NBA games lost yesterday: 5.

Total games missed: 341.

Earliest estimated date season can start: Jan. 22.

Projected player salary losses (through Jan. 22): $480 million.

Negotiations: Nothing scheduled.

Today's best canceled game: San Antonio at Houston. A matchup of a pair of the top centers in the game: the Spurs' David Robinson vs. the Rockets' Hakeem Olajuwon.

Pub Date: 12/22/98