Good point that giving Jacobson paint touches and forcing the double -- Mike is not Niang when it comes to beating just about anybody one-on-one on the block, but he has a nice set of post moves and is crafty under the basket following his own shot. After the double comes, as you said, we were much better moving the ball and forcing the defense to scramble to react and find their man again. That can provide open shots from outside, but it also can provide quality driving lanes to the hoop, where you either score or end up drawing a foul (or in the case of Bolton a few times last night, both of those).
Bolton reminds me of a "reverse" Wigginton. Wigginton was an overrated driver and finisher but an underrated shooter. He was just as good as Naz/Matt. Bolton, I think, is the opposite. He is not as good of a shooter as Wigginton, but he is already proving a little better in going to the hoop looking to finish, draw contact, or finish through contact/the foul.
Basic math says 3 > 2 when it comes to offense, yes, but we are just lacking the shooters right now to want to bombs away from outside like we have traditionally have. Focusing the offense on attacking and scoring near the hoop in the chaos that provokes might be our best bet until the balls are a little mistier to start shooting from outside.
