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Your support makes all the difference.Los Angeles Lakers basketball player Ron Artest is the most talked about topic on Twitter on the morning of June 23.
According to the AP, Lakers coach Phil Jackson called the NBA champion "the most valuable player" in the team for game 7 after their 16th championship win, but Twitter users are more interested in discussing Artest's post-game banter.
"Ron Artest is still trending hahahah! His interview, after-game conference was hilarious. I guess he deserves this moment!" and "can't hate on the Lakers when players like Ron Artest [are] so genuinely stoked [on] winning the Championship. Dude is like a kid in a candy store," say microbloggers.
People on Twitter are still tweeting about the truth with the term "#honestyhour" on the morning of June 23. The term has moved into second place, followed by the name of popular new US TV series Pretty Little Liars.
The World Cup continues to be a relevant topic of conversation on the social network this morning: "#worldcup" is in fourth place, Slovenia is in seventh place, and "Vuvuzela" is in ninth place.
What can you say to make a man mad? Twitter users know and are providing many examples of "#linesthatgetmenmad."
The trending topics being used to talk about Apple's latest operating system for i-devices, "iOS4" and "iOS" have dropped four places overnight to sixth and eighth place respectively.
In tenth place is the name of the commander of US forces in Afghanistan, General Stanley "McChrystal," who has been summoned to meet with US president Barack Obama after making provocative comments in a magazine interview.
The top 10 most talked about topics on Twitter on June 23 at 9:30 AM GMT are:
1. Ron Artest (new)
2. #honestyhour (-1)
3. Pretty Little Liars (new)
4. #worldcup (-1)
5. #linesthatgetmemad (new)
6. iOS4 (-4)
7. Slovenia (new)
8. iOS (-4)
9. Vuvuzela (-1)
10. McChrystal (new)
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