Watch 3 iconic scenes from the Golden State Warriors' championship win

Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors drives to the basket in the second half against LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers during Game Four of the 2018 NBA Finals at Quicken L — (Image credit: Pool/Getty Images)

The Golden State Warriors bested the Cleveland Cavaliers 108-85 Friday night, winning their second NBA championship in a row and their third in four years. Led by point guard Stephen Curry, who scored 37 points, the Warriors bested the Cavs in four straight games for the title despite remarkable performances from LeBron James.

"Probably one of the greatest playoff runs we've ever seen from an individual," said Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue of James. "Sometimes you can give everything you got and still come up short."

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Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.