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Here's what I would suggest.
If the gym has fairly even light go manual. Set the lens to f2.8 (either one) set the shutter speed to 1/500 or 1/640 and then set the ISO to what you need for a good photo. Don't under expose. You need to figure out what is the lowest shutter speed you are happy with. I see you were at 1/400. Did you stop most of the action at that speed? I kind of doubt it so I would go 1/500 minimum.
If your photos were looking ok you should end up at around 1/500, f2.8, ISO 4000 +/-.
Your 50mm is good because if you need to, you can open up to f2 and get more light but your depth of field will be very shallow so that may cause more out of focus shots.
I see you were on servo focusing. Did you use just the center point? That's what I would recommend.
You might want to look into back button focus activation. That's where you set your camera to activate focus using your thumb on one of the back buttons on your camera instead of the half shutter push. One big benefit is that you can stop focusing when you need to, like when someone or something gets in between you and the players you want to photograph, or that you can bump the back button to re-acquire focus if you loose it on your subject. I fought doing this for a long time but I now know it is a better way to operate. If you do it give it a chance. You need to develop new muscle memory to get good at it.
I would also set a custom white balance for the gym. Read your manual on how to do it but generally, take a piece of white paper out onto the court before the game starts and shoot it, filling most of the frame with the paper. Then use that image to set the custom white balance. You can get fancy with a neutral card but it's not really going to make a huge difference.
When I shoot sports, my goal is to have very little post processing to do when I shoot sports. I want to get it right in the camera. Don't be afraid of higher ISO speeds. You can touch up noise but you can't fix blurred.
Oh, one more thing, have fun don't let the camera get between you and enjoying the time watching your son.
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