{"id":109504,"date":"2024-10-02T11:55:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T04:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109504"},"modified":"2024-10-02T11:55:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T04:55:54","slug":"minnesota-lynx-defeat-connecticut-sun-even-series-at-1-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109504","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Lynx defeat Connecticut Sun, even series at 1-1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>MINNEAPOLIS &#8212; <a data-player-guid=\"af31f6fd-c336-4832-e8bc-60604765de83\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/player\/_\/id\/2987891\/courtney-williams\">Courtney Williams<\/a> scored 17 points and <a data-player-guid=\"af9f2bf5-f7be-a160-609b-577fe20e48e0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/player\/_\/id\/3913881\/alanna-smith\">Alanna Smith<\/a> had 15 points to help the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"d815e23c-aa3e-3490-d7be-f876d1e30e8a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/team\/_\/name\/min\/minnesota-lynx\">Minnesota Lynx<\/a> offset an off night for star <a data-player-guid=\"3050c42f-4845-9e46-c003-1b0adb4c5e14\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/player\/_\/id\/3917450\/napheesa-collier\">Napheesa Collier<\/a> and beat the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"7c72e7ee-5064-b766-2b39-95b57e3d9a08\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/team\/_\/name\/conn\/connecticut-sun\">Connecticut Sun<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/boxscore\/_\/gameId\/401725076\">77-70<\/a> to even the best-of-five WNBA semifinal series at one game apiece Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Collier, who scored 80 points in the two-game sweep of Phoenix in the first round, was held to nine points on 3-for-14 shooting. She led the Lynx with 12 rebounds and five assists, content to let her supporting cast lead the charge past a feisty opponent.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p><a data-player-guid=\"908608e9-31d4-62f2-dfe2-9fee9024e7e2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/player\/_\/id\/2529140\/alyssa-thomas\">Alyssa Thomas<\/a> had 18 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists for the Sun, who shot just 5-for-20 from 3-point range. <a data-player-guid=\"74bfe609-0fcb-e955-df3e-e206e06a3a6a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/player\/_\/id\/869\/dewanna-bonner\">DeWanna Bonner<\/a> scored 17 points and <a data-player-guid=\"1bce47f0-de18-db37-1f24-f707afb155a8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/player\/_\/id\/3904576\/marina-mabrey\">Marina Mabrey<\/a> added 15 points on 4-for-14 shooting after she went 7-for-19 for 20 points in the opener.<\/p>\n<p>Connecticut will host Game 3 on Friday and Game 4 on Sunday. Then Game 5, if necessary, would be in Minnesota on Oct. 8.<\/p>\n<p>The Lynx never lost consecutive home games this season on their way to a 30-10 record for the No. 2 seed in the playoffs, and their 73-70 defeat in Game 1 clearly fueled a fierce follow-up in this persistently physical matchup that resembled football at times more than hoops.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/41561046\/minnesota-lynx-defeat-connecticut-sun-even-series-1-1\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MINNEAPOLIS &#8212; Courtney Williams scored 17 points and Alanna Smith had 15 points to help the Minnesota Lynx offset an off night for star Napheesa Collier and beat the Connecticut &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109504\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109504\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=109504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=109504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}