NBA: Perkins' hoop came on interference (AP)

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The NBA says Kendrick Perkins' basket with 1:05 left that put the Oklahoma City Thunder ahead to stay in a 107-103 playoff win against the Denver Nuggets should have been waved off as basket interference. In a statement issued Monday, the NBA says Perkins touched the basketball while it was still "in the cylinder," or directly above the basket, in violation of the rules.

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