VIDEO: Pacquiao and Mayweather shake hands at Heat game

It's going to happen. It has to happen at some point. There have been years of build-up, and one side has reportedly agreed to terms, waiting for the other side to put pen to paper. Everyone wants this.

Manny Pacquiao against Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the marquee fight that never was for the interim, but there remains hope the two active legends will finally come to blows in 2015 after years of flirting. 

Count the Miami Heat among those who want to see the epic encounter finally take place. Both pugilists were on-hand as the Heat hosted the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday, and the Heat's game operations crew did their best to goad them into throwing down this year.

Unfortunately, Mayweather and Pacquaio were taking in the game on opposite sides of the court. Mayweather, a regular at Heat games for years, is sitting next to the Heat bench, directly across from Pacquiao, who has a relationship with Heat coach Erik Spoelstra. So it's unlikely there will be any coming to blows during play.

At halftime, the two fighters met at half court, shaking hands in what Pacquaio called his first time ever speaking to Mayweather. They certainly seem more cordial than their past discourse would suggest, so perhaps mutual business interests are putting hard feelings aside.

Hey, whatever helps get this fight done is OK with us. Put it on every screen at every NBA game, and invite both fighters to each game until they get a deal done.