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Lakers star Anthony Davis leaves early with eye injury after huge block in game against Raptors
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Lakers star Anthony Davis leaves early with eye injury after huge block in game against Raptors

Anthony Davis stuffed Jakob Poeltl with a wild block at the rim on Sunday evening, but accidentally got shot in the eye

Anthony Davis put Jakob Poeltl on the edge with a wild block on Sunday evening, but accidentally got shot in the eye. (Harry Hoe/Getty Images)

Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis came up with a huge block on Sunday night, one of his best in recent memory.

However, the play came at a price.

Davis, after stuffing Toronto Raptors big man Jakob Poeltl at the rim, immediately went to the court in pain after Poeltl accidentally drilled him in the eye. Davis crawled off the floor at Crypto.com Arena as play continued and then lay there for several moments before being helped off the floor and taken to the locker room.

Davis was ruled out of the game midway through the fourth quarter due to an eye injury. He finished the night with 22 points and four rebounds.

No further details about Davis’ eye injury are known. He also suffered a corneal abrasion in the same eye in March last season. Two days later he played again, but about a month later he aggravated the injury again. He said his eyelid was briefly swollen from the first blow.

Davis entered Sunday averaging 32.4 points and 11.3 rebounds per game this season, his sixth with the Lakers. The former Kentucky star has been dealing with a foot injury lately, but was cleared to play Sunday night.

The Lakers entered Sunday with a 5-4 record, fresh off a 10-point win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday. They host the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday.

This post will be updated soon with more information.