With 34 points on better than 60% shooting in only three quarters, Jalen Green stayed hot as Houston (27-12) routed Denver for its fifth straight win.

It takes a lot to get Ime Udoka to break character in the middle of a Rockets game. The intense coach usually is so locked in, no opposing player can say anything that will get much of a positive reaction out of him,

Kids just don't respect their elders anymore. At least that's what Westbrook thought after being trash-talked by the Rockets guard in Houston's rout of the Nuggets.

He used to play on my AAU team,” Russell Westbrook said jokingly after an exchange with Jalen Green. “Talking to me like I’m a little ass kid.”