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Turner on his eye: "I thought that bad boy came out."

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Evan Turner showed up for his off-night in a Bruins sweater – the result of a jersey swap with the Bruins’ David Pastrnak – and a red left eye. The Celtics forward has been told he’ll probably be able to play Friday night against Milwaukee after recovering from an eye poke by the Lakers’ Julius Randle last Sunday, but make no mistake about this.

Turner initially thought the injury was much worse.

“I don’t know anything about a scratch - I thought that bad boy came out,” Turner before tonight's game against New Orleans. “I didn’t know, all I saw was black.