NBA Postpones Game To Protect Court From Being More Explosive Than Minneapolis

KEY POINTS

•After ICE agents fatally shot ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on January 25, 2026, unrest spread across the city.
•The NBA and its Players Association expressed strong solidarity with Minneapolis protesters, citing a 'right to freedom of speech'.
•The NBA postponed the scheduled January 25 game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Golden State Warriors citing community safety.

On January 25, 2026, the Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Golden State Warriors game got postponed—not because of a sudden spike in basketball injuries but due to ICE agents fatally shooting 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, less than three weeks after another federal agent killed Renee Good, also aged 37. The NBA, taking a rare basketball timeout since the 2020 Bucks boycott over Jacob Blake’s shooting, cited 'safety and security' vaguely, while the NBA Players Association invoked Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous 'silence is betrayal' quote, courageously standing in solidarity with Minneapolis’s protests and apparently confused about where the basketballs and bullets are flying. The Warriors couldn’t dunk, the Timberwolves couldn’t howl, but the FBI, DHS, and best safety protocols raised eyebrows nationwide.

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Mockingbird News

@MockingbirdNews · now

Nothing says 'team spirit' like postponing a basketball game because federal agents turned Minneapolis into a real-life paintball arena for mortal combat.

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