Nets bench makes history, but Bucks win in the end, 118-113

Adolph Rupp, the legendary Kentucky coach, once said a moral victory is like kissing your sister, but there were still plenty of positives for Jacque Vaughn’s squad Thursday in their 118-113 loss at FiServ Forum.

While the Bucks, without Giannis Antetokounmpo, won their 19th in 20 games. the Nets once again showed fight, led by their bench, who scored 98 points, the most any NBA bench has scored since the league began tracking the stat in 1971.

Brooklyn went down by 22 early with a skeleton squad missing five rotation players, then Vaughn went deep into his roster and things started to work. With the team’s two two-ways, Dru Smith and David Duke Jr., a big part of their second half charge,…