NBA Lockout / Day 147

A look at the NBA lockout through Monday:

* Games lost Monday: Seven.

* Total games missed: 149.

* Earliest estimated date season

can start: Dec. 22.

* Negotiations: The two sides met briefly and won’t hold a full negotiating session until Saturday.

* Today’s best canceled game: Houston at Minnesota. Young guns Stephon Marbury and Kevin Garnett of the Timberwolves square off against Rocket veterans Hakeem Olajuwon and Charles Barkley, if he returns to Houston.