.MINNEAPOLIS-- Courtney Williams composed 17 aspects and Alanna Smith had 15 suggest help the Minnesota Lynx offset an off evening for celebrity Napheesa Collier and beat the Connecticut Sunlight 77-70 to also the best-of-five WNBA semifinal collection at one game apiece Tuesday.Collier, that scored 80 aspects in the two-game move of Phoenix az in the preliminary, was pursued 9 points on 3-for-14 capturing. She led the Lynx with 12 rebounds and 5 helps, information to permit her assisting directed lead the fee past a spirited opponent.Editor's Picks2 RelatedAlyssa Thomas possessed 18 points, 10 rebounds as well as 7 aids for the Sunlight, that fired only 5-for-20 coming from 3-point range. DeWanna Bonner scored 17 points and Marina Mabrey included 15 points on 4-for-14 shooting after she went 7-for-19 for twenty points in the opener.Connecticut will certainly host Video game 3 on Friday and also Video Game 4 on Sunday. After that Game 5, if necessary, would certainly remain in Minnesota on Oct. 8. The Lynx certainly never shed consecutive home activities this time on their method to a 30-10 report for the No. 2 seed in the playoffs, and their 73-70 loss in Activity 1 plainly sustained a tough consequence in this persistently physical competition that resembled soccer sometimes greater than hoops.