On Wednesday at Pierre Mauroy Stadium, the United States men’s basketball team improved to 2-0 in Group C. They did so with a 103-86 victory vs. South Sudan. While they must first finish pool play and square off against Puerto Rico on Saturday, Team USA has punched their ticket to the Olympic quarterfinals.

After spending Sunday’s 110-84 win over Serbia glued to the bench, Jayson Tatum went from spectator to starter on Wednesday. The Celtics star joined LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Devin Booker, and Anthony Davis in the first unit.

He responded with four points on 2/4 shooting, five rebounds, two extending possessions, two assists, and a block at the rim in transition.

“This is the fastest team in the tournament we’re going to play,” Team USA head coach Steve Kerr told reporters in France about Tatum’s 17:10 of floor time, per Ben Golliver of the Washington Post. “We wanted to match up. They made 14 threes against us in London. The whole game today was going to be about switching and staying in front of people.”

Tatum also addressed yo-yo-ing up and down the United States star-studded rotation.

“It’s a unique situation, and it’s not about one individual player,” said the three-time All-NBA First Team selection, per Gary Washburn of the Boston Globe. “The competitor in you wants to play, obviously. But I’m not here to make a story — making it about myself. We won. I was just glad to get back out there and play again today. There was a lot of chatter over the last few days, but I was in good spirits; I had a good attitude about it. I’m not holding any grudges or anything.”

Kerr has repeatedly called managing a rotation filled with some of the NBA’s most accomplished players “the hardest part of this job.” But Team USA’s bench boss is grateful for the buy-in from his roster, especially those like Tatum and Joel Embiid, the latter of whom, like the former on Sunday, did not participate in Wednesday’s win.

“They’re pros and committed to each other,” Kerr told reporters of players not making an issue about their minutes or lack thereof. “I don’t read social media. I would hope our guys aren’t paying too much attention to that. That’s a regular season thing, where the soap opera can carry the ratings. Here, it’s just win a damn gold.”