The Indiana Pacers hosted projected lottery pick AJ Griffin for a pre-draft workout on Monday. The sharpshooting wing from Duke was the lone individual in the workout with Wisconsin guard Johnny Davis expected to workout with the Pacers on Tuesday. Griffin averaged 10.4 points per game for the Blue Devils in his one-and-done season on 44.7 percent shooting from beyond the arc. The hesitation with any teams that could potentially draft Griffin in the lottery is his injury history. Griffin, according to recent mock drafts, will hear his name called somewhere between the fifth and eighth picks on June 23rd. The Pacers currently own the sixth overall selection in the 2022 NBA Draft.
The St. Louis Cardinals scored all seven of their runs after the fifth inning overcoming a 5-0 deficit to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-5. Paul Goldschmidt hit a tiebreaking home run in the seventh inning and the Cardinals offense added one more insurance run in the bottom of the eighth. The Chicago White Sox tallied 15 hits against the Detroit Tigers pitching staff on Monday night highlighted by a two home run, four RBI performance from Jose Abreu, winning 9-5. After getting swept by the New York Yankees, the Chicago Cubs lost the series opening game to the Padres 4-1 at Wrigley Field. On the west coast, a three-run top of the fifth inning propelled the Cincinnati Reds over the Diamondbacks 5-4 marking their 10th road win of the season.
The Golden State Warriors secured Game 5 of the NBA Finals 104-94 behind 26 points and 13 rebounds from Andrew Wiggins. On a slow night for Steph Curry, Wiggins and Klay Thompson combined for 47 points and both players shot 50 percent or better from the field. Curry finished with just 16 points on 0-of-9 shooting from beyond the arc. Jayson Tatum had 27 points and 10 rebounds for the Celtics but the Boston bench was nowhere to be found on Monday at the Chase Arena scoring just 10 points on two field goals. The series returns to Boston for Game 6 on Thursday night.
