NBA games lost yesterday: 1.

Total games missed: 167.

Earliest estimated date that season can start: Jan. 1.

Projected player salary losses (through Jan. 1): $330 million.

Negotiations: A session scheduled for Saturday has been canceled.

Today's best canceled game: Houston at Indiana. The only game scheduled, keeping up the Pacers' tradition of playing at home on Thanksgiving night.

Pub Date: 11/26/98