The Golden State Warriors begin the schedule-equalizing portion of their season Friday night when they get a revenge matchup at home against the Portland Trail Blazers in an NBA Cup game.

The Golden State Warriors were up against it facing the Miami Heat without Steph Curry, Draymond Green, Jimmy Butler, Jonathan Kuminga or Al Horford. Still, the nine remaining Warriors battled hard against a mostly-full-strength Heat team before Miami’s 18-4 run to start the 4th quarter was too much to overcome in a 110-96 Heat win.

Miami outscored Golden State 38-22 in the fourth quarter as Adebayo returned from injury and Powell scored 25.

Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry will miss Wednesday's game against the Miami Heat due to an ankle injury.

The short-handed Warriors took advantage of the Heat’s sluggish play, rallying from that early 16-point deficit to tie the score at 43 with 2:43 left in the second quarter. The Warriors entered halftime trailing the Heat by just four points despite shooting only 27.8% from the field and 6 of 27 (22.2%) from three-point range in the first half.

One bad night can jinx a team’s rhythm, and the Warriors just felt it. Their three-game win streak was crushed by the Orlando Magic. What made the loss sting even more was how restricted Stephen Curry was.

Steph Curry came crashing back down to earth on Sunday in the Golden State Warriors ’ 124-106 win over the New Orleans Pelicans. After dropping 95 points in his last two games, Curry struggled mightily against the Pelicans, scoring just nine points on 2-of-11 shooting.

Norman Powell scored 25 points, Bam Adebayo returned to score 20 and the Miami Heat pulled away late to top the extremely short-handed Golden State Warriors 110-96 on Wednesday night