Second-generation Laker Wesley Matthews fueled by championship opportunity

Wesley Matthews shared a name and with his father, but for a long time, there was little else.
For many years, he was raised by his mother, Pam Moore, and he and his father were not terribly close. But one of the few through lines has been basketball: The day he was born – Oct. 18, 1986 – was the day that Wes Sr. signed with the Lakers, on his way to championships in 1987 and 1988. And the younger Matthews has a picture, “I’ve always had” of him as a toddler, dresse