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The 2024 Atlanta Dream season was the 17th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association and their third season under head coach Tanisha Wright. The Dream started the season on an up-and-down run as they went 2–2 in their first four games. They defeated Washington and Las Vegas to end May 4–2. Their winning streak did not extend into June as they lost four of their first five games in the month, with the lone win coming in Chicago. They defeated Los Angeles again and Connecticut as the only other two wins in the month to finish 3–8 in June. Seven of the eight losses in the month came by double digits.
Rhyne Howard injured her ankle on June 21 and missed nine games. The Dream would only win one game during her absence and went 0–7 in July prior to the Olympic Break. The losing streak featured a three point loss in Dallas as the closest game. The Dream returned healthier from the Olympic Break and won the first three games in August. However, they lost the next four games in August, with three of those losses coming by five points or less. They finished August 3–4 and were in the hunt for the eighth and final playoff spot.
The Dream won two of the first three games in September, including an overtime win against Dallas. They would go on to lose their next three games, including another overtime game against Indiana and a three-point loss to playoff rivals Washington. However, they followed that with three straight wins, including a win against Washington and their other playoff rival, Chicago. The final game of the season was a win at New York, where the Dream clinched the eighth seed. They finished the regular season 15–25.
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In the 2024 season, the Atlanta Dream were 15-25 straight up, 21-17-2 against the spread, and 16-23-1 over/under the total. Atlanta was fourth in the Eastern Conference playoff standings, 17 games behind the New York Liberty.
Atlanta's WNBA metrics were 12th for scoring offense, 12th for field goal percentage, 11th for 3-point field goal percentage, 8th for free throw percentage, and 3rd for offensive rebounding. On defense, the Dream's metrics were 5th for scoring defense, 4th for field goal percentage permitted, 8th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 7th for defensive rebounding.
The Dream faced the Liberty in the first versus eighth seed First Round playoff series. The Dream lost the best-of-three series two games to zero. They lost game one by fourteen points and game two by nine points to end their season. It was the second straight year the Dream were swept two games to zero in the First Round. After the season, the Dream and Head Coach Tanisha Wright parted ways.
Atlanta Dream Key Players
Rhyne Howard led the Dream in scoring for the 2024 season with 17.3 points per game. Howard was the first overall pick of the 2022 WNBA Draft out of Kentucky. She was the 2022 WNBA Rookie of the Year and is a 2-time WNBA All-Star. She averaged no less than 16 points per game in her first three seasons with the Dream.
Alisha Gray was the 4th overall pick in the 2017 WNBA Draft out of South Carolina. She is a 2-time WNBA All-Star, including last year. In 2024, Howard averaged 15.6 points per game. She has averaged 15 points or better om the past two seasons.
Atlanta Dream Head Coach
Karl Smesko is the new head coach of the Atlanta Dream. He was a coach at Florida Gulf Coast before joining the Dream. At FGCU he was 611-112 for a win percentage of .845. Smesko produced six consecutive NCAA Tournament bids before leaving for the WNBA.
Atlanta Dream Season-by-Season Record (Last 5)
| SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
| 2024 |
40 |
15 |
25 |
4th, Eastern |
Lost 1st Round |
| 2023 |
40 |
19 |
21 |
3rd, Eastern |
Lost 1st Round |
| 2022 |
36 |
14 |
22 |
5th, Eastern |
- |
| 2021 |
32 |
8 |
24 |
5th, Eastern |
- |
| 2020 |
22 |
7 |
15 |
4th, Eastern |
- |
Atlanta Dream History
Atlanta made the WNBA Finals in 2013, 2010, and 2009 but never won the championship. It made the playoffs in only two of the previous six seasons.
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