Defeated NZ Breakers decided to play on after horrific eye injury to Akil MitchellANTHONY AU-YEUNG/GETTY IMAGES Akil Mitchell is helped off the court by his team after a gruesome eye injury in the fourth quarterA shell-shocked NZ Breakers team were offered the chance to abandon their pivotal Australian National Basketball League (ANBL) game against the Cairns Taipans after a horrific final-quarter eye injury suffered by American power forward Akil Mitchell. ANTHONY AU-YEUNG/GETTY IMAGES Akil Mitchell, who had 13 points and 10 rebounds, makes a lay-up earlier in the game. "They have been advised by the specialists that Akil is sitting up and resting, and has vision to his injured eye. We actually had the opportunity from the league office to halt the game, but the guys wanted to keep going. Cairns Taipans 94 (Cameron Gliddon 26, Alex Loughton 21 Jarrad Weeks 13) NZ Breakers 81 (Kirk Penney 18, Mika Vukona 16, Akil Mitchell 13, Tom Abercrombie 11).

Source: Stuff January 26, 2017 09:06 UTC