
VICTOR Wembanyama is unstoppable.
Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker shrugged off the All-Star snub and proceeded to drop a 31-point double-double against the Golden State Warriors, 130-105, highlighting the busy schedule in the NBA Saturday.
Booker shot 12 of 23 from the field goal and 2 of 3 from the free throw line, aside from dishing out 11 assists at Chase Center.
Cade Cunningham opened February by tying his season-high in points. In making his first NBA All-Star call-up, he delivered 40 points as the Detroit Pistons (24-24) defeated Dallas Mavericks (26-23), 138-113.
Cunningham also had six rebounds and four assists as Detroit snapped a three-game skid.
Victor Wembanyama got his first career win over Giannis Antetokoumpo, leading the San Antonio Spurs to a 144-118 triumph over the Milwaukee Bucks.
Jayson Tatum banged in 27 points, 10 assists and six rebounds as the Boston Celtics (34-15) downed the New Orleans Pelicans (12-37), 118-116.
Tatum drilled a game-clincher to deliver the win for the Celtics. Reigning Final MVP Jaytlen Brown had team-high 28 points as the Celtics swept the Pelicans this season.
Chicago Bulls (21-28 ) beat Toronto Raptors (19-28), 122-106. Coby White scored 25 markers, Nikola Vucevic ended up with a 21-point 12-rebound double-double as the Bulls ended the Raptors’ season-high five game winning run.
LA Clippers (28-20) crushed the Charlotte Hornets (12-33), 112-104. James Harden punctuated a personal milestone outing in taking command of a dominating Clippers beatdown of the Hornets.
Harden recorded his 8,000th career assist, becoming just the third player ever to reach 26,000 or more points, 6,000 or more rebounds and 8,000 or more dimes in their careers.
He is the 2nd fastest player in NBA history to reach that plateau, doing so in 1,117 games.