Mario guards Luigi during Celtics-Heat game

Nintendo fans rejoice! During Monday night's Boston Celtics-Miami Heat game, a great moment in NBA and video game history occurred as Mario guarded Luigi.

Nintendo fans rejoice! During Monday night's Boston Celtics-Miami Heat game, a great moment in NBA and video game history occurred as Mario guarded Luigi.

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Granted, it was Mario Chalmers guarding Luigi Datome, but it was still awesome.

Mario (Chalmers) vs. Luigi (Datome). This is a great day, folks. #Celtics #Heat: pic.twitter.com/Od9DdhokKp

— Baxter Holmes (@Baxter) March 10, 2015

It is a shame the Heat do not have red and blue alternate uniforms they could have worn to really up the level of authenticity.

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