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Kings Notes: Kings lose García to a strained back
By Melody Gutierrez - mgutierrez@sacbee.com
Last Updated 12:41 am PST Sunday, February 10, 2008
Story appeared in SPORTS section, Page C5
OAKLAND - The Kings will be without the services of Francisco García until after the All-Star break, but his injury appears to be less severe than anticipated, coach Reggie Theus said Saturday.
García strained his lower back in Friday's win over Utah after taking a knee from behind just before halftime. He did not return to that game and did not make the bus trip to Oakland on Saturday.
"At first, they thought he tore something," Theus said.
The swingman appeared to be in great pain while sprawled on the court at Arco Arena, then remained stiff and moved slowly following the game, Theus said.
"Of course I had to nudge him," Theus said with a smile inside the visitor's locker room at Oracle Arena. "I wanted to let him know that I could push him down and he couldn't do anything about it."
Road ready - The Kings began a stretch in which they play nine of 10 games on the road. They fell to 7-16 on the road with Saturday's loss, although they are 3-4 away from home with their current starting lineup of Ron Artest, Mike Bibby, Kevin Martin, Brad Miller and Mikki Moore.
Theus said teams have been known to blossom on the road.
"This team has fought through a lot of stuff this year," Theus said. "I think we've pretty much kept everything on the table when there are issues, and it's worked out for us. We can have a lot of fun, we can hang together, fight together and, in the end, as always, if we are playing harder and we take care of our business down the stretch, we'll win some of these."
The schedule is especially tough considering there will be three sets of back-to-back games. "That's always tough on everyone," Theus said.
Hello, old friend - Warriors center Chris Webber faced his former Kings teammates in his second game since Golden State signed him Jan. 29. Webber started the game, was 0 for 1 from the field and 2 for 4 at the freethrow line and scored two points in 14 minutes.
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