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LeBron's bad 3shooting is MAINLY (imho) because he handles the ball so much these days (increasing by necessity but also by choice) that he isn't getting very many rhythm threes like he might during the regular season when they are fastbreaking more, or when the halfcourt defenses are so attentive.
In short, he's shooting terribly from 3 because he takes them when he's tired rather than attacking the basket, and because he rarely takes good ones. I would not be surprised if you told me 27 of those 62 (prior to 4, I don't know the current count, but 10-62 is my thought) 3 attempts were reasonable and say he hit 8 of them, and 35 of them were atrocious and he hit 2.
I'd say, "that sounds about the size of it."
I wonder if him being beaten up physically may also be a part of it. You can mentally power through pain with larger motor skills, like those involved in rebounding, without showing much of a drop in effectiveness, but the little involuntary twitches that come from doing something that is painful may be enough to throw off finer motor skills like a shot.
Bottom line is that I don't expect his shooting to magically improve in the Finals. If he dominates, it'll be with rebounding, passing, banging away down low, defense, and attitude.
But a resurrection of his shooting is probably not going to happen even with Kyrie back.