What difference does the term "substitute" mean than "bench personnel"? There's no difference in how they are viewed as to the coach's responsibility for their actions. Bench personnel can get off the bench to report to the scorer's table, and when they do that they become "substitutes", but if they get a T while waiting to report, it is the same penalty to the team as if they were still on the bench.
If there was a difference in how they are treated, then the difference in terms would be significant, but there isn't.
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