Big "Z" Reaches Milestone in Victory Over Atlanta

The Cleveland Cavaliers are now 56-13 after a 102-96 victory over the Atlanta Hawks. Zydrunas Ilgauskas passed the 10,000-career point mark in the first period when he hit two foul shots. LeBron James, Brad Daugherty and Austin Carr are the only other players in franchise history to reach 10,000 points in their careers.The 7-foot-3 Ilgauskas missed the entire 1996-97 and 1999-2000 seasons and played in only 24 games in 2000-01 because of injuries to his feet."Obviously, if I had not missed so many years because of injuries, I would have had more points," said Ilgauskas. "I consider myself lucky to still be playing basketball so I'll take this one and not ask for too much." Mo Williams led the Cavs with 24 points and LeBron was right there with 22. Cleveland finishes 3-1 against Atlanta this season. The Hawks snapped the Cavaliers' 11-game winning streak with a 97-92 victory at Atlanta on Dec. 13. Cleveland plays at New Jersey on Sunday night.