NBL Round 8

Taipans

v

Hawks

Friday, November 7th, 2025
7:30 PM (Timezone: Australia/Sydney)
Cairns Convention Centre (Cairns, QLD)

Introduction

This match centre provides fixture details, team news, bookmaker odds, form guides and team statistics for the NBL Round 8 clash between the Cairns Taipans and the Illawarra Hawks. You can view other fixtures for this round in the NBL match centre.

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Market	Selection	Open	Current
H2H	Taipans Hawks	2.50 1.51	2.60 1.48
Line	Taipans Hawks	+4.5 1.90 -4.5 1.87	+4.5 1.93 -4.5 1.84
Total	Over Under	181.5 1.81 181.5 2.05	181.5 1.81 181.5 2.05

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Member Tipping

The # and % columns denote the number of tippers for each selection, not the number of units tipped. Submit or edit your tips for this fixture.

All Tippers

Selection	#	%
Taipans Hawks	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Taipans (+4.5) Hawks (-4.5)	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Over 181.5 Under 181.5	0 0	0.0% 0.0%

My Favourite Tippers

Selection	#	%
Taipans Hawks	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Taipans (+4.5) Hawks (-4.5)	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Over 181.5 Under 181.5	0 0	0.0% 0.0%

Taipans Supporters

Selection	#	%
Taipans Hawks	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Taipans (+4.5) Hawks (-4.5)	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Over 181.5 Under 181.5	0 0	0.0% 0.0%

Hawks Supporters

Selection	#	%
Taipans Hawks	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Taipans (+4.5) Hawks (-4.5)	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Over 181.5 Under 181.5	0 0	0.0% 0.0%

Form Guide: Cairns Taipans

Date (y-m-d)	Fixture	Result	Score
2025-11-01	JackJumpers vs. Taipans	Win	69-75
2025-10-30	Bullets vs. Taipans	Loss	113-85
2025-10-24	Taipans vs. Melbourne	Loss	67-94
2025-10-22	Taipans vs. Wildcats	Loss	78-110
2025-10-18	Taipans vs. 36ers	Loss	86-91
2025-10-12	Melbourne vs. Taipans	Loss	95-60
2025-10-10	Taipans vs. Wildcats	Loss	77-80
2025-10-02	Taipans vs. 36ers	Loss	79-110
2025-09-28	Kings vs. Taipans	Win	74-77
2025-09-26	Taipans vs. Bullets	Win	83-82
2025-09-20	Phoenix vs. Taipans	Loss	114-77
2025-02-08	JackJumpers vs. Taipans	Loss	90-83

Form Guide: Illawarra Hawks

Date (y-m-d)	Fixture	Result	Score
2025-11-05	Hawks vs. Melbourne	Win	107-93
2025-11-02	36ers vs. Hawks	Loss	90-88
2025-10-31	Hawks vs. Breakers	Loss	60-102
2025-10-25	Wildcats vs. Hawks	Win	84-85
2025-10-18	Phoenix vs. Hawks	Loss	116-76
2025-10-11	Hawks vs. Bullets	Win	116-89
2025-10-08	Breakers vs. Hawks	Loss	117-88
2025-10-02	Wildcats vs. Hawks	Loss	92-84
2025-09-27	Hawks vs. JackJumpers	Loss	86-91
2025-03-23	Hawks vs. Melbourne	Win	114-104
2025-03-19	Melbourne vs. Hawks	Win	71-80
2025-03-16	Hawks vs. Melbourne	Loss	77-83

Head-to-Head Results

Date (y-m-d)	Fixture	Score
2025-01-23	Taipans vs. Hawks	100-94
2025-01-03	Hawks vs. Taipans	105-108
2024-10-19	Taipans vs. Hawks	75-87
2024-09-21	Taipans vs. Hawks	75-102
2024-01-18	Hawks vs. Taipans	92-93
2023-11-11	Taipans vs. Hawks	81-71
2023-10-26	Hawks vs. Taipans	84-83
2023-01-13	Taipans vs. Hawks	89-84
2023-01-02	Hawks vs. Taipans	89-96
2022-12-10	Taipans vs. Hawks	102-101 (OT)
2022-02-18	Hawks vs. Taipans	79-54
2022-02-12	Hawks vs. Taipans	87-81

Note: only league fixtures are included, not
pre-season or cup fixtures.

