Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-44271360-20191114172105/@comment-27089028-20191116151829

Agreed especially considering back then Sasuke had a very short limit on how many times he could break out the Chidori and going over that limit with the Curse Mark was enough to paralyse him. If Naruto hadn't intervened the transformed Gaara would've killed Sasuke then and there.