NBA: Kyle Kuzma's new 'goggle' look after nasty eye injury against OKC stumps netizens

LA Lakers star Kyle Kuzma suffered from a nasty eye injury in team's recent NBA encounter against Oklahoma City Thunder. 24-year old youngster was left with a bloodied eye after he took an elbow shot from Thunder’s Darius Bazley right between eyes. Kyle Kuzma was forced to leave court by medical officials as Lakers went on to beat Thunder by a 112-107 scoreline.

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NBA: Lakers' Kyle Kuzma suffers nasty eye injury against OKC

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NBA: Kyle Kuzma desperate to play against Oklahoma City Thunder

Kyle Kuzma, who exited game against Thunder on Tuesday night after scoring five points in just nine minutes, appeared desperate to get back into match post incident. But Lakers’ manment opted orwise, which proved to be a smart decision on ir part as Kuzma could t even open his eyes following day. Kuzma’s new look will see him wearing goggles to help him with injury and prevent furr dam to his eye.

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Lakers’ Kyle Kuzma has played 10 games since he made a comeback from a stress fracture on his left ankle that kept him out first four games of ongoing NBA season. Kuzma had racked up double-digit scoring in six of his last seven games before he was struck with ankle injury, averaging around 25 points. In five games before leaving against Thunder, youngster averd 18 points, shooting 50% from field and 46.9% from beyond arc.

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