Garrison Mathews sprinted to the corner and as soon as he got there, his defender was in his face, “hugging” him to prevent the ball from being thrown the Wizards’ rookie’s way.
After just one breakout game, Mathews was officially on the scouting report.
“It’s something I expected,” Mathews said. “When you’re a shooter, they’re not going to give you open shots.”
In the span of a few days, Mathews, an undrafted rookie out of Lipscomb, went from an unheard-of two-way player to a sharp-shooter catching the attention of opposing teams. On Monday in the Wizards’ shocking 123-105 win over the Miami Heat, the 23-year-old scored a career-high 28 points — knocking down six of his nine shot attempts.