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Andre Miller keys big 4th quarter, Nuggets drop Jazz to 0-8 with 100-81 victory

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Denver Nuggets' Kenneth Faried looks up after being fouled in the second quarter during an NBA basketball game against the Utah Jazz Monday, Nov. 11, 2013, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) (The Associated Press)

Denver Nuggets' Ty Lawson (3) drives around Utah Jazz's John Lucas III, right, in the first quarter during an NBA basketball game Monday, Nov. 11, 2013, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) (The Associated Press)

Andre Miller scored nine of his season-high 15 points in the fourth quarter and the Denver Nuggets defeated the winless Utah Jazz 100-81 on Monday night.

Ty Lawson had 17 points and Kenneth Faried added 15 points and 13 rebounds for the Nuggets, who outscored the Jazz 30-13 in a dominant fourth quarter.

Utah dropped to 0-8 and remained the only winless team in the NBA.

Miller hit a 3-pointer — he hasn't missed in four attempts this season — and Faried added an emphatic dunk to power a 10-1 run that gave Denver an 82-74 lead with 7:13 to play.

John Lucas III drove for a layup but Miller responded with a pair of nifty baskets in the lane, and the Jazz couldn't get within nine the rest of the way.