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 (9‑18) vs Sparks (10‑15) |
2 | Mercury Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 97% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 98% | ||
| Sparks Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 99% | ||
| Aces (18‑7) vs Mystics (13‑12) |
0 | Aces Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 98% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 98% | ||
| Mystics Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 98% | ||
| Wings (17‑9) vs Fire (11‑15) |
0 | Wings Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 98% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 98% | ||
| Fire Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 98% | ||
| Storm (6‑22) vs Lynx (21‑6) |
0 | Storm Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 98% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 98% | ||
| Lynx Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 98% | ||
| Sky (9‑17) vs Liberty (14‑12) |
0 | Sky Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 98% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 98% | ||
| Liberty Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 98% | ||
| Fever (16‑10) vs Sun (7‑19) |
0 | Fever Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 98% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 98% | ||
| Sun Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 98% | ||