NBL Round 5

Phoenix

v

Taipans

Saturday, October 17th, 2026
5:30 PM (Timezone: Australia/Sydney)
John Cain Arena (Melbourne, VIC)

Introduction

This match centre provides fixture details, team news, bookmaker odds, form guides and team statistics for the NBL Round 5 clash between South East Melbourne Phoenix and the Cairns Taipans. You can view other fixtures for this round in the NBL match centre.

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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	#	%
Phoenix Taipans	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Phoenix (-4.5) Taipans (+4.5)	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Over 195.5 Under 195.5	0 0	0.0% 0.0%

My Favourite Tippers

Selection	#	%
Phoenix Taipans	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Phoenix (-4.5) Taipans (+4.5)	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Over 195.5 Under 195.5	0 0	0.0% 0.0%

Phoenix Supporters

Selection	#	%
Phoenix Taipans	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Phoenix (-4.5) Taipans (+4.5)	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Over 195.5 Under 195.5	0 0	0.0% 0.0%

Taipans Supporters

Selection	#	%
Phoenix Taipans	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Phoenix (-4.5) Taipans (+4.5)	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Over 195.5 Under 195.5	0 0	0.0% 0.0%

Form Guide: South East Melbourne Phoenix

Date (y-m-d)	Fixture	Result	Score
2026-10-15	Bullets vs. Phoenix	Loss	115-105
2026-10-10	Phoenix vs. Melbourne	Loss	99-104
2026-10-04	Phoenix vs. Hawks	Win	113-96
2026-10-02	Wildcats vs. Phoenix	Loss	92-88
2026-09-24	Phoenix vs. Melbourne	Loss	61-86
2026-09-21	JackJumpers vs. Phoenix	Loss	96-91
2026-09-19	Wildcats vs. Phoenix	Win	79-100
2026-03-17	36ers vs. Phoenix	Loss	108-96
2026-03-14	Phoenix vs. 36ers	Win	101-92
2026-03-10	36ers vs. Phoenix	Loss	104-97
2026-03-04	Phoenix vs. Wildcats	Win	111-94
2026-02-19	Melbourne vs. Phoenix	Loss	95-91

Form Guide: Cairns Taipans

Date (y-m-d)	Fixture	Result	Score
2026-10-11	Hawks vs. Taipans	Win	100-110
2026-10-08	Taipans vs. Bullets	Win	97-91
2026-10-03	Melbourne vs. Taipans	Win	95-107
2026-09-30	Breakers vs. Taipans	Loss	98-75
2026-09-27	36ers vs. Taipans	Loss	83-69
2026-09-23	Taipans vs. JackJumpers	Win	93-87
2026-09-20	Kings vs. Taipans	Loss	111-90
2026-02-19	Breakers vs. Taipans	Loss	115-84
2026-02-12	Taipans vs. Melbourne	Loss	85-89
2026-02-08	Bullets vs. Taipans	Win	72-81
2026-02-06	Wildcats vs. Taipans	Loss	98-84
2026-02-01	Taipans vs. Kings	Loss	92-106

Head-to-Head Results

Date (y-m-d)	Fixture	Score
2026-01-24	Phoenix vs. Taipans	118-91
2025-12-31	Taipans vs. Phoenix	96-111
2025-11-14	Taipans vs. Phoenix	90-101
2025-09-20	Phoenix vs. Taipans	114-77
2025-01-14	Taipans vs. Phoenix	102-113
2024-12-07	Phoenix vs. Taipans	99-94
2024-11-10	Phoenix vs. Taipans	97-74
2023-12-22	Taipans vs. Phoenix	94-75
2023-11-05	Phoenix vs. Taipans	91-78
2023-10-05	Taipans vs. Phoenix	87-80
2023-01-25	Phoenix vs. Taipans	85-80
2023-01-08	Taipans vs. Phoenix	94-85

