Stat Line: 17 points (5-9 from the field, 2-3 from 3 pt. land), 1 rebound, 2 assists, 0 steals, 4 turnovers in 19:57.

Shoes: Benihana Hibachi Edition. These are the shoes that he was originally going to wear against Detroit.

Accounts from the Game:
Ivan Carter
Mike Jones
Mike Wise
TruthAboutIt’s Live Blog
Awful Announcing

After surprising just about everyone in the building by making his comeback last night, Gilbert continued to amaze by coming out on fire shooting. As far as shooting and scoring go, this was probably Gilbert’s best performance since he got injured the first time, back last April. Outside of the points, the rest of his game was still rusty, but hey, that’s why they call it a rust game. The rest of the game will come back to him as he gets more and more acclimated to his teammates both offensively and defensively.

Luckily, Friday night’s game is against the hapless Miami Heat, which should give him plenty of chances to get some quality on-the-floor time with his teammates, which should help speed up the process of re-building the chemistry lost by all of his time out with the injuries.

Gilbert sat out tonight’s victory against the Sixers with lingering knee pain. As you may remember, he sat out the last match-up against Portland as well. Eddie Jordan hopes to have him back for Friday’s game against Golden State which would mean that he anticipates not having him for Wednesday’s game at Charlotte too. Since there’s nothing to recap from tonight’s game, let’s get everyone caught up on all the links as of late. First comes a story from DC Sports Bog about 6 women from Iowa who were committed to getting one of the jerseys that Gilbert throws into the stands after each game. Last week against Minnesota, the group finally got an opportunity and they wouldn’t let anything get in their way:

The jersey flew through the air toward Young. Time stood still. And then? Chaos. A 20-something fan flew over Young’s back and tried to tear it out of her hands. They struggled. Security approached. Curse-words were issued. The kid kept trying to claim the piece of blue fabric that the OGA crew had spent two years and nearly $10,000 attempting to acquire.

“I wasn’t about to allow that to happen,” Young told me. “I was like, ‘I will bite you!’ I had to rip it back from him….One of the girls was like, ‘I always thought of Amanda as sweet and innocent, but I saw a side of her I hope never to see again.’ “

The Bog also has the latest info on the GilTV commercials which you might have seen before they were pulled down, and reports that Gilbert says there is a blog coming out tomorrow so keep your eyes open for that.

Gilbert sat this one out with a sore knee, so he finished with 0 points, 0 rebounds, and 0 assists in 0 minutes of play (No word on if he used the opportunity to stuff his face with nachos). Since there’s nothing to talk about regarding his performance tonight, let’s talk about Gilbert’s wardrobe for tonight.

(AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

Gilbert went with a collared shirt and tie, along with a sweater vest (A possible nod to Jim Tressel after Ohio State beat Michigan again today?) and a suit jacket. He would later take the jacket off, and reveal that he was going with the untucked look, which Nick Young was apparently copping as well. In both pictures, you can also clearly see that he tops off the look with jeans. That’s classic Gilbertology baby!

(Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images)

I’m not quite sure what happened between last Friday’s game against Denver and the game against Atlanta on Sunday, but since that point Gilbert has been on fire. His stats the last few games might look average compared to last year’s numbers, but when you consider that Gilbert still probably isn’t completely there health-wise, what he’s done during this 3 game stretch (and especially his last two games) has been remarkable. Last night, he kept the good times rolling as he poured in 27 points along with 8 assists, 4 steals, and 4 rebounds.

If this indeed is the real Gilbert and the first five games were just a fluke, then Gilbert will be a force to be reckoned with and someone worthy of lots of All-Star votes. Lots, and lots, and lots of repeating votes.

(AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

If you were looking for a vintage Gilbert performance, look no farther than last night: 30 points, 11 assists, and 6 rebounds. It’s still too early to say that Gilbert is 100% back from his knee injury, but it’s looking a lot more like he’s comfortable at playing at the level he’s at and it showed last night.

What was the key to Gilbert’s performance last night? Warm ups. No really, just check out this tidbit from last night’s ESPN recap:

The All-Star guard has been taking it easy on days off and before games. But he decided he needed to get a feel for the basketball, so he went to the gym to shoot Tuesday night, then hoisted up 100 3-pointers before tipoff Wednesday.

“I was coming to games cold turkey, wasn’t even getting the ball up, just banking off my natural ability, and I was struggling,” Arenas said. “My handle wasn’t as crisp.”Wait a second. So you haven’t been warming up before games this season? What have you been doing?”Chillin’. Resting. Resting the knee,” Arenas said. “They told me to stay off the knee, so I stayed off of it.”

Here’s what some people had to say about Gilbert’s performance last night:

Eddie Jordan:

He’s grown, he’s matured.

Slam Magazine:

It is no secret Gilbert Arenas is an integral part of the success the Washington Wizards hope to have this season and it is also no coincidence that when he scored 30 points in their game last night, he was the biggest contributor in the Wizard’s 103-90 victory over Indiana.

Dime Magazine:

Gilbert’s back (the Gilbert we know, at least), dropping 30 points, 11 dimes, 6 boards and 50 percent shooting on Jamaal Tinsley’s head.

Just Give Me The Stats!!

THAT’S THE GILBERT I DRAFTED IN THE FIRST ROUND!!!! I’m sure there will be a let down in his next game, as he is obviously still getting healthy, but it’s just great to see him do it for a game!

Hoops Addict:

Gilbert looks 99.9% his old self (30pts, 11ast), but he added a leg sleeve from the Melo-Iveson Fall Collection and whaddaya know it worked! He was cutting, crashing and bombing away on various Pacers and it was a sight for sore eyes.