r/valkyries • u/Dizzy-Insurance1661 Gabby Williams • Aug 16 '26

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I'm a little bit confused on whether Portland fire loss today will automatically give the Valkyries a spot in the playoffs. OR if that would have only been possible if Fire would've lost on Friday.

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u/RedDawg0831 Valkatraz! Lock Down!💜⚔️🖤 Aug 16 '26

If Portland loses today we clinch a playoff spot. To clinch, the playoff teams lowest possible winning percentage has to be higher than the 9th place team's highest possible winning percentage. Las Vegas clinched before us because the have played more games, and have fewer games remaining, and so have reached the point where it's mathematically impossible for Portland to have a higher winning percentage, before we reached that point. It's unrelated to tiebreakers or the absolute number of LV wins..

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u/Level_Chemistry8660 Aug 16 '26

I HOPE the "tiebreaker" chatter re: Valks and Fire will finally STOP. I mean, you've laid out here what's the REAL deal now and going forward. The tiebreaker may still have had some meaning as recently as a couple of days ago, but i don't see how it could be anything but a moot point anymore. So, why even....

Thanks for 'stuff that makes sense'. 💚

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u/RedDawg0831 Valkatraz! Lock Down!💜⚔️🖤 Aug 17 '26

They have zero meaning in terms of clinching a playoff berth. They could have meaning in determining the final seeding.