Trail Blazers Guard Wesley Matthews Out for the Season with Ruptured Achilles
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NBA via Portland Trail Blazers(PORTLAND, Ore.) — In a tough blow for one of the best teams in the Western Conference, the Portland Trail Blazers announced that guard Wesley Matthews will miss the rest of the season with a ruptured Achilles.
Matthews suffered the injury Thursday night against Dallas Mavericks. He needed to be helped off the court, and will need to undergo surgery to repair the injury.
“It’s disbelief, you know?”Matthews told reporters after an MRI confirmed the rupture. “I’m sitting up there in that tube having an MRI, and I don’t hear noise, I don’t feel my Achilles, I’m just … . I can’t believe I’m up there while my team’s battling. I just haven’t processed all of it yet.”
Matthews in a valuable part of the Trail Blazers. In 60 games this season he’s averaging 15.9 points while shooting .389% from the 3-point line.
Matthews is set to become a free agent at the end of the season.
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