Minnesota Lynx: First Place Elimination

Minnesota can still finish in first place without winning another game, but has not clinched it.

Here are the final standings in a scenario in which Minnesota finishes the season in first place without winning another game.

Their first-place clinch number is 2.

Final standings for this scenario

Team	Wins	Losses	PCT	GB
MIN	31	13	0.705	0
GS	30	14	0.682	1
IND	29	15	0.659	2
NY	28	16	0.636	3
LV	27	17	0.614	4
ATL	26	18	0.591	5
WSH	25	19	0.568	6
DAL	23	21	0.523	8
POR	20	24	0.455	11
CHI	19	25	0.432	12
LA	18	26	0.409	13
PHX	17	27	0.386	14
CON	14	30	0.318	17
TOR	12	32	0.273	19
SEA	11	33	0.250	20

Current standings

Team	Wins	Losses	GL	PCT	GB
MinnesotaMIN	31	9	4	0.775	0
Golden StateGS	29	11	4	0.725	2
Las VegasLV	27	13	4	0.675	4
AtlantaATL	26	14	4	0.650	5
IndianaIND	26	14	4	0.650	5
New YorkNY	24	16	4	0.600	7
WashingtonWSH	24	16	4	0.600	7
DallasDAL	23	16	5	0.590	7.5
PortlandPOR	16	24	4	0.400	15
ChicagoCHI	15	25	4	0.375	16
Los AngelesLA	15	25	4	0.375	16
PhoenixPHX	14	26	4	0.350	17
TorontoTOR	11	29	4	0.275	20
ConnecticutCON	10	29	5	0.256	20.5
SeattleSEA	8	32	4	0.200	23

How the remaining games play out

Each page shows one team's remaining series in this scenario. Green: they win the season series. Red: they lose it. Gray: the series ends tied. The tiebreak verdicts are in the blocks above, and this opens on Minnesota, where the rivals those notes name are outlined.


