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.

The Washington Post came out with a graphic today showing the ins and outs of the Wizards’ locker room that’s a must see for anyone who enjoys the Wizards’ crazy antics. Included within is this exchange regarding certain players ties:

Tie Guy

Daniels brings a rare voice of maturity to the 206 [the lockers of DeShawn Stevenson (2), Gilbert Arenas (0), and Antonio Daniels (6)] for example, tying the neckties of some teammates who don’t know how.

“About 3 people on this team know how to tie a tie,” Daniels once said.

Arenas: “DeShawn pays the bellman to tie his tie. Mine are already tied.

Daniels: “See, that’s a shame.”

Stat Line: 7 points (2-10 shooting, 0-2 from beyond the arc), 3 assists, 3 rebounds, 0 steals, and 3 turnovers in 23:52 (-22).

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. If so, this picture speaks volumes:

Bad knee + Bad shooting wrist = Bad, bad, bad. Thankfully, the next game isn’t until Thursday which gives Gilbert time to heal up and gives all the Wizards time to regroup.

Ivan Carter has the update from today’s shootaround:

Gilbert Arenas wore tape to protect his sprained right wrist but didn’t appear to have any problems shooting the rock at the morning shootaround today and will be ready to go tonight in Game 2.

Not only is his wrist sore, but his wallet is feeling the pinch:

Actually, Arenas did have one problem: he lost a grip of money to Andray Blatche and Nick Young by missing a series of shots from mid-court after the shootaround was over. Some were right-handed, some were left-handed and some were over the head tosses while facing the other way.

Young celebrated by running around the court taunting Arenas while yelling that he wanted his money in “ones and fives” to which athletic trainer Eric Waters replied: “He keeps talking that smack and he’ll get it pennies and nickels.”

Said Arenas as he walked by: “I’m bankrupt.”

Hopefully this isn’t serious:

Before the Wizards practiced this morning, I watched Gilbert Arenas attempt a couple of warm-up shots. They missed everything and he started messing with his right wrist and soon called for the athletic trainers to check him out.

Turns out he sprained his right wrist in the late stages of last night’s game when he fouled Le Bron James and it must have stiffened up on him overnight. He didn’t mention a problem with the wrist during his postgame presser.

Arenas didn’t practice today but the team expects that he will play in Game 2. Keep in mind that Arenas is right handed.