Jazz Is Grooving With a 4-0 Record

Andrei Kirilenko scored 24 points to help the Utah Jazz improve to 4-0 with a 102-91 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Monday night at Salt Lake City.

Kirilenko also had six rebounds, five blocked shots, four assists and four steals as Utah has scored at least 100 points in each of the first four games -- the first time since 1995-96, when it topped 100 five straight times during a 4-1 start.

Carmelo Anthony scored 12 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter as the Nuggets (1-3) tried to rally after trailing by as many as 22 points.

*

Dallas 101, Golden State 98 -- Dirk Nowitzki scored 25 points, including the opening field goal in overtime that put his team ahead to stay, and the Mavericks remained unbeaten with a victory over the winless Warriors at Dallas.

Golden State, which led by 17 points in the first half and has lost 12 straight games in Dallas since April 1999, had a chance to force another overtime with 1.8 seconds left. But Jason Richardson, who had forced overtime with a three-pointer from the corner against a double-team at the end of regulation, missed from the top of the key at the overtime buzzer.

Richardson led the Warriors with 25 points and Derek Fisher had 23 -- only six after halftime and none in overtime.

*

Forward Bo Outlaw, 33, waived last week by the Memphis Grizzlies, signed a one-year contract to rejoin the Phoenix Suns.... Forward Kwame Brown now has a sprained left ankle to go along with his broken right foot, probably delaying his return to the Washington Wizards until December.