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C8 EZ RE THE WASHINGTON POST.THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 , 2019

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LA TIMES CROSSWORD By Jeffrey Wechsler

WEDNESDAY’S LA TIMES SOLUTION

© 2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC. 9/ 19 /19

kidspost

The city of Washington
may be the home of a
championship team
soon.
What team am I
talking about? Not the Nationals. I’m
rooting like crazy for the Nats to make
the Major League Baseball playoffs, but
it may be tough for them to go all the
way.
I am definitely not talking about the
Redskins. They have lost the first two
games of their National Football
League season and look like they may
lose a lot more.
No, I’m talking about the
Washington Mystics, the favorite to win
the 2019 Women’s National Basketball
Association (WNBA) championship.
The Mystics started their quest for
the WNBA championship Tuesday with
a 97-95 win against the Las Vegas Aces
in the first game of a best-of-five
semifinal series. The two teams square
off again tonight at the Entertainment
and Sports Arena in Washington.
The main reason the Mystics are a
good bet to win it all is Elena Delle
Donne, simply the best all-around
female player in the world.
Delle Donne was named the WNBA
Player of the Year and became the first
female member of the 50-40-90 club.
Those are pro basketball players who
shoot at least 50 percent from the field,
40 percent from three-point range and
90 percent from the free-throw line for
a season.
Delle Donne got into the club this
year by shooting 51.5 percent from the
field and 43 percent from behind the
three-point arc. The 6-foot-5-inch
forward also shot an incredible 97.4
percent from the foul line, missing only
three free throws out of 117 attempts.
In case you are wondering, only
eight male players are members of the
50 -40-90 club. They include NBA
superstars such as Stephen Curry and
Kevin Durant, as well as all-time
legends such as Larry Bird and Steve
Nash. Pretty good company.
But the Mystics are not just a one-

woman team. Seven players, including

Delle Donne, averaged nine or more

points a game during the 2019 season.

That kind of scoring balance makes

the Mystics an offensive powerhouse.

The team led the WNBA in points per

game, averaging almost 90 points. They

also led the league in assists per game,

field-goal and free-throw percentages,

as well as three-pointers made.

Still, the road to a championship is

never easy. It’s doubtful veteran Mystics

guard Kristi To liver will be able to play

in the playoffs. She has been out with a

knee injury since early August. The

Mystics may miss her steady play.

In addition, the remaining playoff

teams — the Las Vegas Aces,

Connecticut Sun and Los Angeles

Sparks — all had winning seasons and

have top-notch talent.

But they don’t have Elena Delle

Donne. And that’s why I think the

Mystics will bring home a

championship to Washington.

[email protected]

Bowen writes the sports opinion column for

KidsPost. He is the author of 24 kids sports

books, including seven about basketball. His

latest basketball book is “Outside Shot.”

For Mystics, Delle Donne puts championship well within reach

TODAY’S NEWS

A smiling panda a nd a walking

Chinese lantern will b e the m ascots

for t he 2022 Winter Olympics a nd

Paralympics i n Beijing.

The mascots were revealed

Tuesday at a ceremony in the C hinese

capital. Beijing Mayor Chen Jining

described them a s adorable, unique

and e xquisite.

The panda, named Bing Dwen

Dwen, is t he Olympics m ascot. “Bing,”

the C hinese word for i ce, shows p urity

and s trength, while “Dwen D wen”

means s incerity, l iveliness and h ealth,

the w ebsite said.

“Today i s an important step on a

milestone i n Beijing’s j ourney t o

make history as the f irst ever, in

Olympic history, t o host both summer

and w inter editions of the Olympic

Games,” s aid Thomas Bach,

International O lympic Committee

president.

Based on a traditional red lantern,

Paralympic mascot Shuey Rhon Rhon

creates the c heerful atmosphere of

the C hinese Lunar New Year, t he

organizing committee said.

The mascots were chosen from

more than 5 ,800 submissions f rom 35

countries.

— A ssociated Press

NG HAN GUAN/ASSOCIATED PRESS

China’s 2022 Winter Olympics

mascot, Bing Dwen Dwen, appears

with the Paralympics’ red lantern.

