Celtics guard Evan Turner missed Wednesday’s game against the Pelicans because of a left eye abrasion, but he has been cleared for light shooting drills and hopes to play against the Bucks on Friday.

Turner suffered the injury in the fourth quarter of the team’s win over the Lakers on Sunday, when Los Angeles forward Julius Randle swiped Turner’s eye while trying to tap a rebound back to a teammate. At the time, Turner feared the worst.

“I don’t know anything about a scratch; I thought that bad boy came out,’’ he said. “I didn’t know. All I saw was black. So I was kind of freaking out. I thought of [the movie] ‘Any Given Sunday,’ when his eye came out on the field. So I was saying, ‘No, damn, if I can’t see out my left eye, that would [stink].’ I’m glad it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be.’’

Turner went to the ground before running off the court. It initially looked like he had mistakenly headed toward the Lakers’ locker room, but he said he simply wanted to get to someplace private.

“I curled up in the fetal position for like eight seconds and then I was like, ‘No, I can’t go out like this,’?’’ Turner said. “If I’m going to cry out of my good eye, it’s going to be in the back. That’s why I ran to the back, you know what I’m saying?’’

Turner’s left eye was noticeably red on Wednesday night. He said he met with doctors earlier in the day and they said he was in better condition than they thought he would be. He said he will probably wear protective eyewear.

“Not wear like the Kurt Rambis goggles,’’ he said, “but find like a MC Hammer type of glasses.’’

Turner said he mostly spent the previous two days on his couch. But he is confident when he returns he will be able to regain his rhythm quickly. It was quite clear Turner’s injury did not dent his sense of humor.

“Hopefully it doesn’t affect my 3-point percentage,’’ he said. “That’s the biggest thing I’ve been worried about.’’

Turner has made just 22.8 percent of his 3-point attempts this season.

According to Perkins

Pelicans center Kendrick Perkins is close friends with former Oklahoma City Thunder teammate Kevin Durant, and he said they talk about once a week. But as Celtics fans continue to dream about the possibility of Durant signing with Boston this summer, Perkins offered no new reasons for why that could be a realistic hope.

“He never brought that up,’’ Perkins said. “I never, as a friend, I try not to talk to him too much about free agency. I always try to just want to talk to him about things outside of basketball. We talk about personal life and stuff like that. And I know he’s getting this question every day on the hour and stuff like that, so I try not to bother him. But he did shoot some teams out there that he made me sign a confidentiality form that I couldn’t tell nobody. He’s got a few teams that he will be looking at.’’

Perkins thinks if the Thunder win an NBA title this season, Durant would almost have to re-sign. But if they do not, then it might be time for a change.

Perkins, who played for the Celtics from 2003-11, said he has been impressed by Boston’s rapid development.

“They’re a scary team to go against in the playoffs,’’ he said. “You can feel they enjoy playing with each other. They play at a high level. They’ve got a lot of young talent. I watched when they beat Golden State and they were very impressive. I’ll tell you what, that Isaiah Thomas is playing at a high level right now.’’

Perkins said the Celtics reminded him a bit of the 2008 championship team he was a part of. He said it was clear that the players do not want to disappoint their teammates. It was hard for him to believe that eight years had passed since he was a part of Boston’s title team.

“It is 2016, but it don’t feel like eight years, man,’’ Perkins said. “It feels like it happened a year ago.’’

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