NBA star left bloodied after taking elbow to the face
Los Angeles guard Austin Rivers suffered a gruesome eye injury in the Clippers' first-round playoff game against the Portland Trail Blazers.
Rivers copped the elbow of Portland's Al-Farouq Aminu midway through the first quarter and was escorted to the locker room by trainers.
Austin Rivers heads back to the locker room after being hit in the face by Aminu's elbow. pic.twitter.com/LCDaIy191j
— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) April 30, 2016
He was initially ruled out of the game, but made a dramatic comeback after receiving 11 stitches to two cuts around his left eye.
The bloody scene left fans in shock:
Wow what just happened to Austin Rivers?! So much blood in so little time.
— Kristine Leahy (@KristineLeahy) April 30, 2016
Wow. Now Austin Rivers gets cut,bleeding profusely and is out of the game. Basketball Gods unkind to @LAClippers
— MarkJonesESPN (@MarkJonesESPN) April 30, 2016
Now it looks like only break the Clippers can get might be of Austin Rivers' nose, after he got off to a hot start. Just ugly.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) April 30, 2016
Austin Rivers is down and bleeding a lot. This is the worst possible start for the Clippers.
— Alex Kennedy (@AlexKennedyNBA) April 30, 2016
Straight Walking Dead scene at the Clippers-Blazers game. pic.twitter.com/dwA12qhNhT
— Alan Mowrey (@abmowrey) April 30, 2016
Clippers Blazers game just went full MMA.
— King Zombie (@TotalZombie) April 30, 2016