Sports Briefs 7/5/21

NHL

Lord Stanley’s Cup will be at the Bell Centre tonight as the Tampa Bay Lightning will go for the sweep of the Montreal Canadiens. Tampa Bay is looking to become the first repeat Stanley Cup Champions since the 2016-17 Pittsburgh Penguins. The Lightning lead the series 3-0 and if a fifth game is needed, it would be Wednesday night in Tampa.

NBA

The Milwaukee Bucks and the Phoenix Suns will kick off the 2021 NBA Finals in the desert tomorrow. The Suns are in their first NBA Finals since 1993 and is chasing its first championship. The Bucks are in the finals for the first time since 1974.

NASCAR

Chase Elliott is mastering road racing. Elliott led 24 laps to pick up the NASCAR Cup Series win at Road America in Wisconsin. It’s the second win of the season for Elliott. Christopher Bell finished second to Elliott while Kyle Busch took third after starting in the 40th spot. Kurt Busch and Denny Hamlin rounded out the top five.