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

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 ...

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 ...

Natalie Gilbert, then 13 years old ... Fortunately, she had an eager helper in the form of then-Blazers head coach Maurice Cheeks, who stepped up and encouraged her to keep going.

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 ...

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

When Maurice Cheeks was coach of the Trail ... Advertisement Just ask Natalie Zito (neé: Gilbert). On Wednesday night in Portland, she was back in the building that changed her life, performing ...