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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sacramento Kings swingman Francisco Garcia will miss at least four months after undergoing surgery on his injured forearm and wrist..

Garcia had surgery Saturday at UC Davis Medical Center to repair a broken bone in his right forearm and ligament damage to his wrist. The team says he will be in a cast for eight weeks and will miss at least four months..

Garcia was injured lifting weights on Friday..

The fifth-year player averaged 12.7 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 65 games, 36 starts, for Sacramento last season..

ATLANTA — On the substantial chance that there were no 76ers fans in the gym last week when starting point guard in waiting Lou Williams was working on his post game in a pro-am game in Atlanta, the Philly faithful might like to know that he scored 45 points..

That may be a big deal considering the 6-foot-2 Williams recently said that coach Eddie Jordan’s , motion offense sometimes uses guards as big men. But did we mention that his primary antagonist that day was a well-traveled 5-foot-9 European pro guard name Herman Favors.?

OK, so Philly fans might not be so impressed.

Williams’ outburst the other night doesn’t suggest that the fifth-year pro can slide seamlessly into the starting point guard spot in Philly vacated by Andre Miller, who split for Portland in free agency. There is little denying that Williams is a score-first, pass-second player (12.8 points, three assists a game last season). And Philadelphia, of course, has been down the road before with scoring-happy point guards. Allen Iverson played the part for years..

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