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Mercury What If?

The Mercury What If table presents playoff probabilities depended upon how the Mercury 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.

Mercury What If?

Next Game - Mystics (18‑12)

  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 13 21 X <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% >99%
Current Standings 12 21 X <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% >99%
Lose Next Game 12 22 X <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% >99%


Best/Worst Case Scenarios

  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
Current Standings X <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% >99%
Best Case Scenario
None 		Worst Case Scenario
None
  • Notes
  • Only games from the current week are considered for inclusion into the scenarios
  • Only those games that meaningfully affect the playoff probabilities are included in the scenarios - maximum of three


Remaining Games

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
11 of 11 100% 23 21 X <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% 7% 37% 55%
10 of 11 91% 22 22 X X X <1% <1% <1% 1% 15% 84%
9 of 11 82% 21 23 X X X X <1% <1% <1% 4% 96%
8 of 11 73% 20 24 X X X X X <1% <1% <1% >99%
7 of 11 64% 19 25 X X X X X X X <1% >99%
6 of 11 55% 18 26 X X X X X X X <1% >99%
5 of 11 45% 17 27 X X X X X X X X 100%
4 of 11 36% 16 28 X X X X X X X X 100%
3 of 11 27% 15 29 X X X X X X X X 100%
2 of 11 18% 14 30 X X X X X X X X 100%
1 of 11 9% 13 31 X X X X X X X X 100%
0 of 11 0% 12 32 X X X X X X X X 100%
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this playoff spot
  • X means the team cannot win this playoff spot
  • 50% - probability the team will win this playoff spot - green number indicates the team controls its destiny for this spot
  • 50% - probability the team will win this playoff spot - red number indicates the team does not control its destiny for this spot
  • Table Sorting Method
  • * denotes first round home field advantage in the playoffs