- 1 Toronto Raptors vs Memphis Grizzlies: the league’s last unbeaten team has lost two straight
- 2 Toronto Raptors: Barnes at 24.4 a night, and no Leonard until late November
- 3 Memphis Grizzlies: third in offense, fifth in defense and 12 first-half turnovers against Indiana
- 4 Free NBA Prediction: Toronto Raptors vs Memphis Grizzlies
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Toronto Raptors vs Memphis Grizzlies: the league’s last unbeaten team has lost two straight 
Memphis stood at 6-0 on the morning of 2 November, the only unbeaten team left in the NBA. Two home games later it’s 6-2, after a 135-134 overtime loss to New Orleans and a 107-103 loss to an Indiana team that had dropped five straight.
Ty Jerome scored 40 in the first of those defeats and missed the 15-footer that would have won it. Two nights later the Grizzlies gave the ball away 12 times in the first half, and a late corner three from Nesmith settled the game.
Neither loss changes the larger picture much. Through seven games Memphis ranked third in offensive rating at 121.4 and fifth in defensive rating at 108.7, and its net rating of +12.7 sat second in the league.
The Grizzlies visit Scotiabank Arena on Monday 9 November, tip-off 7:30pm ET. Toronto is 4-4 and comes home from a four-game road trip that ends in Milwaukee on Friday, while Memphis hosts Oklahoma City on Friday. Each team gets two days off before this one.
This is the first meeting of the season. Toronto won both games last season, 117-104 at home on 2 November 2025 and 128-96 in Memphis on 3 April, but Memphis finished that year 25-57 and this roster has changed too much for those results to carry weight. We’d pay far closer attention to the last three weeks. No line had been posted at the time of writing.
Toronto Raptors: Barnes at 24.4 a night, and no Leonard until late November 
Kawhi Leonard played two games for Toronto and averaged 19.5 points before his left knee put him out through at least 23 November. Nate Bittle, listed with a foot problem, is out through at least Monday and we’re treating him as unavailable.
That leaves the offense with Scottie Barnes, RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley. Barnes was averaging 24.4 points, 7.9 rebounds and 5.0 assists going into Wednesday, Barrett 20.7 points and Quickley 18.0 points with 5.6 assists. All three delivered in the 125-118 win over the Clippers on 2 November, with 27 from Quickley, 26 from Barrett and a 22-15-8 line from Barnes.
Two nights later Denver won 128-109 at Ball Arena. Barrett led Toronto with 22, Barnes had 17, and Collin Murray-Boyles and Quickley added 13 each, while Nikola Jokic posted a triple-double in three quarters and the Nuggets shot 62% from the field.
The season numbers remain respectable. Toronto scores 117.9 points a game and allows 113.5, and through seven games its defensive rating of 109.2 ranked seventh. It plays quickly too, seventh in pace at 102.1, so Memphis won’t get the slower game that its turnover problems would prefer.
Depth is where the absences bite. After the top three, the next scorers are Walter at 11.9 and Murray-Boyles at 9.1. Toronto has lost three of its last five games, by 7, 6 and 19 points, and its two wins in that stretch came against Orlando and the Clippers.
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Memphis Grizzlies: third in offense, fifth in defense and 12 first-half turnovers against Indiana 
Jerome went into Wednesday averaging 28.2 points and 5.5 assists, and he followed the 40 against New Orleans with 23 against Indiana. Cedric Coward matched him with 23 that night, and Zach Edey had 11 points and 13 rebounds.
Cameron Boozer is the piece that makes the offense difficult to guard. The rookie is at 17.7 points, 10.3 rebounds and 5.6 assists, and he gives Memphis a second creator from the frontcourt. He had 18 in the overtime loss to New Orleans, with Jaylen Wells adding 16.
Scoring hasn’t been the issue during this two-game skid. The Grizzlies average 120.5 points and allow 109.8, and the 135 they conceded to New Orleans was a clear outlier for a team that had held Sacramento to 105 and Portland to 103 in the week before.
Their health needs watching. Isaiah Stewart, who averages 12.8, was a game-time call with a knee problem on Wednesday, and Scotty Pippen Jr. has a back injury that rules him out through at least Friday. Richie Saunders is out with an ACL injury. If Stewart sits again, Edey and Boozer take on more of the interior load against a Toronto frontcourt without Bittle or Leonard.
Memphis was sound on the road early in the season, with wins of 110-105 in Utah and 124-103 in Portland. Oklahoma City on Friday will take something out of the Grizzlies, but the two days off before Toronto cover that, and Coward’s 8.7 rebounds a game add to a size advantage the Raptors can’t match with Bittle out.
Probable lineup Toronto Raptors: Not announced at time of publication
Probable lineup Memphis Grizzlies: Not announced at time of publication
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Our prediction: Memphis Grizzlies to win
We’re siding with the better team on both ends of the floor. Through seven games Memphis held a net rating of +12.7 against Toronto’s +7.6, and Toronto’s figure includes two games with Leonard, who won’t be back for this one. Jerome at 28.2 and Boozer’s near double-double give the Grizzlies two ways to score that the Raptors will have to cover without a healthy frontcourt rotation.
Toronto does have a case. It’s at home for the first time after four straight road games, it plays fast, and it beat Memphis twice last season. We give that last point little weight, because the Grizzlies of last April were a 25-win team.
The two losses this week came from a one-point overtime game and a run of first-half turnovers, not from a drop in shot creation. With two days to prepare, we’d expect Memphis to take care of the ball better and to win this on the glass. Check Stewart’s status, and the opening price against our 1.45 floor, before tip-off.
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