Coming off the bench to score 12 points, the Warriors were born in the playoffs, and the offseason contract extension was certain

Today, the Warriors played the Grizzlies in the play-in tournament, and the Warriors narrowly beat the Grizzlies at home to advance to the playoffs, where they will face the Rockets in the first round of the playoffs. In this game, Curry and Butler combined for 75 points, and no one in the starting lineup scored double-doubles except for Curry and Butler, while two of the bench lineup scored double-doubles. Post hit three three-pointers to finish with 11 points and five rebounds, and Payton Jr. hit two three-pointers to finish with 12 points and two rebounds.

In such a critical play-off game, we can clearly see that Kerr trusts Payton Jr. very much, and today's playing time for Payton Jr. is 20 minutes, including Payton Jr.'s previous experience with the Warriors, Kerr trusts him very much, and Payton Jr.'s playing time is very stable in the playoffs. Payton Jr. proved to live up to Kerr's trust, and he didn't have any stage fright when he came on the court, and he was still able to respond when he got an open three-point opportunity. In addition, he is very stable on the defensive end, Payton Jr. is like a wonder on the court today, if it weren't for his two three-pointers, maybe the Warriors would have played very hard today.

It is worth noting that Payton Jr.'s contract will expire completely this offseason, and he will face a contract extension. There is a high probability that the Warriors will complete a contract extension with Payton Jr. this offseason. Payton Jr. had briefly left the Warriors to join the Trail Blazers, but his performance with the Trail Blazers was poor, which shows that he can only shine his energy with the Warriors. And in the Warriors, you can obviously feel that Payton Jr. is more passionate when he plays, he likes the team atmosphere of the Warriors very much, and he likes to play next to Curry very much, so the offseason contract extension between the two sides should be a matter of course.