Game 5 of the NBA Finals is going to rock.
The league announced Saturday that Metallica members James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett are set to perform the national anthem ahead of Sunday’s contest between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers at Oracle Arena. Both Hetfield and Hammett are San Francisco Bay Area natives.
The Cavs and Warriors have stuck to local acts for the national anthem so far this series. Golden State kicked off the Finals with 10-year-old Nayah Damasen, who’s been performing at Warriors games since she was 8, before looking to San Francisco-raised Carlos Santana for Game 2. Columbus, Ohio, country band Rascal Flatts and Cavaliers part owner Usher did the honors at Quicken Loans Arena for Games 3 and 4, respectively.
Game 5 tips off Sunday at 8 p.m. ET with the series tied at two games apiece.
UPDATE (9:30 p.m. ET): In case you missed it, watch Hetfield and Hammett shred through Francis Scott Key’s masterpiece below.
Thumbnail photo via Ben Margot/Associated Press
