.MINNEAPOLIS-- Courtney Williams scored 17 factors and also Alanna Smith had 15 lead to assist the Minnesota Lynx made up for an off night for celebrity Napheesa Collier and trump the Connecticut Sun 77-70 to also the best-of-five WNBA semifinal set at one video game each Tuesday.Collier, that scored 80 factors in the two-game sweep of Phoenix in the preliminary, was held to 9 points on 3-for-14 shooting. She led the Lynx along with 12 rebounds and also 5 assists, material to let her assisting directed lead the cost past a feisty opponent.Editor's Picks2 RelatedAlyssa Thomas had 18 aspects, 10 rebounds and also 7 helps for the Sun, who fired just 5-for-20 from 3-point array. DeWanna Bonner counted 17 scores and Harbour Mabrey added 15 scores on 4-for-14 firing after she went 7-for-19 for 20 points in the opener.Connecticut will definitely hold Activity 3 on Friday and Game 4 on Sunday. After that Game 5, if required, would certainly remain in Minnesota on Oct. 8. The Lynx never ever dropped successive home games this period on their method to a 30-10 record for the No. 2 seed in the playoffs, and their 73-70 loss in Activity 1 precisely sustained a ferocious follow-up within this persistently bodily match that was similar to volleyball at times more than hoops.