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

Performance Guide: South East Melbourne Phoenix

H2H Betting	Home Games	All Games	Home Games	All Games
	Last 12 Months		vs. Taipans
Streak	1 loss	2 losses	6 wins	7 wins
Record	13-0-7	24-0-16	9-0-3	15-0-8
Value	$0.51	$-0.61	$0.60	$-0.32
Record as Fav	10-0-4	16-0-11	9-0-1	14-0-3
Value as Fav	$0.07	$-4.32	$2.60	$2.43
Record as Dog	3-0-3	8-0-5	0-0-1	1-0-4
Value as Dog	$0.44	$3.71	$-1.00	$-1.75
Line Betting	Home Games	All Games	Home Games	All Games
Streak	1 loss	2 losses	2 wins	5 wins
Record	12-0-8	22-0-18	9-0-3	14-0-9
Value	$2.56	$1.16	$5.17	$3.52
Record as Fav	9-0-5	14-0-13	8-0-2	12-0-5
Value as Fav	$2.88	$-0.86	$5.22	$5.66
Record as Dog	3-0-3	8-0-5	1-0-0	2-0-3
Value as Dog	$-0.32	$2.02	$0.95	$-1.14
Winning Margin Betting	Home Games	All Games	Home Games	All Games
1-10 wins	3	6	4	5
11+ wins	10	18	5	10
1-10 losses	3	11	3	7
11+ losses	4	5	0	1
1-5 win	1	3	2	3
6+ win	12	21	7	12
1-5 loss	1	6	1	2
6+ loss	6	10	2	6
Total Score Betting	Home Games	All Games	Home Games	All Games
O/U Streak	2 overs	3 overs	3 overs	6 overs
O/U Record	14-0-6	27-0-13	7-0-5	11-0-12
Overs Value	$6.04	$9.99	$1.31	$-2.19
Unders Value	$-7.80	$-13.81	$-2.41	$0.10

Performance Guide: Cairns Taipans

H2H Betting	Away Games	All Games	Away Games	All Games
	Last 12 Months		vs. Phoenix
Streak	2 wins	3 wins	6 losses	7 losses
Record	6-0-12	11-0-23	3-0-9	8-0-15
Value	$1.43	$-4.95	$-1.39	$-2.10
Record as Fav	2-0-0	4-0-0	1-0-0	4-0-1
Value as Fav	$0.93	$2.21	$0.70	$1.31
Record as Dog	4-0-12	7-0-23	1-0-9	3-0-14
Value as Dog	$0.50	$-7.16	$-3.00	$-4.32
Line Betting	Away Games	All Games	Away Games	All Games
Streak	2 wins	3 wins	2 losses	5 losses
Record	7-0-11	13-0-21	3-0-9	9-0-14
Value	$-4.81	$-9.38	$-6.42	$-6.10
Record as Fav	1-0-1	2-0-2	0-0-1	3-0-2
Value as Fav	$-0.10	$-0.29	$-1.00	$0.67
Record as Dog	6-0-10	11-0-19	2-0-8	5-0-12
Value as Dog	$-4.71	$-9.09	$-6.20	$-7.55
Winning Margin Betting	Away Games	All Games	Away Games	All Games
1-10 wins	4	9	3	7
11+ wins	2	2	0	1
1-10 losses	1	4	4	5
11+ losses	11	19	5	10
1-5 win	1	4	1	2
6+ win	5	7	2	6
1-5 loss	1	3	2	3
6+ loss	11	20	7	12
Total Score Betting	Away Games	All Games	Away Games	All Games
O/U Streak	2 overs	3 overs	3 overs	6 overs
O/U Record	9-0-9	20-0-14	7-0-5	11-0-12
Overs Value	$-1.42	$2.77	$1.31	$-2.19
Unders Value	$0.06	$-5.96	$-2.41	$0.10

Further Analysis: South East Melbourne Phoenix

Record	On the Back of a Win	On the Back of a Loss
H2H Record	12-0-12	12-0-4
H2H Betting Value	$-5.25	$4.64
Line Record	10-0-14	12-0-4
Line Betting Value	$-5.19	$6.35
Over/Under Record	16-0-8	11-0-5
Overs Betting Value	$5.57	$4.42
Unders Betting Value	$-7.93	$-5.88

Further Analysis: Cairns Taipans

Record	On the Back of a Win	On the Back of a Loss
H2H Record	3-0-7	8-0-16
H2H Betting Value	$-4.96	$0.01
Line Record	3-0-7	10-0-14
Line Betting Value	$-4.42	$-4.96
Over/Under Record	6-0-4	14-0-10
Overs Betting Value	$1.02	$1.75
Unders Betting Value	$-2.02	$-3.94

Value Guides:

Team	Market	Last 6	Last 12	Last 18
Phoenix	H2H	$-4.33	$-5.14	$-5.75
	Line	$-4.16	$-4.55	$-3.04
	Overs	$1.33	$2.78	$6.05
	Unders	$-1.95	$-3.98	$-8.11
Taipans	H2H	$3.58	$-1.25	$2.20
	Line	$1.48	$-0.75	$-2.94
	Overs	$-0.50	$-0.94	$0.37
	Unders	$0.15	$-0.23	$-2.08

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 October, 2025. The line records date back to October, 2025. The O/U records date back to October, 2025.
3. The H2H records between South East Melbourne Phoenix and Cairns Taipans date back to November, 2010. The line records between the two opponents date back to October, 2012. The O/U records between the two opponents date back to October, 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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