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 (18‑20) vs Storm (22‑19) |
15 | Sparks Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 5% | 13% | 81% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 90% | ||
| Storm Wins | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 4% | 96% | ||
| Mercury (25‑14) vs Fever (21‑19) |
6 | Mercury Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 3% | 8% | 89% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 90% | ||
| Fever Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 95% | ||
| Liberty (24‑16) vs Valkyries (21‑18) |
1 | Liberty Wins | X | X | X | X | X | 1% | 3% | 7% | 90% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 90% | ||
| Valkyries Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 91% | ||
| Lynx (31‑8) vs Wings (9‑31) |
0 | Lynx Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 90% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 90% | ||
| Wings Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 90% | ||
| Sky (9‑30) vs Sun (10‑30) |
0 | Sky Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 90% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 90% | ||
| Sun Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 90% | ||