Twenty-two years after her last national anthem performance before a Portland Trail Blazers game, Natalie Gilbert was back ...

Two decades ago, Natalie Gilbert and Maurice Cheeks made national news for their chance encounter when 13-year-old Gilbert froze while singing ”The Star-Spangled Banner” before a playoff game ...

Maurice Cheeks is a Hall of Fame point guard ... over to encourage and help a 13-year-old national anthem singer named Natalie Gilbert, who was visibly nervous and became flustered during the ...

Natalie Gilbert returned to the Blazers' home ... Up stepped Portland's then-head coach Maurice Cheeks, who stood side-by-side with Gilbert to encourage her, saying, "C'mon," before singing ...

NBA fans witnessed a heartwarming moment on Wednesday when a national anthem singer reunited with longtime coach Maurice Cheeks ... Singer Natalie Gilbert (now Natalie Zito) stumbled over the ...

Maurice Cheeks had more than 7,000 assists in his ... he intervened to help Natalie Gilbert sing the national anthem before a Western Conference finals game. Gilbert, who was 13 at the time ...

Enter the teams and players into our Trade Machine, and we'll tell you if it works. Maurice Cheeks, Natalie Gilbert reunite as Trail Blazers welcome back anthem singer Prior to a 2003 Trail ...