.MINNEAPOLIS-- Courtney Williams scored 17 factors and also Alanna Smith had 15 indicate assist the Minnesota Lynx countered an off evening for celebrity Napheesa Collier and also beat the Connecticut Sunshine 77-70 to even the best-of-five WNBA semifinal series at one activity each Tuesday.Collier, who composed 80 points in the two-game sweep of Phoenix metro in the preliminary, was actually upheld 9 factors on 3-for-14 shooting. She led the Lynx with 12 rebounds and five aids, material to allow her supporting directed lead the cost past a spirited opponent.Editor's Picks2 RelatedAlyssa Thomas had 18 points, 10 rebounds and also 7 helps for the Sunshine, who shot simply 5-for-20 from 3-point range. DeWanna Bonner racked up 17 points and Port Mabrey incorporated 15 scores on 4-for-14 shooting after she went 7-for-19 for twenty scores in the opener.Connecticut will certainly organize Video game 3 on Friday as well as Game 4 on Sunday. Then Activity 5, if required, would be in Minnesota on Oct. 8. The Lynx never ever shed successive home activities this season on their means 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 brutal consequence in this persistently bodily competition that resembled soccer at times more than hoops.