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Video: Kevin Garnett head-butted Dwight Howard after Howard pushed him

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Early on in the first quarter of Monday night's game between the Brooklyn Nets and Houston Rockets, Kevin Garnett and Dwight Howard got into a scuffle. With about 8 minutes to play, Howard and Garnett got tangled up under the basket. A few elbows were thrown, followed by Garnett head-butting Howard.

Garnett and Howard were both issued technical fouls -- KG was assessed two technicals -- while Garnett was ejected from the game. Howard was not ejected from the game.

Here's another view of the scuffle:

Here's how Garnett reacted after the scuffle:

Maybe the worst part of all of this...Jay Z missed it.