BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Too much is never enough for Russell Westbrook. He’s wilder and louder than a cab ride through the streets of New York. All gas, no brakes. If the Energizer Bunny played hoops and talked smack, his name would be Brodie.

In the Nuggets’ 144-139 overtime victory against Brooklyn, Westbrook was everywhere at once. Strutting in celebration of a three-point shot. Slamming a loose ball off the backside of a foe. Helping refs make a call. Clapping back at hecklers behind the Denver bench.

“It’s hard to win in this league. People think it’s easy, man. It’s hard, especially when you’re a team that’s won year after year and always been in the running for NBA championships. It’s hard. We get everybody’s best shot,” Westbrook said Tuesday, after the first big game of his new stint with Denver.

He scored 22 points off the bench. But his bigger contribution was the shot of Red Bull energy that Westbrook gave teammates on the second night of back-to-back games.

After winning in overtime against Toronto on Monday, the Nuggets didn’t get to their digs in the Big Apple until 3 a.m.

On the plane ride from Canada back to the USA, coach Michael Malone took a seat next to Westbrook and asked the veteran point guard how weary were his soon-to-be 36-year-old bones.

“Are you good to go?” Malone asked Westbrook.

And Westbrook responded he has to chase little kids at home, so playing basketball on the road? A piece of cake.

In separate countries, on consecutive nights, the Nuggets attempted to sweep two NBA games by taking each to overtime.

Kids, do not try that at home. Or especially on the road, even if it’s against the Raptors and Nets, two lottery bound outfits not to be confused with the Celtics or the Mavericks.

“I hope,” Malone said, with a sigh of a coach whose emotions were fried, “we don’t go to overtime every game the rest of this season.”

To add to their degree of difficulty, the Nuggets came out against Brooklyn as if they had been awakened from a late-afternoon nap, and staked the Nets to a 17-point advantage early in the second quarter.

Having already recorded a victory in the front end of the back-to-back, most NBA squads would’ve called it a night when Nic Claxton made a layup to put Brooklyn ahead 44-27 with 10 minutes, 49 seconds remaining until halftime.

But the Nuggets don’t have any quit in them, because Nikola Jokic doesn’t allow it. Despite what’s certain to be voter fatigue, the three-time MVP is making a strong early case for No. 4 He’s the king of the triple double, and recorded the 131st one of his career against the Nets, with 29 points, 18 rebounds and 16 assists.

When Denver trailed late in the fourth quarter, Jokic was unstoppable in the low post. Malone said he’s lucky to coach Joker, because he would have no earthly idea how to defend him.

Remember when critics called Jokic a tub of goo? Here’s a stat that will make those doubters eat crow. In back-to-back games, Jokic played 84 minutes, barely taking a breather and never slowing down until carrying his teammates across the finish line to victory.

“That’s not sustainable,” Malone said, acknowledging the unreasonable workload he’s putting on Jokic and his fellow starters. “So we’ve got to figure something out with the bench unit. It’s a fine line of ‘Hey, we’ve got to give it time,’ but how much time can you give it before you start looking at different options?”

For better or worse, the Nuggets are going to ride or die with Westbrook. He’s the only real proven, powerful talent among Denver’s reserves.

After looking washed up in his first three games in a Nuggets uniform, making only five of 25 field-goal attempts, Russ finally cooked in Game 4.

“Russ was really amazing … kept us in the game,” Jokic said in an interview with Katy Winge of Altitude. “He’s always lifting his teammates up.”

I asked Westbrook, now in his 17th NBA season, how many times he has had to summon the strength for the physical and emotional strain of back-to-back games.

“Bleep,” he responded, trying not to do the painful math in his head.

The engine of Westbrook operates only in overdrive.

He will always bring the juice. But Brodie can shoot the Nuggets out of contention at the same frenetic pace that he dribbles, defends and talks.

The art of this deal will be how, or if, Malone can harness the energy of Westbrook before it moves faster than the law of diminishing returns.