Two teams have had the Golden State Warriors' number this year and currently stand one game away from a season sweep over the Dubs. The first is the Oklahoma City Thunder — an understandable foe, considering they are coming off a championship year and still own the best record in the NBA.

However, the other team is the Portland Trail Blazers. Despite being just 19-21 on the season and having their head coach removed from the team due to a federal investigation in the first week of the season, interim head coach Tiago Splitter has somehow found the key to success in beating the Warriors in the 2025-26 season, even overcoming multiple Steph Curry masterpieces.

Tonight, the Warriors will get their last chance to pick up a victory over the Blazers this season, as the fourth and final matchup takes place at Chase Center. Luckily for them, though, the two teams' injury reports skew heavily in the Warriors' favor.

The Warriors have entered a consistent stretch of the season. They've played every other day for the past five games and will continue to do so as they continue their homestand up until the beginning of next week, and the minimal travel and extra days of rest, compared to the back-to-back road trip gauntlet they were on to start the season, have done wonders for the Warriors' health.

The only remaining injury on the report is Seth Curry, but even he is improving. Dealing with sciatica, it was recently announced that Curry was re-evaluated, indicating that he has been making progress and would be re-evaluated again in two weeks.

Outside of Curry, the rest of the team is healthy, including De'Anthony Melton and Al Horford, who were mainstays on the report earlier this year due to their injury rehab and load management, respectively.

One of the main reasons the Trail Blazers haven't been the lottery-level team that some expected them to be prior to the season has been the complete breakout of Deni Avdija.

The forward is averaging a career-high 26 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists while being relatively efficient from everywhere on the court, especially in terms of getting to the free-throw line. Avdija has a solid chance to make it to the All-Star Game in a month's time, and the Warriors know that almost as well as any other team in the NBA.

In the Blazers' three wins over the Warriors, Avdija averaged 26, 6, and 9 on 48/47/92 shooting splits — unreal numbers as the leader of the Blazers. However, the Warriors are catching a break tonight.

Avdija suffered a back injury on an awkward landing against the Knicks on Sunday and will not play against the Warriors due to soreness.

The Blazers aren't getting much reinforcements either, as Jerami Grant, who has missed the last 13 games, is doubtful to play once again. Kris Murray is also out for his fourth-straight game with a lumbar strain, and that's not to mention the players who have played minimal or no minutes so far this year, such as Scoot Henderson, Matisse Thybulle, and Blake Wesley.

Even so, the Warriors know just how good the Trail Blazers can be and how surprising they can be. The Warriors cannot take their foot off the gas, even with Avdija watching from the bench.