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1141:
953:February 27
925:February 22
899:February 20
873:February 19
845:February 13
572:High points
547:
541:Randon Dyer
453:Ameer Watts
431:Dave Boykin
335:
334:
331:
315:
307:
303:
291:
267:
255:
247:
229:
209:
207:
126:2004–present
95:Team history
41:
33:
1592:Gary Splash
1228:PBL Finals
819:February 6
795:Quebec Kebs
791:February 5
763:January 31
732:January 24
704:January 19
676:January 17
648:January 10
519:Ben Fuller
336:Head Coach:
312:2009 season
300:2008 season
288:2007 season
264:2006 season
251:Dayton Jets
236:2005 season
100:(2004–2013)
44:August 2019
16:Sports team
1626:Categories
1612:Toronto 3D
1455:2008-07-31
1435:References
1239:L 152–115
1208:W 119–112
1156:L 112–108
1119:W 109–106
1039:W 123–120
1013:W 114–109
987:L 110–108
931:L 121–117
905:W 143–133
879:W 131–111
825:W 117–112
799:W 104–101
769:W 119–106
741:W 120–116
684:W 109–101
620:January 8
597:W 120–113
589:January 2
482:Montevallo
438:Bridgeport
339:Terry Sare
170:Terry Sare
167:Head coach
151:James King
1375:All-Stars
1233:April 19
1182:W 111–90
1113:March 28
1093:W 121–95
1087:March 27
1065:W 122–97
1059:March 22
1033:March 13
961:W 114–90
712:W 107–98
654:W 106–94
566:Opponent
157:Mike Beck
145:Co-owners
85:(2009–10)
80:(2008–09)
75:(2004–08)
1202:April 6
1176:April 5
1150:April 3
1142:Playoffs
1007:March 8
981:March 1
851:W 94–86
628:W 96–95
612:(1,257)
367:Acquired
154:Mike Lee
109:Based in
1280:Finish
584:Record
526:Liberty
372:College
191:Dancers
61:Founded
34:updated
1274:Losses
569:Score
472:5'10"
450:5'10"
362:Player
199:Mascot
131:Colors
69:League
1516:Teams
1294:1.000
1254:20–4
1223:20–3
1197:19–3
1171:18–3
1136:18–2
1108:17–2
1082:16–2
1054:15–2
1028:14–2
1002:13–2
976:13–1
948:12–1
920:12–0
894:11–0
868:10–0
563:Date
544:2011
538:6'5"
522:2012
516:6'2"
500:2011
494:6'5"
478:2012
456:2012
434:2012
428:6'4"
412:2012
406:6'4"
390:2012
384:6'7"
139:Owner
119:Arena
1425:2008
1412:2007
1396:2006
1380:2005
1362:.900
1353:2009
1345:.455
1336:2008
1328:.609
1319:2007
1311:.524
1302:2006
1285:2005
1277:Pct.
1271:Wins
1268:Year
840:9–0
814:8–0
786:7–0
758:6–0
727:5–0
699:4–0
671:3–0
643:2–0
615:1–0
504:Alma
352:Pos.
208:The
64:2004
735:at
535:SF
532:10
513:PG
510:11
469:PG
447:PG
400:23
378:34
357:Ht.
88:IBA
83:IBL
78:PBL
73:IBL
1628::
1356:18
1342:12
1339:10
1322:14
1308:10
1305:11
1288:21
491:F
488:7
466:1
444:–
425:G
422:5
403:G
381:F
284:.
1501:e
1494:t
1487:v
1458:.
1359:2
1325:9
1291:0
347:#
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