Games lost yesterday: 5.

Total games missed: 53.

Earliest estimated date that season can start: Dec. 8.

Negotiations: Nothing scheduled. Union's negotiating committee meets tomorrow in New York.

Projected player salary losses (through Dec. 8): $208 million.

Today's best canceled game: New Jersey at Chicago. Rematch of first-round playoff matchup in which Michael Jordan stared down Nets coach John Calipari in the clinching Game 3.

Pub Date: 11/10/98