Former President Bill Clinton charmed a sideline reporter when he showed up at the Barclay's Center in Brooklyn, New York Monday night to watch the Nets take on the Milwaukee Bucks.
Among the multiple reporters who approached the 42nd president for an interview during the game was the YES Network's Sarah Kustok.
In pictures from the game, the 33-year-old was pictured sitting next to Clinton, deep in conversation, while touching his knee.
YES Network reporter Sarah Kustok puts a hand on President Bill Clinton's knee Monday night, as she sat down to interview him at a Brooklyn Nets game
The president was patient with fans who came up to take selfies with him during the breaks in the game
Clinton was invited to attend the game by Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry, left
The Bucks beat the Nets 103-96. The Nets haven't won a single game this season
Knowing that Clinton follows the Nets, she took the opportunity to pick the president's brain about his opinion of this year's squad.
'Even though they haven't won yet this year, they're better than they were last year. You can tell. They are playing together better,' Clinton said, adding: 'I love it here and I like the team.'
Clinton admitted he's a fan of the Nets, especially no. 7 Joe Johnson, a fellow Arkansasan, and Brook Lopez, who accompanied the former president to Africa on an aid mission recently.
However, he was invited to sit court-side at Monday night's game by a co-owner of the Bucks, close friend and major Democratic party donor Marc Lasry.
In her brief interview with the president, Kustok also asked him what he thinks about the new Barclay's center, located just minutes from his wife's presidential campaign headquarters in Brooklyn Heights.
Clinton described Lasry as a close personal friend. Lasry is also an important Democratic party donor
In an interview with Kustok, President Clinton said it appeared the Nets were improving as a team
President Clinton snacked on a box of popcorn during the game Monday night. The former president shed several pounds after switching to a Vegan diet about five years ago
President Clinton and Lasry laugh and look in the direction of the jumbotron at Monday's game
Those who attended the game said that the entire arena stood up and gave the president a standing ovation when a song with the lyrics 'I'm the man' played
'It's great for Brooklyn,' the president said. '[Brooklyn] is a great place...and for people that don't know New York, they don't understand that it's certainly a whole different city, in a wonderful way.'
In addition to giving a few sports-related soundbites to reporters at the game, Clinton also let fans come up to him between quarters to take selfies.
Those who attended the game said that the entire arena stood up and gave the president a standing ovation when a song with the lyrics 'I'm the man' played.
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Share 32 sharesWhile this wasn't the first time Clinton attended a Nets game (he watched the Nets play the Oklahoma City Thunder last year), it appears to be the first time any current or former president has appeared at a Bucks game.
Though Clinton appeared to be more invested in the Nets, he told a Fox Sports reporter that he has 'always kind of pulled for the Bucks' and that he has deep respect for his 'very close friend' Lasry.
'He's a wonderful man - the Bucks are lucky to have him as an owner,' Clinton said.
Clinton wasn't the only president in New York City Monday night. President Obama flew in from Newark, New Jersey and gave a speech at a showing of the play Hamilton.
The Bucks beat the Nets 103-96.
Hillary Clinton spent Monday in Chicago attending campaign fundraising events.
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