TWENTY YEARS AGO — Led by Byron Scott, Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the L.A. Lakers will be trying to become the first repeat NBA champions in 19 years when they take on the Detroit Pistons.

TEN YEARS AGO — The teams of Ralph LeMay-Robert Dunn and Pat Caldwell-Bobby Holder will face each other in the Men’s 8.5 Division finals at the Natchez Deposit Guaranty Cancer Tennis Tournament.

FIVE YEARS AGO — Kevin Flowers and Bret Beard of Natchez upset top-seeded Ray Allen and Paulo Teixeira in the Men’s 7.5 Round of 16 at the 24th annual AmSouth Bank Natchez Cancer Tennis Tournament.