Before the Boston Celtics played the Houston Rockets on Thursday, Celtics star point guard Kyrie Irving gave a homeless man in Houston over $240 in cash.

Kyrie Irving was heading to the team bus when the homeless man approached him. That's when Uncle Drew reached into his pockets and blessed the man with the money.

Christmas may be over, but Irving is still in the holiday mood. And for the homeless man, he just won the lottery essentially.

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Irving is making $20 million this season. It's very nice of him to give that much money to a random guy in Houston, and it just goes to show that NBA players — and athletes in general — have big hearts.

The Celtics ended up losing to the Rockets on Thursday. Irving finished with 23 points and 11 assists in 36 minutes of action while shooting 7-of-13 from the field, 2-of-6 from beyond the arc and 7-of-7 from the free-throw line.

With the loss, Boston dropped to 20-14 on the season. They are sitting comfortably at fifth place in the Eastern Conference standings, three games ahead of the sixth-ranked Detroit Pistons. They are five games behind NBA best and East leaders Toronto Raptors, though.