After a four-game road trip, the San Antonio Spurs will return to the Frost Bank Center on Friday to host the Golden State Warriors. The Spurs are riding a ten-game win streak, and the Warriors just had an eight-game streak of their own snapped.

Golden State will be without Stephen Curry, who has an oblique injury, and will have a host of other players listed on the injury report as well. San Antonio is mostly healthy, although De'Aaron Fox and Devin Vassell are both listed as questionable, with Tobias Harris and Jayden Quaintance still out.

Even if Curry suited up, Victor Wembanyama is by far the best player on either squad. So far this season, he's averaging 30.3 points, 11.7 rebounds, and 4.4 blocks, all career highs. The Warriors know that they'll have to get under his skin and make life difficult if they plan on standing any chance whatsoever.

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The Warriors, to their credit, have stood out to start the season. Rookie Yaxel Lendeborg looks like the young co-star that Golden State has spent years looking to pair with Curry, and Brandin Podziemski is having the best season of his career.

Lendeborg, Podziemski, Will Richard, and Draymond Green all take pride in playing a physical style of basketball, and Lendeborg has already gone toe-to-toe and word-for-word with Luka Doncic this season. Wembanyama, though, presents a different challenge, and the rookie knows it.

"Well, he has like five blocks," said Lendeborg. "I'm going to try to shoot as many 3s as I can tonight. You know, just try to bait him into helping out. Maybe we get some more kickouts. Oh, and try to rough him up as much as we can."

So far this season, the Warriors are leading the NBA in 3-point percentage, at 39.6 percent, and makes, at 16.5 per game. Guys like Richard, Lendeborg, Podziemski, and De'Anthony Melton have been lights out from deep, so spacing the floor and knocking down shots early is actually a viable strategy. In theory, that will draw Wembanyama out, making room for Golden State to get to work down low, although Wemby is a bit too dominant to simply plan around like that.

Lendeborg's final warning was a bit more sinister. The Warriors have tried to get under Wembanyama's skin, as highlighted by the last time these two teams met in an NBA Cup game. In that game, Wembanyama put Green on a poster after the veteran started talking some trash, although the bucket didn't count, and the Warriors won by a point.

Expect the Warriors to play physically, if not dirty, in tonight's game, and for Wembanyama to be active on both ends of the floor. The Spurs had a much-needed rest day yesterday and haven't played at home in nearly two weeks, so they have both the means and motivation to put on a show as well.

Heading into the matchup, the Spurs are 11.5-point favorites, with Curry's injury likely playing a big role in the odds.