Basketball hero

I was at a training class in North Carolina, where I met Tom.  He related this story to me and I have his permission to share it.
Tom is a very serious basketball player and even more serious basketball coach.  His son's team played at a very high level and were undefeated.
Tom told me at one time his son was playing a team that had a player with Downs Syndrome.  His son's team had a large lead going into the final minutes.  When he noticed the opposing coach putting this Downs boy into the game, he promptly called time out.  The fans were shouting at him to just get it over, but he was not concerned.  He told the team that they were not to guard the boy with Downs and that his son who had been the star of the game would guard him.  He instructed his son to let his boy get past him and score a basket.  They resumed the game and sure enough Tom's son let this wonderful downs boy steal the ball from him and go down and score.  Both teams jumped up and down when he scored.  The boy just beamed with pride.  Tom told me, that moment was the proudest moment that I ever had as a basketball coach!"