Kyrie Irving was having himself a game with 13 points, 5 assists and 3 rebounds against the Chicago Bulls. Unfortunately, he had to leave the game in the third quarter due to a facial contusion. He suffered the injury after taking a hit from Nikola Vucevic.
He was helped off the court by his teammates, but you can tell he was in extreme discomfort once he went down because he put his jersey over his face and kept stomping on the floor.
Steve Nash said after the game that Irving did not suffer a concussion on the play, and that the Nets will conduct further tests on Wednesday to evaluate his condition.
Kyrie Irving took an inadvertent elbow to the face from Nikola Vucevic and was helped by trainers.
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) May 12, 2021
He eventually walked to the locker room under his own power. pic.twitter.com/EZoyjHZBJt
BK rolls deep. pic.twitter.com/kJkvNjxxdE
— Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) May 12, 2021
Steve Nash said that Kyrie Irving does not have a concussion. He said that he had an X-Ray that was "inconclusive" — meaning "they need a further scan, I don't know if it's the swelling or what."
— Malika Andrews (@malika_andrews) May 12, 2021
Irving will have another scan in the morning, Nash said.
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