Team	Current Wins	Current Losses	Scenario Wins	Scenario Losses	Scenario Results
CHI	2	0	0	1	2-1
CON	2	0	0	1	2-1
DAL	3	0	0	0	3-0
GS	0	3	0	0	0-3
IND	2	2	0	0	2-2
LA	3	0	0	0	3-0
LV	1	2	0	0	1-2
MIN	2	1	0	0	2-1
NY	0	1	0	2	0-3
PHX	3	0	0	0	3-0
POR	1	2	0	0	1-2
SEA	2	1	0	0	2-1
TOR	4	0	0	0	4-0
WSH	1	2	0	0	1-2
ATL	0	2	1	0	1-2
CON	2	2	0	0	2-2
DAL	0	3	0	0	0-3
GS	2	1	0	0	2-1
IND	0	3	0	0	0-3
LA	2	1	0	0	2-1
LV	1	2	0	0	1-2
MIN	1	2	0	0	1-2
NY	1	3	0	0	1-3
PHX	1	2	0	0	1-2
POR	3	0	0	0	3-0
SEA	2	1	0	0	2-1
TOR	0	2	1	0	1-2
WSH	0	1	2	0	2-1
ATL	0	2	1	0	1-2
CHI	2	2	0	0	2-2
DAL	0	2	1	0	1-2
GS	0	3	0	0	0-3
IND	0	3	0	0	0-3
LA	2	1	0	0	2-1
LV	0	3	0	0	0-3
MIN	1	1	1	0	2-1
NY	0	3	0	0	0-3
PHX	2	1	0	0	2-1
POR	1	2	0	0	1-2
SEA	1	2	0	0	1-2
TOR	0	2	0	1	0-3
WSH	1	2	1	0	2-2
ATL	0	3	0	0	0-3
CHI	3	0	0	0	3-0
CON	2	0	0	1	2-1
GS	0	3	0	0	0-3
IND	2	1	0	0	2-1
LA	2	0	0	1	2-1
LV	2	1	0	0	2-1
MIN	0	4	0	0	0-4
NY	2	1	0	0	2-1
PHX	1	0	0	2	1-2
POR	2	1	0	0	2-1
SEA	3	0	0	1	3-1
TOR	3	0	0	0	3-0
WSH	1	2	0	0	1-2
ATL	3	0	0	0	3-0
CHI	1	2	0	0	1-2
CON	3	0	0	0	3-0
DAL	3	0	0	0	3-0
IND	2	1	0	0	2-1
LA	2	0	0	1	2-1
LV	0	3	0	0	0-3
MIN	1	3	0	0	1-3
NY	3	0	0	0	3-0
PHX	2	1	0	0	2-1
POR	2	0	0	2	2-2
SEA	2	0	1	0	3-0
TOR	3	0	0	0	3-0
WSH	2	1	0	0	2-1
ATL	2	2	0	0	2-2
CHI	3	0	0	0	3-0
CON	3	0	0	0	3-0
DAL	1	2	0	0	1-2
GS	1	2	0	0	1-2
LA	2	1	0	0	2-1
LV	2	1	0	0	2-1
MIN	0	1	2	0	2-1
NY	2	2	0	0	2-2
PHX	2	1	0	0	2-1
POR	2	1	0	0	2-1
SEA	3	0	0	0	3-0
TOR	2	0	1	0	3-0
WSH	1	1	0	1	1-2
ATL	0	3	0	0	0-3
CHI	1	2	0	0	1-2
CON	1	2	0	0	1-2
DAL	0	2	1	0	1-2
GS	0	2	1	0	1-2
IND	1	2	0	0	1-2
LV	1	2	1	0	2-2
MIN	1	2	0	0	1-2
NY	1	2	0	0	1-2
PHX	2	2	0	0	2-2
POR	2	0	0	1	2-1
SEA	2	1	0	0	2-1
TOR	1	2	0	0	1-2
WSH	2	1	0	0	2-1
ATL	2	1	0	0	2-1
CHI	2	1	0	0	2-1
CON	3	0	0	0	3-0
DAL	1	2	0	0	1-2
GS	3	0	0	0	3-0
IND	1	2	0	0	1-2
LA	2	1	0	1	2-2
MIN	1	2	0	0	1-2
NY	1	2	0	0	1-2
PHX	2	1	0	1	2-2
POR	3	0	0	0	3-0
SEA	1	0	0	2	1-2
TOR	3	0	0	0	3-0
WSH	2	1	0	0	2-1
ATL	1	2	0	0	1-2
CHI	2	1	0	0	2-1
CON	1	1	0	1	1-2
DAL	4	0	0	0	4-0
GS	3	1	0	0	3-1
IND	1	0	0	2	1-2
LA	2	1	0	0	2-1
LV	2	1	0	0	2-1
NY	1	1	0	1	1-2
PHX	3	0	0	0	3-0
POR	3	0	0	0	3-0
SEA	3	0	0	0	3-0
TOR	3	0	0	0	3-0
WSH	2	1	0	0	2-1
ATL	1	0	2	0	3-0
CHI	3	1	0	0	3-1
CON	3	0	0	0	3-0
DAL	1	2	0	0	1-2
GS	0	3	0	0	0-3
IND	2	2	0	0	2-2
LA	2	1	0	0	2-1
LV	2	1	0	0	2-1
MIN	1	1	1	0	2-1
PHX	3	0	0	0	3-0
POR	1	2	0	0	1-2
SEA	2	1	0	0	2-1
TOR	1	1	1	0	2-1
WSH	2	1	0	0	2-1
ATL	0	3	0	0	0-3
CHI	2	1	0	0	2-1
CON	1	2	0	0	1-2
DAL	0	1	2	0	2-1
GS	1	2	0	0	1-2
IND	1	2	0	0	1-2
LA	2	2	0	0	2-2
LV	1	2	1	0	2-2
MIN	0	3	0	0	0-3
NY	0	3	0	0	0-3
POR	1	1	0	1	1-2
SEA	3	0	0	0	3-0
TOR	2	1	0	0	2-1
WSH	0	3	0	0	0-3
ATL	2	1	0	0	2-1
CHI	0	3	0	0	0-3
CON	2	1	0	0	2-1
DAL	1	2	0	0	1-2
GS	0	2	2	0	2-2
IND	1	2	0	0	1-2
LA	0	2	1	0	1-2
LV	0	3	0	0	0-3
MIN	0	3	0	0	0-3
NY	2	1	0	0	2-1
PHX	1	1	1	0	2-1
SEA	4	0	0	0	4-0
TOR	2	1	0	0	2-1
WSH	1	2	0	0	1-2
ATL	1	2	0	0	1-2
CHI	1	2	0	0	1-2
CON	2	1	0	0	2-1
DAL	0	3	1	0	1-3
GS	0	2	0	1	0-3
IND	0	3	0	0	0-3
LA	1	2	0	0	1-2
LV	0	1	2	0	2-1
MIN	0	3	0	0	0-3
NY	1	2	0	0	1-2
PHX	0	3	0	0	0-3
POR	0	4	0	0	0-4
TOR	1	2	0	0	1-2
WSH	1	2	0	0	1-2
ATL	0	4	0	0	0-4
CHI	2	0	0	1	2-1
CON	2	0	1	0	3-0
DAL	0	3	0	0	0-3
GS	0	3	0	0	0-3
IND	0	2	0	1	0-3
LA	2	1	0	0	2-1
LV	0	3	0	0	0-3
MIN	0	3	0	0	0-3
NY	1	1	0	1	1-2
PHX	1	2	0	0	1-2
POR	1	2	0	0	1-2
SEA	2	1	0	0	2-1
WSH	0	4	0	0	0-4
ATL	2	1	0	0	2-1
CHI	1	0	0	2	1-2
CON	2	1	0	1	2-2
DAL	2	1	0	0	2-1
GS	1	2	0	0	1-2
IND	1	1	1	0	2-1
LA	1	2	0	0	1-2
LV	1	2	0	0	1-2
MIN	1	2	0	0	1-2
NY	1	2	0	0	1-2
PHX	3	0	0	0	3-0
POR	2	1	0	0	2-1
SEA	2	1	0	0	2-1
TOR	4	0	0	0	4-0

