LOS ANGELES — Pau Gasol had 24 points and 13 rebounds in his season debut, and Kobe Bryant scored 21 points while passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on the Lakers' career scoring chart in Los Angeles' 108-93 victory over the Chicago Bulls last night.

Ron Artest added 15 points for the Lakers, who finally had their full starting lineup intact for their ninth victory in 12 games to start the season. The defending NBA champions had little trouble with the Bulls, opening a 20-point lead in the third quarter in beating them for the eighth time in nine meetings.

"Definitely, I missed it a lot," said Gasol, who sat out the Lakers' first 11 games with a right hamstring injury. "It's so much fun to play with our guys in front of our crowd. I really wasn't expecting to be as effective as I was tonight, but my teammates found me a couple of times and made it easy."

Derrick Rose had 20 points and John Salmons scored all 18 of his points in the first half for the Bulls, who lost on the second stop of a taxing six-game road trip.

With a free throw in the third quarter, Bryant passed Abdul-Jabbar (24,276) for second place on the Lakers' career scoring list, leaving him trailing only Jerry West (25,192).

Gasol played in just two preseason games before sitting down with a hamstring injury that didn't appear to improve much with rest.

JAZZ 90, SPURS 83

Deron Williams scored 21 points as visiting Utah finally ended its decade-long misery by winning a regular-season game in San Antonio for the first time since 1999, a span of 20 games.

HORNETS 110, SUNS 103

Peja Stojakovic hit seven 3-pointers in a 25-point, 13-rebound performance as host New Orleans defeated Phoenix for its second straight victory under new head coach Jeff Bower.