Coach Matt Flinn admitted slow starts are in his side's DNA after the Hawks gave up a 15-2 start to the first quarter and trailed by 17 points at halftime.

It got worse in the second half, with the Hawks trailing by 25 at three-quarter-time and by as much as 37 in the fourth before ultimately going down by 31 points.

The Hawks drew back within eight points midway through the second term but Flinn said his side isn't giving itself a chance.

"There's no secret we're leaking points," Flinn said.

"There were no surprises, we prepare well for games. There aren't too many surprises the way we scout and the way other teams scout in this league.

"We certainly got what we expected tonight, we weren't able to do deal with it. I thought we were off the pace of the game early.

"Credit to the Breakers, that's way you're supposed to play at home and it's something we just didn't deal with.

"The momentum just got away from us and while ever you giving up starts like that, and while ever we continue to give up starts like that it's going to be very difficult to win games."

Sek Henry did the most of the damage from the bench, shooting 5-9 from deep to finish with 21 points and five assists, while Corey Webster had 10 of his 17 points in the first quarter and finished with six assists.

Scott Hopson had 17 points and nine boards while Tom Abercrombie had 16 points at a perfect 5-5 from the field.

Aaron Brooks once again led the Hawks with 19 points while Dave Andersen had 11 from the bench but the Hawks long-range woes continued, going 7-26 from deep.

LaMelo Ball had 10 points and seven rebounds but his battle with RJ Hampton will likely be remembered for the latter's huge block on his fellow next star early in the first term.

It sees the Hawks drop to 1-5 on the season and facing the monumental task of hosting Perth back in Wollongong on Sunday, they're fourth game in eight days.

Hopson shot out to a flyer with six points, while Webster had five on an 11-2 run for the hosts that forced Flinn into an early timeout.

It did nothing to slow the Breakers, with Webster grabbing grabbing another bucket and Rob Loe extending the run to 15-2.

Blanchfield finally stemmed the flow with a lay-up but Webster his his second triple - finishing with 10 for the term as the lead ballooned to 14.

Naar had a three from the bench but the hosts kept things rolling through Henry who had back-to-back threes to keep the lead at 15.

Brooks finally got going with an and-one play and deep two to cut the margin back to 12 at quarter-time.

Henry had five more to start the second and Weeks chimed in with a three before back-to-back triples from Blanchfield got margin back to 10.

Froling and Ball both went 1-2 from the line on a 10-2 run that brought the margin back to eight but shot quickly back out 12 on the back of Hopson's first three.

Brooks fired back with a long-bomb of his own but the tit-for-tat from deep continued with Abercrombie and Webster both firing from the perimeter to take a 17-point cushion to the break.

The third term quickly turned into a shootout with Ball finally finding his range from deep with a pair of threes.

Brooks also had a triple but Abercrombie fired straight back and the lead swelled to 20 on a monster three from Webster.

It continued to rain from deep for the hosts, with Weeks, Hopson and Ethan Ruspatch all draining threes to push the lead to 27.

It saw the fourth quarter effectively played out as junk time, Henry grabbing eight more points as the match petered out.