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.

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.

The Dream endured a season without star 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

Trades and Roster Changes

Roster

Depth

Schedule

Preseason

|- | 1 | May 13 | vs. Dallas | W 82–59 | Bentley (15) | Gülich (6) | Tied (5) | Mohegan Sun Arena<br>3,300 | 1–0 |- | 2 | May 14 | vs. New York | W 87–92 | Coffey (18) | McGee-Stafford (6) | Tied (4) | Mohegan Sun Arena<br>3,458 | 2–0 |- | 3 | May 17 | Washington | L 64–75 | Hayes (17) | Billings (6) | Montgomery (4) | Albany Civic Center<br>N/A | 2–1

Regular season

|- | 1 | May 24 | Dallas | W 76–72 | Breland (17) | Tied (6) | Sykes (4) | State Farm Arena<br>3,070 | 1–0 |- | 2 | May 31 | Seattle | L 66–82 | Sykes (12) | 3 tied (8) | Bentley (4) | State Farm Arena<br>2,119 | 1–1

|- | 3 | June 1 | @ Washington | L 75–96 | Tied (11) | Breland (7) | Bentley (4) | St. Elizabeth's East Arena<br>4,200 | 1–2 |- | 4 | June 6 | Las Vegas | L 69–92 | Sykes (15) | Breland (9) | Montgomery (5) | State Farm Arena<br>2,630 | 1–3 |- | 5 | June 9 | Connecticut | L 59–65 | Tied (14) | Billings (10) | Tied (3) | State Farm Arena<br>3,082 | 1–4 |- | 6 | June 15 | @ Dallas | L 61–71 | Williams (16) | Williams (8) | Hayes (3) | College Park Center<br>5,220 | 1–5 |- | 7 | June 19 | Indiana | W 88–78 | Hayes (28) | Billings (8) | Montgomery (9) | State Farm Arena<br>6,474 | 2–5 |- | 8 | June 21 | @ Connecticut | L 76–86 | Sykes (18) | Breland (8) | Hayes (6) | Mohegan Sun Arena<br>6,608 | 2–6 |- | 9 | June 23 | Washington | L 73–89 | Hayes (18) | Billings (14) | Cazorla (6) | State Farm Arena<br>4,136 | 2–7 |- | 10 | June 30 | New York | L 58–74 | Sykes (18) | Williams (8) | Tied (4) | State Farm Arena<br>4,359 | 2–8

|- | 11 | July 2 | @ Minnesota | L 68–85 | Williams (14) | Breland (5) | Bentley (5) | Target Center<br>8,208 | 2–9 |- | 12 | July 5 | @ Seattle | W 77–66 | Hayes (21) | Williams (9) | Tied (5) | Alaska Airlines Arena<br>8,111 | 3–9 |- | 13 | July 7 | @ Phoenix | L 63–65 | Sykes (29) | Sykes (10) | 3 tied (3) | Talking Stick Resort Arena<br>9,850 | 3–10 |- | 14 | July 10 | Connecticut | W 78–75 | Hayes (18) | Breland (13) | Tied (4) | State Farm Arena<br>3,866 | 4–10 |- | 15 | July 12 | Minnesota | W 60–53 | Williams (17) | Breland (9) | Hayes (4) | State Farm Arena<br>4,001 | 5–10 |- | 16 | July 14 | Los Angeles | L 71–76 (OT) | Hayes (24) | Billings (16) | Hayes (4) | State Farm Arena<br>5,083 | 5–11 |- | 17 | July 17 | @ Chicago | L 76–77 | Montgomery (23) | Breland (11) | Tied (6) | Wintrust Arena<br>10,143 | 5–12 |- | 18 | July 19 | @ Connecticut | L 69–98 | Sykes (26) | Coffey (7) | Sykes (4) | Mohegan Sun Arena<br>6,733 | 5–13 |- | 19 | July 21 | @ Washington | L 65–93 | Williams (14) | Gülich (8) | Cazorla (4) | St. Elizabeth's East Arena<br>4,200 | 5–14 |- | 20 | July 23 | Los Angeles | L 66–78 | Billings (16) | Tied (8) | Bentley (5) | State Farm Arena<br>7,047 | 5–15 |- | 21 | July 31 | @ Indiana | L 59–61 | Williams (17) | Billings (12) | Breland (4) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>5,702 | 5–16

|- | 22 | August 3 | Chicago | L 75–87 | Bentley (21) | Breland (7) | Hayes (4) | State Farm Arena<br>5,427 | 5–17 |- | 23 | August 6 | Minnesota | L 69–85 | Montgomery (19) | Sykes (8) | Tied (3) | State Farm Arena<br>3,395 | 5–18 |- | 24 | August 10 | @ Indiana | L 82–87 | Hayes (34) | Sykes (9) | Sykes (5) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>7,923 | 5–19 |- | 25 | August 13 | @ Las Vegas | L 90–94 | Breland (18) | Gülich (12) | Bentley (7) | Mandalay Bay Events Center<br>3,532 | 5–20 |- | 26 | August 16 | @ Phoenix | L 68–77 | Montgomery (17) | Williams (11) | Williams (4) | Talking Stick Resort Arena<br>8,480 | 5–21 |- | 27 | August 20 | Chicago | L 83–87 | Hayes (27) | Billings (9) | Bentley (5) | State Farm Arena<br>4,662 | 5–22 |- | 28 | August 23 | @ New York | W 90–87 | Hayes (19) | Breland (12) | Sykes (6) | Westchester County Center<br>1,831 | 6–22 |- | 29 | August 25 | @ Dallas | W 77–73 | Hayes (23) | Breland (12) | Bentley (4) | College Park Center<br>4,715 | 7–22 |- | 30 | August 29 | Phoenix | L 58–65 | Montgomery (20) | Breland (11) | 3 tied (3) | State Farm Arena<br>3,727 | 7–23

|- | 31 | September 1 | @ Seattle | L 75–92 | Tied (15) | Williams (6) | Bentley (5) | Alaska Airlines Arena<br>9,000 | 7–24 |- | 32 | September 3 | @ Los Angeles | L 60–70 | Tied (15) | Billings (10) | Montgomery (4) | Staples Center<br>9,889 | 7–25 |- | 33 | September 5 | Las Vegas | W 78–74 | Williams (20) | Billings (14) | Bentley (8) | State Farm Arena<br>4,023 | 8–25 |- | 34 | September 8 | New York | L 63–71 | Bentley (17) | Breland (12) | Breland (4) | State Farm Arena<br>5,495 | 8–26

Standings

Statistics

Regular season

References

External links

• THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE ATLANTA DREAM