Performance Guide: Cairns Taipans

H2H Betting	Home Games	All Games	Home Games	All Games
	Last 12 Months		vs. Hawks
Streak	5 losses	1 win	1 win	2 wins
Record	3-0-12	8-0-22	16-0-13	28-0-28
Value	$-3.70	$11.82	$1.33	$14.98
Record as Fav	1-0-1	1-0-2	13-0-10	17-0-10
Value as Fav	$-0.20	$-1.20	$-3.64	$-1.30
Record as Dog	2-0-11	7-0-20	3-0-3	11-0-18
Value as Dog	$-3.50	$13.02	$4.97	$16.28
Line Betting	Home Games	All Games	Home Games	All Games
Streak	2 losses	1 win	1 win	2 wins
Record	6-0-9	14-0-16	9-1-15	21-2-25
Value	$-3.43	$-3.27	$-6.65	$-5.41
Record as Fav	1-0-1	1-0-2	6-1-12	7-2-13
Value as Fav	$-0.07	$-1.07	$-6.39	$-6.44
Record as Dog	5-0-8	13-0-14	3-0-3	14-0-12
Value as Dog	$-3.36	$-2.20	$-0.26	$1.03
Winning Margin Betting	Home Games	All Games	Home Games	All Games
1-10 wins	2	6	12	21
11+ wins	1	2	4	7
1-10 losses	5	11	6	15
11+ losses	7	11	7	13
1-5 win	1	3	7	14
6+ win	2	5	9	14
1-5 loss	2	5	3	8
6+ loss	10	17	10	20
Total Score Betting	Home Games	All Games	Home Games	All Games
O/U Streak	1 under	1 under	5 unders	1 under
O/U Record	5-0-10	14-0-16	10-0-15	24-0-24
Overs Value	$-5.81	$-3.69	$-5.77	$-1.96
Unders Value	$5.41	$2.50	$3.76	$-1.85

Performance Guide: Illawarra Hawks

H2H Betting	Away Games	All Games	Away Games	All Games
	Last 12 Months		vs. Taipans
Streak	1 loss	1 win	1 loss	2 losses
Record	9-0-9	22-0-15	13-0-16	28-0-28
Value	$-0.34	$0.37	$4.11	$-0.48
Record as Fav	4-0-7	16-0-13	3-0-3	18-0-11
Value as Fav	$-5.46	$-6.30	$-1.86	$-2.45
Record as Dog	5-0-2	6-0-2	10-0-13	10-0-17
Value as Dog	$5.12	$6.67	$5.97	$1.97
Line Betting	Away Games	All Games	Away Games	All Games
Streak	2 wins	2 wins	1 loss	2 losses
Record	10-0-8	21-0-16	15-1-9	25-2-21
Value	$1.14	$3.14	$5.27	$2.40
Record as Fav	4-0-7	14-0-15	3-0-3	12-0-14
Value as Fav	$-3.38	$-2.30	$-0.29	$-3.06
Record as Dog	6-0-1	7-0-1	12-1-6	13-2-7
Value as Dog	$4.52	$5.44	$5.56	$5.47
Winning Margin Betting	Away Games	All Games	Away Games	All Games
1-10 wins	5	10	6	15
11+ wins	4	12	7	13
1-10 losses	6	11	12	21
11+ losses	3	4	4	7
1-5 win	3	4	3	8
6+ win	6	18	10	20
1-5 loss	3	6	7	14
6+ loss	6	9	9	14
Total Score Betting	Away Games	All Games	Away Games	All Games
O/U Streak	2 unders	1 over	5 unders	1 under
O/U Record	8-0-10	21-0-16	10-0-15	24-0-24
Overs Value	$-3.67	$1.33	$-5.77	$-1.96
Unders Value	$1.33	$-6.11	$3.76	$-1.85

Further Analysis: Cairns Taipans

Record	On the Back of a Win	On the Back of a Loss
H2H Record	2-0-5	6-0-17
H2H Betting Value	$3.25	$8.57
Line Record	3-0-4	11-0-12
Line Betting Value	$-1.28	$-2.00
Over/Under Record	3-0-4	11-0-12
Overs Betting Value	$-1.47	$-2.22
Unders Betting Value	$1.11	$1.38

Further Analysis: Illawarra Hawks

Record	On the Back of a Win	On the Back of a Loss
H2H Record	11-0-10	11-0-5
H2H Betting Value	$-4.97	$5.34
Line Record	10-0-11	11-0-5
Line Betting Value	$-2.00	$5.14
Over/Under Record	12-0-9	9-0-7
Overs Betting Value	$1.27	$0.06
Unders Betting Value	$-3.73	$-2.38

Value Guides:

Team	Market	Last 6	Last 12	Last 18
Taipans	H2H	$-2.70	$-2.45	$8.82
	Line	$-2.25	$-2.46	$-0.87
	Overs	$-0.46	$-2.78	$-3.13
	Unders	$0.04	$3.20	$3.01
Hawks	H2H	$1.46	$-0.31	$-0.13
	Line	$1.64	$-0.43	$1.22
	Overs	$-0.45	$-0.03	$-0.39
	Unders	$0.10	$-2.08	$-2.41

The above figures represent the net profit from wagering
$1.00 on the associated selection each game.

Where applicable, the line and O/U figures start from
the dates provided in the Notes section below the
Performance Guide.

Notes

1. The Value represent the net profit from wagering $1.00 on the associated selection each game.
2. For the 'Last 12 Months' figures the H2H records date back to November, 2024. The line records date back to November, 2024. The O/U records date back to November, 2024.
3. The H2H records between Cairns Taipans and Illawarra Hawks date back to November, 2010. The line records between the two opponents date back to December, 2012. The O/U records between the two opponents date back to December, 2012.
4. Where applicable, in the Value Guide for the last 6, 12 and 18, games, the actual lookback period is limited by the earliest line and O/U dates stated in Note 2 above.

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