NEW YORK — O No, Canada.
A Broadway performer botched the Canadian national anthem before the Toronto Raptors' game in Brooklyn on Sunday, singing lyrics that aren't in "O Canada."
Amber Iman, who has been cast in the national tour of "Hamilton" that will soon open, sang, "O Canada, we sing our hearts for thee." The line that ends the song is "O Canada, we stand on guard for thee."
National Anthem singer at #TORvsBKN screwed up the entire Canadian National Anthem. Whole @Raptors team laughed. #America #BrooklynGrit pic.twitter.com/AM8hY5DJn4
— Jay Tas (@JayTasShow) February 5, 2017
Raptors players and coaches looked around in confusion as they stood in line.
"I'm going to leave that alone. But yeah, that anthem was a lot different than I've heard over the last five years. A lot different," Raptors All-Star Kyle Lowry said. "Her voice was beautiful, but the anthem, the song, the words ... have her come to Toronto, we'll come and get somebody to give her some lessons."
I've never heard oh canada butchered that bad. She actually made up her own anthem. Ok. @Raptors you better get a W to redeem us for that L
— Chad-M. Robertson (@ChadMichaelR) February 5, 2017
The Raptors responded by poking fun at the Nets on Twitter , writing "For future reference" and posting the correct lyrics to the song.
.@BrooklynNets For future reference... pic.twitter.com/EJt64jTYZt
— Toronto Raptors (@Raptors) February 5, 2017
The Nets apologized to the singer for the prompter failing according to a spokeswoman at the Barclays Center.
If righting a losing streak wasn't enough motivation for Raptors, #Nets national anthem singer butchered "Oh, Canada."
— Steve Lichtenstein (@SteveLichtenst1) February 5, 2017
