When the word “sweep” hit David Lee’s ears, the Spurs center and former Warriors fan favorite found himself snickering.

Lee let out a laugh Thursday after being asked about Golden State potentially putting San Antonio away in four games of the Western Conference Finals.

“Everybody will assume that there’s a sweep coming…” Jabari Young of the San Antonio Express-News said to Lee, who responded, “Everyone is saying that? This is going on the streets right now?”

Young then wondered whether such talk motivates the Spurs. Lee eventually did give his thoughts on that.

“For me, I just try to look at it one game at a time,” Lee said. “I know that sounds like kind of cliche but… we did the same thing in the Memphis series and in the Houston series,” “There were times when all of a sudden it’s 2-2 in the Memphis series everyone’s saying, ‘Who’s got control now?’

“Obviously, they’re up 2-0, they’re in control of the series, but we come back here and we just gotta take Game 3 as if… It really is a must-win for us as far as, you don’t want to go down 3-0. We have to give our best performance in Game 3.”

Lee knows what it takes to win an NBA championship, since his last of five seasons with Golden State ended in a title.

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