The Portland Trail Blazers welcomed back a memorable national anthem singer ahead of their game against the New York Knicks on Wednesday. Natalie Gilbert returned to the Blazers' home arena nearly ...

This time, she nailed it. The Portland Trail Blazers brought back Natalie Gilbert (now Natalie Zito) to sing the national anthem nearly 22 years after she fumbled the song prior to a playoff game ...

Twenty-two years after her last national anthem performance before a Portland Trail Blazers game, Natalie Gilbert was back Wednesday night to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" with Maurice Cheeks in ...

One that stands out in NBA history came back in 2003, when the Portland Trail Blazers were hosting the Dallas Mavericks in a first-round playoff game. Natalie Gilbert, then 13 years old ...

Fans in attendance for Wednesday evening's Portland Trail Blazers-New York Knicks game ... the team invited 13-year-old Natalie Gilbert to sing the national anthem. The young singer stumbled ...

When Cheeks was the head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers in 2003, he intervened to help Natalie Gilbert sing the national anthem before a Western Conference finals game. Gilbert, who was 13 at ...

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