The Most Important Games for the Mercury are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Mercury final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Mercury fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Mercury Resultant Playoff Probabilities | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playoff Spot | No PlayoffsNo 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 | |||
| Mercury (21‑14) vs Valkyries (18‑17) |
6 | Mercury Wins | <1% | 9% | 30% | 31% | 28% | 2% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 7% | 27% | 31% | 30% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Valkyries Wins | X | 2% | 18% | 33% | 38% | 6% | 2% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Mystics (16‑20) vs Aces (23‑14) |
2 | Mystics Wins | <1% | 8% | 32% | 27% | 28% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 7% | 27% | 31% | 30% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Aces Wins | <1% | 5% | 22% | 35% | 33% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Dream (23‑13) vs Liberty (22‑14) |
1 | Dream Wins | <1% | 5% | 29% | 35% | 27% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 7% | 27% | 31% | 30% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Liberty Wins | <1% | 10% | 23% | 25% | 37% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Lynx (29‑7) vs Fever (19‑17) |
0 | Lynx Wins | X | 6% | 27% | 32% | 30% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 7% | 27% | 31% | 30% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Fever Wins | <1% | 7% | 27% | 31% | 29% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Sky (9‑26) vs Sun (8‑27) |
0 | Sky Wins | <1% | 7% | 27% | 31% | 30% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 7% | 27% | 31% | 30% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Sun Wins | <1% | 7% | 27% | 31% | 30% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||