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Unglued
The joint itself feels very achy almost a burning feeling, so I'm going to say the pain is center, behind the knee cap but higher towards the femur. I've had tendonitis in joints before and this is more of an inflammation type of "ache" than it is a sharper pain associated with tendonitis.
The usual prescription for that sort of pain is to take a couple days off. Then raise the saddle above the "heel-on-pedal" point, maybe 1/4" higher than that. Then try 1/2 hour of pedaling very easily on the flat or better, on a set of rollers. That's an effort well below sweating. No more than 1/2 hour, no hills. Do that almost every day until the pain is gone, which might be 2 weeks. Personally, I'd take ibuprofen for a week maybe 1800 mg in 3 doses 6 hours apart, not for pain per se but to reduce inflammation. Whatever it is that's rubbing, gotta stop that. BTW personal therapy and recovery is reason enough to get a set of rollers. Invaluable IME.