Mobley joins Webber, Stojakovic among Kings' injured players

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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Cuttino Mobley sat out the Sacramento Kings' game at Golden State on Wednesday night, joining fellow starters Chris Webber and Peja Stojakovic on the sideline.

Back spasms caused Mobley to miss his first game since joining the Kings last month. Webber sat out for the fourth time in six games, missing the last three with a sore left knee, while Stojakovic missed his fifth straight game with back spasms.

Maurice Evans, Darius Songaila and Matt Barnes took the vacated spots in the starting lineup for the Kings, who had just nine players in uniform.

The Warriors also played without two starters: forward Troy Murphy, who went on the injured list earlier in the day with a broken left thumb, and point guard Speedy Claxton, who sat out his seventh straight game with a bruised thigh. Cliff Robinson also began his five-game suspension for violating the league's drug policy.

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What is it these days with back spasms?

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[ALVAREZ6]

Wow.

There's 3 injured starters.

What is it these days with back spasms?

I agree, why the are so many players getting back spasms.

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who knows not stretching?

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Lots of atheletes, all ages, all sports, get taken out by lower back muscle spasms caused often by flattening disks that allow nerves to be pinched, sending the muscle into a spasm to immobilize the area. Happens to real people, too, increases per decade as the spinal discs flatten.

Whoever invents a way to puff up spinal discs, or otherwise fix this problem, will make $billions.