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 ...

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

The Portland Trail Blazers brought back Natalie Gilbert (now Natalie Zito ... game before receiving an assist from then-coach Maurice Cheeks. “I loved it,” Zito said.

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 ...

Little Natalie Gilbert persisted on that night ... By inviting Zito to sing the national anthem Wednesday in front of former coach Maurice Cheeks, the Blazers won before the game even tipped ...