Not-so-super Mario Chalmers

— -- SAN ANTONIO -- It was a dramatic way for Chris Bosh to get his message across, even to a player who has become used to emotional outbursts directed his way.

Bosh grabbed Mario Chalmers by both sides of his face Thursday night and looked him dead in his eyes, the way ... well, there's no way around it, the way you would see in one of those overly dramatic Hollywood love stories.

But while Bosh's message to his point guard did come from the heart, it wasn't nearly as intense as the pose would suggest it was.

"I was telling him to pass me the ball," Bosh said.

See, not dramatic at all.

In fact, you'd think Bosh could've told Chalmers that without even looking at him, much less touching his face.

But then again, given how erratic Chalmers has been of late, perhaps the extra emphasis was necessary.

Chalmers played only 17 minutes in Game 1 of his fourth NBA Finals. But he crammed a whole lot of awful into that time.