Petruška played college basketball at Loyola Marymount, and UCLA, in the United States.\n', '

Petruška was selected by the Houston Rockets, of the National Basketball Association (NBA), with the 46th overall pick (2nd round), of the 1993 NBA draft. He played in 22 games with the Rockets, during the 1993–94 NBA season, and scored 53 total points. His only NBA season also saw him as part of an NBA championship team, which resulted in him accidentally dropping and denting the team\'s first Larry O\'Brien Championship Trophy during the celebration of the title. The dent in the trophy\'s basketball would remain a part of the trophy until 2018, when the team commissioned replacements after an ownership change.\n', '

Petruška was a member of the senior Czechoslovakian national basketball team. He played with the Czechoslovakia at the 1991 EuroBasket.\n', '

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