NEW YORK -- Chicago Bulls center Pau Gasol will not play Thursday night against the New York Knicks because of swelling in his right knee.
Gasol, who missed four games last week because of the same issue, has been on a minutes restriction of about 25 minutes per game since returning to the lineup in a March 21 win over the Sacramento Kings.
"Pau's going to sit out tonight," Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg said before the game. "We just got word of that. We knew going into the back-to-back that this was a very likely possibility that he would miss one of the games.