The standout point-forward has been ruled out of the Blazers’ nationally-televised matchup against the Golden State Warriors at Chase Center with lower back soreness.

Jrue Holiday is finally set to return for the Portland Trail Blazers after missing 27 games with a calf injury.

The easy culprit for the struggles has been Portland’s uncharacteristically hot 3-point shooting. Though the Blazers are 28th in accuracy (34%) from behind the arc, they have made 52 of 118 (44.1%) of their 3-pointers against the Warriors.

STAT LEADERS Spurs: Points, Wembanyama (23.4 per game). Rebounds, Wembanyama (11.8). Assists, Castle (7.0). Steals, Fox/Castle (1.3). Blocks, Wembanyama (3.0). Trail Blazers: Points, Avdija (25.3 per game). Rebounds, Clingan (10.4). Assists, Avdija (6.9). Steals, Sharpe (1.6). Blocks, Williams (1.4).

Deni Avdija carried his momentum into Friday night in Portland. Fresh off a season-high 41-point outing against the Houston Rockets, he once again powered the Portland Trail Blazers to a home win at the Moda Center.

The Portland Trail Blazers are the owners of an 18-20 record and a four-game winning streak, good enough for ninth place in the Western Conference. Houston lost to the Trail Blazers (103-102) on the road. Portland beat the Rockets (103-102) at home.