On July 11, Beijing time, the men's basketball Olympic warm-up game, the United States men's basketball team played against Canada in Las Vegas. This is the first warm-up game of the United States men's basketball team, Durant was absent due to injury, and he also fell into passivity, once falling behind 1-11, but then slowly entered the rhythm and overtook the score at halftime; In the second half, the United States men's basketball team firmly dominated the court, and Canada did not catch up. In the end, the United States men's basketball team defeated Canada 86-72.
The United States men's basketball team started Curry, Booker, Holiday , James and Embiid, and Canada was also the main force, sending Murray, Alexander, Brooks, Barrett and Powell.
In the first quarter of the game, the United States men's basketball team came up and attacked chaotically, playing more than 4 minutes and only relying on James' free throws to score 1 point, Canada blossomed inside and out, Barrett hit a three-pointer to take an 11-1 lead. Curry hit a three-point shot, but Canada's offensive state was still excellent, the United States men's basketball team made personnel changes, Edwards came up to score points, helped the team stabilize the situation, and the offensive end was able to respond, but the first quarter was still 14-21 behind.
In the second quarter, Canada's hand declined, and the United States men's basketball team scored consecutive points under the leadership of Edwards, and with Booker scoring 5 points in a row with Booker mid-range + three points, directly overtaking the score. After that, the United States men's basketball team took the initiative on the court, but unfortunately the outside hand was still not good, but fortunately, the players continued to hit the inside line to score points, Zhan Mei also connected successfully, Edwards and Tatum scored points one after another. Canada's offensive feel declined, Alexander scored points singlely, but his teammates frequently hit iron, only 12 points in a single quarter, and fell behind 33-41 at halftime.
Yibian fought again, the offensive rhythm of the two teams became faster, Alexander hit a three-point shot, Curry immediately replied, and then broke through to 2+1, three points again, and scored 9 points in a row to stretch the difference to 13 points. Murray stopped the bleeding with three points, Alexander also scored, and Barrett cut in the air to close the gap 8-0. Then Embiid was fouled in a row, and five fouls were directly sent off, James broke through to score, and the United States men's basketball team once again opened the difference. Canada briefly chased points, but Davis scored back-to-back points inside, and Edwards hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer to take a 69-54 lead after three quarters.
In the final quarter, both teams came up with a dip, the United States men's basketball team failed to further open the difference, Canada Walker hit a three-point shot to stop the bleeding, and Adebayo dunked to stabilize the situation. Holiday scored consecutive points, Canada had replaced the bench, and then James and Curry were also substituted, and the United States men's basketball team did not give the opponent too many opportunities to fight back. In the end, the United States men's basketball team defeated Canada 86-72.
Embiid became the most heart-wrenching player in this game, playing 12 minutes and committing 5 fouls in the starter, contributing 5 points, 5 rebounds and 3 turnovers. Edwards scored a game-high 13 points, Curry had 12, James had seven, and Davis had 10 points and 11 rebounds.