WATCH Raptors vs. Trail Blazers Live Stream Online: NBA 2016 Rival Rankings, Playoff Updates

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

The Toronto Raptors battle it out on the court against the Portland Trail Blazers in Week 14 of the regular season on Thursday, February 4 at 10:00 p.m. EST from the Moda Center in Oregon. Read on to see where fans can watch and listen to a live stream of the highly-anticipated Thursday evening basketball game online and catch up-to-date feeds and coverage on highlight plays and scores.

Now heading into mid-season, Toronto maintains an impressive Top 10 spot in Marc Stein's official NBA power rankings for ESPN.com, while Portland still lags a bit behind (out of a total 30 teams):

Raptors (3): "Only three teams had a better scoring margin in January than Toronto's +8.2 reading. They are: Golden State (+13.9), San Antonio (+12.8) and Cleveland (+8.3). More nice numbers: Canada's team is just the third in the East over the past five seasons to post a winning streak of 10-plus games without LeBron James' help; New York in 2012-13 (13 straight) and Atlanta in 2014-15 (19) were the others."

Record: 33-16 (2nd in Eastern Conference).

Trail Blazers (17): "Damian Lillard had an undeniably good case to earn a spot on the West All-Stars as soon as you remember that he has Portland in the hunt for a playoff spot despite last summer's exodus of four starters. Thursday's home date with Toronto pits the snubbed duo of Dame and C.J. McCollum (41.4 PPG, 10.4 APG combined) against East All-Stars Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan (44.2 PPG, 10.4 APG)."

Record: 24-26 (8th in Western Conference).

Tonight's exciting game will be broadcasted live on local sports channel KGW.

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 Raptors and Trail Blazers.

Official NHL team websites: Raptors and Trail Blazers.

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