You won't need to know your Xs and Os. Heck, you don't even have to like basketball to be drawn in and then captivated by "Best Shot," a YouTube docu-series that chronicles the 2017-18 season of the Newark Central boys basketball team.
This series, which premieres - i.e., is available for streaming on Wednesday at 12 p.m. - goes way beyond the basketball court to tell this story. It is a stark, unflinching look into the daily tests and tribulations that these young players must accept and endure before they can experience triumph.
The first episode opens with a sweeping, wide-angle view of the Newark skyline, but then promptly shifts to microscopic focus just as the opening credits fade.