Maurice Cheeks vs. Eric Gordon Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Eric Gordon and Maurice Cheeks, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Maurice Cheeks played 15 years in the NBA, 1 less than Eric Gordon, who played 16. Maurice Cheeks had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, while Eric Gordon had his rookie season in 2008-09. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Maurice Cheeks	15	13	1978-79 to 1992-93
Eric Gordon	16	7	2008-09 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Maurice Cheeks	Eric Gordon
Season	1978-79	2008-09
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	82	29.4	8.4	0.8	2.3	3.1	5.3	2.1	0.1	2.4	2.4	3.6	7.0	.510	-	-	-	1.2	1.7	.721
Eric Gordon	78	34.3	16.1	0.6	2.0	2.6	2.8	1.0	0.4	2.1	2.2	5.3	11.6	.456	1.7	4.3	.389	3.8	4.5	.854

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	9	36.7	18.8	1.4	2.4	3.9	7.0	4.1	0.4	3.2	3.2	7.3	13.4	.545	-	-	-	4.1	6.2	.661
Eric Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Maurice Cheeks	Eric Gordon
Season	1979-80	2009-10
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	79	33.2	11.4	0.9	2.5	3.5	7.0	2.3	0.4	2.7	2.5	4.5	8.4	.540	0.1	0.1	.444	2.3	2.9	.779
Eric Gordon	62	36.0	16.9	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.0	1.1	0.2	2.3	1.5	5.7	12.6	.449	1.9	5.2	.371	3.6	4.8	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	18	37.5	11.6	1.2	2.9	4.1	6.2	2.5	0.2	2.5	2.4	4.9	9.7	.511	0.1	0.3	.200	1.6	2.3	.707
Eric Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Maurice Cheeks	Eric Gordon
Season	1980-81	2010-11
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	81	29.8	9.4	0.8	2.2	3.0	6.9	2.4	0.5	2.1	2.9	3.8	7.2	.534	0.0	0.1	.375	1.7	2.2	.787
Eric Gordon	56	37.7	22.3	0.8	2.1	2.9	4.4	1.3	0.3	2.7	2.1	7.6	16.9	.450	1.9	5.2	.364	5.1	6.2	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	16	32.1	10.5	0.3	2.9	3.2	7.3	2.5	0.8	2.3	3.4	4.3	7.8	.544	0.0	0.2	.000	2.0	2.6	.762
Eric Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Maurice Cheeks	Eric Gordon
Season	1981-82	2011-12
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	79	31.6	11.2	0.6	2.5	3.1	8.4	2.6	0.4	2.3	3.1	4.5	8.6	.521	0.1	0.3	.273	2.2	2.8	.777
Eric Gordon	9	34.4	20.6	0.2	2.6	2.8	3.4	1.4	0.4	2.7	2.2	7.0	15.6	.450	1.1	4.4	.250	5.4	7.2	.754

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	21	36.4	14.3	0.7	2.2	3.0	8.2	2.3	0.3	2.3	2.8	6.0	12.6	.472	0.0	0.4	.111	2.4	3.1	.769
Eric Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Maurice Cheeks	Eric Gordon
Season	1982-83	2012-13
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	79	31.2	12.5	0.7	2.0	2.6	6.9	2.3	0.4	2.3	2.3	5.1	9.4	.542	0.0	0.1	.167	2.3	3.0	.754
Eric Gordon	42	30.1	17.0	0.2	1.6	1.8	3.3	1.1	0.2	2.8	1.8	5.6	13.9	.402	1.3	4.1	.324	4.5	5.3	.842

