Russell Westbrook and Jalen Green shared a hilarious exchange during the Houston Rockets' rout of the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday night.

Future Hall of Fame point guard Russell Westbrook is fond of passing the game to the next generation, and he’s funded a number of AAU and youth teams in Southern California across the last decade-plus. Westbrook’s charitable efforts came back to bite him Wednesday night.

Jalen Green was excellent and started feeling himself during the game, apparently trash-talking Nuggets' guard Russell Westbrook. The veteran Westbrook was confused after the trash-talk, going over to the Rockets bench and telling them about how Green played for his AAU team and is now trash-talking him.

Russell Westbrook took on a heavier workload than usual for the Denver Nuggets amid Nikola Jokic’s injury. Jokic, of course, is as big of an absence as anyone, and with Jalen Green leading the charge for the Houston Rockets with another hyper-efficient scoring night (34 points on 10-16 shooting from the field),

Russell Westbrook has always been known for his fiery competitiveness, whether squaring off against a former teammate or stepping in to defend his own during an on-court altercation. Last night’s matchup between the Denver Nuggets and Houston Rockets offered yet another glimpse of this intensity,

Russell Westbrook hilariously reacts to Jalen Green's trash-talk, leaving the Houston Rockets bench in stitches during a viral moment.