The Most Important Games for the Sparks are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Sparks final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Sparks fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Sparks 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 | |||
| Lynx (29‑7) vs Fever (19‑17) |
9 | Lynx Wins | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 10% | 18% | 24% | 47% |
| Current Probabilities | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 9% | 17% | 24% | 48% | ||
| Fever Wins | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 7% | 14% | 22% | 56% | ||
| Mercury (21‑14) vs Valkyries (18‑17) |
3 | Mercury Wins | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 11% | 18% | 23% | 48% |
| Current Probabilities | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 9% | 17% | 24% | 48% | ||
| Valkyries Wins | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 6% | 17% | 25% | 51% | ||
| Aces (23‑14) vs Mystics (16‑20) |
2 | Aces Wins | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 10% | 18% | 25% | 47% |
| Current Probabilities | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 9% | 17% | 24% | 48% | ||
| Mystics Wins | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 9% | 17% | 24% | 49% | ||
| Liberty (22‑14) vs Dream (23‑13) |
2 | Liberty Wins | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 9% | 18% | 24% | 48% |
| Current Probabilities | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 9% | 17% | 24% | 48% | ||
| Dream Wins | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 9% | 17% | 24% | 49% | ||
| Sky (9‑26) vs Sun (8‑27) |
1 | Sky Wins | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 9% | 17% | 25% | 47% |
| Current Probabilities | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 9% | 17% | 24% | 48% | ||
| Sun Wins | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 10% | 17% | 24% | 48% | ||