.MINNEAPOLIS-- Courtney Williams scored 17 aspects and also Alanna Smith had 15 points to help the Minnesota Lynx balanced out an off night for celebrity Napheesa Collier and defeat the Connecticut Sunshine 77-70 to also the best-of-five WNBA semifinal collection at some video game each Tuesday.Collier, that scored 80 factors in the two-game swing of Phoenix metro in the preliminary, was upheld 9 aspects on 3-for-14 firing. She led the Lynx with 12 rebounds and also five assists, information to let her sustaining directed lead the charge past a spunky opponent.Editor's Picks2 RelatedAlyssa Thomas possessed 18 aspects, 10 rebounds as well as 7 helps for the Sun, that fired simply 5-for-20 coming from 3-point array. DeWanna Bonner scored 17 points and Port Mabrey incorporated 15 points on 4-for-14 capturing after she went 7-for-19 for twenty points in the opener.Connecticut will certainly hold Game 3 on Friday and also Game 4 on Sunday. After that Game 5, if needed, would remain in Minnesota on Oct. 8. The Lynx never ever dropped successive home games this time on their means to a 30-10 record for the No. 2 seed in the playoffs, and also their 73-70 defeat in Game 1 precisely fueled a fierce consequence in this persistently bodily matchup that resembled volleyball at times more than hoops.