WATCH Heat vs. Grizzlies Live Stream Online: NBA 2015 Conference Rankings, Playoff Updates

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The Miami Heat battle it out on the court against the Memphis Grizzlies in Week 9 of the regular season on Tuesday, December 29 at 8:00 p.m. EST from the FedEx Forum in Tennessee. Read on to see where fans can watch and listen to a live stream of the highly-anticipated Tuesday evening basketball game online and catch up-to-date feeds and coverage on highlight plays and scores.

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

Heat (8): "In this piece by colleague Michael Wallace, Chris Bosh insists that the Heat "have our identity down." Outsiders see a team that has actually been statistically better defensively with blocked-shots machine Hassan Whiteside off the floor and question whether Goran Dragic and Dwyane Wade will ever mesh. Miami, so far, is an 18-11 riddle."

Record: 18-12 (4th in Eastern Conference).

Grizzlies (16): "Yet another example of how out of sorts the West is: Only six of its 15 teams have a positive reading in the old school plus/minus standings that we calculate by adding home losses and road wins. And the Griz - who this prominent Memphian fears might have a negative point differential all season - barely qualify to be among those six teams at plus-1."

Record: 17-16 (6th in Western Conference).

Tonight's game will be broadcasted live on local sports channels SUN and FSSE.

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 Heat and Grizzlies.

Official NHL team websites: Heat and Grizzlies.

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