NBL Round 8

Taipans

v

Hawks

Thursday, November 5th, 2026
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	1.54 2.45	1.58 2.35

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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 (-3.5) Hawks (+3.5)	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Over 198.5 Under 198.5	0 0	0.0% 0.0%

My Favourite Tippers

Selection	#	%
Taipans Hawks	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Taipans (-3.5) Hawks (+3.5)	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Over 198.5 Under 198.5	0 0	0.0% 0.0%

Taipans Supporters

Selection	#	%
Taipans Hawks	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Taipans (-3.5) Hawks (+3.5)	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Over 198.5 Under 198.5	0 0	0.0% 0.0%

Hawks Supporters

Selection	#	%
Taipans Hawks	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Taipans (-3.5) Hawks (+3.5)	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Over 198.5 Under 198.5	0 0	0.0% 0.0%

Form Guide: Cairns Taipans

Date (y-m-d)	Fixture	Result	Score
2026-10-31	Taipans vs. Melbourne	Loss	97-113
2026-10-29	Bullets vs. Taipans	Win	85-107
2026-10-25	Taipans vs. Breakers	Win	86-84
2026-10-17	Phoenix vs. Taipans	Loss	115-83
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

Form Guide: Illawarra Hawks

Date (y-m-d)	Fixture	Result	Score
2026-10-31	Wildcats vs. Hawks	Win	98-105
2026-10-24	Hawks vs. Bullets	Loss	81-98
2026-10-22	Hawks vs. Kings	Loss	82-108
2026-10-18	Melbourne vs. Hawks	Win	89-91
2026-10-11	Hawks vs. Taipans	Loss	100-110
2026-10-09	Hawks vs. JackJumpers	Loss	112-122
2026-10-04	Phoenix vs. Hawks	Loss	113-96
2026-10-02	Hawks vs. 36ers	Win	114-92
2026-09-27	Kings vs. Hawks	Loss	121-100
2026-09-25	Bullets vs. Hawks	Loss	103-95
2026-09-20	Breakers vs. Hawks	Loss	95-81
2026-02-18	JackJumpers vs. Hawks	Win	70-103

Head-to-Head Results

Date (y-m-d)	Fixture	Score
2026-10-11	Hawks vs. Taipans	100-110
2026-01-03	Hawks vs. Taipans	96-78
2025-12-06	Hawks vs. Taipans	76-93
2025-11-07	Taipans vs. Hawks	90-107
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

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	1 loss	1 loss	1 loss	1 win
Record	6-0-9	12-0-21	16-0-14	30-0-30
Value	$-3.43	$-3.44	$0.33	$16.09
Record as Fav	2-0-0	5-0-0	13-0-10	18-0-10
Value as Fav	$1.28	$3.07	$-3.64	$-0.54
Record as Dog	4-0-9	7-0-21	3-0-4	12-0-20
Value as Dog	$-4.71	$-6.51	$3.97	$16.63
Line Betting	Home Games	All Games	Home Games	All Games
Streak	1 loss	1 loss	1 loss	1 win
Record	6-0-9	13-0-20	9-1-16	23-2-27
Value	$-3.68	$-8.57	$-7.65	$-5.61
Record as Fav	1-0-1	3-0-2	6-1-12	8-2-13
Value as Fav	$-0.19	$0.49	$-6.39	$-5.54
Record as Dog	5-0-8	10-0-18	3-0-4	15-0-14
Value as Dog	$-3.49	$-9.06	$-1.26	$-0.07
Winning Margin Betting	Home Games	All Games	Home Games	All Games
1-10 wins	6	9	12	22
11+ wins	0	3	4	8
1-10 losses	2	3	6	15
11+ losses	7	18	8	15
1-5 win	4	5	7	14
6+ win	2	7	9	16
1-5 loss	1	2	3	8
6+ loss	8	19	11	22
Total Score Betting	Home Games	All Games	Home Games	All Games
O/U Streak	1 over	2 overs	1 over	1 over
O/U Record	10-0-5	20-0-13	11-0-15	26-0-26
Overs Value	$3.42	$3.86	$-4.96	$-2.30
Unders Value	$-5.02	$-6.95	$2.76	$-1.70

Performance Guide: Illawarra Hawks

H2H Betting	Away Games	All Games	Away Games	All Games
	Last 12 Months		vs. Taipans
Streak	2 wins	1 win	1 win	1 loss
Record	7-0-11	13-0-22	14-0-16	30-0-30
Value	$0.74	$-4.57	$4.62	$-1.62
Record as Fav	3-0-1	6-0-5	4-0-3	20-0-12
Value as Fav	$0.24	$-2.27	$-1.35	$-2.59
Record as Dog	4-0-10	7-0-17	10-0-13	10-0-18
Value as Dog	$0.50	$-2.30	$5.97	$0.97
Line Betting	Away Games	All Games	Away Games	All Games
Streak	2 wins	1 win	1 win	1 loss
Record	8-0-10	14-0-21	16-1-9	27-2-23
Value	$-2.84	$-8.57	$6.14	$2.09
Record as Fav	3-0-1	6-0-5	4-0-3	14-0-15
Value as Fav	$1.53	$-0.02	$0.58	$-2.37
Record as Dog	5-0-9	8-0-16	12-1-6	13-2-8
Value as Dog	$-4.37	$-8.55	$5.56	$4.47
Winning Margin Betting	Away Games	All Games	Away Games	All Games
1-10 wins	4	7	6	15
11+ wins	3	6	8	15
1-10 losses	2	8	12	22
11+ losses	9	14	4	8
1-5 win	1	4	3	8
6+ win	6	9	11	22
1-5 loss	1	3	7	14
6+ loss	10	19	9	16
Total Score Betting	Away Games	All Games	Away Games	All Games
O/U Streak	1 over	1 over	1 over	1 over
O/U Record	13-0-5	24-0-11	11-0-15	26-0-26
Overs Value	$5.92	$9.37	$-4.96	$-2.30
Unders Value	$-7.98	$-12.79	$2.76	$-1.70

Further Analysis: Cairns Taipans

Record	On the Back of a Win	On the Back of a Loss
H2H Record	4-0-9	8-0-12
H2H Betting Value	$-6.10	$2.66
Line Record	4-0-9	9-0-11
Line Betting Value	$-5.64	$-2.93
Over/Under Record	9-0-4	11-0-9
Overs Betting Value	$3.65	$0.21
Unders Betting Value	$-5.02	$-1.93

Further Analysis: Illawarra Hawks

Record	On the Back of a Win	On the Back of a Loss
H2H Record	4-0-9	9-0-13
H2H Betting Value	$-6.80	$2.23
Line Record	4-0-9	10-0-12
Line Betting Value	$-5.58	$-2.99
Over/Under Record	6-0-7	18-0-4
Overs Betting Value	$-1.95	$11.32
Unders Betting Value	$1.16	$-13.95

Value Guides:

Team	Market	Last 6	Last 12	Last 18
Taipans	H2H	$1.39	$1.39	$-1.45
	Line	$1.27	$-0.96	$-1.30
	Overs	$3.31	$2.82	$2.38
	Unders	$-4.00	$-3.85	$-4.23
Hawks	H2H	$3.30	$2.20	$1.65
	Line	$-2.15	$-4.25	$-6.44
	Overs	$-0.43	$0.93	$6.24
	Unders	$-0.06	$-2.09	$-8.09

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, 2025. The line records date back to November, 2025. The O/U records date back to November, 2025.
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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