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Pelicans.com continues its look back at the 2015-16 season with player-by-player analysis of the team:

2015-16 OVERVIEW
Perhaps no player symbolized the Pelicans’ incredibly bad luck in the health department more than Eric Gordon, whose season was sidetracked twice by a fracture of the same right ring finger. As a result, the shooting guard could not make as big of an impact compared to 2014-15, when he enjoyed arguably his best season with New Orleans and debuted as in the NBA playoffs vs. Golden State.

Gordon actually appeared in each of the team’s first 41 games with no issues, before first fracturing the finger on his shooting hand Jan. 19 vs. Minnesota. He sat out the next 16 games, then returned for four, but sustained the same injury March 5 against Utah, while reaching to knock the ball away from the Jazz center Rudy Gobert.

While playing a total of 1,481 minutes before and between the identical injuries, Gordon’s three-point percentage was still very good at 38.4, though it dipped from a career-best 44.8 in ’14-15. Still, he was a slightly better offensive player by many measurements, including increasing his field-goal percentage to 41.8 from 41.1. His effective field-goal percentage similarly jumped from 51.2 to 52.1.

Without question, Gordon’s best stretch of 2015-16 came in the early portion of the schedule – he scored 20-plus points in six of the team’s first nine games, compared to achieving that 20-point mark a total of seven times in his remaining 36 appearances. Some of that can be attributed to the early-season injury absence of Tyreke Evans and Jrue Holiday’s minute restriction, which meant relying more heavily on Gordon offensively.

Gordon enters the 2016 offseason as a free agent for the first time in four years, when he was brought back by New Orleans in restricted free agency.

#3, Dec. 4: New Orleans 114, Cleveland 108 (OT)
An exceptionally efficient game for Gordon featured 19 points on only nine attempts from the field. He went 7/9 overall and 4/5 from beyond the arc, helping the Pelicans post one of their most memorable wins of the season.

#2, Jan. 13: New Orleans 109, Sacramento 97
Gordon’s best all-around performance was highlighted by 24 points (including 6/12 on treys), five rebounds, six assists, three steals and one block. New Orleans salvaged a California road trip that began with losses at Staples Center to the Clippers and Lakers.

#1, Dec. 26: New Orleans 110, Houston 108
His 26 points marked his highest scoring output in a New Orleans win this season. He also handed out five assists, statistically Gordon’s fourth-best passing game of 2015-16 (he had three six-assist games). He was an outstanding 10/12 from the field and 6/8 from beyond the arc.

35: Gordon’s rank among qualified NBA players in three-point percentage (38.4). He finished second in the league in 2014-15 (44.8 percent), behind only Atlanta’s Kyle Korver.

4: Times Gordon sank at least five three-pointers in a game this season. New Orleans went 3-1 in those instances, beating Houston, Sacramento and Phoenix.

6: Gordon’s rank on New Orleans’ roster in total minutes played (1,481). That means that even though Gordon missed almost half of the season, only five Pelicans were on the floor more than him, headed by Anthony Davis’ 2,164 minutes and Ryan Anderson’s 2008.

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Season in Review 2015-16: Eric Gordon

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NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans Pelicans announced today that guard Eric Gordon underwent successful surgery this afternoon to repair his fractured right ring finger. He will miss the remainder of the 2015-16 season.

Gordon, 6-4, 215, has appeared in 45 games this season for New Orleans, averaging 15.2 points, 2.7 assists, 2.2 rebounds and 1.0 steals in 32.9 minutes per contest.

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Pelicans-Spurs Postgame: Eric Gordon 3-3-16

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On his thoughts after the game:
“We didn’t execute down the stretch. It’s as simple as that. You have a six point lead and you turn the ball over three straight times, and you’re not supposed to win. That’s just the bottom line. We come out here after every game and we talk about ‘We’re still in the playoffs.’ No, we’re not. We’re not. What we are, is a team that when we have an opportunity to do something, we didn’t get it done. That is the bottom line. We’re up six points and we turn the ball over three straight times. You can’t do that and win on the road. It’s that simple.”

On what happened down the stretch:
“We turned the ball over and didn’t give ourselves a chance to get back on defense and get some stops. You can’t have turnovers like that, and we have to give our defense a chance to get set. Houston made more plays down the stretch than we did."

On what happened down the stretch:
“We turned the ball over. Houston capitalized on their fast break points. Houston capitalized on our mistakes down the stretch."

On what happened down the stretch:
"They’re a tough team when they get going, and they are penetrating to the basket. They didn’t hit their threes, but we just needed to get back in transition, and we turned the ball over a lot that gave them points in the paint."

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