OAKLAND — Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard is in the middle of a torrid stretch as he returns to his native Oakland on Friday to play against the Warriors.

In the 11 games since the All-Star game when Lillard was snubbed as a selection, he has averaged 33.5 points.

“Dame’s on something else right now,” Warriors forward Draymond Green said. “I don’t know what he’s on. Man, it’s incredible.”

The Warriors suffered their worst loss of the season to Portland (137-105) in their first game after the All-Star break, as Lillard scored a career-high 51 points. He won the duel with Stephen Curry, hitting nine 3-pointers.

Lillard scored 50 points last week at Toronto, joining Curry as the only players this season to have multiple 50-point games.

Lillard has scored at least 30 in 10 of his last 13 games, raising his career-high scoring average to fifth in the league at 26.1 points per game.

But what has Lillard especially thrilled for this trip back home is that the Trail Blazers are a surprise team with a 34-31 record that is good for sixth-best in the Western Conference. The team became his after big man LaMarcus Aldridge left Portland to sign with San Antonio in the summer.

“We’ve had a great season, so I’m excited,” Lillard told reporters. “I think I’m more excited this time going back than I have been since my rookie year, so it’s going to be fun.

“It’s a big game for us. They haven’t lost at home, so it’s an opportunity for us to go there and be the first team to do it. My family and a lot of my people back home haven’t seen me play this year, and I want them to see an improved player. They’ve seen it from a distance. I’m looking forward to getting back.”

In 12 career games against the Warriors, Lillard has averaged 25 points. They couldn’t stop him Feb. 19 when he was 9 for 12 from 3-point range and had coach Steve Kerr remarking after the performance that he looked like Curry on the court.

“That night was just our night,” Lillard said. “I’m sure that they probably had a little bit of a sour taste in they mouth about how it happened. But at this point we expect everybody’s best, and they should expect ours, too.”

The Warriors, who have won a record 46 straight regular-season home games, aren’t necessarily going into Oracle Arena seeking revenge.

“It was one game,” Green said. “We’re not like, ‘Oh, they beat us bad. We need to get them back.’ We’re trying to win every game we play. That’s our focus.”

But they’ll have to do something to slow down Lillard if they want to extend the streak.

“If we have another 50-point performance from Dame, then I’m pretty sure we’ll be in another good spot to win the game,” Portland guard Allen Crabbe, the former Cal star, told reporters.

The Trail Blazers are among the teams that could face the Warriors in a potential first-round playoff matchup. They have lost three of their past four and are one game ahead of Dallas for the seventh spot in the Western Conference and 1½ games ahead of eighth-place Houston.