Associated Press

Detroit Pistons (7-9, seventh in the Eastern Conference) vs. Charlotte Hornets (5-9, 11th in the Eastern Conference)

Charlotte, North Carolina; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Charlotte hosts Detroit looking to continue its three-game home winning streak.

The Hornets are 4-8 against Eastern Conference opponents. Charlotte has a 2-5 record against opponents over .500.

The Pistons have gone 6-8 against Eastern Conference opponents. Detroit is sixth in the Eastern Conference with 16.3 fast break points per game led by Jaden Ivey averaging 3.1.

The Hornets score 109.1 points per game, 1.8 fewer points than the 110.9 the Pistons give up. The Pistons average 12.5 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.6 fewer makes per game than the Hornets give up.

TOP PERFORMERS: LaMelo Ball is averaging 28.4 points and 6.6 assists for the Hornets.

Cade Cunningham is averaging 23.3 points, 7.3 rebounds and 8.8 assists for the Pistons.

LAST 10 GAMES: Hornets: 3-7, averaging 105.4 points, 45.2 rebounds, 23.6 assists, 7.8 steals and 4.5 blocks per game while shooting 42.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 112.0 points per game.

Pistons: 6-4, averaging 112.7 points, 49.5 rebounds, 26.8 assists, 6.0 steals and 5.5 blocks per game while shooting 46.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 109.4 points.

INJURIES: Hornets: Nick Richards: out (ribs), Mark Williams: day to day (foot), DaQuan Jeffries: out (hand).

Pistons: Bobi Klintman: out (calf), Ausar Thompson: day to day (illness).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

(CBS DETROIT) – A pair of bills in the Michigan House, introduced by Democrats, aim to make it more difficult to implement book bans in our state. 

The bills would set requirements before books could be removed from shelves at community and district libraries but not school libraries.

“Depending on what they’re banning, I mean, if they’re banning pornography, I’m all for it, but if they’re banning our history, I’m against it,” said Doug Freeman, who was at the East Lansing Public Library on Tuesday with his granddaughter. 

The bills, also called The Freedom to Read Act, would limit who can challenge library materials to community residents, require challenges to certify they have read or watched the material they want removed, require library directors to decide what is on the shelves and only allow libraries to approve removals if the material has been determined to be obscene by the United States or Michigan Constitution. 

“In a way, it’s better to view it as more of a conversation between patron and library because we want to hear their voices, and a lot of times folks are just wanting to be heard and this is sometimes the way they feel most able to be heard,” said Chrissie Evaskis who works as a collection development librarian at the East Lansing Public Library. 

Evaskis-Garrett says that while libraries like hers already use some of the requirements outlined in the bill package, she feels it’s a good idea to make them law. 

“There’s this idea that we’re just willy-nilly out here purchasing whatever books strike our fancy, and we’re really not so kind of having those things codified, I think not necessarily protects us but the freedom of information in general,” said Evaskis-Garrett. 

Freeman doesn’t want to see one person make decisions about which books go on the shelves. He says it’s important to think of his granddaughter. 

“I want her to know the true history of our country,” he said.