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
inside tonight tried worked
Tonight we got inside and got fouled a lot. We tried to play the inside-outside game, and it worked well for us as we got to the free-throw line.
body eight gone good hopefully last nba paid shape team thinking win work
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.
knowing luxury numbers surprises terrific time tremendous
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.
confidence contain good hard job player second shots sooner
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.
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.
andy anywhere except grow hair
Andy can't grow hair anywhere except his head.
line shooting
I've been shooting it well from the line this year. I was able to make them. Sometimes they go in and sometimes they don't. When they go in, it makes you look good.
afford course mine needs plays team trying
I got him first with the elbow, but mine was unintentional. Of course I was not happy, but you can't afford to get suspended for something like that. I'm trying to make plays and my team needs me.
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.
player replace
Obviously, you can't replace a player like that.
athletics
Right now, he's getting by on athleticism. He's going to be real good.
brown buy coach since teaching trying
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.
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.
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.