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 | |||
| Sparks (1‑3) vs Mercury (2‑3) |
6 | Sparks Wins | 2% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 61% | ||
| Mercury Wins | 1% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 63% | ||
| Dream (2‑1) vs Wings (3‑2) |
2 | Dream Wins | 1% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 61% | ||
| Wings Wins | 1% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 62% | ||
| Liberty (3‑1) vs Valkyries (2‑1) |
1 | Liberty Wins | 1% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 61% | ||
| Valkyries Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 6% | 61% | ||
| Storm (1‑4) vs Sun (1‑5) |
1 | Storm Wins | 1% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 61% | ||
| Sun Wins | 1% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 61% | ||
| Lynx (2‑2) vs Tempo (3‑2) |
1 | Lynx Wins | 1% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 62% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 61% | ||
| Tempo Wins | 1% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 62% | ||