<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The preseason is the exact opposite. Starting with two-a-days and continuing through eight meaningless exhibition games, it's practice, practice, practice. Ilgauskas has decided to put that time to good use, which is why fans at The Q are likely to see him shoot left-handed and right-handed hook shots this season. "On my right-hand hook, I've got pretty good range," Ilgauskas said. "I can launch it from anywhere. The left is a little problematic. I'm sticking around the basket." Saturday against Atlanta at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ilgauskas took ? and made ? a right-handed hook from just inside the foul line. It was not a thing of beauty. It did not resemble Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's legendary skyhook in any way. It did not look at all like the baby hook being used by several players today. "It's a layup, runner, floater, half-hook, half-jump shot shot," Cavaliers coach Mike Brown said. "I don't know what it is and how it goes in, but it does. And it goes in from a long ways away. And sometimes it starts from his knee." That, incidentally, would be Ilgauskas' right knee, which was banged really hard by Toronto's Fred Jones in an exhibition game Sunday night. Ilgauskas immediately ask-ed for timeout and didn't play in the second half, but went through a full workout Tuesday and will start tonight when the Cavaliers conclude exhibition play with a game against Dallas in Pittsburgh's Mellon Arena. "The knee went back the way it's not supposed to," Ilgauskas said. "You see so many replays on TV, it's scary at first. After the initial shock, I was able to walk it off."</div> Source
