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United Airlines Offers Free Flight To DeMar DeRozan's Daughter For Tonight's Chicago Bulls-Miami Heat Game

DeMar DeRozan Daughter, Diar, Became A Viral Sensation After Distracting Toronto Raptors At Free Throw Line
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United Airlines Offers Free Flight To DeMar DeRozan's Daughter For Tonight's Chicago Bulls-Miami Heat Game
United Airlines Offers Free Flight To DeMar DeRozan's Daughter For Tonight's Chicago Bulls-Miami Heat Game

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A collective sigh filled the city of Chicago when Bulls forward DeMar DeRozan announced his 9-year-old daughter, Diar, would not be attending tonight's game against the Miami Heat. 

Fans wanted her in Miami after many felt her distraction tactics worked during Wednesday's victory against the Toronto Raptors. Diar screamed at the top of her lungs each time a Raptors played attempted a free throw. It resulted in Toronto missing 18 foul shots in a game decided by four points. 

DeRozan said his daughter could not make tonight's game because of school, but that hasn't stopped United Airlines from making it happen. The Chicago-based airline, which has the naming rights for the Bulls' arena, offered a free flight to Diar so she could attend. 

The company tweeted to DeRozan, saying, "The flight's on us. What do you say? We'd love to take Diar's talents to South Beach." 

No word on whether the DeRozans accepted. The Heat and Raptors tip-off tonight, with the winner advancing to play the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs. 

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SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star. TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here

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