Lakers assistant coach Jim Cleamons said Friday that he's conditioning his team not to play too confidently against the Rockets in the second round.

"We cannot approach this series like we know them," Cleamons said. "When you think this way, you're really vulnerable."

Cleamons had the job of scouting of Houston, a team he has been in charge of scouting all season long.

"I don't want to be content with the knowledge that I have on them," Cleamons said. "They are going to be studying us the same as we are studying them. The question is, what are they going to do? We have to be prepared for them to do something."