WATCH: Mitt Romney Heckled Russell Westbrook at the Utah Jazz Game and Twitter Had a Field Day

On Saturday, Mitt Romney lost a vote among delegates at Utah’s GOP Convention — meaning he’ll have to secure his party’s nomination for Senate in a primary election in June. Monday night, he took his apparent frustration out on an NBA star.

The former Massachusetts Governor was courtside in Salt Lake City, Monday night, for the Utah Jazz-Oklahoma City Thunder game. Late in the first half, Russell Westbrook — the Thunder’s star player — picked up his fourth personal foul. (For those unfamiliar with basketball, this is highly unusual. A player is ejected from the game after his sixth foul. Coaches often bench key players after they draw their third foul in the first half of play.)

Romney was visibly fired up about Westbook’s foul trouble. And as the Oklahoma City star made his way to the bench, the Senate candidate cheered, and held up four fingers in Westbrook’s direction.

“That’s four!” Romney could be seen mouthing.

Twitter absolutely cracked up — with many people quick to point out that Romney similarly rooted for the Boston Celtics back when he was Governor of Massachusetts. Here’s a sampling of the reaction:

John Stockton still supporting the crew. pic.twitter.com/xG0CsenT9A

— Philip Bump (@pbump) April 24, 2018

Longtime Utah Jazz fan Mitt Romney pic.twitter.com/LvhJbaTvfc

— Jason Schwartz (@JasonSchwartz) April 24, 2018

Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney vs Utah Senate candidate Mitt Romney pic.twitter.com/4liTzrmAj8

— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) April 24, 2018

BREAKING: Mitt Romney is having dinner with Russell Westbrook and will now endorse him for MVP https://t.co/rE1UWzs3eD

— Pablo S. Torre (@PabloTorre) April 24, 2018

mitt romney slips on one nba jersey over his dress shirt and thinks he’s Salt Lake City Drake

— alex (@steven_lebron) April 24, 2018

I am sitting on my couch crying from laughing so hard at Mitt Romney taunting Russell Westbrook. Just when you thought you’d seen it all …

— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) April 24, 2018

All politics is local. pic.twitter.com/9wV8woQYqL

— Don Van Natta Jr. (@DVNJr) April 24, 2018

Mitt Romney taunting Russ Westbrook from the front row has to be the best thing about 2018 so far

— Javier E. David (@TeflonGeek) April 24, 2018

Mitt Romney yelling at Russ.

Playoff basketball is fun lol

— Mark Aselstine (@MarkAselstine) April 24, 2018

Watch above, via TNT

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