The Minnesota Timberwolves defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 127-117 on Sunday night, with top player Anthony Davis leaving the game early due to an aggravating eye ailment.

 

 

Late in the first quarter of the game at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, Davis unintentionally absorbed a shot to the face from Kyle Anderson of the Timberwolves. After grabbing a rebound, Davis was about to make a put-back dunk when Anderson touched his eye. Davis was obviously in discomfort when he hit the floor hard after finishing the dunk.

 

 

Davis’s injury forced him to leave the game, and the club declared him out of the second half due to a left eye injury. In 12 minutes, he finished with four points and four rebounds.

The blow to his eye exacerbated a corneal abrasion that Trayce Jackson-Davis had initially given him during a game against the Golden State Warriors last month. Davis also left the game early that evening, seeing a specialist when his eyelid swelled shut and his eyesight became blurry.