Zydrunas Ilgauskas
Zydrunas Ilgauskas
Zydrunas Ilgauskas; born June 5, 1975) is a Lithuanian American retired professional basketball center of the National Basketball Association. He played for the Cavaliers from 1996 to 2010, and is the team's career leader in games played, rebounds, and blocks. He also played for the Miami Heat during the 2010–11 season...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth5 June 1975
CityKaunas, Lithuania
line shooting step tonight
I have been shooting well from the line this year. I was able to step up tonight and make them. Sometimes they don't go in. What can I say? Tonight they did.
beard body contact growing
I'll keep growing it for the playoffs. The beard is part of the body and any contact should be a foul.
athletics
Right now, he's getting by on athleticism. He's going to be real good.
appreciate regular season time
I thought that was the way it always would be, you play the regular season and go to the playoffs. Little did I know that it would be a long time before I got back and it really makes me appreciate it.
doubted expected injuries larry losing people team ups
This team went through a lot of ups and downs, injuries to Larry (Hughes) , losing streaks. People doubted us, expected us to falter.
league nobody stop
There is nobody in this league that can stop him.
small thin time
With us being really thin at small forward, it's not good. But this time of year, that's usually when it happens.