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58:
46:
41:
32:
31:
19:
1592:
1586:Former teams
1464:. Retrieved
1454:
1431:Nick Zachery
1381:
1152:
964:February 27
936:February 22
910:February 20
884:February 19
856:February 13
583:High points
558:
552:Randon Dyer
464:Ameer Watts
442:Dave Boykin
346:
345:
342:
326:
318:
314:
302:
278:
266:
258:
240:
220:
218:
137:2004–present
106:Team history
52:
44:
1603:Gary Splash
1239:PBL Finals
830:February 6
806:Quebec Kebs
802:February 5
774:January 31
743:January 24
715:January 19
687:January 17
659:January 10
530:Ben Fuller
347:Head Coach:
323:2009 season
311:2008 season
299:2007 season
275:2006 season
262:Dayton Jets
247:2005 season
111:(2004–2013)
55:August 2019
27:Sports team
1637:Categories
1623:Toronto 3D
1466:2008-07-31
1446:References
1250:L 152–115
1219:W 119–112
1167:L 112–108
1130:W 109–106
1050:W 123–120
1024:W 114–109
998:L 110–108
942:L 121–117
916:W 143–133
890:W 131–111
836:W 117–112
810:W 104–101
780:W 119–106
752:W 120–116
695:W 109–101
631:January 8
608:W 120–113
600:January 2
493:Montevallo
449:Bridgeport
350:Terry Sare
181:Terry Sare
178:Head coach
162:James King
1386:All-Stars
1244:April 19
1193:W 111–90
1124:March 28
1104:W 121–95
1098:March 27
1076:W 122–97
1070:March 22
1044:March 13
972:W 114–90
723:W 107–98
665:W 106–94
577:Opponent
168:Mike Beck
156:Co-owners
96:(2009–10)
91:(2008–09)
86:(2004–08)
1213:April 6
1187:April 5
1161:April 3
1153:Playoffs
1018:March 8
992:March 1
862:W 94–86
639:W 96–95
623:(1,257)
378:Acquired
165:Mike Lee
120:Based in
1291:Finish
595:Record
537:Liberty
383:College
202:Dancers
72:Founded
45:updated
1285:Losses
580:Score
483:5'10"
461:5'10"
373:Player
210:Mascot
142:Colors
80:League
1527:Teams
1305:1.000
1265:20–4
1234:20–3
1208:19–3
1182:18–3
1147:18–2
1119:17–2
1093:16–2
1065:15–2
1039:14–2
1013:13–2
987:13–1
959:12–1
931:12–0
905:11–0
879:10–0
574:Date
555:2011
549:6'5"
533:2012
527:6'2"
511:2011
505:6'5"
489:2012
467:2012
445:2012
439:6'4"
423:2012
417:6'4"
401:2012
395:6'7"
150:Owner
130:Arena
1436:2008
1423:2007
1407:2006
1391:2005
1373:.900
1364:2009
1356:.455
1347:2008
1339:.609
1330:2007
1322:.524
1313:2006
1296:2005
1288:Pct.
1282:Wins
1279:Year
851:9–0
825:8–0
797:7–0
769:6–0
738:5–0
710:4–0
682:3–0
654:2–0
626:1–0
515:Alma
363:Pos.
219:The
75:2004
746:at
546:SF
543:10
524:PG
521:11
480:PG
458:PG
411:23
389:34
368:Ht.
99:IBA
94:IBL
89:PBL
84:IBL
1639::
1367:18
1353:12
1350:10
1333:14
1319:10
1316:11
1299:21
502:F
499:7
477:1
455:–
436:G
433:5
414:G
392:F
295:.
1512:e
1505:t
1498:v
1469:.
1370:2
1336:9
1302:0
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