Team	Current Wins	Current Losses	Scenario Wins	Scenario Losses	Scenario Results

Full head-to-head summary for this scenario

Final season series between every pair in this scenario, colored for the row team: green won the series, red lost it, gray tied it. Who wins a tied series is a tiebreaker question, answered in the head-to-head notes above. Minnesota's row and column are highlighted, and cells in that row are outlined where a note names the pair: solid where the series settled the tie, dashed where it did not.

Team	MIN	GS	LV	ATL	IND	NY	WSH	DAL	POR	CHI	LA	PHX	TOR	CON	SEA
MIN	-	3 - 1	2 - 1	1 - 2	1 - 2	1 - 2	2 - 1	4 - 0	3 - 0	2 - 1	2 - 1	3 - 0	3 - 0	1 - 2	3 - 0
GS	1 - 3	-	0 - 3	3 - 0	2 - 1	3 - 0	2 - 1	3 - 0	2 - 2	1 - 2	2 - 1	2 - 1	3 - 0	3 - 0	3 - 0
LV	1 - 2	3 - 0	-	2 - 1	1 - 2	1 - 2	2 - 1	1 - 2	3 - 0	2 - 1	2 - 2	2 - 2	3 - 0	3 - 0	1 - 2
ATL	2 - 1	0 - 3	1 - 2	-	2 - 2	0 - 3	1 - 2	3 - 0	1 - 2	2 - 1	3 - 0	3 - 0	4 - 0	2 - 1	2 - 1
IND	2 - 1	1 - 2	2 - 1	2 - 2	-	2 - 2	1 - 2	1 - 2	2 - 1	3 - 0	2 - 1	2 - 1	3 - 0	3 - 0	3 - 0
NY	2 - 1	0 - 3	2 - 1	3 - 0	2 - 2	-	2 - 1	1 - 2	1 - 2	3 - 1	2 - 1	3 - 0	2 - 1	3 - 0	2 - 1
WSH	1 - 2	1 - 2	1 - 2	2 - 1	2 - 1	1 - 2	-	2 - 1	2 - 1	1 - 2	1 - 2	3 - 0	4 - 0	2 - 2	2 - 1
DAL	0 - 4	0 - 3	2 - 1	0 - 3	2 - 1	2 - 1	1 - 2	-	2 - 1	3 - 0	2 - 1	1 - 2	3 - 0	2 - 1	3 - 1
POR	0 - 3	2 - 2	0 - 3	2 - 1	1 - 2	2 - 1	1 - 2	1 - 2	-	0 - 3	1 - 2	2 - 1	2 - 1	2 - 1	4 - 0
CHI	1 - 2	2 - 1	1 - 2	1 - 2	0 - 3	1 - 3	2 - 1	0 - 3	3 - 0	-	2 - 1	1 - 2	1 - 2	2 - 2	2 - 1
LA	1 - 2	1 - 2	2 - 2	0 - 3	1 - 2	1 - 2	2 - 1	1 - 2	2 - 1	1 - 2	-	2 - 2	1 - 2	1 - 2	2 - 1
PHX	0 - 3	1 - 2	2 - 2	0 - 3	1 - 2	0 - 3	0 - 3	2 - 1	1 - 2	2 - 1	2 - 2	-	2 - 1	1 - 2	3 - 0
TOR	0 - 3	0 - 3	0 - 3	0 - 4	0 - 3	1 - 2	0 - 4	0 - 3	1 - 2	2 - 1	2 - 1	1 - 2	-	3 - 0	2 - 1
CON	2 - 1	0 - 3	0 - 3	1 - 2	0 - 3	0 - 3	2 - 2	1 - 2	1 - 2	2 - 2	2 - 1	2 - 1	0 - 3	-	1 - 2
SEA	0 - 3	0 - 3	2 - 1	1 - 2	0 - 3	1 - 2	1 - 2	1 - 3	0 - 4	1 - 2	1 - 2	0 - 3	1 - 2	2 - 1	-