.MINNEAPOLIS-- Courtney Williams composed 17 aspects and also Alanna Johnson possessed 15 suggest assist the Minnesota Lynx made up for an off night for superstar Napheesa Collier and also defeat the Connecticut Sunlight 77-70 to even the best-of-five WNBA semifinal series at one activity each Tuesday.Collier, that composed 80 factors in the two-game move of Phoenix metro in the preliminary, was pursued 9 aspects on 3-for-14 capturing. She led the Lynx with 12 rebounds and also 5 aids, information to let her supporting cast lead the fee past a feisty opponent.Editor's Picks2 RelatedAlyssa Thomas possessed 18 points, 10 rebounds and also 7 supports for the Sunshine, who fired merely 5-for-20 coming from 3-point variation. DeWanna Bonner scored 17 points and also Marina Mabrey included 15 scores on 4-for-14 shooting after she went 7-for-19 for twenty scores in the opener.Connecticut will organize Video game 3 on Friday as well as Game 4 on Sunday. At that point Video game 5, if essential, would certainly be in Minnesota on Oct. 8. The Lynx certainly never shed successive home games this period on their means to a 30-10 document for the No. 2 seed in the playoffs, and their 73-70 defeat in Activity 1 clearly fueled a ferocious consequence in this persistently bodily competition that looked like volleyball sometimes much more than hoops.