NEW YORK _ The season is nearing an end, and the Detroit Pistons keep winning.
The Pistons moved to 5-1 since point guard Reggie Jackson returned from a right sprain with a 115-109 victory over the New York Knicks on Saturday.
Jackson scored 17 points and added five assists at Madison Square Garden.
Blake Griffin missed his second straight game with a right ankle bruise, but Andre Drummond was dominant with 22 points and 17 rebounds.
"We found a way to battle," Jackson said. "We found a way to respond and be resilient. We keep fighting. We're just happy with the win."
Anthony Tolliver scored 17 points as Griffin's replacement in the starting lineup, and Reggie Bullock added 16 points.
The Pistons (36-40) are five games behind the Milwaukee Bucks and Miami Heat for the Eastern Conference's eighth and final playoff spot.
But with only six games remaining, the Pistons could be officially eliminated as soon as Tuesday night.
The Pistons shot 41.7 percent from 3-point range (10-for-24).
Former Michigan standouts Trey Burke and Tim Hardaway Jr. started in the backcourt for the Knicks. Both scored 18 points and both shot 7-for-17 from the field. Burke added 15 assists.
The Pistons had to survive an onslaught from forward Michael Beasley, who scored a game-high 32 points on 14-for-21 shooting.
"I didn't think we were that bad (defensively); we just couldn't guard Beasley," Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy. "I'll go back through all of his shots, but he wasn't getting a lot of easy shots.
"There were some things I didn't like defensively, but when they were scoring in the fourth (quarter), I actually thought our defense was pretty good. It's the NBA and you get guys like him going; he was tough."
