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El pívot de los Nuggets de Denver Nikola Jokic observa tras arrebatarle el balón al pívot de los Pacers de Indiana Thomas Bryant el lunes 24 de febrero del 2025. (AP Foto/Doug McSchooler)

Trae Young had 11 points and 14 assists, and the Atlanta Hawks snapped a three-game losing streak with a 98-86 victory over the Miami Heat on Monday night. Onyeka Okongwu had 17 points and eight rebounds, while Terrance Mann and Caris LaVert both added 15 points off the bench. NBA steals leader Dyson Daniel had seven steals, one off a season high. The Hawks allowed their fewest points since a 100-82 victory over Cleveland on March 14, 2021, and moved past Miami into eighth place in the Eastern Conference. Andrew Wiggins had 23 points for Miami.

An annual United Nations conference on biodiversity that ran out of time last year will resume its work Tuesday in Rome with money at the top of the agenda. That is, how to spend it — and how to raise a lot more to help preserve plant and animal life on Earth. The talks in Colombia known as COP16 yielded some significant outcomes before they broke up in November, including steps to give Indigenous peoples and local communities a stronger voice in conservation matters. But two weeks turned out to be not enough time to get everything done. Environmental advocates stress the urgent need to protect biodiversity as global wildlife populations continue to decline, with impacts felt across ecosystems and food systems worldwide.

Jordan Poole scored 26 points, including a couple of crucial jumpers late as the Washington Wizards snapped their six-game losing streak with a 107-99 victory over the Brooklyn Nets. Washington trailed 97-96 before going on a 7-0 run that included a 3-pointer and a long 2 by Poole. Bilal Coulibaly added 20 points for the Wizards, who won for just the 10th time this season. Ziaire Williams led the Nets with 19 points, but after Trendon Watford’s layup with 4:45 remaining, Brooklyn didn’t score again until Cam Johnson’s two free throws with 13 seconds to play.