New-look Spurs outlast Jazz on road, win 120-119.

Rubio's crew came up just short in this one.

T.J. Warren made his first shot as a Spur, a three-pointer on the wing on a slick pass from Joakim Noah, eager to take on the Spurs' fierce foe in the Utah Jazz as this game soon came down to the wire in Texas.

For his effort, Warren finished with 24 points with 2 steals & 2 blocks (9/14). Behind him, Ingram solidly dropped 21 points (9/16) with 1 block. Patty Mills scored 18 points with 4 assists & 2 steals, despite 1/5 from deep. Dejounte Murray chipped in 13 points, 9 assists with 1 steal & 1 block. J.R. Smith dropped 10 on Utah in his Spurs debut and Iman Shumpert scored nine. Avery Bradley & Skal Labissiere combined for 16 points; Bradley hit the game-winning layup in transition under heavy defensive pressure.

In the narrow defeat, Derrick Favors had 24 points and 9 rebounds. Donovan Mitchell scored 22 points with 9 assists, showing another dimension to his game. Grayson Allen had 21 points, hitting two 3PT shots. Joe Ingles banged in 14 points and Ricky Rubio had 13 points with 7 rebounds. Down low, Rudy Gobert delivered 17 rebounds and 6 points with 3 blocks.

How close was this game? The Spurs edged Utah in quarter one, 26-25; the Jazz edged San Antonio 30-28 next, the third went to San Antone 32-30 and the final period was a stalemate. This rivalry burns on.