BOSTON -- At some point, Boston Celtics guard Isaiah Thomas defies description -- at least via vocabulary.

That's true for reporters, breathlessly trying to tweet and write about Thomas nearly single-handedly pulling the Celtics back from what seemed like a certain loss in Game 2 against the Washington Wizards on Tuesday. It is, apparently, equally true for Thomas' own coach, Brad Stevens.

"What else is there to say?" Stevens said. "There was a point today where he was not feeling good at all. He was having a tough day. I was thinking he was really gonna have to gut this one out. He not only guts it out, he comes up with 50. Pretty impressive."

Stevens is right: There isn't much else to say. So rather than trying to use words, let's take a closer look at some of the numbers, which speak volumes: 53 points on 18-for-33 shooting, 5-for-12 from 3-point range and 11-for-13 from the free-throw line.

Some more stats (via Basketball-Reference):

-- Thomas' 53 points are second all-time for the Celtics in postseason history, one point behind John Havlicek's 54 in 1973.

-- Thomas is tied for 12th in NBA postseason history with Jerry West.

-- Thomas now has the highest scoring game in the 2017 postseason, racing past Russell Westbrook's 51-point first-round game against the Houston Rockets. Some perspective: Westbrook shot 39.5 percent in a loss. Thomas shot 54.5 percent while dragging his team to an overtime victory.

-- His 29 points in the fourth quarter and overtime very nearly outscored the Washington Wizards during that stretch, who tallied 30.

Thomas insisted after the game that he didn't know the extent to which he was scoring.

"I mean, I didn't know I was close to 50," he said. "I was just so locked in in that fourth quarter and overtime. I wanted to win the game so bad, I didn't really know what I had. I just knew I had to keep being aggressive. Al was setting me great screens and getting me open. I was trying to get downhill on the bigs, because I knew they were in foul trouble."

Lost in Thomas' historic performance will be Horford, whose efficient 15-point evening looks sparse next to Thomas' gaudy line. But as Thomas noted, scoring would have been a much taller task without Horford, who helped spring him free constantly. When the Celtics forced switches with Washington's big men, Thomas scored seemingly at will, especially in the final two periods.

Still, Thomas' name will go into Celtics history books, and it deserves to do so. He's undeniably a star in the NBA at this point, and his performance on the biggest stage has been staggering.

Thomas, however, doesn't believe that he can be called "great" just yet.

"It's nice for your name to be in Celtics history because of all the great players," Thomas said. "But until you win one of those championships, you can't call yourself a great player until you do that. So that's the ultimate goal."