Alex Pretti’s death had already become a fault line long before tipoff. The 37-year-old ICU nurse, shot multiple times by a federal immigration agent, was first remembered for what he tried to do: help someone else who’d been thrown to the ground. Video shows him moving with a phone in his hand, not a gun, even as officials insist he posed a lethal threat. That gap between what people saw and what they were told ignited Minneapolis.
Inside the Timberwolves arena, the tension finally broke. The planned moment of silence collapsed under a wave of “F**k ICE” chants, a raw, unfiltered verdict from thousands who no longer trusted explanations from a podium. On the court, the Warriors’ routine win felt hollow. Steve Kerr called it bizarre and sad; it was more than that. It was a public eulogy, and an accusation, delivered at full volume.
