Barack Obama made an appearance via satellite on Sunday, June 15, 2008 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night Special.”

Barack Obama sidestepped picking a winner in Sunday’s NBA Finals game, but the basketball aficionado is ready to take a firm stand if he makes it to the White House.

“I hear there’s a bowling alley and obviously that hasn’t gone too well,” Obama told comic Jimmy Kimmel in a satellite interview from Philadelphia on Sunday. “So we’re getting rid of the bowling alley and replacing it with a basketball court in the White House.”

Obama was referring to his disastrous attempt at bowling a few weeks before Pennsylvania’s Democratic primary in April. The party’s presumptive nominee for president is much more at ease on the basketball court.

Obama was appearing on Kimmel’s pregame show before ABC’s broadcast of Game 5 of the NBA Finals. The Illinois senator diplomatically avoided picking a favorite between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics: “I’m a Bulls fan,” said the Chicagoan.

Kimmel also asked Obama to describe a typical Father’s Day in his family’s household.

“There’s usually some experiment with waffles or pancakes. And then we usually go to church,” Obama said. “Usually I get a hall pass, which means that I might be able to play golf or play some basketball and goof off a little bit. And my wife is especially nice to me that day.”

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Barack Obama also discussed his body man, Reggie Love, the former basketball and football star at Duke University, whom he says he always wants to have on his team when he plays basketball on the campaign trail. At the conclusion of the interview, Jimmy Kimmel gave Barack Obama a fist pound, via satellite and promised that he if he had any other questions, he would call at 3 a.m.

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Video: Barack Obama on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” 6-15-08