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When: 8:30 PM ET, December 9, 2009
Where: AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX

Starting Lineups:

Kings:
PG Tyreke Evans
SG Donte Greene
SF Andres Nocioni
PF Jason Thompson
C Spencer Hawes

Spurs:
PG Tony Parker
SG Keith Bogans
SF Richard Jefferson
PF Tim Duncan
C Antonio McDyess

We've lost four in a row and we really need a win. The Kings are coming off a tough loss in New Orleans last night after Andres Nocioni missed a critical free throw.

Injuries



Spurs:
Finley's out 2-4 weeks with an ankle injury.

Kings:
Omri Casspi missed last nights game in New Orleans with back spasms and is listed as day-to-day.

I'm sure Jason Thompson will see limited minutes tonight as well with a heavy dose of foul-itis that he'll come down with from the officiating crew who have spread this chronic and limiting disease to JT for a while now.

Great win..We managed to put up near 120 on the board once again at our place..Although our defense is still frustratingly inconsistent I'm not going to fret over it too much as a win is a win..

I feel like Pop is doing a good job of managing Ginobili's minutes..He doesn't want him to go all out for a purpose and that is to save his body as much as possible before the playoffs start looming around which is part of the reason why his efficiency is not where it used to be..

I would like to see more of this from Jefferson..When given the shots he has shown that he can produce and produce well..I think Pop should keep going to Jefferson as the 3rd option instead of Ginobili as we all know Ginobili is the one with the recurring injury issues and not getting any younger..

I cannot believe how laughably bad Bonner, Blair, and Dyess are defensively..My goodness..Bonner is understandably way too slow footed to keep up with the more athletic bigs out there (which is pretty much everybody), but he shows no effort whatsoever which is unacceptable if we're going to keep giving him minutes..I know Blair is undersized and all and not the most athletic big out there, but boy is he in the same boat as Bonner in terms of not giving enough effort..Dyess needs to take some pointers from Duncan on staying in front of his man and disrupting shots without fouling..