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Warriors flew a little Steph Curry fan to Oakland after he was unable to see him play in Atlanta

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Some stories just warm your heart until you feel all fuzzy inside. This might be one of those stories.

The Golden State Warriors flew an Atlanta woman and her 6-year-old son to and from San Francisco to see a game after her tickets to see the Hawks face the Warriors were not honored at Phillips Arena, according to the San Jose Mercury-News.

Alex McDonald had saved money all year to buy tickets for her son, Isaiah, to see his favorite player, Stephen Curry, when the two-time MVP came to town to play against the Hawks. After all, little Isaiah stayed out of trouble, kept his room clean, and improved his reading skills to earn them.

But it turned out McDonald bought her tickets through an unreliable third-party seller instead of Ticketmaster or Warriors.com, according to The Mercury-News. When the two arrived at the ticketing gates on March 6, her printed tickets did not scan correctly.

McDonald was denied access and offered nosebleed seats as a concession, but she had spent $545 on good seats already. She rejected the nosebleed section and went home, where she posted her story on Facebook. It was shared multiple times, then picked up by a local TV news station. Then, word got back to the Warriors.

So, the championship organization made the decision to fly McDonald and her son out from Atlanta to see the Warriors host the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday. 6-year-old Isaiah got a chance to pass Curry the ball a few times, and the two even took pictures together. To put the icing on the cake, they got to watch the game with courtside seats.

The Warriors beat the Grizzlies, 104-96, and Curry delivered the kind of game any fan would be happy to see up front: 21 points, 11 assists, and four steals.

This is exactly the kind of move you’d expect from an organization of the Warriors’ caliber. People get turned away from events every day, but Golden State took the extra step and turned one little boy’s dreams into a reality.

Every franchise should mimic the kind gestures the Warriors exhibit on a yearly basis. That should go without saying. And if other teams can replicate that generosity, maybe they can imitate Golden State’s rate of success, too.

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