When Ajitha Jeganathan agreed to marry Arun Manoharan, she wasn't just saying yes to a future with the love of her life. She was also signing up for a lifetime of Valentine's Days spent watching the NBA all-star game.

So it was no surprise to her, then, when Manoharan suggested that the two incorporate their favourite team, the Toronto Raptors, into their wedding celebration. It was just pure luck that their wedding fell during the Dinos' current playoff run.

"I was jokingly saying that 'you know there's going to be a video screen playing while our wedding is going on, just to let you know,'" Manoharan told CBC News on Wednesday from the couple's honeymoon in Hawaii.

"He wanted to go all out and do centrepieces in basketballs and I had to stop him somewhere," Jeganathan added. "But we tried to incorporate it where we could."

At first, they had hoped to get Manoharan a Raptors-themed vest to wear under his suit. When that didn't work out, the pair settled on Raptors-themed cake-toppers and a basketball court as the setting for their wedding photos. The images are striking, for the entire bridal party is in Indian clothing.

"For the Hindu ceremony it was kind of hard to incorporate it, but the reception it was much easier," Jeganathan said. "But that's why we decided for the photo shoot, that we wanted to do it at a basketball court."

Because many of their friends in their bridal party are also basketball fans, their idea worked out well. The images not only mark their special day, but also every Valentine's Day they've spent as a couple.

"All-Star weekend is a religious holiday for me," Manoharan said. "I've never missed it since I started watching the Raptors in 1997. She knows when Valentine's Day comes up it's the all-star game, and then we'll figure out dinner and squeeze it in somehow."

"I know he shares his love for basketball equally with me," Jeganathan said. "So I know I have competition there, but I was okay with it."

Jeganathan even started planning her wedding gift for her future husband during this year's all-star game, which took place in Toronto. A friend who works at the ACC got the limited-edition all-star basketball signed by Andrew Wiggins, Carmelo Anthony and Dwyane Wade.

Jeganathan put the ball in a glass case.

"That was easily the best gift I've ever gotten, for sure," Manoharan said.

The pair watched part of last Saturday's victory after their wedding.

"That was easily one of my best days ever, getting married and watching the Raptors win," Manoharan said.

On Wednesday, they had turned their attention to figuring out how to watch Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Final.

If they couldn't find a bar, Manoharan was ready to stream it on his cellphone.

"I may just watch it on the beach if I have to."