Rockets’ Van Gundy insists he’s undecided

Frustrated by Houston’s first-round playoff ouster, Jeff Van Gundy plans to take some time to evaluate his future as coach of the Rockets.

The Rockets’ season ended Saturday with a Game 7 loss to Utah, and a report in the New York Post the next day said Van Gundy, 45, had decided to leave.

“To do that, when I’m still emotionally frustrated with the outcome [of the series] would be, really, a disservice to everybody involved,” he said Monday. “Where that originated, I haven’t seen the story, so I can’t tell you. When I got called about it, it caught me off-guard a little bit.”

Van Gundy has one year left on his nonguaranteed contract.

“To me, I’m under contract,” he said. “I love the team, I like the organization a lot, I’ve been treated extremely well here. I have zero complaints.”

The Rockets, whose 52-30 record was their best since 1997, haven’t won a playoff series since that year and Van Gundy has lost their last three.

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Golden State Warriors Coach Don Nelson was told by league officials he can’t bring beer into the postgame interview room.

Nelson, 66, brought a beer into the interview room on several occasions during an opening-round upset of the top-seeded Dallas Mavericks.

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Commissioner David Stern said he “won’t consider” reseeding after each round of the playoffs and that he plans to meet with suspended referee Joey Crawford after the postseason.

Crawford was suspended in April for an ejection of the San Antonio Spurs’ Tim Duncan.