AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - Reggie Jackson doesn't let a bad shooting night stop him from making clutch baskets.

Detroit's point guard proved that for the second time in three games, hitting two 3-pointers and adding a pivotal assist to rescue the Pistons after they squandered a 27-point lead. Jackson also made three free throws in the closing seconds as Detroit outscored the New York Knicks 16-8 in the final 1:47 for a 111-105 victory on Thursday at The Palace.

Jackson was 4-of-14 from the field before his offensive outburst. He had a similar finish in Brooklyn on Monday, scoring seven points and adding an assist during four late possessions of a 105-100 Detroit win.

"I don't really worry. I can be one of 30 but this next one, I'm 0 for 0 and it's a new day," said Jackson, who finished with 21 points and five assists. "It's a new chance to prepare yourself to take another shot and trust that you're going to come up and make it.

"I just trust all the work I put in and my teammates were behind me. They kept telling me to just go out there and be myself and bring us home."

Rookie Stanley Johnson, making his second career start, also played a big fourth-quarter role for Detroit. He scored eight of his career-high 22 points in the final quarter and also had nine rebounds and five assists. Johnson started in place of shooting guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, who sat out with a core muscle strain after he slipped on Boston's court Wednesday.

The club announced afterward that Caldwell-Pope would miss at least the next three games and be re-evaluated following the All-Star break.

"I thought he was tremendous," Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy said of Johnson. "We were even going to him down the stretch before Reggie hit those threes. He's fearless, getting better all the time and he's not afraid to make plays. But he got it handed to him on the other end. (Arron) Afflalo showed him what the NBA's all about."

Afflalo, New York's shooting guard, scored 19 of his 24 points after halftime as New York roared back from a 60-36 halftime deficit.

"None of them will admit it but there was more than one guy in there at halftime who thought the game was over," Van Gundy said. "We brought nothing to start the third quarter. If you don't play hard in the NBA, that kind of stuff can happen. Luckily, we got out of there with a win but we still need to learn the lessons from that."

Center Andre Drummond supplied 17 points and 13 rebounds for the Pistons (27-24), while small forward Marcus Morris added 13 points, four rebounds and four assists.

Detroit reserve power forward Anthony Tolliver made his only shot attempt, a 3-pointer, with 1:47 left after New York took its only lead of the game. Jackson then made his two 3-pointers to give the Pistons a 104-99 advantage. The Knicks never got closer than four points again.

"We didn't come to play to start, and we put ourselves in a position where we had to have everything go right for us down the stretch on the road," Knicks coach Derek Fisher said. "It's hard to put yourself in that position in this league."

Center Robin Lopez had 26 points and 16 rebounds to lead the Knicks (23-29), who have lost seven of their last eight. Small forward Carmelo Anthony shot 4-of-18 from the field while finishing with 19 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists. Point guard Langston Galloway tossed in 17 points off the bench for the Knicks.

"There's no explanation. That's not us," New York power forward Kristaps Porzingis said of his team's slow start. "We have to start the game the way we started the second half. Then it won't cost us as much energy and effort to get back in the game."

New York point guard Jose Calderon, who missed the previous four games with a strained groin, was held scoreless in 13 minutes.

NOTES: Pistons SG Kentavious Caldwell-Pope's streak of 208 consecutive games played, which ended Thursday, was the second longest in the league behind Cleveland PF Tristan Thompson's 336 games. ... Detroit coach Stan Van Gundy shot down a trade rumor involving PG Brandon Jennings and Brooklyn PF Thaddeus Young. "I got my email from (GM) Jeff (Bower) will all the discussions that have gone on and there was no mention of Brooklyn and no mention of Jennings," he said. ... Knicks coach Derek Fisher didn't have any qualms about putting PG Jose Calderon in the starting lineup after a four-game absence. "Our starters were playing well before Jose went out," he said. ... The Knicks complete their pre-All-Star Game break schedule with three home games, starting with Memphis on Friday. The Pistons play next at Indiana on Saturday. ... The Knicks won the first meeting 108-96 on Dec. 29. The teams meet once more March 5 in New York.