The youngest player on the Anadolu Efes Istanbul roster, Filip Petrusev made most of his on-court contributions early in his first EuroLeague season, which finished with him celebrating on the podium.
There were high expectations of Petrusev, who was the Adriatic League MVP the season before, and he came out of the gate firing. Petrusev scored 17 on 6-of-8 two-point shooting in his debut on opening night at Real Madrid. He added 10 points, 5 boards and 2 blocks against AX Armani Exchange Milan in Round 4 and netted 14 points with 6 boards and 3 assists against Zalgiris Kaunas in Round 7.
In the second half of the regular season, Petrusev’s role diminished as Tibor Pleiss and Bryant Dunston rolled into form and the team relied more on the veterans who got the job done the season before. For the season, Petrusev averaged 5.2 points on 61.1% two-point shooting and 1.6 rebounds in 9:18 minutes over 22 appearances, all in the regular season.