Daily Links 5/12

center Zydrunas Ilgauskas put the ball on the floor with his left hand and drove in from the top of the key for a “1-foot driving finger-roll layup,” as the official play-by-play described it.

“I think every time I put the ball on the floor, coach [Mike] Brown’s heartbeat goes up by 10 beats a minute,” Ilgauskas said.

Brown said, “You can take the words ‘I think’ out of that quote.”

Ilgauskas said the move felt better than it looked.

“I saw the replay — man, I looked really slow,” he said, laughing. “I thought I was faster. It was a little depressing.” [/quote]
[quote]"It is a little scary to see Z [handling the ball]," Brown said. “But the reality of it is Z has had some terrific drive-and-kicks for us in this postseason. So I’m not going to encourage it, but every time he does it and it works out, I’m going to say ‘Yes.’ If he does it and it doesn’t work out, we’ll deal with it afterward.”