On this date, 2018: Warriors win third NBA title in four years

(Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry smokes a cigar and shoots wristbands into the crowd during their championship parade in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, June 12, 2018. The Warriors swept the Cleveland Cavaliers to win back-to-back NBA championships. (This story was originally published on June 9, 2018)

CLEVELAND — The Warriors didn’t show any mercy, and they didn’t leave any doubt.

With their 108-85 NBA Finals-sweeping win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday, the Warriors not only established themselves as the NBA’s best team for the second-straight season and for the third time in the past four years but also firmly placed themselves among the…