TD Systems Baskonia used a fourth quarter surge to overcome local rivals RETAbet Bilbao Basket 87-77 in Sunday's Basque Cup showdown.

Bilbao made a powerful start to the meeting at Mendizorrotza and led by double digits at the end of the first quarter. But Dusko Ivanovic's team bounced back to trail only 39-42 at half-time, and then pulled clear by scoring 31 points in the final period. Achille Polonara led the way with 23 points as he shot 9-of-11 from the field, while Rokas Giedraitis scored 19 points and Alec Peters added 16.

Later on Sunday evening, FC Barcelona continued its preparations with a local derby friendly victory at Joventut Badalona. The home team dominated the first half, but Barca used a 13-1 run to finish the third quarter and kept control the rest of the way, winning 68-75.