Regardless, this was a pretty good episode. Gaara still seems to have some of his old attitude when he talked to Lee, haha.
Well, it makes sense that Sakon, Ukon, and Tayuya would die easily. They faced against Genma and Raidou already, which made them exhausted after the battle, not to mention that they had to keep running with the barrel without resting during the night, only to fight the other leaf Genin. Once that was over, here comes the Sand. Haha, so many battles for them, it's no wonder they died easily. Still, Kankurou and Temari's new techniques are awesome. Two puppets + a crazyass ferret, jeez, those two have grown quite powerful. Wonder what Gaara has up his sleeve...