NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Zydrunas Ilgauskas

Zydrunas Ilgauskas (born June 5, 1975 in Kaunas, Lithuania) is a basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers and one of the top centers in the NBA's Eastern Conference.

Ilgauskas was drafted 20th overall by the Cavaliers in 1995. Ilgauskas quickly made his mark both as a very good center, but also as being spectacularly injury-prone due to foot troubles. Ilgauskas missed all of the 1996-1997 season, all but five games in the 1998-1999 season and all but 24 games in the 1999-2000 season. In three full seasons and parts of three others, Ilgauskas has averaged 14.4 PPG, 7.5 RPG and 1.8 BPG in 28.3 Minutes per Game over 335 games, 295 of them starts.

Categories: 1975 births | Lithuanian basketball players | Cleveland Cavaliers players

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Žydrūnas Ilgauskas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (140 words)
	Ilgauskas was drafted 20th overall by the Cavaliers in 1996.
	Ilgauskas quickly made his mark both as a very good center, but also as being spectacularly injury-prone due to foot troubles.
	Ilgauskas missed all of the 1996-1997 season, all but five games in the 1998-1999 season and all but 24 games in the 1999-2000 season.

CriminalSports (185 words)
	Ilgauskas will be suspended without pay and will miss the regular-season opener on Oct. 29 in Sacramento, the league said.
	Last week, the 7-foot-3 Ilgauskas pleaded no contest to drunken driving and was sentenced to one year's probation.
	The 27-year-old Ilgauskas, whose career has been slowed by foot injuries, was stopped in suburban Cleveland on Sept. 15 for erratic driving.

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