Two days after returning to action in a loss versus Cleveland, Kobe Bryant and the Lakers returned home and hit their stride again, defeating the Jazz 102-95.

Bryant scored 40 points on 12-19 shooting.

``I'm going to go out there and play hard, the time that I'm out there, whatever time it is,'' said Bryant, who expects to play about 10 minutes for the Western Conference All-Stars.

The Jazz were without their two best players, Andrei Kirilenko and Carlos Boozer.