WATCH Lakers vs. Clippers Online Live Stream: NBA 2016 LA Rivals, Rankings & Playoff Updates

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

The Los Angeles Lakers battle it out on the court against the Los Angeles Clippers in Week 13 of the regular season on Friday, January 29 at 10:30 p.m. EST from the Staples Center in California. 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, the Clippers maintain an impressive Top 10 spot in Marc Stein's official NBA power rankings for ESPN.com, while the Lakers remain at the very bottom (out of a total 30 teams):

Clippers (7): "The Clippers are still waiting for Blake Griffin's return and, of greater concern, still waiting for a signature win that stamps them as the elite team we all expected them to be coming into the season. Blake-less Ls in the past five days in Cleveland and Toronto dropped the Clips to 0-7 against the NBA's top five teams in terms of win percentage. Against everyone else? They're 28-9."

Record: 30-16 (4th in Western Conference).

Lakers (30): "We were wrong. Folks were eager to be more ultra-nostalgic about the 10-year anniversary of Kobe Bryant's 81-point game against Toronto on Jan. 22, 2006, than we ever anticipated. (Mostly) fun week that also included Kobe becoming the fourth player in league history to earn an All-Star start at age 37 (or older), joining Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and John Havlicek."

Record: 9-39 (15th in Western Conference).

Tonight's exciting West Coast rivalry will be broadcasted live on your local NBAt sports channel and PT or TWSN.

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 Clippers and Lakers.

Official NHL team websites: Clippers and Lakers.

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