Stephen Curry and the Warriors are back in the NBA Finals for the first time since 2019, and they began the game as if they never left.During the first quarter of Game 1 against the Celtics, Chris Kunitz Jersey Curry hit the most 3-pointers in an NBA Finals quarter and tied the playoffs mark dating back to at least the 1997 season with 6 3-pointers, .Steph just set an record and we're only a quarter into the series Golden State Warriors (@warriors) Golden State Warriors (@warriors) Though Curry only added one more 3-pointer the rest of the game, it's clear he'll be a threat to break the single-game record throughout the remainder of the 2022 NBA Finals. And after a dynamic showing of 3-point shooting between both teams in the first game, they could both be on record watch throughout the series.MORE:What are the records Curry, Golden State and Boston are chasing? The Sporting News takes a look. The Warriors and Celtics have already set one record Nicolas Beaudin Jersey from Game 1 of the NBA Finals. On the strength of 21 from the Celtics and 19 from the Warriors, Boston and Golden State combined to score the most 3-point shots at 40 in Boston's 120-108 win. That surpa sed the combined 35 between the Cavaliers and Warriors in Game 4 of the 2017 NBA Finals.Curry will be chasing a record set by the greatest 3-point shooter in NBA history: himself. Back in the 2018 NBA Finals, Curry sank nine 3- David Kampf Jersey pointers in Game 2 against the Cavaliers as Golden State went on to win the game 122-103 and take a 2-0 series lead, . It took only four games to win the title that year.Former Celtic Ray Allen had previously set the record at eight against the Lakers in Game 2 of the 2010 NBA Finals. Before Allen, the record had first been set at seven by Kenny Smith in 1995. Fourteen players, including Curry four times, have matched that total of seven in a game.With his six 3-pointers in the first quarter, Curry for the most NBA Finals games with at least six 3s to nine. Curry represents 21.9 percent of all NBA Finals player games in which they made at least six 3-point shots. Teammate Klay Thompson has the Henri Jokiharju Jersey second-most games with at least six 3-pointers at four.Curry also holds the record for the most 3-point attempts in a game with 17, which he attempted in that Game 2 against the Cavaliers, . He has appeared in 28 NBA Finals games and has attempted 11 of the 12 most 3-pointers in a game.The Warriors and Celtics could both chase the team record for 3-pointers in an NBA Finals game. That record belongs to the Cavaliers during Game 4 of the 2017 NBA Finals, when they drained 24 in a 137-116 win, . Luc Snuggerud Jersey The Warriors had previously held the record with 18, which they made in Game 2 of that series in a 132-113 record, though the Warriors in 2019 and Suns in 2021 have each since pa sed that mark with 20 each.The only two team in NBA Finals history to make more than 15 3-pointers in a game and lose: the Bucks in Game 1 of the 2021 NBA Finals, when they made 16 and fell 118-108 to the Suns, and the Warriors in Game 1 to the Celtics, when they made 19.