SALT LAKE CITY – 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.

Mehmet Okur had his best game since joining Utah with 12 points and nine rebounds, and Raja Bell added 17 points. The Jazz swept the home-and-home series with the Nuggets, who edged Utah for the final playoff spot last season.

Utah has scored at least 100 points in each of the first four games – the first time since 1995-96, when they topped 100 five straight times during a 4-1 start.

Denver fell to 1-3 after struggling from the floor again. The Nuggets shot 42 percent, their best shooting performance of the young season.

Carmelo Anthony led the Nuggets with 17 points and eight rebounds, scoring 12 points in the final period as the Nuggets tried to come back after falling behind by as much as 22.

Earl Boykins added 13 points and Andre Miller and Greg Buckner scored 11 apiece for Denver.

Mavs 101, Warriors 98

DALLAS – Dirk Nowitzki scored 25 points, including the opening basket in overtime that put Dallas ahead to stay, and the Mavericks remained unbeaten with a 101-98 victory over winless Golden State on Monday night.

After Nowitzki hit an 18-foot fadeway shot on the first overtime possession, Golden State had a turnover and a missed shot before Jason Terry’s basket pushed Dallas ahead 92-88.

The Mavs built as much as a 98-93 lead after Terry rebounded a Golden State miss and drove the court for a layup with a minute left.

But Golden State, which has lost 12 straight games in Dallas since April 1999, still had a chance to force another overtime after Nowitzki missed a free throw with 1.8 seconds left.

Jason Richardson had forced overtime with a 3-pointer from the corner despite being double-teamed with 12 seconds left in regulation. But his 3-pointer from the top of the key to end overtime rattled off the front of the rim.

Michael Finley had 17 points despite hitting just 5-of-22 shots for the Mavericks, who are 4-0 for only the third time. Josh Howard had 14 points and 13 rebounds, and Nowitzki also had 10 rebounds.

Richardson led the Warriors with 25 points.