Stat Line: 2 points, 3 assists, 1 rebound, 0 steals, and 1 turnover in 10:02 (+3).

As you probably heard right before the game last night, Gil was inserted into the starting lineup for the first time since coming back from injury. For his 10 minutes of play, his stat line isn’t terrible, but it isn’t vintage Gil either. As Ivan Carter reported at halftime, Gilbert was sat down for the rest of the game because of bone bruise in his knee, which will leave him day to day.

Thankfully, he didn’t injure himself jumping off the scorer’s table. Eddie Jordan went on to elaborate after the game that the bruise wasn’t the result of any specific incident:

“It just starts hurting. He didn’t re-injure it. It just aches, it’s sore. It may be a pinched nerve. We talked about that a few minutes ago. It could be a nerve pinching back there in his leg, and if it is, it should be very manageable.”

At least this seems much better than the start of the season when Gilbert’s knee was swelling for no apparent reason before finally leading to another surgery. This doesn’t look like anything to worry about too much. I’m pretty sure we’ll see him back on Sunday for Game 4.