Peach and Daisy's Free Throw Contest

It's a beautiful day at Peach's Castle where Peach and Daisy are playing basketball at the gym when suddenly, Peach has an idea. She said, "Hey, Daisy. How about a free throw competition?"

Daisy smiled and said with a reply, "That sounds awesome! So, how do you play?"

"I'll tell you when we get to the stadium. Daisy, let's go shoot some hoops!"

So Peach and Daisy ran to Mario Stadium for their free throw competition.

When they got there, they saw a cheering crowd full of Toads and Lumas. Peach looked at it and said, "Wow! It looks like the stadium is packed for today's competition! I love it!"

"Me too," Daisy replied, "Now then, who will be the referee for this competition?"

"That would be me!" Luma said as he came in.

"Luma!" Peach and Daisy said at the same time.

"Hey, girls. What brings you here?"

"We're going to have a free throw competition and we need you as the referee! Can you do it?" Peach asked.

"Sure," Luma replied with a smile, "I love being the referee in a sporting competition. Well, let's go to the court!"

So the trio ran to the court and when they got there, Luma said, "Okay ladies, here's how the game works. You'll have two minutes to shoot as many free throws as you can and you must stay behind the free throw line at all times during the game. Whoever has the most baskets when the buzzer sounds, wins. Got it?"

"Sounds good to me," Peach said.

"Great! Ladies take your places."

So Peach and Daisy took their places at the free throw line with a basket full of basketballs, Peach on the left side and Daisy on the right. Luma smiled and said, "Okay. Now let's put two minutes on the clock if you would please."

The scoreboard agreed as the timer appears on the screen, which shows 2:00. With that, the game is all set.

Luma took out his whistle and said, "Well ladies, this is it. The moment you hear this whistle, the game will begin. Ready to shoot some hoops?"

"YEAH!" Peach and Daisy replied as they took our their first basketball.

"All right, then! Ready..."

Both ladies took a deep breath as they await the sound of Luma's whistle, aiming for the basket.

Luma raised the whistle up to his lips, waited for a few moments and then...

The moment came.

TWEET!

With the whistle blown, both ladies made their first shot, which gives Peach and Daisy their first point as the timer began counting down from two minutes.

Luma smiled and said, "And we are underway as Peach and Daisy scored their first basket. This is going to be an amazing performance for these two ladies."

Peaxch and Daisy kept on shooting as the scoreboard continues to add up the number of baskets they made and after thirty seconds, the current score is now 5-5.

The crowd is cheering for these two ladies as the shootout is now entering the halfway mark. Luma looked at the scoreboard and said, "We have a tie game so far after one minute of play and the current score is now 10-10. Peach and Daisy are amazing athletes when it comes to playing sports and I love it!"

As the shootout continues on, Peach and Daisy kept on going with forty seconds remaining. These two ladies love to play basketball in their spare time and they love it so much.

Ten seconds later, the timer turned yellow. Luma saw it and said, "Thirty seconds!"

After all of the shooting in this competition, the shootout is now entering its final moments as Peach and Daisy continued on to score baskets with each basketball they shot. Only twenty seconds separates them and the final buzzer.

Just then, the timer is now flashing red with only ten seconds remaining. Luma saw the flashing timer and began the final countdown.

"Ten, nine, eight, seven, six..."

Peach and Daisy looked at it and released the final basketball at the same time. This was it, the final shot of the game before the buzzer.

"Five, four, three, two, one..."

Everyone saw the final shot and then...

It happened.

SWISH!

BUZZ!

The final basket has been made just as the buzzer sounded. Luma saw it all and said, "It's the... BUZZER BEATER! Peach and Daisy has scored at the buzzer! Now that's how you finish the game with a buzzer beater, folks!"

Peach and Daisy smiled as the crowd cheered for their amazing performance. Luma came to them and said, "Great shooting, ladies! You did amazing during these two minutes."

"Thanks, Luma," Peach replied with a smile.

"But, there can only be one winner and the scoreboard has counted the number of baskets made in this competition. Ready for the final score?"

"Yes, please."

"All right, then! The winner of this shootout, with a score of 20-20, is..."

Peach and Daisy held on tight as Luma is about to reveal the winner. He smiled at them and then...

It's official.

"The winner, or should I say winners are... PEACH AND DAISY! IT'S A TIE!"

Just then, Peach and Daisy hugged each other as the free throw contest ends in a tie. Both Peach and Daisy has made twenty baskets and the last one was a buzzer beater to finish the game.

Daisy smiled and said, "Great game, Peach."

"Same to you, Daisy," Peach replied as they shook hands for a great shootout.

Luma smiled and said, "Peach and Daisy are the best athletes in the Mushroom Kingdom and I love it!"

And so, Peach and Daisy had a great day playing basketball as they hugged each other once more.