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Diar DeRozan escorted by security due to online threats vs. Raptors

DeMar DeRozan spoke on the issue following Friday night’s loss to Miami.

DeMar DeRozan’s daughter, Diar, took the basketball world by storm in Chicago’s victory over the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday.

Diar traveled to the game to watch her dad play in their old stomping grounds of Toronto and made her presence known as she let out some vicious screams every time the Raptors hit the free throw line.

Her impact? The Raptors shot 18-of-36 from the free throw line in a four-point loss.

But, her viral moment, as her father called it, came with backlash online, as Bleacher Report’s Chris Haynes reported that Diar was escorted out of Scotiabank Arena following Chicago’s win due to online threats being made.

“I was with her. I guarantee you nothing would ever happen when I’m with my daughter,” DeRozan said following Chicago’s loss on Friday. “It’s just idiotic people at the end of the day. Obviously, it’s frustrating when you hear any type of threats. You don’t try to take anything lightly. My thing is my daughter don’t know nothing about it. She just know the good side of we won the game. As long as she’s happy with that, I’m not worried about nothing else.”

DeRozan, who has been in the spotlight of the NBA for 14 years now, knows how ‘crazy’ the social media world can come after you.

“It’s crazy. It’s just the world that we live in. No matter how good something could be, you still got just miserable people out there that don’t have a life, honestly. It’s sad,” DeRozan said. “We see it every single day. More than anything, all I care about is my daughter enjoying her moment, her time. Keep that within our circle. I don’t get her caught up in all the negative stuff that comes on the outside. That’s just me being a protector as a father.”

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DeMar DeRozan’s daughter helps distract Raptors at free throw line

It was Diar, not DeMar, who was the Most Valuable DeRozan in Wednesday’s win over Toronto.

On Wednesday night, the Chicago Bulls outlasted the Toronto Raptors in their play-in matchup, 109-105, as the Bulls overcame a 19-point deficit.

The Bulls were led by Zach LaVine’s 39-point performance, which included 30 points in the second half.

But, DeRozan had a big game as well — Diar DeRozan, that is.

DeMar’s daughter, Diar, sat underneath the basket and during every single free throw shot by the Raptors, she let out a vicious scream that could be heard all the way back to the United Center.

“I heard somebody and I looked back and was like, Damn, that’s my daughter?” DeRozan said after the win.

That was indeed your daughter, DeMar. And she played quite the supporting role for the Bulls in Wednesday’s victory as Toronto shot just 18-of-36 from the charity stripe in a four-point loss.

Not to say Diar was the sole reason why the Raptors struggled from the free throw line on Wednesday, but we’re not saying she wasn’t.

DeRozan said after the win that his daughter kept asking to come to the game in Toronto, and boy did it pay off.

“I said you can miss one day of school,” DeRozan said. “I’m glad I did .I owe her some money, for sure.”

With how Diar helped distract the Raptors on Wednesday, the Bulls might just need her in South Beach come Friday.

Check out a video of Diar’s screaming below.

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