
Clint Steindl was the sniper and Jack McVeigh the executioner as Tasmania moved closer to Illawarra in the battle for an NBL finals spot, with a 81-77 home win over the Hawks.
The JackJumpers led by as much as 19 in the third quarter on Sunday and by 12 with just under a minute and a half to go, but that gap was twice slashed to two inside the final 43 seconds .