WATCH Thunder vs. Mavericks Live Stream Online: NBA 2016 Conference Rankings, Playoff Updates

Basketball's back for the official 2015-2016 NBA season, so get ready, MstarsNews readers!

The Oklahoma City Thunder battle it out on the court against the Dallas Mavericks in Week 12 of the regular season on Friday, January 22 at 8:30 p.m. EST from the American Airlines Center from Texas. Read on to see where fans can watch and listen to a live stream of the highly-anticipated Friday evening basketball game online and catch up-to-date feeds and coverage on highlight plays and scores.

Now heading into mid-season, Oklahoma City maintains a rather impressive top spot in Marc Stein's official NBA power rankings for ESPN.com, while Dallas lags just a bit behind (out of a total 30 teams):

Thunder (4): "Who else wishes Kevin Durant didn't walk back his anti-media rant from Friday night? Who else enjoys it when KD finds his inner Russ Westbrook to double the Thunder's angry quotient? The answer, of course, is that no one outside of state limits wants to see those two anywhere near each other; OKC is up to 27-8 with Durant in uniform and outscoring opponents by 10.6 PPG in those games."

Record: 32-12 (3rd in Western Conference).

Mavericks (14): "Neither a 4-6 record in January nor a 7-13 mark against .500-or-better teams sounds great. But the Mavs knew the past week would be their hardest week of the regular season in terms of scheduling and remain one of the surprises of the season ... unless you expected Zaza Pachulia to be averaging 10.6 PPG and 10.8 RPG and holding a 170,622-vote lead over Dirk Nowitzki in All-Star balloting."

Record: 25-19 (6th in Western Conference).

Tonight's game will be broadcasted live on local sports channels FSSW and FSOK.

For fans who want to try out a free live stream (which may mean downloading a torrent), click here. Also try this or another option.

Also check out NBA TV for more schedules and game updates.

ESPN, ESPN Scoreboard, and NBA.com are all good sources for up-to-date game coverage and feeds.

More radio listening options for Thunder and Mavericks.

Official NHL team websites: Thunder and Mavericks.

Enjoy the exciting b-ball game from Dallas this evening, and always stick with MstarsNews for additional NBA gameday coverage this week. Which top conference rival will snag the big win tonight?