Cavs C Ilgauskas out with back injury

Mar 2, 2008 - 7:00 PM CLEVELAND (Ticker) -- Cleveland Cavaliers center Zydrunas Ilgauskas missed Sunday's game against the Chicago Bulls with a back injury.

The 7-3 Ilgauskas was diagnosed Saturday with a strained back and is listed as day-to-day.

Ilgauskas is averaging 13.5 points and 9.6 rebounds this season for the defending Eastern Conference champion Cavaliers (33-26), who are percentage points behind the Toronto Raptors (32-25) for fourth in the conference standings.

Cleveland has won four of its last six games despite being without shooting guard Daniel Gibson (ankle) and swingman Sasha Pavlovic (foot).






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