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Lakers' Anthony Davis forced out vs. Warriors with eye injury

LOS ANGELES -- Anthony Davis left the Los Angeles Lakers' game against the Golden State Warriors after the first quarter Saturday night with a left eye contusion and will not return, the team announced.

Davis was inadvertently hit in the face by Warriors forward Trayce Jackson-Davis while scoring on a layup.

L.A. outscored Golden State by six in the 12 minutes Davis played, with the Lakers All-Star big man posting eight points on 3-for-6 shooting, four rebounds, two assists and one block.

Lakers coach Darvin Ham went to backup big man Jaxson Hayes in Davis' place.