Originally posted by: Shinji Ikari
You guys are talking about a whole lot of "If". Why not just look at how it happened? Naruto did find the weak spot on Gaara, sure it was a fluke, but that has nothing to do with it. If Sasuke had found it, maybe he would have stood a better chance as well, but he didn't and neither did Rock Lee.
And wasn't the real reason for Gaara to transform that he was unstable after the fight, the loose of blood and the mental damage he took while fighting, and that he couldn't handle the fact that Naruto fought for everything that he never learned to understand. You don't only fight with your hands, you have to use whatever means possible. Gaara lost mentally first, and that caused him to loose the fight against Naruto... That is why Rock Lee and Sasuke lost.