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ronnie russell, rapper french montana team up to win chris paul锟絪 cp3 pba celebrity invitational
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sunday, 2.1.2015 |
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french montana (l) and ronnie russell (r) get the cp3 invitational hardware from host chris paul (photo courtesy pba llc)
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torrance, calif. -- the unique pairing of two-time pba tour champion ronnie russell
and rapper/hip-hop star french montana teamed up to win the sixth cp3 pba celebrity
invitational presented by bowlmor amf at amf bowl-o-drome in a traditional super
bowl sunday special event presented by the pba.
hosted by l.a. clippers star and bowling enthusiast chris paul, the 2015 edition of
the cp3 foundation fundraiser featured other celebrities including comedian/radio
and television personality nick cannon, comedian/talk-show/podcast personality chris
hardwick (the son of the late pba hall of famer billy hardwick), former nfl all-pro
receiver terrell owens, who starred in this season锟絪 celebrity apprentice, and
grey锟絪 anatomy star jesse williams.
in a dramatic comeback performance in the baker doubles format championship match
seen on espn, the russell and montana team defeated two-time champions paul and his
partner, two-time reigning pba player of the year jason belmonte, 150-139, for the
title.
paul and belmonte, who were paired up as the result of both players finishing first
in their respective one-ball celebrity and pba super clash rounds, earned a bye
directly into the championship match. they jumped out to the early lead by marking
in the first three frames with russell and montana opening in the first and third
frames.
russell and montana found their stride, however, striking in the next three frames
while the paul/belmonte duo opened in three of four frames evening the match. in the
ninth frame, russell and montana held a two-pin lead with russell making a spare and
nine count on the fill ball in the 10th to force belmonte to double in his 10th
frame for the win. the australian two-handed player fell short, leaving the 3-6.
锟絠 left it in the hands of god,锟?said montana. 锟絘s the game went on, we collaborated
- i helped ronnie out and he helped me out. i was trying to learn from him
(russell).
锟絠t锟絪 been five years since i last bowled, but i have to start bowling again because
i hope i can come back and defend the title next year.锟?
going into the event, russell was just planning to have a good time and wasn锟絫
really worried about the end result but he found things got serious as the show went
on.
锟絠 just wanted to enjoy the experience but it got competitive, believe me,锟?russell
said. 锟絠 didn锟絫 know what our chances were going to be but i think we had to be
considered a longshot.
锟絯hen we got to the championship match it was going to be a challenge for jason and
i because the lanes were pretty fried after all the bowling we had done in the
preliminary rounds. i think french probably had the best shot because he was just
trying to keep it in play by throwing it down the middle.锟?
in addition to russell, the pba tour field included the four other pba world
championship finalists winner mike fagan, wes malott, stuart williams and todd book,
along with hall of famer pete weber, sean rash, chris barnes and bill o锟絥eill.
the russell and montana pairing advanced from the semifinal shootout round with a
193 game, out-scoring hardwick and barnes (188) and rash and cannon (123).
the telecast started with the celebrity super clash round featuring all six
celebrities bowling a one-ball eliminator competition where the bowler with the
lowest pinfall is eliminated. the pba players also bowled a one-ball pba super clash
which determined the top four pba/celebrity doubles pairings.
chris paul cp3 celebrity invitational winners
2015 锟?ronnie russell/french montana
2013 锟?chris barnes/chris hardwick
2012 锟?pete weber/jerry ferrara/blake griffin
2011 锟?jason belmonte/chris paul
2010 锟?jason belmonte/chris paul
2009 锟?jason couch/lebron james
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