WATCH Raptors vs. Celtics Online Live Stream: NBA 2016 Top Conference Rivals, Playoff Rankings

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 Boston Celtics in Week 21 of the regular season on Wednesday, March 23 at 7:30 p.m. EST from the TD Garden in Massachusetts. Read on to see where fans can watch and listen to a live stream of the highly-anticipated Wednesday evening basketball game online and catch up-to-date feeds and coverage on highlight plays and scores.

Before heading into the official playoff season, both Boston and Toronto maintain impressive top spots in Marc Stein's official NBA power rankings for ESPN.com (out of a total 30 teams):

Raptors (3): "Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan have scored at least 25 points in the same game eight times this season, which ties a single-season franchise record established by Chris Bosh and Mike James in 2005-06, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. The Toronto stat line of the week, of course, belonged to big man Bismack Biyombo, who amassed 16 points and 25 rebounds in an overtime win at Indiana last week to help the only franchise currently on the NBA map that has never won 50 games inch closer to that milestone."

Record: 48-21 (2nd in Eastern Conference).

Celtics (10): "I'd say we can safely declare that the Celts miss Jae Crowder already. Including the recent home loss to Houston in which Crowder was injured, Boston has dropped its past four games to teams with winning records. Crowder has been getting very little love in this season's Most Improved Player race thanks to all the spotlight hogging from Portland's C.J. McCollum and the starry Golden State duo of Steph Curry and Draymond Green trying to rewrite the rules for this award category, but Crowder's 6.7 PPG increase from last season is second leaguewide only to McCollum's 14.1 PPG increase."

Record: 41-30 (5th in Eastern Conference).

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

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 Celtics.

Official NHL team websites: Raptors and Celtics.

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