You had really bad problems with fouls. They scored 29 more points from the FT line. Your salary monster have been foul prone before, so you should expect that coming in every game. Sometimes 3-5 fouls, but 6 very often.
And patient does not work that way you descriped. It tries to play shots to your best outside scorer (JS+DR) and is NOT looking for mismatch. People who use reverse patient usually think so, because they have set line up like that they think they have shooter against opponents worst outside defender (usually C). And that's the thing usually, but don't expect that GE is looking other mismatches.
I don't have experience enough to talk about base offence, but seems that it works the way you tought patient will work.
And believe me, I have struggled with theese same issues, with my own team and with Finland NT.