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Austin Rivers bloody after nasty elbow to head (Video)

April 29, 2016 by Larry Brown • Comments
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Austin Rivers cuts

Austin Rivers cuts

Austin Rivers was down with a nasty cut around his eye after taking an inadvertent elbow to the head during Game 6 of the Clippers’ series with the Trail Blazers on Friday night.

Rivers was going after a rebound when Al Farouq-Aminu caught him with an elbow around the eye:

Rivers received a total of 11 stitches for cuts above and below his eye. According to ESPN’s Lisa Salters, he was not tested for a concussion nor did he receive X-rays. He later returned in the middle of the second quarter.

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