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VIDEO: Did Carlos Santana botch the national anthem before the NBA Finals?

VIDEO: Did Carlos Santana botch the national anthem before the NBA Finals?
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Rock legend Carlos Santana (and his guitar) performed an awesome rendition of the Star Spangled Banner before Game 2 of the NBA Finals in Oakland on Sunday night.

Except...

It sounds like the 10-time Grammy Award winner repeated a verse by mistake. Can you spot it?

Here's the video:

Rob Lowe (and others) poked fun with the mistake after the fact.

This isn't the first time Santana performed the national anthem at the NBA Finals. In fact, he performed it error-free before Game 2 of the NBA Finals last year in the very same arena: