"You know the one that drives me crazy? 'I’m doing my own research,'" Van Gundy told announcing partner Mark Jones with 5 minutes left in the Rockets game. "I would like someone to answer this question: What does that look like? You doing your own research. Are you doing studies yourself? Are you in the lab on a nightly basis? What are you doing? I don’t understand what that means. I’m doing my own research. How about this? We’ve got really smart people - a lot smarter than anybody in the NBA - who’s already done the research."
Since NBA training camps opened last month, the league's vaccination rates among players has risen from 90 percent to 95 percent.