.MINNEAPOLIS-- Courtney Williams scored 17 points as well as Alanna Johnson had 15 indicate aid the Minnesota Lynx made up for an off evening for celebrity Napheesa Collier and defeat the Connecticut Sunlight 77-70 to also the best-of-five WNBA semifinal set at some game each Tuesday.Collier, that composed 80 aspects in the two-game swing of Phoenix in the preliminary, was actually pursued 9 aspects on 3-for-14 capturing. She led the Lynx along with 12 rebounds and also 5 assists, content to allow her assisting directed lead the fee past a lively opponent.Editor's Picks2 RelatedAlyssa Thomas possessed 18 aspects, 10 rebounds and also 7 helps for the Sunlight, that shot merely 5-for-20 from 3-point assortment. DeWanna Bonner racked up 17 scores and also Harbor Mabrey added 15 points on 4-for-14 shooting after she went 7-for-19 for twenty points in the opener.Connecticut are going to host Game 3 on Friday as well as Game 4 on Sunday. After that Video game 5, if important, would be in Minnesota on Oct. 8. The Lynx certainly never dropped successive home video games this season on their means to a 30-10 report for the No. 2 seed in the playoffs, as well as their 73-70 defeat in Video game 1 plainly fueled a ferocious consequence in this particular constantly bodily competition that appeared like volleyball sometimes more than hoops.