The union representing the players and the league office representing the owners met for five-and-a-half hours on Sunday night in New York in an 11^th-hour attempt to resolve the labor dispute that threatens to cause the cancellation of a portion of the NBA's regular season schedule.

The two sides agreed not to have any public comments, except to say that they will meet again Monday afternoon.  Sunday's meeting broke just before midnight eastern time.

Monday is the date that commissioner David Stern has set for the first wave of game cancellations.  It is not clear whether Stern will stop the clock in order to continue discussions with the union before wiping out two weeks of games.

Derek Fisher emerged and said they are "not necessarily any closer," but said, "We're going back at it tomorrow."  The player meeting scheduled for Monday in Los Angeles has been postponed.

The union and league were initially unable to agree upon the conditions for Sunday's meeting, with the owners demanding that the players agree to the 50-50 split before any meeting would take place.  But that stance was apparently softened and union chief Billy Hunter delayed his travel plans in order to join the latest bargaining session.