NBA Fines Paul Pierce, DeShawn Stevenson for 'Menacing Gestures'

Al Horford caught a lot of flack this weekend for taunting a fallen Paul Pierce after making a shot, but what generally went unreported was Pierce's reaction: he actually got up and followed Horford past the halfcourt line until Brian Scalabrine retrieved him.

Red's Army has the video, and if you didn't know better (and I'm not sure I do), it kind of looks like Pierce throws a gang sign at the end. Whatever he was doing, the NBA decided they didn't like it:

Boston Celtics forward Paul Pierce and Washington Wizards guard DeShawn Stevenson have each been fined $25,000 for making menacing gestures during games played this weekend, it was announced today by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President Basketball Operations.

The incident involving Pierce occurred in the fourth period of the Celtics' 102-93 Game 3 loss to the Atlanta Hawks on April 26. The incident involving Stevenson occurred in the first period of the Wizards' 100-97 Game 4 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on April 27.

I'm not exactly sure what menacing gesture Stevenson made, but there's a good chance it's this one, in which he makes Diamond Dallas Page's Diamond Cutter Jay-Z's Roc hand gesture followed by the always classy throat slashing motion.

(via CelticsBlog)