It wasn't quite akin to the Hollywood movie Planes, Trains and Automobiles, but two of the modes of transport Tasmania's newest sporting team were forced to endure proved to be nightmarish.

It came to a sorry close on Sunday afternoon as the Huskies ran out of gas in a 105-95 defeat to Hawke's Bay Hawks in Napier.

That was the third game in four days that resembled a typical NBA schedule and left the side with a sluggish 1-2 win/loss record.

"It has been very tough and it was very tough to organise because we were literally changing players up until the last few days before we flew out," Huskies chief operating officer Mike Sutton said.

"It made it quite difficult to plan ahead for simple things like logistics, travel bookings and having enough rooms in towns we have never been to.

"It was Easter weekend and many were booked out."

It got worse when Qantas were forced to put half the team on a Jetstar flight an hour later to Melbourne.

They made their connection to Auckland, but the rest flew out later that night and did join teammates until the next morning rushing in cars.

The club tried to prioritise which players would arrive first, but Qantas had the final say based on procedures.

"Being on a plane overnight is not good for any player in terms of productivity the next day, let alone sports people who are big, tall guys," Sutton said.

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Influential American Jalen Billups was in the second group, but was still one of the best Huskies in the debut one-point win over Manawatu Jets and the leading scorer on Sunday with 32 points.

Ex-Chargers SEABL championship-winner Tre Nichols continued his consistent run against the Hawks to shoot 28 points for a 24-point average across the three games.

Skipper Craig Moller and North-West product Mason Bragg both scored 13 points.

The Huskies fell well behind the Hawks from the outset and trailed by 22 points at half-time on the back of the home side piling on 34 points to 17 in the second quarter.

Anthony Stewart's team turned things around fast and got within five points early in the final term before tiring on the back of a hectic 120 minutes to start the year in an unknown competition.

"We've learnt lessons, but there was not much we could do about it," Sutton said.

"It was just unfortunate circumstances. It made it tough in an already tough trip."

Sutton said the Huskies will be better for the trip across the ditch.

"We've probably learnt is to have more say in the fixturing for next year if I can be a bit facetious," he said.

"We had a tough start just having a bye which no-one likes first round before then having a triple-header away from our home fans."