.MINNEAPOLIS-- Courtney Williams scored 17 aspects and Alanna Smith had 15 points to aid the Minnesota Lynx countered an off evening for superstar Napheesa Collier and defeat the Connecticut Sun 77-70 to even the best-of-five WNBA semifinal series at one video game each Tuesday.Collier, who scored 80 points in the two-game move of Phoenix metro in the preliminary, was actually pursued 9 factors on 3-for-14 shooting. She led the Lynx with 12 rebounds as well as five supports, content to allow her sustaining directed lead the charge past an energetic opponent.Editor's Picks2 RelatedAlyssa Thomas had 18 points, 10 rebounds and also 7 aids for the Sun, who shot merely 5-for-20 coming from 3-point range. DeWanna Bonner racked up 17 scores and also 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 throw Game 3 on Friday and Game 4 on Sunday. After that Game 5, if essential, would certainly reside in Minnesota on Oct. 8. The Lynx never ever lost successive home games this time on their method to a 30-10 record for the No. 2 seed in the playoffs, and their 73-70 loss in Video game 1 clearly sustained a fierce follow-up in this persistently bodily matchup that appeared like football sometimes more than hoops.