Former Laker and Manhattan Beach resident Steve Nash is now, as coach of the Brooklyn Nets, blocking the Lakers efforts to repeat as NBA champions. Nash is pictured giving an assist to his son Mateo on the courts at American Martyrs school. Photo by Ray Vidal by Paul Teetor And it’s going to get worse. First they lost Anthony Davis for at least the next month and quite possibly longer. Then they lost four out of five games. In the process they lost their standing as the league’s best team and they lost the offensive support for LeBron James that has been so vital to their success over the last season and a half.