Curry, Warriors show championship poise Celtics can’t match, win Game 6 and NBA title

BOSTON — Poise. Experience. Championship mettle.

Those terms can become cliche, but cliches exist because there is an element of truth in them — the team hoisting the Larry O’Brien trophy has to show that poise, that attention to detail under pressure.

Golden State showed it in Game 6 in Boston.

They showed it throughout the NBA Finals. They showed it over the past couple of seasons as an organization.

The Warriors are champions again because of it.

A desperate Celtics team took the court in Game 6 and, with their season on the line, attacked early  — aggressive defense, playing bully ball inside then moving the rock and finding the open man, and then knocking down shots. Boston raced out to a 12-2 lead to open the game.

The Warriors then showed that championship poise.

They weathered the storm and continued relentlessly executing their game plan, knowing the Celtics have had stretches every game where they get sloppy. That time came late in the first quarter and spilled into the second — eight scoreless Celtics possessions that led to a 21-0 Warriors run (or, 35-8, if you roll it out a little longer).

Turnovers, the ultimate harbinger of Celtics trouble, told the story. Boston had 13 turnovers in the first half — the most in a half all season — and 23 for the game.

That’s too many against the Warriors.

“We started out well, then it got away from us,” Al Horford said. “Offensive rebounds hurt us. Those turnovers really hurt us, as well. I felt like we kept fighting. But even when we fought and when we got to what felt like striking distance, we would turn the ball over again. We would do something that was unsound or unsolid.”

Stephen Curry scored 34 on his way to Finals MVP, and the Warriors beat the Celtics 103-90 to