NBA games lost yesterday: 7.

Total games missed: 84.

Earliest estimated date that season can start: Dec. 15.

Negotiations: Nothing scheduled. The union's lawyer called the league's lawyer yesterday to say there is no point to meeting.

Projected player salary losses (through Dec. 15): $250 million.

Today's best canceled game: Phoenix at Dallas. The Suns get another look at the player they traded on draft night last June, Mavs point guard Steve Nash.

Pub Date: 11/14/98