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
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This team went through a lot of ups and downs, injuries to Larry (Hughes) , losing streaks. People doubted us, expected us to falter.
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Ever since coach Brown has come in we have been trying to buy into his system. We still have a long way to go, but there has been a lot of teaching and we are improving.
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I've gone through a lot in the last eight years. All the work to put my body in shape to play in the NBA paid off. I was thinking about that when we made the playoffs, but this is hopefully just the first step. This team is good enough to win in the playoffs, too.
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Nothing he does surprises me anymore. He's just a terrific player. He's a tremendous luxury to have, knowing he can go out there any time and put up numbers like that.
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It's hard to contain a player like him the whole game. Sooner or later, he's going to get rolling. We did a good job on him in the first half. In the second half, he made some shots and his confidence was up and he started rolling.
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.
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.
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I think we'll see the best of him. There is nobody in this league that can stop him. He's going to get his.
side team
I think it's going to be a little different for him because he's going to play the same team so many times. But we're going to see an even better side of him because he's going to be able to adjust.
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I watched only the first half on TV. I've been with these guys since September. I was surprised when I found out what happened.
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He seems the same to me. When he hits you, it doesn't feel any different. He's the biggest and the strongest guy I've ever played against, and I've played against some pretty big guys.
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He scored 50-some in Toronto and we ended up losing. He obviously had a great night, but we couldn't get the crucial stops. They beat us to the loose balls or they got the offensive boards or we had offensive breakdowns.
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He is instant energy when he comes in. I don't know where he gets it, but I'm glad he has it.
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There is nobody in this league that can stop him.