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 (4‑8) vs Valkyries (6‑5) |
8 | Mercury Wins | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 66% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 70% | ||
| Valkyries Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 73% | ||
| Sky (4‑7) vs Dream (7‑3) |
1 | Sky Wins | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 69% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 70% | ||
| Dream Wins | <1% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 69% | ||
| Wings (7‑3) vs Lynx (9‑2) |
0 | Wings Wins | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 69% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 70% | ||
| Lynx Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 69% | ||
| Aces (8‑3) vs Fire (6‑7) |
0 | Aces Wins | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 70% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 70% | ||
| Fire Wins | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 70% | ||
| Storm (3‑10) vs Sparks (5‑6) |
0 | Storm Wins | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 69% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 70% | ||
| Sparks Wins | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 69% | ||
| Sun (2‑11) vs Tempo (6‑5) |
0 | Sun Wins | <1% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 70% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 70% | ||
| Tempo Wins | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 70% | ||