The then-Trail Blazers head coach Maurice Cheeks walked up to Zito, put his arm around her and started singing alongside her. “I just remember I was really sick and I didn’t feel like myself ...

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Natalie Gilbert Zito and Maurice Cheeks in 2003 and 2025. ... Zito, then 13, struggled with the yips, forgetting words to the national anthem before a Portland Trail Blazers game in 2003.

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Maurice Cheeks helped Natalie Gilbert finish the national anthem when she performed it at a Portland Trail Blazers game in 2002. She returned to sing it again more than 20 years later.

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Prior to a 2003 Trail Blazers playoff game, 13-year-old Natalie Gilbert stumbled on her words while performing the national anthem before then-Portland head coach Maurice Cheeks stepped up to help.

At the time, Cheeks was the head coach of the Blazers during their first round showdown against the Dallas Mavericks. When Zito, then 13 years old, stumbled over one of the lyrics of the anthem ...

In 2003, Trail Blazers coach Maurice Cheeks swooped in to assist a 13-year-old singer named Natalie Gilbert after her nerves got the best of her while singing the national anthem ahead of a playoff ...

Maurice Cheeks helped Natalie Gilbert finish the national anthem when she performed it at a Portland Trail Blazers game in 2002. She returned to sing it again more than 20 years later.