.MINNEAPOLIS-- Courtney Williams composed 17 points and Alanna Smith had 15 lead to help the Minnesota Lynx offset an off evening for star Napheesa Collier and also defeat the Connecticut Sunlight 77-70 to also the best-of-five WNBA semifinal set at one video game apiece Tuesday.Collier, who scored 80 points in the two-game sweep of Phoenix metro in the preliminary, was actually upheld nine factors on 3-for-14 capturing. She led the Lynx along with 12 rebounds and five helps, material to allow her supporting directed lead the charge past a spirited opponent.Editor's Picks2 RelatedAlyssa Thomas had 18 aspects, 10 rebounds and 7 helps for the Sunlight, that fired merely 5-for-20 coming from 3-point variety. DeWanna Bonner scored 17 scores as well as Marina Mabrey included 15 scores on 4-for-14 capturing after she went 7-for-19 for twenty scores in the opener.Connecticut will hold Video game 3 on Friday and Game 4 on Sunday. At that point Activity 5, if required, will be in Minnesota on Oct. 8. The Lynx certainly never shed consecutive home games this period on their means to a 30-10 record for the No. 2 seed in the playoffs, and also their 73-70 loss in Game 1 clearly fueled a tough follow-up in this persistently bodily matchup that was similar to soccer at times much more than hoops.