The Fever What If table presents playoff probabilities depended upon how the Fever play future games. These games include either the next game, all remaining games, or a set of games called Best/Worst Case Scenarios. Other unplayed future games are assumed won/lost with a probability based upon relative team strengths.
| Resultant Record | Playoff Spots | No Playoffs No POs | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | 1* First Round Home Field Advantage |
2* First Round Home Field Advantage |
3* First Round Home Field Advantage |
4* First Round Home Field Advantage |
5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| Win Next Game | 28 | 15 | X | X | 1% | 16% | 34% | 49% | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Standings | 27 | 15 | X | X | <1% | 8% | 20% | 37% | 19% | 16% | ^ |
| Lose Next Game | 27 | 16 | X | X | X | X | 9% | 29% | 34% | 27% | ^ |
| Playoff Spots | No Playoffs No POs | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1* First Round Home Field Advantage |
2* First Round Home Field Advantage |
3* First Round Home Field Advantage |
4* First Round Home Field Advantage |
5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| Best Case Scenario | X | X | 1% | 31% | 68% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Standings | X | X | <1% | 8% | 20% | 37% | 19% | 16% | ^ |
| Worst Case Scenario | X | X | X | X | 6% | 38% | 56% | ^ | ^ |
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Best Case Scenario Sun beats Mystics Fever beats Lynx Liberty beats Dream |
Worst Case Scenario Mystics beats Sun Lynx beats Fever Dream beats Liberty |
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| Remaining Games Won |
Winning Percentage of Remaining Games |
Resultant Record | Playoff Spots | No Playoffs No POs | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | 1* First Round Home Field Advantage |
2* First Round Home Field Advantage |
3* First Round Home Field Advantage |
4* First Round Home Field Advantage |
5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||
| 2 of 2 | 100% | 29 | 15 | X | X | 2% | 51% | 47% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| 1 of 2 | 50% | 28 | 16 | X | X | X | X | 28% | 72% | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| 0 of 2 | 0% | 27 | 17 | X | X | X | X | <1% | 10% | 49% | 41% | ^ |