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C's Irving injures eye chasing rebound vs. Spurs

SAN ANTONIO -- Kyrie Irving dressed alone in the visitor's locker room after the Boston Celtics 120-111 loss Monday to the San Antonio Spurs, squinting his eyes after suffering in the fourth quarter what he called a scratched left cornea.

Celtics coach Brad Stevens wasn't sure whether the injury could force Irving to miss time.

"Kyrie has a scratched eye," Stevens said. "So he'll have antibiotics for that. I don't know what that means beyond tonight."

Irving, meanwhile, addressed the media after the game wearing a pair of sunglasses.

Asked about his condition, Irving said: "I'm wearing sunglasses, so not too good.