The Score

FRED BOWEN

Olympics’ mascot:

A smiling panda

CHIP SAYS

Today is Talk Like a Pirate Day! Why couldn’t the

pirate play cards?

TODAY

A cool morning turns into a

pleasantly mild afternoon with

temperatures in the mid-70s.

KIDSPOST.COM

For the first time in nearly a

century, a rare California trout

species will swim in a creek

ILLUSTRATION BY LINCOLN CARRA, 5, OWINGS, MARYLAND that is its native habitat.

Because he was sitting on the deck!

TONI L. SANDYS/THE WASHINGTON POST

The Mystics are a good bet to win the Women’s National Basketball Association championship with the powerful forward

Elena Delle Donne (11) and teammates. But no win is easy, especially if the injured Kristi Toliver, below left, doesn’t play.

JOHN MCDONNELL/THE WASHINGTON POST

Hi, Carolyn: I got

engaged last

month (yay!), and

my f iance and I

are starting to

plan our wedding.

He c ares more

about most of the

details and so is

taking the l ead.

I’m okay with that, but it’s

starting t o look l ike he is

planning a wedding t hat reflects

the things that are important to

him, a nd I’m barely a part of it.

For example, he i dentifies very

strongly with the alumni

community of his undergraduate

alma mater — he wants to have

the wedding at a n event space on

his college campus, decorated in

the school’s c olors, with various

college traditions as part of the

program. I didn’t g o to that

school and I don’t identify w ith

any of it, though I don’t m ind it

either, I suppose.

If I’m not willing to take the

lead o n the p lanning — I’m t oo

busy t o do that and just not

interested — does t hat mean I

forfeit getting to “see myself” i n

the appearance of the wedding

when it happens?

— Fiance

Fiance: Of course not. You

definitely forfeit t he right to

complain about some of the

details, but site, emphasis and

tone a ren’t d etails. So just say this

stuff to him instead o f us: Say

you’re grateful he’s t aking the

lead i n a way you couldn’t e ven if

you wanted to, but y ou also want

the end result to represent your

lives together — and the tilt

toward the a lma mater h as you

feeling like a spectator at y our

own life event. S ubstitute in your

words and feelings for mine here,

of course.

Marriage means y ou’ve

declared this p erson t o be y our

partner and e qual, and if you feel

you can’t s ay t o him what y ou

really mean, then h e’s not really

your partner and e qual.

Dear Carolyn: I work regularly

but only occasionally with a guy

I’m 99 percent s ure has a crush on

me. I have no romantic interests

outside my m arriage, and he also

appears happily m arried; I think

it is just a harmless crush (and I

think he believes he’s h iding it

much b etter t han h e is). But he is

very good-looking, professionally

has it together, a nd I do genuinely

like him, and it just feels nice to

know I ’ve elicited a little spark of

crush feelings f rom someone new.

So my q uestion i s, is it okay for

me to just enjoy his crush o n me

until it burns itself out?

— Enjoying Being Crushed On

Enjoying Being Crushed On:

Yes! I mean, no. I mean, define

“enjoy.”

That i ce gets thin really f ast.

Re: Crushed On: Not to burst

your bubble, but good-looking

people can sometimes be

subversive and get weird

enjoyment out of people thinking

they are being crushed on. Any

chance he doles out the same

charm to others in the office?

Better to just keep i t professional.

— De­Bubbler

De-Bubbler: Ew. O kay.

Re: Enjoying: I think t he line is

that it’s f ine t o enjoy the fact that

you are capable of eliciting a

crush from someone nice and

good-looking, but y ou should t ry

not to enjoy the a ctual attention,

flirtation, etc. If you do, then y ou

run the risk of encouraging him,

which isn’t g ood for either of you.

Basically, behave in a way that

you would f eel comfortable with

your husband witnessing.

— Anonymous

Anonymous: Well argued,

thanks.

Write to Carolyn Hax at

[email protected]. Get her column

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at wapo.st/haxpost.

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To have, to hold, to speak your mind

Carolyn

Hax

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