Apparently, one night in Oklahoma City did not suddenly fix all of Minnesota’s late-game woes.

After a series of solid decisions down the stretch to score a big win over the Thunder on Monday, Minnesota was faced with that same situation four days later and reverted to a bevy of old tactics.

Anthony Edwards took an ill-advised technical foul and chucked up a series of bad shots. Minnesota committed costly turnovers.

And it all resulted in a 108-106 home defeat to Orlando.

Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards stands on the court after being called for a technical foul during the second half Friday. (Abbie Parr / Associated Press)

Minnesota was outscored 38-26 in the final quarter after leading 88-80 after three frames.

Orlando simply out-toughed and out-executed Minnesota when it mattered most. That’s a constant issue for the Wolves, who have only sporadically demonstrated poise in the heat of the moment in recent weeks.

It generally starts with Edwards, who made a shot early in the fourth and then proceeded to shut down the offense by over-dribbling and taking and missing difficult shots. A lack of ball movement leads to a lot of standing around, at which point even when Minnesota did find a few open shots, it couldn’t knock them down.

Such was the case with 30 seconds to play when, down two, Jaden McDaniels and Mike Conley both had open 3-point attempts — neither went down.

On the other end, Minnesota had a shot clock differential to where it could’ve played defense and tried to get a stop. But McDaniels inexplicably fouled Paolo Banchero with nine seconds to play in the game. Banchero made both free throws to essentially ice the game.

The collapse late spoiled a game that started so well.

Minnesota delivered one of its most impressive offensive quarters of the season to open the game. The Wolves led 38-26 after 12 minutes thanks to a quarter in which Minnesota went 14 for 19 from the field — with 10 assists on its 14 makes — while going 7 for 8 from the line.

Things deteriorated from there.

All five Magic players scored in double-figures, including St. Paul product Jalen Suggs, who finished with 15 points and six rebounds.

Rudy Gobert had 22 points and 16 rebounds for Minnesota, while Edwards and Karl-Anthony Towns both scored 19 points on inefficient shooting nights.

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