Now that the Bulls have clinched a berth in the Eastern Conference play-in, their next goal is to get a tournament game at the United Center. “It’s always easier to win at home, obviously,” guard Kevin Huerter said. “It’s a long trip to get down to Miami.” There’s a chance the Bulls won’t play the Heat in the first round, but they did take a step toward hosting a game in Chicago by holding off the shorthanded Trail Blazers 118-113 on Friday. Josh Giddey recorded his sixth triple-double (15 points, 12 assists, 19 rebounds), and Nikola Vucevic and Coby White led the Bulls with 31 points as they won for the sixth time in eight games and tied the Heat for ninth in the East at 35-42. “We know where we are,” Giddey said. “We try not to pay too much attention because you take it one game at a time. There’s five left and we’ll see where we are after 82. To say we’re not aware of it, I’d be lying. If the Bulls and Heat are even at the end of the season, the Bulls have the tiebreaker over Miami after beating them twice. The Bulls do not hold the tiebreaker over the Hawks, the 8th-place team in the East that’s 1 1/2 games ahead of the Bulls. “I just want our guys to understand where we’re at,” Bulls coach Billy Donovan said. “Really, all any team can do at this point in time is control what they can control.” Giddey earned the triple-double with 3:43 left in the fourth quarter when White grabbed his one-handed pass and dunked to give the Bulls a 108-101 lead. The Bulls led by 15 with 8:29 remaining but the Blazers rallied, getting to within 2 with 2:45 to go on a Dalano Banton 3-pointer. Matas Buzelis answered with a 3-pointer and Vucevic added a jumper, and the Bulls closed out Portland. “We never got rattled,” Giddey said. Buzelis (12 points, 12 rebounds) recorded his first double-double. By adding 12 rebounds, Vucevic had his 200th Bulls double-double, tying Scottie Pippen for second in team history. Fitting inBefore coming to the Bulls as part of the Zach LaVine trade, Huerter was averaging 11.1 3-point attempts per 100 possessions for the Kings. Huerter has kept up that pace for the Bulls, trying 11.2. The Bulls are glad to see that his accuracy has improved, rising from making 30.2% in Sacramento to 35.5% with his current team. “We have a lot of possessions, we run the court, we play in transition, so those shots are going to be there,” Huerter said. Defensively speakingEntering Friday, the defensive rating of rookie Buzelis (112.4) was better than the Bulls’ team rating of 115.5. Buzelis, however, is far from a finished product on defense. Donovan said the rookie needs to improve his positioning, learn team personnel and get stronger. “He’s got to be able to navigate through screens better,” Donovan said. “The one thing about him, when he is on the ball and guys do drive him, he’s gotten much better at using his length and not fouling – really rim-protecting, blocking shots.” Injury updateDalen Terry played 14 minutes, 38 second after missing Tuesday’s game with a calf problem.