Bucks’ forward Bobby Portis exited Game 2 late in the 1st quarter with an apparent eye injury. 

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis left Game 2 of the Eastern Conference first-round playoff series against the Bulls after taking a shot to the face from Chicago’s Tristan Thompson late in the first quarter on Wednesday.

The Bucks announced early in the second half that Portis was out for the rest of the game with a right eye abrasion.

Bobby Portis will NOT return to tonight’s game with a right eye abrasion.

— Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) April 21, 2022

The defending champs were unable to pull out the win in Milwaukee, falling 114-110 to even up the series 1-1 before heading to Chicago for Game 3.

Portis and Thompson were going after a rebound when an elbow from Thompson appeared to hit Portis near his eye. Portis was down for a few seconds before getting up. He went to the locker room at the end of the first quarter.

On Bally Sports Wisconsin’s telecast of the game, Bucks assistant coach Darvin Ham said Portis was “having problems with the vision in his right eye.”

No foul was called on the play.

Portis joined the Bucks’ frontcourt players for warmups during the halftime break but returned to the locker room before the start of the third quarter.

Portis had 10 points and 12 rebounds in the Bucks’ 93-86 Game 1 victory for his first career playoff double-double.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.