The joy of last season's Toronto Raptors NBA preseason games schedule was having the team in Toronto for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic started. The 2022 preseason also marks a return to NBA preseason games in Canada outside Toronto.
The preseason opener will be in an arena that has never hosted a NBA game: Rogers Place in Edmonton against the Utah Jazz.
The Raptors finish their NBA preseason schedule at the Bell Centre in Montréal. This is an arena that has hosted 6 previous Raptors preseason games. The Bell Centre is the home of the Montréal Canadiens.
The games in Canada outside Toronto at Scotiabank Arena are considered part of the NBA Canada Series. There have been 14 NBA preseason games across 5 provinces since 2012.
The Toronto Raptors played in Japan in the 2019 preseason. While that trip was exciting, good for the team to show some love in Canada in the 2022 preseason. The Raptors team is in Victoria, BC for training camp that started September 26 and runs through today.
Rogers Sportsnet (October 2, 9) and TSN (October 5, 7, 14) split the telecasts in Canada. The NBA Network may have tape-delayed coverage.
| Date | Opponent | City | Time | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| October 2 | Utah | Edmonton | 6p | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| October 5 | Boston | Boston | 7:30p | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| October 7 | Houston | Houston | 8p | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| October 9 | Chicago | Toronto | 6p | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| October 14 | Boston | Montréal | 7p | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All times Eastern. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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