Down 12 with 4:42 left, Golden State closes on a 17-4 run to win 76-75, clinch the No. 2 seed and spoil Nneka Ogwumike's final game.

Nneka Ogwumike gave Los Angeles everything in the last game of her 15-year career: 17 points, 15 rebounds and five assists. The Golden State Valkyries still found a way to spoil it. The Associated Press, via ABC News, reports Golden State closed on a 17-4 run to beat the Sparks 76-75 on Thursday night and clinch the No. 2 seed in the WNBA playoffs. Los Angeles led 69-57 with 4:42 left and did not make another field goal until the final second. Kaitlyn Chen scored 14 of her 18 points in the fourth quarter. Gabby Williams, who finished with 14 in just 20 minutes, scored eight in the final 90 seconds: a long 3-pointer with 1:30 left, a steal and fast-break layup to make it 72-70, and another 3 with 20.4 seconds left for a 73-72 lead. The Sparks got two chances on their next trip before Kiah Stokes secured the defensive rebound. Sparks coach Lynne Roberts was called for a technical foul with 10.8 seconds left, Kayla Thornton made the free throw, and Thornton added two more with 8.5 seconds to go. Veronica Burton scored 17 for Golden State, and Dearica Hamby and Rae Burrell had 15 each for Los Angeles. Ogwumike, a former league MVP who announced on Aug. 19 that she would retire after this season, posted her 19th double-double of the year and the 134th of her career, sixth in league history. Golden State (32-11) opens a first-round series against seventh-seeded Dallas on Sunday. Los Angeles finishes 16-27. Tip of the cap to a great career that ended the right way, playing hard to the final horn. Coach's closing line: four minutes is a lot of basketball. Defend every trip like the scoreboard is lying to you, because some nights it is.