The Most Important Games for the Sparks are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Sparks final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Sparks fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Sparks 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 | |||
| Lynx (15‑4) vs Liberty (12‑8) |
2 | Lynx Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 10% | 13% | 59% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 10% | 12% | 60% | ||
| Liberty Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 10% | 12% | 61% | ||
| Sun (4‑15) vs Wings (11‑8) |
1 | Sun Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 10% | 12% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 10% | 12% | 60% | ||
| Wings Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 10% | 12% | 61% | ||
| Storm (5‑15) vs Mercury (7‑13) |
1 | Storm Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 11% | 12% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 10% | 12% | 60% | ||
| Mercury Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 10% | 12% | 61% | ||
| Mystics (9‑9) vs Dream (12‑7) |
0 | Mystics Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 10% | 12% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 10% | 12% | 60% | ||
| Dream Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 11% | 13% | 60% | ||
| Sky (6‑13) vs Aces (14‑5) |
0 | Sky Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 11% | 12% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 10% | 12% | 60% | ||
| Aces Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 10% | 13% | 60% | ||