The Toronto Raptors host the Memphis Grizzlies at Scotiabank Arena on Monday, November 9, 2026, with tip off at 7:30 p.m. ET. Toronto arrives at 5-4 after a 121-107 road win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday, while Memphis arrives at 6-3 after a 128-97 home loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday, a matchup listed in the FanDuel Research game preview for November 9. This is a preview of a game that has not been played yet.
The shape of the night is clear before the ball goes up. Memphis has won all four of its road games this season, the strongest away start in this matchup, and Toronto has scored heavily at home. Something has to give, and the injury report may decide which version of the Raptors Memphis actually faces.
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Toronto Comes Home Off A Signature Win
Friday in Milwaukee was the best win of Toronto’s young season. The Raptors trailed by nine at half time, outscored the Bucks 38-27 in the third quarter and 32-20 in the fourth, and won 121-107 without three key players. Alijah Martin came off the bench to score 27 points, RJ Barrett matched him with 27, and Jakob Poeltl added 19 points and 11 rebounds. Toronto won the rebounding battle 42-37 and turned 15 offensive rebounds into 31 second chance points.
That win moved Toronto to 5-4 and kept its NBA Cup hopes alive in East Group A after an opening group loss to Orlando. The Raptors average 118.2 points per game and allow 112.8, a profile built on pace and scoring depth rather than lockdown defence. At home they have been even louder, scoring 135, 129 and 114 in their three home games so far. When the bench produces like it did in Milwaukee, Toronto can beat teams above it in the standings. When the rotation shortens, the margin disappears quickly.
Memphis Brings A Perfect Road Record North
Memphis opened the season with six straight wins and has now lost three in a row, capped by Friday’s 31 point home defeat to Oklahoma City, the same Thunder side Toronto’s division rivals have struggled with all month. The Grizzlies still own the league’s best road mark in this fixture at 4-0, and they lead the NBA in rebounding at 48.8 per game, a direct challenge to the second chance edge Toronto used to beat Milwaukee.
Ty Jerome has carried much of the Memphis scoring load, and rookie Cameron Boozer leads the Grizzlies on the glass at 10.0 rebounds per game while adding 15.6 points. Memphis averages 117.9 points and allows 111.8, numbers close enough to Toronto’s that the game projects as a shootout. The Grizzlies have won the recent history argument only halfway, though. Toronto has won the last two meetings, 117-104 at Scotiabank Arena and 128-96 in Memphis, and the past ten meetings are split five each.
The Injury Report Shapes The Night
Toronto’s availability is the swing factor. Kawhi Leonard has been ruled out, and Scottie Barnes and Immanuel Quickley have both carried questionable tags into game day, with Barnes leading Toronto in scoring among its core group and anchoring the defence. Memphis has its own absences, with Isaiah Stewart and Scotty Pippen Jr. ruled out. If Barnes and Quickley both play, Toronto’s starting five can match Memphis score for score and lean on the home crowd. If one or both sit, the Martin and Barrett scoring burden from Friday becomes the plan rather than the bonus.
The recent meeting history offers Toronto one more comfort. The Raptors won the last clash at Scotiabank Arena by 13 points and the last meeting anywhere by 32. Memphis, for its part, has not lost on the road yet this season and arrives rested since Friday with a point to prove after the Oklahoma City blowout. Monday night in Toronto, one of those streaks ends. The Raptors tip off at 7:30 p.m. ET on Sportsnet, and the result will say plenty about whether Friday in Milwaukee was a short handed mirage or the start of a real home stand.
There is also a standings reason to protect home court in November. Toronto sits one game over .500 in a crowded Eastern Conference middle, where two wins can move a team several places and two losses can undo a week of work. Memphis, at 6-3, is exactly the kind of visitor who measures a home team honestly, physical on the glass, comfortable on the road and deep enough to survive a bad shooting night from any single scorer.
