Eric Gordon is tuning out trade talk and whispers that he's lost a step. After missing much of his first two seasons in New Orleans with a nagging right knee injury, Gordon has played in 40 of New Orleans' 43 games this season, demonstrating a reliability previously unseen since he recieved a four-year, $58 million contract in July 2012. Two games ago, he helped the Pelicans pull out a comeback victory in Detroit, hitting a clutch 3-pointer inside the final four minutes and later spinning into the lane to sink a game-winning floater in the final seconds. ''Individually, I think I can give more, do more,'' Gordon said after practice Monday, one day after his 14 points helped the Pelicans win for the third time in four games.
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