Still, Murphy’s injury felt like one more shot to the gut for a fan base that had already been brought to its knees. One more cruel circumstance for a team that was already begging the basketball gods for relief — or at least for the end of the season.

The breakout season for New Orleans forward Trey Murphy III is over. Murphy left Monday’s loss to Detroit with a dislocated right shoulder, and an MRI exam found a torn labrum and partial tear of his rotator cuff in his right shoulder.

Pelicans forward Trey Murphy III will miss the rest of the season after being diagnosed with a torn labrum and partial tear of the rotator cuff in his right shoulder.