Brooklyn Nets small forward Paul Pierce was fined $15,000 for "making excessive and unnecessary contact" with Indiana Pacers point guard George Hill in the third quarter of Monday night's game, the NBA announced Tuesday. Pierce was issued a flagrant foul 2 with 4:22 left in the third quarter Monday night after he clotheslined Hill as the Pacers guard was about to go up for a layup in transition. Power's flagrant foul 2 earned him an automatic ejection. Read more http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/sto...fined-15k-flagrant-george-hill-indiana-pacers