Wesley Joel Matthews Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers. He played college basketball for the Marquette Golden Eagles. He is the son of former NBA player Wes Matthews. Matthews played in 250 consecutive NBA games before being forced to sit out of a game on December 10, 2012, due to an injury to his left hip.
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Wesley Joel Matthews Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the Marquette Golden Eagles. He is the son of former NBA player Wes Matthews. Matthews played in 250 consecutive NBA games before being forced to sit out of a game on December 10, 2012, due to an injury to his left hip. On January 17, 2015, Matthews became the Trail Blazers all-time career leader in three-point field goals made, surpassing Terry Porter’s franchise record of 773. On November 23, 2013, in a game against the Golden State Warriors, Matthews was involved in an altercation and was ejected along with teammate, Mo Williams.
He scored 23 points in 25 minutes of action before leaving the game. Matthews set a new season high on December 3, 2017 scoring 27 points in a 108–104 win over the Portland Trail Blazers. On February 13, 2018, he became the seventh Dallas player to hit 500 3-pointers with the Kings. He matched a pair of season highs with 29 points and seven three-pointers in a loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on January 24, 2018. He tied a season-high of 26 points in early December early December.
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