Warriors’ Pat Spencer ejected after headbutting Rockets’ Alperen Sengun in wild scene

Pat Spencer’s night ended early as things got testy between the Warriors and Rockets on Wednesday night.

The Warriors guard was tossed in the fourth quarter during Golden State’s 131-116 Game 5 loss to the Rockets on the road in Houston for headbutting the Rockets’ Alperen Sengun.

The proceedings at Toyota Center took a chippy turn after the Warriors’ Braxton Kay missed a layup with 4:15 to go on his team’s third shot of that possession.

Dillon Brooks grabbed the defensive rebound for the Rockets as Spencer and Moses Moody fought for the ball.

And, in a physical moment, Brooks fell out of bounds after it appeared Spencer shoved him.

As play stopped, Sengun confronted Spencer, who then headbutted the Houston big man.

Golden State’s Trayce Jackson-Davis then shoved Sengun to escalate the situation a little further.

A referee held Sengun back from Jackson-Davis to prevent matters from getting worse.

Technicals were handed out to Jackson-Davis and Sengun while Spencer was ejected from the ballgame.

It was not the night the Warriors hoped for, as they failed to close out Houston and will have to now play a Game 6 back at Chase Center in San Francisco on Friday night.

Down 93-64 in the third quarter, Warriors coach Steve Kerr essentially punted the game away taking out his entire starting five.

“I think at halftime, their effective field goal percentage was 95 percent,” Kerr told reporters afterward. “I’ve never seen that in my life.

“So, you’re not winning that game.”