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Bill Murray NBA All-Star game 2022
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Twitter’s delighted with LeBron James and Bill Murray’s reactions to Macy Gray’s NBA All-Star performance

During Macy Gray's National Anthem rendition Sunday, several people — including Bill Murray and LeBron — couldn’t contain their reactions.

A hometown hero got a lot of attention during the NBA All-Star Game held Sunday in Ohio.

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Sure, LeBron James said – and did (game-winner anyone?) – plenty to turn heads and light up keyboards, but it was another native Ohioan’s performance that’s making the rounds online today.

Perhaps the most famous American song that has seen renditions of all kinds, good and bad, The Star-Spangled Banner, was performed by R&B legend Macy Gray, who hails from Canton, Ohio. The All-Star Game was held at Rocket Mortgage Field House, home of the Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron’s once and former squad.

During her melodic sing-song version of the anthem without the usual, drawn-out high notes, several people — including Bill Murray and LeBron himself — couldn’t keep their reactions contained.

LeBron couldn’t find a clipboard to hide his chuckling this time, and people noticed his smile break through an otherwise stoic demeanor more than once.

https://twitter.com/NovusDivus/status/1495571010556411905

Murray looked shell-shocked, stunned, even saddened — like Wes Anderson just told him he’s not allowed in any more of his films again.

Of course, the Twitterverse chimed in with some Murray memes that looked familiar.

And drew some comparisons to the unfortunate soul from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, as well as his Ghostbusters days.

And it’s already a GIF for you to share as well.

Here’s a feed from inside the arena catching a longer version of LeBron’s reactions with some laughs from inside as well.

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You can catch the entire performance via Billboard if you didn’t see it live yesterday.

Not everyone was piling on though, as plenty of Gray fans supported the “uniqueness” of her rendition.

https://twitter.com/KristiTalmadge/status/1495648513413234688

The performance of course brought back some memories of Fergie’s rendition in 2018, where both Steph Curry and Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors were caught either laughing or smiling.

https://twitter.com/Markstradamus_/status/1495569912462561282

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You could say Habeab is bit like Roy Kent — here, there, every-f’ing-where. Immersed in journalism for 20 years now, he writes about life — from sports to profiles, beer to food, film, coffee, music, and more. Hailing from Austin, Texas, he now resides in the gorgeous seaside city of Gdynia, Poland. Not one to take things too seriously, other than his craft, BB has worked in brewing and serving beer, roasting and pouring coffee, and in Austin’s finest gin distillery among myriad other things. A graduate of the University of Texas, he once worked for the Chicago Sun-Times and Austin American-Statesman when newspapers were still a thing, then dabbled in social media and marketing. If there is water, he will swim there — from the freezing seas of Copenhagen and Gdynia, to the warm waters in Texas and Thailand.