Wesley Matthews experienced irregular heartbeat, listed as day-to-day
Earlier today at practice Terry Stotts said that Wesley Matthews “wasn’t feeling well” and left practice to go see a doctor halfway through.
Late this evening, the Blazers announced that Matthews experienced an irregular heartbeat during the practice.
Here is the series of tweets they sent out regarding Matthews
Portland G Wesley Matthews experienced an irregular heartbeat (atrial fibrillation) today during practice.
— Trail Blazers PR (@TrailBlazersPR) October 24, 2013
Matthews underwent an electrical cardioversion procedure this afternoon and his heartbeat has returned to normal.
— Trail Blazers PR (@TrailBlazersPR) October 24, 2013
He did not travel with the team to Oakland and is out for tomorrow night's preseason game at Golden State and is listed day-to-day.
— Trail Blazers PR (@TrailBlazersPR) October 24, 2013
Erik Gundersen
Erik Gundersen is the Trail Blazers beat reporter for The Columbian. He's a graduate of the Allen School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon in addition earning a degree in Spanish. He's covered the NBA for four seasons. You can also occasionally find his work on ESPN.com's NBA section for their TrueCities series. He also fist-bumped with Kanye West once. Follow @BlazerBanter on twitter for more Blazers and NBA news.