Maurice Cheeks, Natalie Gilbert reunite as Trail Blazers welcome back anthem singer
Prior to a 2003 Trail Blazers playoff game, 13-year-old Natalie Gilbert stumbled on her words while performing the national ...
Natalie Gilbert returns to sing national anthem at Trail Blazers game with Maurice Cheeks on hand
Natalie Gilbert returned to sing at the Moda Center 22 years after she received an assist from Cheeks while struggling with ...
NBA coach helped her finish the national anthem at age 13. She came back 22 years later to try again
Maurice Cheeks helped Natalie Gilbert finish the national anthem when she performed it at a Portland Trail Blazers game in ...
Trail Blazers Bring Back Anthem Singer From 2003 for Redemption Performance
Back in 2003, the Blazers were playing the Dallas Mavericks in the Western Conference playoffs. Ahead of Game 3 in Portland, ...
Bill Oram: Natalie Gilbert’s anthem reprise gave us the reunion we didn’t know we needed
The Portland Trail Blazers brought back Natalie Gilbert, now Natalie Zito, to sing the national anthem prior to a game against the New York Knicks on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. Former Portland coach ...
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Have You Seen This? The most wholesome NBA reunion 22 years later
A national anthem singer gets her redemption 22 years later in front of the coach who helped her the first time.