Through the first three games of the NBA Playoff series between the Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Lakers someone new in purple and gold has had to walk into the fire of the postseason and refuse to blink.  Without their top two leading scorers in Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves , the Lakers have needed a secondary scoring option behind LeBron James.  In Game 1, that was journeyman Luke Kennard who scored 27 points and was a perfect 5-for-5 from three. In Game 2, Marcus Smart accepted that role and stuffed the stat sheet with 25 points.  LeBron James #23; Luke Kennard #10 and Rui Hachimura #28 of the Los Angeles Lakers looks on during the game against the Houston Rockets. NBAE via Getty Images On Friday night in Houston, that someone was Rui Hachimura.  He didn’t just score 22 points, drain four three-pointers and play 43 minutes, although that workload tells you everything you need to know about how much Lakers’ head coach J.J. Redick trusts him.…