New Orleans Hornets guard Eric Gordon said he played Friday night’s game against the Denver Nuggets with a sore lower back, but it’s not expected to cause him to miss any extended time.

Gordon said his back has been sore since this past Tuesday’s game against the Lakers. He sat out Wednesday’s game against the Utah Jazz because of the team’s restriction to not play him in the second game of back-to-back sets to avoid overextending his right knee. Gordon missed the first 29 games of the season because of a patella disorder and bone bruise in his right knee.

“It’s a little sore, but I’ve been dealing with it,’’ Gordon said about his sore back.” With so much travel and games, it has been a little bit of wear and tear on me.”

“I haven’t been getting that much lift (on shot attempts) with my back feeling like this,’’ Gordon said.

via John Reid of The Times Picayune