The NBA announced today that Rascal Flatts and Usher will sing the National Anthem at Games 3 and 4 of this year’s NBA Finals, respectively, both of which will take place in Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena (home of the Cavaliers). The games represent the final hurdle to the NBA championship for the Eastern Conference’s Cleveland Cavaliers and the Western Conference’s Golden State Warriors.
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Gary LeVox and Jay DeMarcus, two thirds of country supergroup Rascal Flatts, are both Ohio natives, so the performance represents something of a homecoming for the group.
Usher, though not from Ohio, has been part owner of the Cavaliers since 2005.
The games will air at 9 p.m. ET on ABC this Tuesday (June 9) and Thursday (June 11).