AUBURN HILLS, MI -- The voices are growing louder around Detroit Pistons guard Reggie Jackson, and on Saturday night the 24-year-old picked up his team and helped carry it to victory.

Jackson scored 15 of Detroit's 27 points in the fourth quarter as the Pistons rallied from a 15-point deficit midway through to sneak past the playoff-chasing Miami Beat, 98-99, at The Palace of Auburn Hills.

Jackson's layup with five seconds remaining proved to be the game winner. He ended with a game-high 29 points and 11 assists.

"(I'm) just happy with the way we performed," Jackson said. "We never gave in. We continued to move on to the next possession, found stops and believed that at the end of the day we'd be in there."

Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy said he pulled Jackson aside Friday night after the team's loss in Chicago, Detroit's third game in four nights, and delivered a serious, tactful message to the third-year NBA player.

"You want the opportunity to be the guy," Van Gundy asked. "Well, the guy can't be tired. Those guys play 36-38 minutes every night and have the ball in their hands every play. And they got to make every play. They got to take the responsibility."

The Pistons trailed by 15 with 5:32 remaining before catching fire, finishing the game on a 20-6 run. Miami's deficit remained double digits until Jackson knocked down a 14-foot jumper with 3:17 to play.

He followed up a driving reverse layup and 3-pointer on consecutive possessions, pulling the Pistons within six.

"He took over," said Detroit center Andre Drummond. "I talked to him throughout the game and he was feeling a little down. I grabbed him in the fourth quarter and said, 'Let's get yourself going. Just take your time and play your game. We need you to play.'"

An Hassan Whiteside dunk gave Miami a nine-point lead with two minutes remaining, but the Pistons got consecutive five stops on the defensive end and forced the Heat a turnover when Goran Dragic stepped out of bounds with 1:19 remaining.

Jackson (seven turnovers) was called for a charge with 31.8 seconds remaining but grabbed a long rebound off a Dwyane Wade miss on the other end of the court, setting the stage for his driving, left-handed layup in transition that gave Detroit its first lead of the second half, and the win.

"You've got to go, there's no excuses," Jackson said of Van Gundy's message. "This is something I've been asking for my entire life, something I've always wanted. If you want to be the man you've got to go be special. Through bumps, bruises, you're tired, sickness.

"Caron (Butler) texted me this morning with the same message. Everything was kind of on my shoulders, and we go as I go."

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Aaron McMann covers sports for MLive.com and The Flint Journal. Contact him: amcmann@mlive.com; on Twitter @AaronMcMann.