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 (2‑3) vs Sparks (1‑3) |
6 | Mercury Wins | 3% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | 3% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 51% | ||
| Sparks Wins | 2% | 4% | 6% | 6% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 53% | ||
| Valkyries (2‑1) vs Liberty (3‑1) |
1 | Valkyries Wins | 3% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 51% |
| Current Probabilities | 3% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 51% | ||
| Liberty Wins | 3% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 52% | ||
| Dream (2‑1) vs Wings (3‑2) |
0 | Dream Wins | 3% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 51% |
| Current Probabilities | 3% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 51% | ||
| Wings Wins | 3% | 5% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 52% | ||
| Lynx (2‑2) vs Tempo (3‑2) |
0 | Lynx Wins | 3% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 51% |
| Current Probabilities | 3% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 51% | ||
| Tempo Wins | 3% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Sun (1‑5) vs Storm (1‑4) |
0 | Sun Wins | 3% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 52% |
| Current Probabilities | 3% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 51% | ||
| Storm Wins | 3% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 52% | ||