By BRETT HUSTON
STATS Writer

Sacramento (1-4) at Utah (2-3), 9:00 p.m. EDT

The Sacramento Kings' attempt to stay competitive during their
massive rebuilding effort just became considerably more
difficult.

Kevin Martin could miss six to eight weeks with a fractured left
wrist, and the Kings will begin life without their leading
scorer Saturday night when they look to avoid a fifth
consecutive road loss to the Utah Jazz.

Sacramento (1-4) played 31 games without Martin last season as
the shooting guard dealt with a lingering left ankle injury,
going 5-26 en route to a 17-65 record that was the league's
worst.

Martin could miss about that many games again due to a hairline
fracture in his wrist suffered in a collision Monday with
Memphis' Allen Iverson. The league's third-leading scorer at
30.6 points per game, Martin finished with 48 in the Kings'
127-116 overtime win, then - not aware of the severity of the
injury - scored 29 in a 113-105 loss to Atlanta on Wednesday.

An MRI Thursday afternoon revealed the extent of the damage, and
Martin will undergo surgery Monday to have a screw inserted,
keeping him sidelined possibly through the rest of 2009.

"You always get shocked about something like that," Martin said.
"It's been hurting the past couple days but I didn't know it was
hurt that bad."

Martin's injury isn't the only adversity surrounding the Kings.
Forward Andres Nocioni was arrested early Thursday on suspicion
of drunk driving, hours after finishing with 14 points and six
rebounds against the Hawks in his first start of the season.

The team said it was disappointed in Nocioni's "poor judgment"
and would wait for the league to decide on potential discipline.

Martin averaged 26.0 points in three games against Utah (2-3)
last season, but wasn't able to lead Sacramento to a win. The
Kings were swept in four games, and have lost all four at
EnergySolutions Arena over the past two seasons by an average of
18.8 points.

The Jazz had balanced scoring in their four wins over Sacramento
last season, getting 20.8 points per game from Mehmet Okur, 19.3
from Deron Williams and 18.5 from Ronnie Brewer.

Carlos Boozer missed all but one of those wins with various leg
injuries that cost him 45 games in 2008-09, and the two-time
All-Star was far from top form in the first four games this
season, averaging 12.8 points on 35.2 percent shooting.

Boozer had his best game Thursday against San Antonio, though,
finishing with 27 points and 14 rebounds in a 113-99 win.

Williams also had 27 points to go along with nine assists as
Utah bounced back from two losses in which it had been outscored
by an average of 20.0 points in the fourth quarter.

"We've got to finish off games like we did tonight," Boozer
said. "We needed to play a full 48 minutes of basketball and
that's what we got tonight. Prior to this game, we hadn't done
that."

Boozer could have a tough time against Sacramento's talented
young frontcourt of Spencer Hawes and Jason Thompson, but
Williams should certainly have the advantage at the point.

Kings rookie Tyreke Evans has averaged 11.2 points but is
shooting 34.9 percent from the field - 29.4 percent over his
past three games. He's averaging 3.6 assists while Williams is
among the league leaders with 8.8 per game to go with his
team-leading 23.2 scoring average.