he was going ham the first quarter, gassed himself out
7 straight finals he should know better
He has no choice. He has to be aggressive, he has to look to score when the Warriors defense is at its least strongest state and he's at his strongest state - that means pushing the ball in transition and into the paint before GS knows what hit them. It's a simple equation of:
LeBron's biggest strength is scoring in transition
Warriors' smallest strength is defending in transition (even though they're the best in the league at it, it ain't their strongest defensive quality)
LeBron's smallest strength is scoring in the halfcourt
Warriors biggest strength is defending in the halfcourt.
The key is LeBron MUST defer to Kyrie within the first third of the shot clock more regularly - to keep himself from hitting a wall in the 4th. That means the team has to get Kyrie the ball more often on the break, not when the first action on offense is broken up by the Warriors defense and they dump the ball to him, hoping he can conjure up some magic when the shot clock is dwindling down. If Kyrie and LeBron are balancing the fastbreak opportunities equally, it helps them: stay in rhythm, provide a more unpredictable offense for the opposition to defend, and delays the inevitable onset of fatigue as much as possible.