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 (25‑14) vs Fever (21‑19) |
5 | Mercury Wins | X | 16% | 31% | 51% | 1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | 13% | 27% | 57% | 3% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Fever Wins | X | 2% | 15% | 77% | 6% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Valkyries (21‑18) vs Liberty (24‑16) |
1 | Valkyries Wins | X | 13% | 27% | 60% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | 13% | 27% | 57% | 3% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Liberty Wins | X | 13% | 27% | 55% | 5% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Storm (22‑19) vs Sparks (18‑20) |
0 | Storm Wins | X | 13% | 26% | 58% | 3% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | 13% | 27% | 57% | 3% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Sparks Wins | X | 12% | 27% | 58% | 3% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Lynx (31‑8) vs Wings (9‑31) |
0 | Lynx Wins | X | 13% | 27% | 57% | 3% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | 13% | 27% | 57% | 3% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Wings Wins | X | 13% | 27% | 57% | 3% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Sky (9‑30) vs Sun (10‑30) |
0 | Sky Wins | X | 13% | 27% | 57% | 3% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | 13% | 27% | 57% | 3% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Sun Wins | X | 13% | 27% | 57% | 3% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ||