NBA games lost yesterday: 1.

Total games missed: 168.

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

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

Negotiations: A session scheduled for tomorrow has been canceled.

Today's best canceled game: Chicago at Utah, 8 p.m. TNT. Rematch of last year's NBA Finals, when Michael Jordan shocked the Delta Center in Game 6 by swiping the ball from Karl Malone and hitting a jumper that gave the Bulls their sixth championship.

Pub Date: 11/27/98