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	13	37.2	16.3	0.8	2.2	3.0	7.0	2.0	0.2	2.6	1.8	6.4	12.7	.503	0.1	0.2	.500	3.5	4.9	.703
Eric Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Maurice Cheeks	Eric Gordon
Season	1983-84	2013-14
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	75	33.3	12.7	0.6	2.1	2.7	6.4	2.3	0.3	2.4	2.6	5.1	9.4	.550	0.1	0.3	.400	2.3	3.1	.733
Eric Gordon	64	32.1	15.4	0.5	2.1	2.6	3.3	1.2	0.2	2.1	1.8	5.6	12.8	.436	1.6	4.0	.391	2.7	3.5	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	5	34.2	16.6	0.4	2.0	2.4	3.8	2.6	0.0	2.0	3.6	7.0	13.4	.522	0.0	0.2	.000	2.6	3.0	.867
Eric Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Maurice Cheeks	Eric Gordon
Season	1984-85	2014-15
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	78	33.5	13.1	0.7	2.1	2.8	6.4	2.2	0.3	2.0	2.4	5.4	9.5	.570	0.1	0.3	.231	2.2	2.6	.879
Eric Gordon	61	33.1	13.4	0.5	2.1	2.6	3.8	0.8	0.2	2.0	2.4	4.7	11.4	.411	2.3	5.2	.448	1.8	2.2	.805

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	13	37.2	15.2	0.9	2.6	3.5	5.2	2.4	0.4	2.6	2.2	6.2	11.8	.529	0.0	0.4	.000	2.8	3.2	.857
Eric Gordon	4	35.8	18.5	0.5	1.8	2.3	3.8	0.5	0.5	2.5	2.8	7.0	15.8	.444	3.3	8.0	.406	1.3	1.5	.833


Season 8
	Maurice Cheeks	Eric Gordon
Season	1985-86	2015-16
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	82	39.9	15.4	0.7	2.2	2.9	9.2	2.5	0.3	2.9	2.0	6.0	11.1	.537	0.0	0.2	.235	3.4	4.1	.842
Eric Gordon	45	32.9	15.2	0.2	2.0	2.2	2.7	1.0	0.3	1.6	2.2	5.1	12.3	.418	2.5	6.5	.384	2.5	2.8	.888

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	12	43.3	20.8	1.1	3.6	4.7	7.1	1.1	0.3	2.7	1.5	7.8	15.2	.516	0.0	0.6	.000	5.2	6.1	.849
Eric Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Maurice Cheeks	Eric Gordon
Season	1986-87	2016-17
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	68	38.6	15.6	0.7	2.5	3.2	7.9	2.6	0.2	2.5	1.6	6.1	11.6	.527	0.1	0.3	.235	3.3	4.3	.777
Eric Gordon	75	31.0	16.2	0.4	2.3	2.7	2.5	0.6	0.5	1.6	2.0	5.5	13.5	.406	3.3	8.8	.372	2.0	2.3	.840

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	5	42.0	17.6	0.2	2.4	2.6	8.8	1.8	0.8	2.4	2.8	7.0	13.2	.530	0.0	0.2	.000	3.6	4.2	.857
Eric Gordon	11	32.5	12.9	0.5	3.5	3.9	2.0	0.7	0.5	1.3	1.8	4.6	11.0	.421	2.5	6.4	.386	1.2	1.6	.722


Season 10
	Maurice Cheeks	Eric Gordon
Season	1987-88	2017-18
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	79	36.3	13.7	0.7	2.5	3.2	8.0	2.1	0.3	2.0	1.5	5.4	10.9	.495	0.0	0.3	.136	2.9	3.5	.825
Eric Gordon	69	31.2	18.0	0.4	2.1	2.5	2.2	0.6	0.4	1.9	1.7	6.0	14.1	.428	3.2	8.8	.359	2.8	3.5	.809

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eric Gordon	17	32.3	15.4	0.5	2.1	2.6	1.6	0.6	0.5	1.4	1.7	4.9	13.0	.380	2.5	7.6	.331	3.0	3.6	.836


