Tyrese Haliburton puts on playmaking and defensive clinic in first Team USA showcase

Tyrese vs. Canada: Second Half

In the third quarter, Haliburton played the final 4:30 and only recorded two assists, but had perhaps his most memorable play of the game. After an Anthony Davis rebound off a Canada three-point miss, Haliburton threw up an alley-oop pass that was seemingly meant for the trailing Anthony Edwards, but sailed above him and landed back in Davis' hands for a soaring layup finish, giving Team USA the highlight of the night and exciting basketball fans everywhere with another display of his incredible passing.

Haliburton's final assist of the quarter was also a memorable one, as he fed Anthony Edwards for a buzzer-beating three to end the third quarter with Team USA up 69-54, ready to put the game away.

Haliburton played roughly the first 2:40 of the fourth quarter, getting another rebound, missing a three-pointer to go 0/3, and getting his third steal of the night. Following about 4:20 spent on the bench, Haliburton was subbed back in to play out the final three minutes of the game with Team USA up 13 points and the game out of reach to the point where Micah Potter, Langston Galloway, and Nigel Hayes-Davis checked in as well. Haliburton made the most of his final three minutes, immediately getting an assist within three seconds of checking in off an inbound pass to Jrue Holiday.

At this point, only one thing was missing, and that was some points. Up until the last 30 seconds of the game, Tyrese Haliburton was scoreless on 0/3 from the field, noticeably hesitating before taking open shots and missing all of his jumpers.

However, that would change, as he picked off a pass from Canada's Phil Scrubb for his fourth steal, and followed it up with a breakaway reverse dunk, getting his first unofficial Olympic points in style and preventing himself from going scoreless in his first outing.

And with that, Tyrese Haliburton's first taste of Olympic competition was in the books.