NBA games lost yesterday: 11.

Total games missed: 282.

Earliest estimated date season can start: Jan. 15.

Negotiations: Talks broke off after a 30-minute meeting yesterday in New York.

Projected player salary losses (through Jan. 15): $430 million.

Today's best canceled game: Phoenix at Detroit. With only two games on the schedule, this one gets the nod of superiority over Grizzlies-Knicks.

Pub Date: 12/13/98