Season 11
	Maurice Cheeks	Eric Gordon
Season	1988-89	2018-19
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	71	32.4	11.6	0.5	2.0	2.6	7.8	1.5	0.2	1.6	1.6	4.7	9.8	.483	0.0	0.2	.077	2.1	2.7	.774
Eric Gordon	68	31.7	16.2	0.3	1.9	2.2	1.9	0.6	0.4	1.3	2.1	5.6	13.8	.409	3.2	8.8	.360	1.8	2.2	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	3	42.7	17.7	1.0	2.7	3.7	13.0	2.3	0.3	1.0	1.3	7.0	13.7	.512	0.0	0.3	.000	3.7	4.3	.846
Eric Gordon	11	37.3	17.8	0.5	2.1	2.5	1.3	0.6	1.0	2.5	2.0	6.1	13.6	.447	3.5	8.6	.400	2.2	2.5	.857


Season 12
	Maurice Cheeks	Eric Gordon
Season	1989-90	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs, New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	81	31.1	9.7	0.6	2.3	3.0	5.6	1.5	0.1	1.5	1.0	3.8	7.5	.504	0.0	0.2	.250	2.1	2.5	.847
Eric Gordon	36	28.2	14.4	0.3	1.7	2.0	1.5	0.6	0.4	1.2	1.9	4.8	12.9	.369	2.7	8.4	.317	2.3	3.0	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	10	38.8	12.8	1.2	2.7	3.9	8.5	1.7	0.2	1.9	2.1	5.0	10.4	.481	0.0	0.4	.000	2.8	3.1	.903
Eric Gordon	12	34.2	17.3	0.5	2.2	2.7	3.0	0.8	0.6	2.0	2.2	6.0	14.7	.409	2.4	7.5	.322	2.9	3.3	.875


Season 13
	Maurice Cheeks	Eric Gordon
Season	1990-91	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	76	28.3	7.8	0.3	2.0	2.3	5.7	1.7	0.1	1.4	1.8	3.2	6.4	.499	0.1	0.3	.250	1.4	1.7	.814
Eric Gordon	27	29.2	17.8	0.3	1.9	2.1	2.6	0.5	0.5	1.9	1.6	5.9	13.6	.433	2.6	7.8	.329	3.5	4.2	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	3	33.7	10.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	5.3	1.0	0.3	2.7	3.0	4.7	7.7	.609	0.3	1.0	.333	0.3	0.7	.500
Eric Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Maurice Cheeks	Eric Gordon
Season	1991-92	2021-22
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	56	19.4	4.6	0.5	1.2	1.7	3.3	1.5	0.0	0.6	1.3	2.1	4.4	.462	0.1	0.1	.500	0.5	0.8	.605
Eric Gordon	57	29.3	13.4	0.3	1.7	2.0	2.7	0.5	0.3	1.9	1.1	4.7	9.9	.475	2.2	5.3	.412	1.8	2.4	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eric Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Maurice Cheeks	Eric Gordon
Season	1992-93	2022-23
Team	New Jersey Nets	Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	35	14.6	3.6	0.1	1.1	1.2	3.1	0.9	0.1	0.9	1.0	1.5	2.7	.548	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	0.8	.889
Eric Gordon	69	28.5	12.4	0.2	1.7	1.9	2.7	0.6	0.4	1.5	1.1	4.2	9.5	.446	1.9	5.2	.371	2.1	2.5	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	5	16.4	4.4	0.6	0.6	1.2	2.8	1.2	0.2	1.4	0.6	2.2	4.6	.478	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.2	.000
Eric Gordon	5	29.8	10.2	0.2	1.2	1.4	2.6	0.6	0.4	0.8	2.4	3.6	8.8	.409	2.0	5.8	.345	1.0	1.2	.833


Season 16
	Maurice Cheeks	Eric Gordon
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eric Gordon	68	27.8	11.0	0.2	1.6	1.8	2.0	1.0	0.4	1.1	1.2	4.0	9.1	.443	2.2	5.8	.378	0.8	0.9	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eric Gordon	4	29.5	8.0	0.3	1.5	1.8	1.3	1.3	0.5	1.0	1.3	2.3	7.0	.321	1.8	4.3	.412	1.8	2.0	.875

Maurice Cheeks vs. Eric Gordon Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Eric Gordon and Maurice Cheeks, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

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