After two weeks on the road, the Los Angeles Lakers are going home with Pau Gasol and an impressive record.

Kobe Bryant scored 29 points, Gasol pitched in another well-rounded game, Lamar Odom patched together a triple-double, and the Lakers breezed past the Minnesota Timberwolves 117-92 on Wednesday night to finish their road trip 7-2.

The nine straight games away from home were the longest such string for the Lakers since the NBA went to an 82-game schedule in 1976. They did more on this journey than just bring the third-best record in the Western Conference into the All-Star break, though.

Two weeks ago, they acquired Gasol from Memphis in the first of a series of headliner trades this month that will shape the playoff race and the postseason in this stacked-as-ever conference. Los Angeles is 7-1 since the deal, 5-1 with Gasol on the court.

The shaggy, scruffy, 7-footer from Spain has not disappointed, providing the tough-to-please Bryant plenty to be happy about and averaging 20.5 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists in six games. Gasol blocked three shots and worked his way inside whenever he wanted for high-arching jumpers, finishing 9-for-11 from the field.

Both Gasol and Bryant sat out the fourth quarter. Odom finished with 10 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists and headed to the bench seconds after getting the last dish he needed for the triple-double.

Al Jefferson had 19 points and nine rebounds for the Timberwolves, who lost their fifth straight game after winning five of seven in a stretch that suggested they were slowly turning around their season of post-Kevin Garnett development.

The Lakers were in control the entire time, taking a 15-2 lead out of the gate and building the advantage as big as 99-68 on Odom's 3-pointer at the end of the third. Los Angeles closed the quarter with a 22-10 run, playing free and easy and running up the score with some fancy stuff.

Bryant made Sebastian Telfair jump and bent his body in the air to create contact and draw a foul while he swished a 3-pointer, converting a four-point play to lift the lead to 65-46.

Later, Bryant delighted the hundreds of Lakers fans in attendance with a left-right crossover dribble that juked rookie and defensive ace Corey Brewer on the perimeter. Bryant drove unabated to the basket for a layup and a foul to make it 96-66.

Bryant made all 13 of his free-throw attempts.

Randy Foye had a season-high 18 points for the Wolves, who settled for too many outside shots and never showed much life. They were called for 27 fouls, to 11 for the Lakers.

Game notes
Odom had the last triple-double for the Lakers, on April 3, 2007. This was the 12th such feat of his career. ... The Wolves are in a 27-day stretch when they play only once on the road. That game came the previous night, a 92-88 loss at New Jersey.

Thanks in part to Pau Gasol, the Los Angeles Lakers' current road trip couldn't be going much better.

The Lakers and their new center will wrap up a nine-game trip on Wednesday when they visit the stumbling Minnesota Timberwolves.

Los Angeles (34-17) beat Charlotte 106-97 on Monday, going 6-2 against Eastern Conference teams on its trek. The win was the Lakers' third straight, and fourth in five games with Gasol in the lineup.

The Lakers have not played at home since a 120-109 win over New York on Jan. 29, and are 17-10 on the road.

"We have one more game before we can say anything about this trip," coach Phil Jackson said. "Fortunately, we have gotten a few under our belt, and now we are down to one game and we want to get that one to go home on."

Gasol, acquired Feb. 1 in a trade with Memphis, has averaged 20.8 points and 8.2 rebounds in his five games with the Lakers. He had 26 points against the Bobcats, his second-best scoring effort with his new team behind a 30-point performance in a 117-113 win at Orlando on Friday.

Despite dealing with a cold, Gasol also bounced back after managing just 12 in Sunday's 104-94 victory in Miami.

"Yesterday, he didn't have a good game," Jackson said. "Today was the mark of a good player to come back and double your effort and have a good game. He's not feeling the greatest now either, so that's a good game for him."

Kobe Bryant, who ranks second in the NBA with 28.0 points per game, chipped in 31 for his third straight 30-point effort.

"Pau is not the only player on the team that is playing well," Bryant said. "I think the young guys on our team have really developed and improved. ... So by adding Pau to the mix, we have something that has to be dealt with."

The Lakers have won three straight and six of seven against the Timberwolves, including both meetings this season.

Minnesota (10-40) owns the worst record in the Western Conference and has dropped four straight, including Tuesday's 92-88 defeat in New Jersey. Sebastian Telfair scored 24 points and Al Jefferson added 16 and 11 rebounds for the Timberwolves, who shot just 37 percent.

Minnesota has failed to reach 90 points in each of its last four games and seven of nine. The Timberwolves rank last in the West with 93.3 points per game.

"It was one of those games where we didn't hit shots," said coach Randy Wittman. "We turned some shots down which made it a little more difficult."

The Timberwolves, who are a woeful 2-23 on the road, have dropped their last three at home after a four-game winning streak on their own court.

Backup guard Rashad McCants missed Tuesday's defeat after spraining his right ankle against in Sunday's 105-82 loss to Toronto.