Kyrie Irving suffers eye injury in loss to Spurs

Boston Celtics star guard Kyrie Irving suffered a scratched left cornea in last night's 120-111 loss to the San Antonio Spurs. 

Irving scratched his left cornea and needs antibiotics. Coach Brad Stevens was unsure if the Celtics star would miss a game, as he actually finished the Dec. 31 game in which he sustained the injury.

Irving suffered his injury during a collision with Marco Belinelli with 7:22 remaining in the game. He and Belinelli were attempting to secure a rebound of Irving's missed 3-pointer from the right wing. Belinelli swiped at the ball and hit Irving in the eye, causing him to stay on the floor a short while writhing in pain.

Irving exited to the locker room but returned to the bench and game a couple minutes later. Boston coach Brad Stevens was unsure of Irving's status for Wednesday's home game against Minnesota.
"Kyrie has a scratched eye," Stevens said, per ESPN's Michael C. Wright. "So he'll have antibiotics for that. I don't know what that means beyond tonight."

When asked about his condition after the game, Irving said: "I'm wearing sunglasses, so not too good. I'll be all right, though. [He] smacked the s--- out of me. He just caught me pretty good."

Overall, Irving logged 28 minutes on Monday night, finishing with 16 points on 7-for-14 shooting while adding three rebounds, eight assists and two steals. This season, Irving is averaging 23.3 points, five rebounds and 6.6 assists per game.