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 (7‑13) vs Storm (5‑15) |
6 | Mercury Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 8% | 82% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 8% | 84% | ||
| Storm Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 7% | 88% | ||
| Lynx (15‑4) vs Liberty (12‑8) |
2 | Lynx Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 83% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 8% | 84% | ||
| Liberty Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 7% | 85% | ||
| Dream (12‑7) vs Mystics (9‑9) |
1 | Dream Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 8% | 83% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 8% | 84% | ||
| Mystics Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 7% | 84% | ||
| Wings (11‑8) vs Sun (4‑15) |
1 | Wings Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 8% | 83% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 8% | 84% | ||
| Sun Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 8% | 84% | ||
| Aces (14‑5) vs Sky (6‑13) |
0 | Aces Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 84% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 8% | 84% | ||
| Sky Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 84% | ||