On July 11, Beijing time, the men's basketball Olympic warm-up game, the United States men's basketball team played against Canada. This is also the debut of the United States Dream Team, but unfortunately Durant was absent due to injury, and the United States men's basketball team fell into passivity, once falling behind 1-11, but slowly entered the state after that, successfully overtook the point difference, and overtook Canada 41-33 at halftime.
The United States men's basketball team lost Durant in this game, and Leonard suddenly withdrew, starting Curry, Booker, Holiday , James and Embiid.
After the game began, the United States men's basketball team came up and played chaotically, completely passive, relying only on James's free throws to score one point in the first four minutes, Canada played very smoothly, and Barrett scored three points to take an 11-1 lead. Curry's outside shot broke the deadlock, the United States men's basketball team slowly entered the rhythm and successfully narrowed the difference, and Olynyk hit a three-point shot on the Canada side and still took the initiative. Davis scored under the basket and Olynyk scored under the basket to put the United States men's basketball team behind 14-21 in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Canada's hand slipped, and Edwards led the team to consecutive points, successfully closing the point difference, and with Embiid hitting two free throws, the United States men's basketball team equalized. Lyles scored a basket, Embiid responded with a basket, Booker scored from mid-range to complete the comeback, and then the outside three-pointer also scored, and the United States men's basketball team took the initiative. Dillon scored 2+1 to stop the bleeding, Holiday counterattacked, Alexander hit a mid-range shot, James scored under the basket, and Tatum also scored. Then the United States men's basketball team continued to score points, attacking 27-12 in a single quarter, and overtaking the score 41-33 at halftime.
After the first half, the United States men's basketball team did not play well, especially on the offensive end, with only Curry and Booker hitting one shot each from the outside, especially on the offensive end. James and Curry, who have attracted much attention, were not in very good shape in the first half, with a total of only 6 points and 3 points each. Edwards, on the other hand, did what he said he would do, becoming the team's top scorer, scoring 8 points on 4-of-6 from the bench, and seemed to be the team's No. 1 offensive man, at least in Durant's absence, to make up for the void. In addition, Tatum, who won the championship, scored 8 points on 4-of-4 shooting.