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Over the bat. Facing pressure on all sides with just seconds left on the clock, Junior, Tonati Remirez, making a little bit of magic. Sinking that buzzerbeater during Liberty High School's first ever unified, intermural game. His classmates inside this packed Peoria, Arizona gym, storming the court to celebrate. Cremides, who most of his friends just call T, is part of a program that brings together students with disabilities and general education students through sports.

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I always believed myself.

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Always. A perfect outlet for this team whose eyes are set on much.

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Bigger goals. He wants to be a professional. He told me, Mom, I said, I'm going to... I have to do it.

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What T did it know, as he sunk that glorious shot, was that the end of this game was the beginning of something even more special. Oh, my God. The video, catching the attention of T's favorite professional basketball player, after it aired on BBC Nightly News.

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You and your family are going to get to go to the game, but you're going to get to arrive early because there's somebody that wants to meet you there. Do you know who that is? His name is Steph Curry.

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The Warriors letting T suit up for the pregame warmup with Curry, giving him a signed jersey and hooking him up with the best seats in the house. But the best gift of all, some words of encouragement from his icon. The team sharing that moment on their TikTok account.

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My dream to.

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Be a.

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Professional basketball player and be like you. You have the.

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Confidence in yourself to think you did in that video? Yeah. Whatever you want to do, man. A once-in-a-lifetime pet talk from his sports hero, leaving Tee with even more encouragement to reach for the stars. Stephen Roman, BBC News.

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