How to watch Alyssa Thomas, Sun vs. Lynx in WNBA playoffs: time, FREE live stream

Alyssa Thomas and the Connecticut Sun on Sunday will try to even up their WNBA semifinal series while avoiding elimination when they welcome the Minnesota Lynx to Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn.

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A Minnesota win would advance it to the WNBA Finals for the first time since 2017.

For the Sun, trailing 2-1 in the series following a 90-81 loss on Friday night, a win would force a deciding game in the best-of-five series back in Minnesota on Tuesday night.

One of the keys for the Sun will be stopping Napheesa Collier, who scored 26 in the Game 3 win after shooting 3 for 14 and finishing with only nine points in Game 2.

With Connecticut making a run late Friday, Collier also made three straight plays to change the momentum and seal the win.

Minnesota led 81-73 with 3:03 left when she scored, then got a deflection on the other end and capped it off by hitting Alanna Smith for a 3-pointer to make it a 13-point game.

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"It's crunch time, I knew I had to be aggressive especially in one-on-one coverage," Collier told The Associated Press . "Then, you know, just being the same on the other side, we really had to be aggressive. They were playing with desperation at the end."

Collier had 16 in the first half on Friday night and was aggressive from the start. Minnesota led by seven after one quarter and 48-36 at the half thanks to Collier, who made seven of her 10 shots in the opening 20 minutes.

Brionna Jones, who had just eight points combined in the first two games, led Connecticut with 21.

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DeWanna Bonner scored 16 for the Sun to move into second place on the WNBA career postseason scoring list in the third quarter. She passed Candace Parker, who had 1,149 during her illustrious career. Bonner now has 1,159 points, moving ahead of Parker by hitting a free throw with 1:36 left in the quarter. Phoenix's Diana Taurasi is the leader with 1,455.

All five of the Sun starters scored in double figures — Thomas finished with 13 — but they got little contribution from the bench. The Sun reserves were outscored 16-4 by their Minnesota counterparts.