It was announced in a press release late Wednesday that the Atlanta Dream will begin its sixth WNBA regular season in 2013 with a home game against the Tulsa Shock on Saturday, May 25.
Atlanta's WNBA team finished out 2012 with a disappointing Eastern Conference semi-final loss in three games to the eventual WNBA Champions Indiana Fever but are full of optimism for the new season as they look to get back in to the WNBA playoffs for the fifth consecutive year.
The Dream will play 17 home games this summer at Philips Arena including some great match-ups including two chances at home, to gain revenge on the Indiana Fever and some other great games against Western Conference Champion Minnesota Lynx, and games against Candace Parker and Los Angeles Sparks and the Phoenix Mercury.
The Dream’s 34-game schedule for 2013 will include 22 games against the other five teams from the Eastern Conference. The Dream will play five games against Connecticut and Washington, and four each against Chicago, Indiana and New York. The other 12 games will come against the six Western Conference teams, with one home and one road game against each.
The WNBA All-Star break will take place over the weekend of July 27 when the league's 11th All-Star game, the Boost Mobile WNBA All-Star 2013 takes place Saturday, July 27. The game be played at the home-court of the Connecticut Sun at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., at 3:30 p.m. ET and will be televised by ABC.
Season tickets for the 2013 season are now available and can be purchased by calling (877) 977-7729 or visiting www.AtlantaDream.net.
The Atlanta Dream's full schedule is presented below:
Sat 25 May vs Tulsa 7:00pm
Fri 31 May @ Indiana 7:00pm
Sun 02 June @ Washington 4:00pm
Fri 07 June vs New York 7:30pm
Sun 09 June @ New York 3:00pm
Fri 14 June vs Seattle 7:30pm
Sun 16 June vs Chicago 3:00pm
Sun 23 June @ Connecticut 3:00pm
Tue 25 June vs Indiana 12:00pm
Fri 28 June vs Washington 7:30pm
Sun 30 June vs San Antonio 3:00pm
Tue July 09 @ Minnesota 9:00pm
Sun July 14 @ Seattle 9:00pm
Wed July 17 @ Los Angeles 10:30pm
Sun July 21 @ Tulsa 4:30pm
Wed July 24 vs Connecticut 7:00pm
Sat August 03 @ Phoenix 10:00pm
Sat August 10 @ Indiana 7:00pm
Sun August 11 vs New York 6:00pm
Wed August 14 @ Connecticut 7:00pm
Fri August 16 vs Connecticut 7:30pm
Sun August 18 vs Washington 3:00pm
Tue August 20 vs Minnesota 7:00pm
Fri August 23 @ Washington 7:00pm
Sat August 24 vs Chicago 7:00pm
Wed August 28 vs Washington 7:00pm
Sat August 31 @ Chicago 8:00pm
Mon September 02 vs Los Angeles 6:00pm
Wed September 04 vs Indiana 7:00pm
Fri September 06 @ New York 7:30pm
Sun September 08 vs Phoenix 3:00pm
Wed September 11 @ Connecticut 7:00pm
Fri September 13 @ Chicago 8:30pm
Sun September 15 @ San Antonio 4:30pm
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