.5 0.0 13.5
Erika de Souza 2 2 27.0 55.6 0.0 75.0 7.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 11.5
Sancho Lyttle 2 2 25.5 41.2 0.0 42.9 5.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 5.0
Armintie Price 2 0 15.5 33.3 0.0 57.1 3.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 5.0
Michelle Snow 2 0 16.5 30.0 0.0 60.0 4.0 0.5 0.0 1.0 4.5
Coco Miller 2 0 6.5 60.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 3.5
Chamique Holdsclaw 1 0 13.0 25.0 0.0 100.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
Jennifer Lacy 2 0 11.5 0.0 0.0 50.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Sancho Lyttle Eastern Conference Player of the Week August 17 [19]
2009 WNBA All-Star Selection July 20 [20]
All-Defensive Second Team September 25 [21]
Angel McCoughtry All-Defensive Second Team September 25 [21]
WNBA Rookie of the Year October 1 [22]
WNBA All-Rookie Team October 1 [23]
Érika de Souza 2009 WNBA All-Star Selection July 20 [20]
Marynell Meadors WNBA Coach of the Year October 1 [24]

References

  1. ↑ WNBA.com: Houston Comets dispersal draft
  2. ↑ "Dream Acquires Rights To Chamique Holdsclaw". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Dream Re-Signs Point Guard Nikki Teasley". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  4. ↑ "DREAM WAIVES CHIOMA NNAMAKA and ANN STROTHER". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Mercury Acquires Center Alison Bales". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  6. ↑ "BYE BYE BETTY: Atlanta Dream waive nine-year veteran Lennox". scoreatl.com. Score ATL. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
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  8. ↑ "Dream Signs Center Chantelle Anderson". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
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  10. ↑ "Dream Waives Center Katie Feenstra Mattera". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Early Draft-Day Deal". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  12. ↑ "DREAM SIGNS WNBA ALL-STAR CHAMIQUE HOLDSCLAW". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  13. ↑ "DREAM WAIVES GUARD ASHLEY SHIELDS". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  14. ↑ "COCO MILLER SIGNS WITH ATLANTA DREAM". georgiadogs.com. Georgia Athletics. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  15. ↑ "Dream Waives Chantelle Anderson And Marlies Gibson". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Dream Waives Guard Ivory Latta". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  17. ↑ "Dream Signs Ivory Latta And Waives Nikki Teasley". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  18. ↑ "Sky acquire Dream's Young for Price". ESPN.com. ESPN. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  19. ↑ "Sancho Lyttle and Diana Taurasi Named WNBA Players of the Week". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  20. 1 2 "WNBA Announces All-Star Game Reserves". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  21. 1 2 "2009 WNBA All-Defensive Team Selections Announced". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  22. ↑ Coward, Cheryl. "Atlanta Dream's Angel McCoughtry Snags 2009 WNBA Rookie of the Year Honors". bleacherreport.com. Bleacher Report. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  23. ↑ "All-Rookie Teams". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  24. ↑ "Atlanta Dream's Marynell Meadors Named 2009 WNBA Coach of the Year". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
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