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ORLANDO, Fla. -- After Atlantas offense exploded on them two nights earlier, the Toronto Raptors faced a similar situation in the first quarter Sunday night -- they were leaving Orlando players open, and the inferior Magic were knocking down shots.Only this time, Toronto turned things around. It got back to its defensive principles in the second quarter, and by the second half, Orlando couldnt find an open shot while the Raptors pulled away for a 109-79 victory.Toronto limited the Magic to 28 second-half points and 41 percent shooting, which was in stark contrast to Friday night when Atlanta shot nearly 54 percent from the floor while beating the Raptors 125-121.That was big for us after a lackluster defensive game against Atlanta, said Toronto coach Dwane Casey, whose team has eclipsed 100 points an NBA-best 15 straight times.Thats the way we have to play if we are going to be important, relevant in this league. We have to play with that defensive intensity every night.The Raptors stepped up defensively in the second half, turning a four-point halftime lead into an 84-64 edge by the end of third quarter. Orlando, which has struggled offensively throughout the season, managed just 13 points in the game-changing third quarter.The Magic were 3 for 21 from 3-point range. Evan Fournier led Orlando with 15 points but was plagued by foul trouble and turnovers.We didnt start the game following our game plan very well. We had a good first quarter, said Orlando coach Frank Vogel, whose team dropped to 5-10 at home this season. We didnt play team basketball and it got worse as the game went on. They made their runs and we gave in versus responding.Much of that was because the Magic had few answers for guard DeMar DeRozan and Jonas Valanciunas. Aaron Gordon and Jeff Green took turns getting beat off the dribble and on pullup jumpers by DeRozan, who finished with a game-high 31 points for his fourth-straight 30-point effort.Valanciunas dominated his old teammates Bismack Biyombo and Nikola Vucevic in the post, getting 16 points and 13 rebounds.Just trying to bounce back from a loss, it sucks coming off a loss, DeRozan said. You just want to do whatever you can to get a win and that was my whole mindset tonight.TEMPORARY PROMOTIONRookie Fred VanVleet benefited from extra playing time Sunday with Cory Joseph not dressed due to flu-like symptoms.VanVleet, who has been back-and-forth to the D-League this season, had four points, four assists and three steals in 22 minutes.He came in and there was no let up, Casey said with a smile. I told somebody Cory better hurry up and get well. Footsteps are behind him.UNHAPPY REUNIONBiyombo likely saw his first matchup with his former Raptors teammates going differently than it did Sunday night.He had eight points, three blocked shots and 12 rebounds, but the Magic center also had four turnovers and did little to slow Valanciunas.TIP-INSRaptors: Pascal Siakam had four blocked shots in the first half but also had four fouls before halftime.Magic: Guard Jodie Meeks got a flagrant-1 for a hard foul on Lowry with 6:28 play in the second quarter. ... Elfrid Payton scored 13 points on 6-of-8 shooting off the bench in the first half. ... Orlando has not won back-to-back home games since defeating New Orleans and Dallas on Nov. 16 and Nov. 19, respectively. The Magic beat Brooklyn at home on Friday night.UP NEXTRaptors: Toronto returns home to take on Brooklyn on Tuesday night.Magic: Orlando goes on the road to face Miami on Tuesday night. 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Fred Couples, captain of the U.S. side, put it all into perspective. "We know whos in charge," he said. HARTFORD, Conn. -- Former Travelers Group insurance company chief executive Jay Fishman, who became a national advocate for research into Lou Gehrigs disease after being diagnosed with it, died at his home in New Jersey on Friday. He was 63.Fishman became CEO of Travelers predecessor company in 1998 and assumed the same title after the merger of The St. Paul Cos. Inc. with Travelers Property Casualty Corp. in 2004.He was diagnosed in 2014 with a form of Lou Gehrigs disease, a terminal neurodegenerative condition also called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. He stepped down as CEO last December but had stayed on as executive chairman of the board.A company spokesman announced Fishmans death following his battle with ALS.Fishman spearheaded philanthropic efforts related to ALS research. He served as co-chairman of the PGA Tours recent Travelers Championship golf tournament, which was held in Cromwell, Connecticut, and whose main charitable beneficiary was a Connecticut hospital that provides care to ALS patients.The man who succeeded Fishman at Travelers, Alan Schnitzer, called him an icon among corporate leaders.The disease that afflicted Fishman is named for Lou Gehrig, one of the New York Yankees greatest players. Gehrig played in 2,130 consecutive games,, earning the nickname The Iron Horse.dddddddddddd He retired after being affected by ALS, and he died in 1941 at age 37.Fishman helped fund a national project that is gathering information from hundreds of ALS patients to try to better understand the variations of the disease and how to fight it.He raised money for a Boston Childrens Hospital project that banks the voices of ALS patients so that when the patients lose the ability to speak they can use computers that will speak for them in their own voices. He and his wife recently gave $3 million to fund a University of Pennsylvania project that helps patients with at-home respiratory care.You can be a skeptic and say, `Well, the only reason hes doing it is that he has the disease, Fishman said in June. The answer is, `Yeah, of course. If not me, then who? If Im not going to reflect all the good things that have happened to me in my life and find a way to plow that back to help people deal with what I personally know is a horrible disease, then shame on me.---This story has been corrected to show Travelers Championship golf tournament was held in Cromwell, Connecticut, not Hartford. ' ' '