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President Obama hit two game–winning shots on Election Day 2016

President Obama came through in the clutch on Election Day. On the basketball court, that is.

On Thursday, GQ published an oral history of Obama's tradition of playing pickup basketball, featuring insight from Chris Paul, Maya Moore and Shane Battier.

While the 2016 election didn't go the way he wanted, Obama did hit two game winners on Nov. 8, according to former Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. Here's how Duncan, who played at Harvard and professionally in Australia, described the moment:

"The last time we played, Election Day 2016, he hit one or two game winners," Duncan told GQ.