.MINNEAPOLIS-- Courtney Williams scored 17 factors and also Alanna Smith had 15 lead to help the Minnesota Lynx offset an off night for superstar Napheesa Collier and beat the Connecticut Sun 77-70 to also the best-of-five WNBA semifinal set at one game each Tuesday.Collier, who scored 80 aspects in the two-game sweep of Phoenix in the preliminary, was upheld nine factors on 3-for-14 capturing. She led the Lynx with 12 rebounds and also five assists, information to let her sustaining cast lead the fee past a lively opponent.Editor's Picks2 RelatedAlyssa Thomas possessed 18 aspects, 10 rebounds and also 7 assists for the Sunshine, who shot merely 5-for-20 from 3-point selection. DeWanna Bonner recorded 17 scores and also Port Mabrey included 15 points on 4-for-14 firing after she went 7-for-19 for twenty scores in the opener.Connecticut will definitely hold Game 3 on Friday as well as Video Game 4 on Sunday. At that point Activity 5, if needed, will reside in Minnesota on Oct. 8. The Lynx never lost consecutive home games this season on their method to a 30-10 file for the No. 2 seed in the playoffs, and also their 73-70 loss in Game 1 plainly fueled a brutal follow-up in this persistently physical competition that looked like soccer at times much more than hoops.