MIAMI -- The NBA is going to take a look at having more officials on the court.The league said Monday that nine upcoming NBA Development League games will feature four- and five-person crews instead of the customary three, in an effort to collect data and see if having additional officials involved affects the game.All nine games will be hosted by the Long Island Nets at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, home of the NBAs Nets.The first of the trial games is Dec. 26.We are confident in how our three-person system works and are constantly thinking of ways to improve our game, said Bob Delaney, the NBAs Vice President for Referee Operations and Director of Officials. The four- and five-referee initiative is a prime example of that focus and will help the NBA with research and development.Its not the first time the D-League has been a laboratory of sorts for the NBA. The D-League has been a testing ground in the past for possible rules changes, along with changes in technology and equipment. This season, some of the innovations being brought to the D-League include a coachs challenge, a reset timeout and a 3-minute overtime period.Im a little more of the school of thought that the more people that are out there, the less accountability there is, Miami coach Erik Spoelstra said, adding that having more people on the floor will make the court seem even more crammed.Washington coach Scott Brooks said hes never thought of adding more refs, then offered a bit of a comical perspective.Itll just give me a couple extra guys to yell at, Brooks said. Thatll be great. I like it. Im tired of just yelling at three.The experimental crews will have three different configurations.Theres a four-person crew with two officials in lead spots, and two others split between slot and trail positions. Another four-person test will have two officials in the slot, with the others in the trail and lead. And the five-person crew will feature the existing three-person system, but with two other officials in stationary lead positions on opposite ends of the court.The NBA said five games will be devoted to the four-person tests, with the five-person tests being phased in starting Jan. 12. In all, 10 of the D-Leagues teams will be exposed to the larger crews.The NBA went from two-person crews to three-person crews for the 1988-89 season. Theres been talk of larger crews for years, and a four-person crew was studied during summer league play at Salt Lake City back in July. John Riggins Redskins Jersey . The FA rejected Wilsheres appeal that the length of his punishment was "clearly excessive" and said Thursday his suspension begins with immediate effect. He will miss league matches against Chelsea on Monday and West Ham on Dec. 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TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Sakura Yokomine bogeyed the final hole for a 5-under 67 and a one-stroke lead over Brooke Henderson, Paula Creamer and Amy Yang on Thursday in the LPGA Taiwan Championship.Yokomine eagled the par-5 12th -- hitting a 5-wood to 15 feet -- and had three back-nine birdies at windy Miramar before dropping the stroke on the par-5 18th. The 30-year-old Japanese player is winless in two seasons on the LPGA Tour after winning 23 times on the Japan LPGA Tour.My shots were good, Yokomine said. It was strong, a strong wind today. Each shot I had to concentrate.Henderson birdied three of the final four holes, playing in the last group of the day.Its very windy out here so you really got to pay attention, Henderson said.The 19-year-old Canadian chipped on the par-4 15th , with the ball racing downhill and hitting the flagstick.I kind of had a tough lie in the rough there on the left side of 15, and so I just kind of tried to hit it out to the right, Henderson said. I was thinking in my head, `Try and get up-and-down and save par and then try and make some birdies on the last three holes. I was able to chip that one in, birdie 16, had a good chance on 17, birdied 18. It was really the ideal ending.The fourth-ranked Henderson has two victories this year, winning the major KPMG Womens PGA in June and successfully defending her Cambia Portland Classic title in July.Yokomine and Henderson are making their 26th starts of the year, tied with Kim Kaufman for the tour lead. Henderson plans to play all six weeks on the Asian Swing, a journey that sttarted last week in China with a fourth-place tie, and will take her to South Korea, back to China, and then to Malaysia and Japan.ddddddddddddCreamer had a bogey-free round, working with caddie Colin Cann in the windy conditions.Ive always played really well when its windy and just kind of tough, Creamer said. You have to think a lot out there. Colin and I worked really well as a team today. Its pretty windy in certain spots out on this golf course, and he did a good job of figuring that out for us.She won the last of her 10 LPGA Tour titles in February 2014 in Singapore.Yang was 6 under through 13 holes, then bogeyed the next two.Ai Miyazato, Ha Na Jang, Lee-Anne Pace, Beatriz Recari and Hee Young Park shot 69.Im playing this tournament since five years ago and I know how to play in the wind, especially on this golf course, so that experience helped for sure, Miyazato said. I grew up in Okinawa and Okinawa is really windy place, too. So, I kind of grew up playing in the wind.Defending champion Lydia Ko had a double bogey on the par-4 fifth in a 70. The top-ranked New Zealander won by nine strokes last year at Miramar. She has four LPGA Tour victories this season.Home favorite Yani Tseng closed with a quadruple-bogey 9 on 18 for a 79. Playing on a sponsor exemption, she also had a double bogey on the 12th. Tseng won the inaugural event in 2011 at Sunrise, and took the last of her 15 LPGA Tour titles in March 2012. ' ' '