.MINNEAPOLIS-- Courtney Williams composed 17 aspects and Alanna Smith possessed 15 lead to help the Minnesota Lynx balanced out an off night for celebrity Napheesa Collier and also beat the Connecticut Sunshine 77-70 to also the best-of-five WNBA semifinal series at some video game each Tuesday.Collier, who composed 80 points in the two-game sweep of Phoenix in the preliminary, was actually pursued 9 points on 3-for-14 firing. She led the Lynx with 12 rebounds as well as 5 supports, content to permit her sustaining directed lead the charge past a lively opponent.Editor's Picks2 RelatedAlyssa Thomas had 18 points, 10 rebounds as well as 7 assists for the Sunlight, that shot merely 5-for-20 coming from 3-point assortment. DeWanna Bonner scored 17 scores and also Marina Mabrey included 15 scores on 4-for-14 shooting after she went 7-for-19 for 20 points in the opener.Connecticut will organize Activity 3 on Friday as well as Video Game 4 on Sunday. Then Activity 5, if essential, would remain in Minnesota on Oct. 8. The Lynx certainly never shed successive home activities this season on their way to a 30-10 record for the No. 2 seed in the playoffs, and their 73-70 loss in Video game 1 accurately sustained a fierce consequence within this persistently physical matchup that appeared like volleyball at times greater than hoops.