expeblg a whole lot of isaiah thomas and avery bradley once again. the starting back court is averaging a combined 46 points, 11 assists and 11 rebuds through five games. duo poured in 56 points in thursday's loss to the cavs. steph curry and clay thompson? not even close, but thomas says conversation as one of the elite back courts in the nba. >> the two guys, we're up here. i mean, not going to say we're the besting but we play and feel like we're the best, and you talk about back courts, you can't leave. that's our mind-set this year. we're coming for all those i guess top back court guys, and we're here. i mean, avery's improved so much i'm trying to improve, as well. so we got a lot to prove. >> and here's a break for hayes. he hesitates and scores, two short-handed goals for the rangers, and the bruins are down 2. >> we still have to defend when you don't have the puck, and you can't get the lackadaisical. and i think we did that tonight. >> joe: the bruins are second to last with a p percentage of 7.9, but now they're giving up goals on the ma